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A List of Most UsefulA List of Most Useful WordsWords

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1. Ms. Benchawan Plaipoo 016

2. Ms. Suwalak Phakdiakson 032

3. Ms. Chanika Chantorntip 073

4. Mr. Ekkachai Lerthathaporn 149

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Total: 20 Words

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11 Capillary11 Capillary

12 Expose12 Expose

13 Notion13 Notion

14 Pertinent14 Pertinent

15 Signify15 Signify

16 Devote16 Devote

17 Feasible17 Feasible

18 Phenomena18 Phenomena

19 Precise19 Precise

20 Sophisticated20 Sophisticated

6 Adjacent6 Adjacent

7 Crucial7 Crucial

10 Maturity10 Maturity

9 Intense9 Intense

8 Distort8 Distort

1 Achieve1 Achieve

2 Automatic2 Automatic

3 Conceive3 Conceive

4 Create4 Create

5 Ensure 5 Ensure

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1. Achieve : (2a, no. 8, p.15)

• Some academics have argued that standards have been falling because more student are achieving first class degrees.

• (vt.) To succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or effort

Achievement (n.) = something important that you succeed in doing by your own efforts

Complete (v.), Finish (v.), Accomplish (v.), Conclude (v.)

• She finally achieved her ambition to visit South America

• I've been working all day, but I feel as if I've achieved nothing.

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2. Automatic: (2a, no. 6, p.10)

Self-operating (n.), Self-acting (n.), Programmed (n.)

• (n.) A machine or device is able to operate independently of human control automatic.

Automatically (adv.) = without thinking about what you are doing.

• For the most of us breathing is automatic.

• A fine for this offence is automatic.

• Most planes today are controlled not by human pilots but by a computer system known as an automatic pilot, which is even responsible for taking off and landing.

Automation (n.) = the use of machines instead of people to do a job.

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3. Conceive: (2a, no. 3, p.10)

• Understand (v.), Consider (v.) (meaning 1)• Become pregnant (meaning 2)

• (vt, vi) To imagine something (meaning 1)

• (vt.) Create (meaning 2)

Conceivable (adj.) = able to be believed or imagined

• He couldn't conceive of a time when he would have no job. (meaning 1)

• The baby was conceived in March, so will be born in December. (meaning 2)

• The internet was first conceived of as a way of linking computers in the USA together

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4. Ensue : (2a, no. 4, p.10)

• (v.) To happen after something else, especially as a result of it

Attend (v.), Be consequent on (v.), Be subsequent to (v.), Come after (v.)

Ensuing (adj.) = happening after particular action or event, especially as a result of it

• Panic ensued when police opened fire.

• After his outburst, a long silence ensued.

• Serious unrest and rioting ensued as a result of decision to ignore the result of the election

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5. Create: (2a, no. 2, p.10)

• (v.) To make something new, especially to invent something

Creation (nc, nu) = the act of crating something, something that has been created

Make (v.), Compose (v.), Build (v.)

• Charles Schulz created the characters 'Snoopy' and 'Charlie Brown‘.

• The Bible says that God created the world.

• He created a wonderful meal from very few ingredients

• Japanese and Korean companies have invested heavily in the UK, creating thousands of new jobs

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Total: 20 Words

(2a)(2a) (2c)(2c) (2d)(2d) (2f)(2f)

11 Capillary11 Capillary

12 Expose12 Expose

13 Notion13 Notion

14 Pertinent14 Pertinent

15 Signify15 Signify

16 Devote16 Devote

17 Feasible17 Feasible

18 Phenomena18 Phenomena

19 Precise19 Precise

20 Sophisticated20 Sophisticated

6 Adjacent6 Adjacent

7 Crucial7 Crucial

10 Maturity10 Maturity

9 Intense9 Intense

8 Distort8 Distort

1 Achieve1 Achieve

2 Automatic2 Automatic

3 Conceive3 Conceive

4 Create4 Create

5 Ensure 5 Ensure

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6. Adjacent: (2c, no.7, p.12)

• In many universities, there is a coffee bar adjacent to the library where students can take a break.

• (adj.) Very near, next to, or touching <adjacent provinces>• (adj.) Having a common endpoint or border <adjacent cities><adjacent sides of a triangle>

Adjoining (adj.), Contiguous (adj.), Juxtapose (v.)

Adjacently (adv.)

• As an employee at EGAT, I have a right to stay in Maemoh District which is adjacent to the mine ;however , I am not happy to breath polluted air.

• This extension enables the user to eliminate small polygons by combining them with larger adjacent polygons.[About bird photography]

Adjacency (n.) = The state of being adjacent; contiguity.

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7. Crucial : (2c, no.12, p.12)

• In 1980s, the US and Soviet governments made the crucial decision to reduce the number of atomic weapons.

• (adj.) Extremely important because it will affect other things <a crucial factor/issue/decision>

Significant (adj.), Decisive (adj.), Vital (adj.)

Crucially (adv.) = crucially important

• A state of emergency has been crucial to citizens’ behaviors.

Crucible (n.) = a pot in laboratory, a pace or situation in which people or ideas are tested severely, often creating sth new or exciting in the process

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8. Distort : (2c, no.13, p.12)

Distortion (n.)

• Politicians often complain that newspapers distort what they say so that the readers can not read the truth.

• (v.) To change something from its usual, original, natural or intended meaning, condition or shape

Deform (v.), Pervert (v.), Bend (v.)

• My speech might have been already distorted by the reporter.

Distortionist (n.) = a painter who introduces distortions

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9. Intense : (2c, no.4, p.12)

• As a result of the intense heat of the fire, the front half of the train was completely destroyed.

• (adj.) Extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) very strong intense cold/heat/hatred

Extreme (adj.), Deep (adj.), Concentrated (adj.)

Intensely (adv.)

• The patient instantly felt an intense pain in his back.

Intensive (adj.) involving a lot of activity, effort in a short period of timeIntensify (v.) increase degree or strength

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10. Maturity : (2c, no.9, p.12)

• Some children show a great deal of maturity at a young age while others may continue to be irresponsible

• (n.) Mainly approving the quality of behaving mentally and emotionally like an adult

Ability (n.), Adolescent (n.)(adj.), Capability (n.)

Mature (adj.) mainly approving. Mature people behave like adults in a way that shows they are well developed emotionally

• These insects reach maturity after a few weeks.

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Total: 20 Words

(2a)(2a) (2c)(2c) (2d)(2d) (2f)(2f)

11 Capillary11 Capillary

12 Expose12 Expose

13 Notion13 Notion

14 Pertinent14 Pertinent

15 Signify15 Signify

16 Devote16 Devote

17 Feasible17 Feasible

18 Phenomena18 Phenomena

19 Precise19 Precise

20 Sophisticated20 Sophisticated

6 Adjacent6 Adjacent

7 Crucial7 Crucial

10 Maturity10 Maturity

9 Intense9 Intense

8 Distort8 Distort

1 Achieve1 Achieve

2 Automatic2 Automatic

3 Conceive3 Conceive

4 Create4 Create

5 Ensure 5 Ensure

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11. Capillary: (2d,no.8,p13)

• (n.) The smallest type of blood vessel

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• In the first instance, the blood passed out of the heart, through the lungs and along the arteries before reaching the capillaries with in the skin.

• The capillary is closer to skin than the arteries

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Capillarity (n.)

• (adj.) very thin (hollow like hair)

• The capillary tube in the thermometer is broken

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12. Expose: (2d,no.3,p13)

•(v.) To show something that is usually covered

Uncover (v.), Display (v.), Reveal (v.)

• One important function of newspaper is to expose dishonest behavior and wrong-doing by those in power.

• The wolf opened its mouth to expose a row of sharp white teeth.

Expose (n.count) = a story in a newspaper that show the truth about something dishonest.Exposed (adj.) = not protected from the weather or attack.

•(v.) To put something in which situation it might harm them

• They had been exposed to radiation.

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13. Notion: (2d,no.9,p13)

• (n.) An idea, belief, or opinion

• Until the sixteenth century, the idea that the Earth moves around the Sun was regarded as a ridiculous idea, whereas today we accept this notion as completely normal.

• Somchai had no notion of the meaning of the strange words.

Idea (n.), Opinion (n.), Thought (n.), Concept (n.)

Notional (adj.) = existing only in the mind as an idea or plan, and not existing in reality

• I have a notion to go shopping tomorrow.

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14. Pertinent: (2d,no.12,p13)

• (adj.) Directly relating to something that is being considered.

• One difficulty aspect of writing an essay is selecting material which is pertinent to the topic and excluding irrelevant information.

Relevant (adj.), Apposite (adj.), Appropriate (n.)

Pertinently (adv.), Pertinence (n.)

• Your remarks are not pertinent to today’s discussion.

• I asked him a lot of pertinent questions

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15. Signify: (2d,no.5,p13)

• (v.) To represent, mean or to be a sign of something

• The decision to give longer prison sentences signified a hardening of the government’s attitude towards drug offenders.

Indicate (v.), represent (v.), mean (v.), denote (v.), show (v.)

Significance (n.) = the meaning of a word, sign, action

• Recent changes in climate may signify that global warming is starting to have an effect

Significant (adj.) = having an important and effect or influence.Signification (n.) = the intended meaning of the word.

• A P in a circle signifies a multi- storey car park.

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Total: 20 Words

(2a)(2a) (2c)(2c) (2d)(2d) (2f)(2f)

11 Capillary11 Capillary

12 Expose12 Expose

13 Notion13 Notion

14 Pertinent14 Pertinent

15 Signify15 Signify

16 Devote16 Devote

17 Feasible17 Feasible

18 Phenomena18 Phenomena

19 Precise19 Precise

20 Sophisticated20 Sophisticated

6 Adjacent6 Adjacent

7 Crucial7 Crucial

10 Maturity10 Maturity

9 Intense9 Intense

8 Distort8 Distort

1 Achieve1 Achieve

2 Automatic2 Automatic

3 Conceive3 Conceive

4 Create4 Create

5 Ensure 5 Ensure

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16. Devote: (2f, no. 10, p.15)

• In order to produce new medicines, drug companies have to devote time and money on a huge scale to their research and development activities.

• (vt.) To apply or give over to a particular activity or purpose or person

Devotee (n-count.) = someone who admires someone or something very much

Dedicate (vt.)

• John decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation.• I am devoting the time and intention to my study in Master of Arts Program in

English for Careers at Thammasat University.

Devotional (adj.) = related to or used in religious servicesDevotion (n-uncount.) = great love or loyalty

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17. Feasible: (2f, no. 5, p.15)

• There is considerable doubt over whether the proposal by the American government for a manned trip to Mars is technically and economically feasible.

• (adj.) Possible, practicable

Feasibly (adv.), Feasibility (n-uncount.)

Possible (adj.), Practicable (adj.)

• Judy questioned whether it was feasible to stimulate investment in these regions.

• I hope that it would probably be feasible to change the red-shirt’s political beliefs and attitudes.

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18. Phenomena: (2f, no. 1, p.15)

• In spite of advances in technology, we are still at risk from natural phenomena such as earthquakes and floods.

• (plural noun) A fact or occurrence that appears or is perceived

Phenomenal (adj.) = very great or impressive

Phenomenon (singular noun)

• In 2004 the great natural phenomenon called Tsunami killed many people and destroyed everything in the south west of Thailand.• A fortune teller said that severe phenomena will occur in Thailand in the next two years.

Phenomenology (n-uncount) = the part of philosophy that deals with people’s feelings, through and experience

Phenomenally (adv.)

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19. Precise: (2f, no. 9, p.15)

• While she refused to give any precise details, the Minister admitted that several people had been arrested.

• (adj.) Accurately expressed, exact in statement

Precision (n-uncount) = the quality of being very exact or correct

Exact (adj.)

• Rose can remember the precise moment when she was hit by her ex-husband.

• Before leaving, Ken did not talk too much and what he had to say was precise and to the point.

Precisely (adv.) = exactly and correctly

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20. Sophisticated: (2f, no. 2, p.15)

• One threat facing companies today is highly sophisticated computer ‘hackers’ who break into the most advanced computer systems.

• (adj.) more advanced and complex• (adj.) refined • (adj.) intelligent and know a lot

Sophistication (n-uncount) = very fashionable and expensive

Complex (adj.), Refined (adj.), Intelligent (adj.)

• The Microsoft 2007 program is very sophisticated for me to use. (Meaning 1)• Pim is a charming and sophisticated companion because she looks modern and trendy all the time. (Meaning 2)

• Cherry is very sophisticated, so she can answer all questions and win that competition. (Meaning 3)

Sophisticate (n-count) = someone who is sophisticated

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