Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
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114 <strong>Vocabulary</strong> <strong>4000</strong><br />
7. INFALLIBLE<br />
Analysis: IN (not); FALL (false); IBLE (adjective suffix)<br />
Meaning: Certain, cannot fail.<br />
8. AMORAL<br />
Analysis: A (without); MORAL (ethical)<br />
Meaning: Without morals.<br />
Note: AMORAL does not mean immoral; rather it means neither<br />
right nor wrong. Consider the following example: Little Susie,<br />
who does not realize that it is wrong to hit other people, hits little<br />
Bobby. She has committed an AMORAL act. However, if her<br />
mother explains to Susie that it is wrong to hit other people and she<br />
understands it but still hits Bobby, then she has committed an<br />
immoral act.<br />
9. INFIDEL<br />
Analysis: IN (not); FID (belief)<br />
Meaning: One who does not believe (of religion).<br />
10. NONENTITY<br />
Analysis: NON (not); ENTITY (thing)<br />
Meaning: A person of no significance.<br />
11. CORPULENT<br />
Analysis: CORP (body); LENT (adjective suffix)<br />
Meaning: Obese.<br />
12. IRREPARABLE<br />
Analysis: IR (not); REPAR (to repair); ABLE (can do)<br />
Meaning: Something that cannot be repaired; a wrong so egregious<br />
it cannot be righted.<br />
13. INTROSPECTIVE<br />
Analysis: INTRO (within); SPECT (to look); IVE (adjective suffix)<br />
Meaning: To look inward, to analyze oneself.<br />
14. IMMORTALITY<br />
Analysis: IM (not); MORTAL (subject to death); ITY (noun ending)<br />
Meaning: Cannot die, will live forever.<br />
15. BENEFACTOR<br />
Analysis: BENE (good); FACT (to do); OR (noun suffix [one who])<br />
Meaning: One who does a good deed, a patron.
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