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Word of the Day: ADAMANT (AD-uh-mint)Unyielding, immovable, inflexible, refusing to give in, unshakable, unrelenting, implacable. “She was adamant in her opposition to the plan.” The adjective adamant comes from the noun adamant, which refers to a hard substance or stone, such as a diamond, that in ancient times was believed to be unbreakable. There is an old word adamantine (AD-uh-MAN -tin), still listed in current dictionaries but not often used; it means like adamant, very hard, unbreakable. The adjective adamant, which has replaced adamantine in current usage, means hard in the sense of inflexible, immovable, unyielding.

Word of the Day: NEGLIGIBLE (NEG-li-ji-bul) Unimportant, trifling, of little consequence. That which is negligible can be neglected. A negligible concern can be disregarded; it is so trivial and insignificant that it warrants little or no attention.

Word of the Day: OBLIGATORY (uh-BLIG-uh-tor-ee) Required, necessary, binding, mandatory. Obligatory duties are those you must perform to fulfill an obligation or responsibility. Doing miscellaneous paperwork is an obligatory function of the clerical worker. Do not pronounce the initial o in obligatory like the o in open. Pronounce it like the a in above.

Word of the Day: BLATANT (BLAYT-’nt) Noisy, disagreeably or offensively loud, boisterous, clamorous: “the blatant sound of horns honking in heavy traffic.” Blatant is also used to mean sticking out in a glaring way, obtrusive, flagrant, as in “a blatant lie,” “a blatant error,” “a blatant attempt to impress the boss.” In either sense, blatant suggests something conspicuous and disagreeable.

Word 11: CAPRICIOUS (kuh-PRISH-us) Unpredictable, tending to change abruptly for no apparent or logical reason. Synonyms of capricious include flighty, changeable, impulsive, and fickle. More difficult synonyms include erratic, whimsical (W(H)IM-zi-kul), volatile (VAHL-uh-tul), and mercurial (mur-KYUR-ee-ul). A caprice (kuh-PREES) is a sudden change of mind or change in the emotions. A person or a thing that is capricious is subject to caprices—to abrupt, unpredictable changes: “He's so capricious, his mood changes with the wind”; “New England has a capricious climate”; “The stock market is notoriously capricious.” Did you notice that my recommended pronunciation for capricious is kuh-PRISH-us, the second syllable rhyming with wish? You will hear educated speakers say kuh-PREE-shus, a pronunciation based on the corresponding noun caprice (kuh-PREES). This variant has been recognized by American dictionaries since the 1960s. But authorities have preferred kuh-PRISH-us since the 18th century, when pronunciation was first recorded. Current American dictionaries list kuh-PRISH-us first, and it is the only pronunciation in the Oxford English Dictionary. Have you ever heard anyone put an E in the middle of suspicious, judicious, or avaricious ? Rhyme capricious with delicious.

November 14, 2015- TOEFL iBT Reading Section- Vocabulary questions: Exclusively> solely Conventional> standard Stagnation> without growth Mimic> reproduce Initial> original Vast> huge Implication> consequence Inhibited> constrained

November 15, 2015- TOEFL iBT Reading Section- Vocabulary questions: Inevitable> certain Surplus> extra Accordingly> correspondingly Cluster> group Enormous> huge Conspicuous> obvious Endure> withstand Task> job Unfavorable> disadvantageous Trigger> initiate Reinforce> strengthen

Word of the Day: CONGENIAL (kun-JEE-nee-ul) Sympathetic, agreeable, compatible, kindred, harmonious, having the same taste, nature, or temperament. Congenial persons have similar or sympathetic tastes, interests, or personalities. Congenial things agree, go well together. Antonyms, or opposites, of congenial are alien, dissident (DIS-uh-dint), and incongruous (in-KAHNG-groo-us).

November 15, 2015- TOEFL iBT Writing Independent task: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? the more money people have, the more they should contribute to charity.

November 15, 2015- TOEFL iBT Speaking question 2: Which courses do you think schools should offer to students: language courses or computer courses?

November 15, 2015- TOEFL iBT Speaking question 1: which of the following do you think the university should reward; volunteer service, athletic achievement, or academic performance?

Word of the Day: PRAGMATIC (prag-MAT-ik) Practical, having to do with actual practice, concerned with everyday affairs as opposed to theory or speculation. Pragmatic comes from the Latin pragmaticus, which means skilled in business or law. The lawyer is concerned with evidence and proof; the businessperson is concerned with facts and figures. Both have little time for idle speculation or harebrained schemes. Both must be pragmatic, concerned with practical, everyday affairs.

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