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Vocabulary practice — p1b

Explain each word without looking it up. In section practice, also use it naturally in your own sentence.

1. connotation

Programme word-choice / effect tasks

Explain its meaning in your own words.

2. implies

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

3. suggests

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

4. emphasises

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

5. evokes

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Explain its meaning in your own words.

6. contrast

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

7. ambiguous

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

8. brittle

Programme 1B: 'thin and brittle'

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

9. snatched

Programme 1B: 'snatched' contrasted with 'took'

Explain its meaning in your own words.

10. ominous

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

11. insinuate

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

12. intensify

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

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13. exaggerate

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

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14. depict

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

15. vivid

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

16. abrupt

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

17. delicate

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

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18. menacing

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

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19. provocative

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

20. understatement

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.