tailieunhanh - word smart ii phần 4

Tham khảo tài liệu 'word smart ii phần 4', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 90 WORD SMART II DISSENT V di SENT to disagree to withhold approval The chief justice dissented from the opinion signed by the other justices in fact he thought their opinion was crazy. i Jim and Bob say I m a jerk I dissent. A person who dissents is a dissenter. The meeting had lasted so long that when I moved that it be adjourned there were no dissenters. Dissent can also be a noun. The dissent of a single board member was enough to overturn any proposal every board member had absolute veto power. ặ Dissent is related to the words consent and assent which mean agreement . DISSERVICE n di SUR vus a harmful action an ill turn Inez did a disservice to her parents by informing the police that they were growing marijuana in their garden. The reviewer did a grave disservice to the author by inaccurately J describing what his book was about. Note carefully the meaning of this word. DISSIDENT n DIS uh dunt a person who disagrees or dissents The old Soviet regime usually responded to dissidents by imprisoning them. The plan to build a nuclear power plant in town was put on hold by a group of dissidents who lay down in the road in front of the bulldozers. Dissident can also be an adjective. A dissident writer is a writer who is a dissident. DISSUADE V di SWAYD to persuade not to Dissuade is the opposite of persuade. The 100 degree heat and the 100 percent relative humidity did not dissuade me from playing tennis all afternoon. Mary and Alice tried to dissuade Andrew from jumping off the bridge but they were unsuccessful and Andrew jumped. Dissuasion di SWAY zhun is the opposite of persuasion. Gentle dissuasion is usually more effective than hitting over the head with a two-by-four. DISTINCT adj di STINKT separate different clear and unmistakable The professor was able to identify eleven distinct species of ant in the corner of his backyard. The twins were identical but the personality of each was distinct from that of the other. The bloody ax in Bert s hand gave me the .