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Words to Learn 381 Common Phraseconscious of Related Wordconsciousness (noun) The man in the coma regained consciousnessafter three months.unconscious (adjective) The man was knocked unconsciousafter he fell from the ladder.) (Unconscious is the opposite ofconscious.)NOTE: Remember that conscience is a noun and conscious is anadjective, as in the following sentence.My conscience bothers me when I am conscious that I have donewrong.23. imply (verb) ˘m-plīto suggest; to say something indirectlyThe man’s tilted head and shy smile implied that he wasattracted to the woman.Grandma’s statement that we needed to speak louderimplied that she wasn’t wearing her hearing aid. Related Wordimplication (noun) (˘mpl˘-kāshən) Professor Lois Daly feelsthat the Star Trek series has many religious implications.NOTE: The y of imply changes to i in the third-person singular(He implies), past tense (I implied), and noun form (implication).24. infer (verb) ˘n-fürCopyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.to conclude; to guessPeople inferred from the man’s tilted head and shy smilethat he was attracted to the woman. Related Wordsinference (noun) (˘nfər-əns) The chemistry student drew aninference from the results of her experiment.inferential (adjective) (˘nfə-rĕnshəl) This difficult problemrequires inferential thinking.NOTE: A speaker or writer implies; a listener or reader infers. Common Phrasesdraw an inference; infer from