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Word Pronunciation Meaning Sample Sentence

Speech
capable of
producing desired My father wants an
efficient
\ i-ˈfi-shənt\ adjective results without efficient assistant to help
(ef-fi-cient)
wasting materials, him.
time, or energy
She looks ridiculous in that
ridiculous \rə-ˈdi-kyə- extremely silly or
adjective outfit.
(ri-dic-u-lous) ləs\ unreasonable
extreme \ik-ˈstrēm\ very great in
adjective Tom is in extreme pain.
(ex-treme) degree
agree to have the same Jane and Kate agree with
\ə-ˈgrē\ verb
(agree) opinion me one hundred per cent.
snore to breathe noisily Uncle Arthur, after a loud
\ˈsnȯr\ verb
(snore) while sleeping snore, woke suddenly.
the state of the air
weather and atmosphere at The weather became
\ˈwe-thər\ noun
(weath-er) a particular time warm.
and place.
having a harsh or
hoarse He got hoarse from so
\ˈhȯrs\ adjective rough sound or
(hoarse) much shouting.
voice.
He led us to another
paddy a wet field where village, off the highway
\ˈpa-dē\ noun
(pad-dy) rice is grown. and surrounded by paddy
fields.
wink to close and open The strong wind made me
\ˈwiŋk\ verb
(wink) your eyes quickly wink.
cider a drink made from Give me a cup of apple
\ˈsī-dər\ noun
(ci-der) apples cider.
to go through a
chemical change
ferment \(ˌ)fər- Fruit juices ferment if they
verb that results in the
(fer-ment) ˈment\ are kept for a long time.
production of
alcohol
dumb lacking the human I'm not dumb enough to
\ˈdəm\ adjective
(dumb) power of speech believe that.
a round usually
barrel \ˈber-əl, ˈba- wooden container An Oak barrel is used for
noun
(bar-rel) rəl\ with curved sides aging the wine.
and flat ends
a discussion in
which people The committee presented
argument \ˈär-gyə-
noun express different a strong argument against
(ar-gu-ment) mənt\
opinions about building a new school.
something
to cause (a person
He just says those things
provoke or animal) to
\prə-ˈvōk\ verb because he's trying to
(pro-voke) become angry,
provoke you.
violent, etc.