Vocabulary Building 03

Presented by
Rumah Bahasa Lombok Timur
Lembaga Pengembangan Pendidikan
West Nusa Tenggara
 v. to change or make different
v. altered
n. alteration
adj. alterable
adv. alterably
alter Syn. modify

Examples:
 Will the starlit alter its course and miss the coast?
 Gloria hasn't altered her plans to return to school..
 v. to study something carefully, to separate into parts
for study
n. analyzed
n. analysis
Syn. examine
analyze
Examples:
 Scientists must analyze problems thoroughly.
 Analysis of the substance confirms the presence of
nitrogen.
 adj. something from a long time ago, very old
Syn. old

ancient Examples:
 Archaeologists analyze ancient civilizations.
 Dave found an ancient Roman coin.
 adj. a slight bother, disturbing to a person
v. annoy
n. annoyance
adv. annoyingly
Syn. bothersome
annoying
Examples:
 Mosquitoes can be an annoying part of a vacation at
the beach.
 She annoyed her parents by coming home late.
 v. to think about or prepare for something ahead of
time
adj. anticipatory
n. anticipation
anticipate Syn. predict

Examples:
 No one can anticipate the results of the games.
 They planned their vacation with anticipation.
 v. to follow established rules or patterns of behavior
n. conformity
n. conformist
Syn. adapt
conform
Examples:
 You must conform to the rules or leave the club.
 She has always been a conformist.
 v. to find out, to observe something
n. detection
n. detective
Syn. notice
detect
Examples:
 He detected a smile on his girlfriend's face.
 They are the best detectives on the police force.
 v. to make rich, to make something of greater value
n. enrichment
adj. enriching

enrich Syn. enhance

Examples:
 The fine arts enrich our lives.
 The discovery of oil was an enrichment for the country.
 v. to make stronger in feeling or quality
n. intensity
adj. intense
adj. intensive
adv. intensely
adv. intensively
intensify
Syn. heighten

Examples:
 The importance of the test will sometimes intensify the
nervousness of the students.
 The chess match was played with great intensity.
 adj. difficult or painful to experience, not able to
accept different ways of thought or behavior
n. intolerance
adv. intolerably
adv. intolerantly
intolerable adj. intolerant
Syn. unbearable

Examples:
 Any opposition to the rules is intolerable.
 His boss was intolerant of his tardiness.
 v. to see and watch carefully, to examine
n. observation
n. observer
adj. observant
adj. observable
observe Syn. notice

Examples:
 Human beings like to observe the behavior of monkeys.
 I made the observation that you are not happy.
 adj. continuing
Syn. current

ongoing Examples:
 The tutoring project is an ongoing program of the
school.
 Maintaining roads is an ongoing job.
 v. to suggest or plan to do something
n. proposal
n. proposition
adj. proposed
propose Syn. suggest

Examples:
 The governor is going to propose new taxes.
 Her proposal was well accepted.
 v. to give back or bring back something; to return to
the original condition
n. restoration
adj. restored
restore Syn. revitalize

Examples:
 He restored my confidence in hint.
 It is a beautiful restoration of the old table.
 adj. of great importance, full of life
n. vitality
adv. vitally
Syn. indispensable
vital
Examples:
 Money is vital to the success of the program.
 His intense vitality was easily observable.
 (A) abrupt
(B) abroad
indispensable
(C) vital
(D) frail
 (A) appeal
(B) revitalize
restore
(C) attract
(D) disrupt
 (A) annoy
(B) divide
conform
(C) encourage
(D) adapt
 (A) observe
(B) refine
notice
(C) distribute
(D) analyze
 (A) energetic
(B) ideal
current
(C) ongoing
(D) intense
 (A) alter
(B) notice
observe
(C) anticipate
(D) modify
 (A) strong
(B) intolerant
intense
(C) vitally
(D) allowable
 (A) alter
(B) dispense
enrich
(C) disrupt
(D) enhance
 (A) inspiring
(B) unfavorable
unbearable
(C) intolerable
(D) ancient
 (A) question
(B) attention
proposal
(C) benefit
(D) suggestion
(A) detecting The composition of heavenly bodies
(B) examining
(C) intensifying can be discovered by analyzing the
(D) observing light they emit.
(A) modified In 1985, the Coca-Cola Company
(B) proposed
(C) enriched altered the secret formula of the
(D) restored drink’s ingredients.
(A) unwelcome Aside from simply being annoying,
(B) bothersome
(C) detected loud noises can permanently damage
(D) intolerable the ear.
(A) an old
(B) a vital Building construction is an ancient
(C) an ongoing human activity.
(D) a contemporary
(A) welcomed Manitoba's leaders anticipated the
(B) predicted changing economic environment
(C) made use of during the early part of the twentieth
(D) conformed to
century.