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VOCABULARY AID: Basic and Additional Vocabulary (topics 27 - 37)

From:Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...>
Date:Sunday, December 19, 2004, 13:31
Hey!

Here's part IV. Sorry it took so long until I posted some
vocabulary stuff agian, but in the past 6 weeks, we've been
writing 10 class tests. Real Life™, you know ...

Carsten




VII. Order
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27. Division and Importance (Meaning)
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Basics:
absence, action, activity, character, condition,
consideration, course, energy, equality, force, group,
importance, intention, kind, management, mass, measure,
member, party, person, regard, resignation, respect,
responsibility, result, title, type -- to consider, to
consist (of), to divide, to form, to group, to handle, to
insist, to prefer, to resign -- absent, absolute,
considerable, detailed, immense, important, particular,
responsible, solemn, special

Additional:
distribution, scheme, schedule, planning, foreground,
background, grade, to subdivide into, to dispose/to
postpone, to grade, to scheme, punctual, minute, minute,
initial, exceedingly, excessively


28. Order
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Basics:
appointment, arrangement, beginning, class, end, order,
position, preference, rank, rest, system -- to accompany,
to appoint, to arange, to attach, to begin, to change, to
class, to count, to distrubute, to finish, to follow, to
order, to prefer, to steer, to stop -- alike, almost,
apart, aside, away, backwards, behind, beneath, beside,
between, beyond

Additional:
order of the day, agenda, succession, series (pl series),
procession, column, file, variation, to string together, to
stand in line, to file, to vary, to upset (upset, upset),
variable, isolated, one upon the other, side by side,
logical, systematic, successive/successively, nevertheless


29. Comparison
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Basics:
comparison, difference, distance, opposition, rate, sort --
to compare, to cover, to distinguish, to sort -- common,
contrary, different, distant, distinct, equal, independent,
inferior, irregular, like rare, such -- better, best,
extraordinary, least, likely, more

Additional:
contrast, parallel, identity, identity card, similarity,
uniformity, to oppose (to/against), to contrast (with), to
parallel, to uniform, comparable (to/with), reverse,
parallel, similar, identical, uniform, equivalent,
constantly, in contrast to, in opposition to


30. Cause, Impact, Connection (cf. 19/20; 31; 63/64)
----------------------------------------------------

Basics:
advance, attraction, cause, connection, control, effect,
end, force, origin, reality, reason, result, source,
success, yield -- to act, to add, to advance, to arise, to
attract, to bind, to cause, to combine, to connect, to
disturb, to end, to join, to realize, to result, to
succeed, to yield -- actual, original, possible, real --
according to, afterwards, against, although, anyhow,
because, before, former, further, since

Additional:
proportion, conclusion, viewpoint, point of view, aspect,
motive, refection/reflexion, provocation, consequence,
circumstance, to disagree (with), to be subject (to), to
relate (to), proportionate to, corresponding to,
deliberately, inconsiderately, comparatively, possibly


31. Destiny (cf. 19/20; 30)
---------------------------

Basics:
accident, adventure, birth, chance, complaint, confusion,
death, decision, defeat, determination, end, event,
failure, favour, fit, fortune, future, hope, life, lot,
mercy, necessity, situation, will -- to bind, to break, to
complain, to confuse, to decide, to defeat, to determine,
to escape, to fail, to feel, to obey, to resist, to
support, to threaten -- blind, careless, extraordinary,
extreme, hopeless, human, necessary, sad, serious,
splendid, sudden, unhappy, vain, violent

Additional:
destiny, sphere of influence, temptation, intervention,
interference (with), destination, inducement, to prompt, to
interfere (in/with), to destine (for; to), to induce (to),
influential, tempting, brutal / fierce, inhuman




VIII. Organisation of a state
==========================3D===


32. People, State, Government
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Basics:
address, admiration, agreement, citizen, committee,
government, group, head, importance, impression, influence,
instruction, intention, king, kingdom, leader, liberty,
message, minister, nation, native, opinion, order, party,
pass, people, population, president, program(me), public,
queen, rank, recommendation, record, reform, report,
representative, resignation, respect, ruler, system, view,
voice, vote -- to approve, to govern, to head, to increase,
to inform, to insist, to intend, to know, to organize, to
propose, to recommend, to record, to reform, to represent,
to side, to voice, to vote -- absolute, civil, independent,
national, native, political, public, responsible, solemn

Additional:
federal state, republic, monarchy, sovereign, emperor,
tyrant, democracy, the House of Lords/Commons, right to
vote / voter, election campaign, majority of votes, ballot,
ballot-box, poll, legislation, acto of Parliament,
program(me), platform (Am), politician, session, delegate,
member of Parliament (MP), resolution, supporter, opponent,
cabinet, Prime Minister, Foreign Office, Foreign Secretary,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Lord
Chancellor, ambassandor, treaty, national flag, decoration,
inhabitant, revolution / rebellion, conspiracy, riot, state
of emergency, institution, responsibility (for, of),
independence, human rights, treason, aristocracy, to
negotiate, to abdicate, to authorize, to contribute, to
abolish, to reject, to nationalize, to pension off, to
riot, to demonstrate, royal / republican, aristocratic,
democratic, parliamentary, official, radical, overwhelming,
riotous, rebellious, treacherous


33. Jurisdiction
----------------

Basics:
account, act, action, advantage, blame, book, business,
case, cause, chair, commere, complaint, concern,
conscience, court, crime, criminal, deal, debt, delay,
doubt, effect, fact, faith, fine, law, matter, murder,
mystery, need, offence, owner, pardon, possession,
prejudice, property, rent, suit, trial, wrong -- to
acquire, to act, to admit, to arrest, to borrow, to
complain, to delay, to doubt, to lay claim to, to let, to
lie, to murder, to owe, to pardon, to possess, to punish,
to swear -- aware, busy, commercial, gilty, mysterious,
real

Additional:
juristiction, common law, privilege, charter, licence,
law-court, jury, penal law/code, decree, legal proceedings,
law-suit, justice of the peace, sheriff, lawyer, violation,
accusation, defendant, warrant, evidence, investigation,
confession, sentence, penalty, imprisonment, confinement,
gaol, jail / cell, penal servitude, condemnation,
conviction, capital punishment, execution,
torture/suspicion, murderer / robber, swindler, pickpocket,
burglar / burglary, oath, perjury, bribery/caution,
corruption, denial, offender, reputation, to accuse (of),
to fine, to execute, to summon, to interrogate, to
incriminate / to exonerate, to discharge, to testify, to
assert, to deny, to convict/to suspect, to impose, to
inflict, to release / to acquit, to confiscate to condemn,
to investigate, to plead, to slander, to bribe, to extort
(from), legal, unlawful, illegal, innocent, suspicious,
legitimate, frightful, evident, unjust, aggravating /
extenuating


34. Administration and Police
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Basics:
activity, admission, advice, amount, application,
appointment, arrangement, association, bill, control,
customs, direction, efficiency, improvement, management,
notice, officer, official, orde,r police, post, request,
staff, tax -- to acquaint, to advise, to appoint, to
approve, to arrange, to ask, to beg, to bind, to control,
to direct, to effect, to forbid, to issue, to manage, to
tax -- economical, local

Additional:
community, municipality, authorities, town council, mayer,
Civil Service, administration, deprtment, magistrate,
certificate, birth/marriage certificate, passport,
driving-license (Am driver's license), building-licence,
registry office, Marriage License Bureau (Am), signature,
fire-brigade, hose, police station, legal closing time,
inspector, flying squad, plain-clothes men, fingerprints,
beat, precaution, regulation, intervention, status,
residence, residence permit, country of origin, visa,
customs duties/inspection, custom-house, customs
official/officer, civil servant, public notice, to
register, to circulate, to consult, to announce, to
suspend, to certify, municipal, secure


35. Military: Army
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Basics:
absence, advance, adventure, appearance, arch, arms, army,
art, attempt, attention, ball, band, bank, battle, belt,
blood, boat, body, camp, cap, charge, check, company,
courage, coward, cut, danger, dead, death, defeat, defence,
division, duty, enemy, energy, failure, field, fire, flag,
flame, flight, force, front, glory, guard, gun, hill, iron,
leave, life, man, officer, protection, quarters, range,
resistance, sacrifice, shot, signal, soldier, staff,
stroke, struggle, sword, tent, theatre, training, zone --
to accompany, to aim, to appear, to approach, to arrnag,e
to attack, to attempt, to be off (on) duty, to burst, to
conquer, to crush, to defend, to die, to dig, to
discourage, to distinguish, to encourage, to fail, to
fence, to fight, to fly, to guard, to hurt, to kill, to
knock, to occupy, to overcome, to protest, to quarter, to
reserve, to resist, to sacrifice, to shoot, to signal, to
struggle -- able, aboard, abroad, absent, killed in action,
active, ahead, around, backward(s), bold, brave,
considerable, hard, strong

Additional:
armed forces, regiment, detachment, squadron, section,
commander(-in-chief), colonel, major, first/second
lieutenant, recruit, private, corporal, sergeant,
infantry / artillery, engineers, signal corps, badge, unit,
uniform, steel helment, kit-bag, equipment, fire-arm,
rifle, machine gun, pistol, rocket, tank, trnch, patrol,
ammunition, cartridge, shell, bullet, manœvre (Am
maneuver), barracks, parade, parade / drill-ground, sentry,
call-up (Am draft), reerves, flag, colours, volunteer,
garrison, to drill, to salute, to blow up (blew, blone), to
equip, to detail, to launch a rocket, to recurit, to
enlist, to explode, to fire off, to volunteer, to call up
(Am to draft), defenceless, explosive


36. Military: Navy, Air Force (cf. 57/58)
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Basics: cf. 57/58

Additional:
navy / naval port, warship, man-of-war, battleship,
submarine, cruiser, edestroyer, aircraft carrier, traning
ship, admiral, Royal Air Force (R.A.F.), (aero)plane (Am
airplane), aerodrome, airfield (Am airdrome), airport,
hangar, anti-aircraft defence, pursuit plane, jet fighter,
air-raid, air-raid protection, A.R.P., air-raid
warning/precautions/shelter, searchlight, black-out,
all-clear, siren, gas-mask, incendiary/explosive bomb,
atomic/hydrogen bomb, splinter, air-lift, airborne troops,
air photo(graph), air-/naval battle, air-/naval base,
parachute (troops), parachutist, to hoist/to lower a flag,
to cast/to weigh an anchor, to go down, to blow up, to
dive, to submerge, to devastate, to ravage, naval,
bomb-proof, airtight


37. War and Peace
-----------------

Basics:
agreement, anxiety, arrangement, cause, committee,
condition, confusion, connection, consideration, course,
coward, cruelty, delay, despair, determination, event,
exception, failure, fate, fear, fright, harm, hate, issue,
news, note, opportunity, peace, problem, proposal, protest,
quarrel, reason, regard, regret, relief, result, risk,
safety, terms, victory, war -- to argue, to arrange, to
bear, to confuse, to decide, to delay, to despair, to
determine, to disagree, to fear, to finish, to frighten, to
hate, to propose, to protest, to quarrel, to regret, to
relieve, to ruin, to make war on -- anxious, awful, ruel,
delicate, fearful, foreign, nervous, reasonable, safe,
unhappy, urgent, waste

Additional:
armament, disarmament, campaign, ally / the Allied,
alliance, theatre of operations/of war, invasion, conquest,
conquerer, assault, aggressor, assailant, raid, volley,
bloodshed, combat, radar, explosion, casualities, retreat,
pursuit, treason, traitor (traitress), surrender, prisoner
of war (POW), captivity, captivity, occupation troops,
martial law, negotiation, armistice, peace treaty,
conclusion of peace, neutrality, warrior, warfare, field
ospital, war criminal, heroic deed, hero pl heroes),
victor, cowardice, refugee, to make/to wage war on, to
ally, to assault, to raid, to encircle, to disarm, to
release (from), to surrender, to plunder, to lay waste, to
smash, to withdraw (-drew, -drown)/to retreat (from), to
outnumber, to pierce, to vanquish, to betry, warlike,
decisive, desperate, unconditional, captive, missing,
traitorous, treacherous, alarming, disturbing, unequal,
heroic, victorious, bloody, cowardly

--

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