27 Şubat 2011 Pazar

Vocabulary Log 1.2

slavery (n): the state of being slave
Synonyms: bandage, servility
Antonyms: liberty, freedom
E.g.: Their lives were spent in slavery.

voluntary (adj): done, given etc by choice, not by accident
Synonyms: willful, self-imposed
Antonyms: grudging, unwillingly
E.g.: He does a lot of work for a voluntary organization.

overlap (v): to extend over and cover a part of
Synonyms: coincide, co-occur
Antonyms: divide, separate
E.g.: One of my front teeth overlaps the other.

colloquial (adj): language or words that are colloquial are used mainly in informal conversations rather than in writing or formal speech
Synonyms: informal, conversational
Antonyms: formal, standard
E.g.: Teachers complain about that children often use the colloquial words in exams.

monotonous (adj): looking in variety
Synonyms: boring, dull
Antonyms: changing, excitable, variable
E.g.: Watching tennis match on Tv is the most monotonous activity.

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