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Personal Dictionary

Personal Dictionary. Add 4 words a week Choose common words you think you will see again The best words to learn are from our book or the Academic Word List, the 570 most common academic words in English. academicvocabularyexercises.com

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Personal Dictionary

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  1. Personal Dictionary • Add 4 words a week • Choose common words you think you will see again • The best words to learn are from our book or the Academic Word List, the 570 most common academic words in English. • academicvocabularyexercises.com • Put it into your own words so you understand and remember. • DO NOT COPY DIRECTLY FROM THE DICTIONARY.

  2. Components of an Entry • Write the word: • Write the part of speech (if it is a verb, add transitive or intransitive): • (3) Write the definition in your own words: • (4) Use the word in a sentence in your own words:

  3. Example Dictionary Definition: Verdict Main Entry: ver·dict Pronunciation: \ˈvər-(ˌ)dikt\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English verdit, verdict, from Anglo-French veirdit, from veir true (from Latin verus) + dit saying, dictum, from Latin dictum. Date: 15th century 1 : the finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted to it in trial
 2 : opinion, judgment

  4. Example Student Entry: Verdict • Write the word:verdict • Write the part of speech (if it is a verb, add transitive or intransitive): noun • (3) Write the definition in your own words: The decision that a jury makes about whether someone is guilty or innocent. • (4) Use the word in a sentence in your own words: The jury gave the man a guilty verdict, so the judge decided to send him to jail for five years.

  5. Example Dictionary Definition: Prosecute Main Entry: pros·e·cute Pronunciation: \ˈprä-si-ˌkyüt\ Function: verb Inflected Form(s): pros·e·cut·ed; pros·e·cut·ing Etymology: Middle English, from Latin prosecutus, past participle of prosequi to pursue Date: 15th century Transitive verb 1 : to follow to the end : pursue until finished <prosecute a war>
2 : to bring legal action against for redress or punishment of a crime or violation of law b : to institute legal proceedings with reference to <prosecute a claim>

  6. Example Student Entry: Prosecute • Write the word: • Write the part of speech (if it is a verb, add transitive or intransitive): • (3) Write the definition in your own words: • (4) Use the word in a sentence in your own words:

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