đ Vocabulary
English Grammar and Composition Classes Nine and Ten
1. Adjectives from the Introductory Letter (8 words)
fantastic[/fÃĻnËtÃĻstÉĒk/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻ
āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ
Alt: āĻāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϰ; āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϝāϰāĻāĻŽ āĻāĻžāϞā§
Example: The weather is fantastic in winter.
Syn: wonderfulAnt: terrible
đĄ Exam tip: âFantasticâ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ positive adjective; noun-āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻž linking verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
humid[/ËhjuËmÉĒd/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻāϰā§āĻĻā§āϰ
Alt: āĻāϞā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāώā§āĻĒāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ
Example: The air is humid during the rainy season.
Syn: dampAnt: dry
đĄ Exam tip: Comparative: more humid; superlative: most humidāĨ¤
moderate[/ËmÉdÉrÉt/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ
Alt: āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāϤ; āϏāĻšāύā§āϝāĻŧ
Example: The temperature is moderate today.
Syn: reasonableAnt: extreme
đĄ Exam tip: âModerateâ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ long adjective āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ more moderate, most moderate āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
strong[/strÉÅ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞā§
Alt: āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ; āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧ
Example: There was a strong wind last night.
Syn: powerfulAnt: weak
đĄ Exam tip: Irregular comparative: stronger; superlative: strongestāĨ¤
soothing[/ËsuËðÉĒÅ/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ
Alt: āĻāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ; āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ
Example: The sunlight was soothing in the morning.
Syn: calmingAnt: irritating
đĄ Exam tip: âSoothingâ āĻā§āύ⧠noun-āĻāϰ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ attributive āĻŦāĻž predicative adjective āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
interesting[/ËÉĒntrÉstÉĒÅ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖā§āϝāĻŧ
Alt: āĻā§āϤā§āĻšāϞā§āĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻĒāĻ
Example: Winter vegetables are interesting to visitors.
Syn: fascinatingAnt: boring
đĄ Exam tip: Comparative: more interesting; superlative: most interestingāĨ¤
delicious[/dÉĒËlÉĒĘÉs/]adjeasy
Meaning: āϏā§āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§
Alt: āϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϰ
Example: Bangladeshi pitha is delicious.
Syn: tastyAnt: tasteless
đĄ Exam tip: āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤā§āϧāĻŋāĻ syllable-āĻāϰ adjective-āĻ more/most āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
mild[/maÉĒld/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻŽā§āĻĻā§
Alt: āĻāĻŽ āϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ; āύāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϤā§āώā§āĻŖ
Example: Bangladesh has a milder winter than Russia.
Syn: gentleAnt: severe
đĄ Exam tip: Comparative: milder; superlative: mildestāĨ¤
2. Degrees of Comparison (8 words)
big[/bÉĒÉĄ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ
Alt: āĻāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻŦā§āĻšā§
Example: This year the gourds are bigger.
Syn: largeAnt: small
đĄ Exam tip: āĻāĻ vowel āĻ āĻāĻ consonant-āĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž short adjective-āĻ āĻļā§āώ consonant āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ: big-bigger-biggestāĨ¤
nice[/naÉĒs/]adjeasy
Meaning: āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰ
Alt: āĻŽāύā§āϰāĻŽ; āĻāĻžāϞā§
Example: She bought a nicer dress.
Syn: pleasantAnt: unpleasant
đĄ Exam tip: āĻļā§āώ⧠e āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻļā§āϧ⧠r āĻāĻŦāĻ st āϝā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ: nice-nicer-nicestāĨ¤
dirty[/ËdÉËrti/]adjeasy
Meaning: āύā§āĻāϰāĻž
Alt: āĻŽāϝāĻŧāϞāĻžāϝā§āĻā§āϤ
Example: Cities are dirtier than villages.
Syn: uncleanAnt: clean
đĄ Exam tip: āĻļā§āώ⧠consonant+y āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠y āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ ier/iest āĻšāϝāĻŧ: dirty-dirtier-dirtiestāĨ¤
powerful[/ËpaĘÉrfÉl/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāύ
Alt: āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞā§; āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻļāĻžāϞā§
Example: We need a more powerful association.
Syn: strongAnt: powerless
đĄ Exam tip: Comparative āĻ superlative-āĻ more/most āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
good[/ÉĄĘd/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāϞā§
Alt: āĻāĻĒāϝā§āĻā§āϤ; āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻ
Example: This is a better camera than the old one.
Syn: excellentAnt: bad
đĄ Exam tip: Irregular forms: good-better-best; more good āĻŦāĻž gooder āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
bad[/bÃĻd/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ
Alt: āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ; āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ
Example: The road is worse than before.
Syn: poorAnt: good
đĄ Exam tip: Irregular forms: bad-worse-worstāĨ¤
far[/fÉËr/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§
Alt: āĻĻā§āϰāϤā§āĻŦā§ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ
Example: The school is farther from my home.
Syn: distantAnt: near
đĄ Exam tip: āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ distance-āĻ farther/farthest āĻāĻŦāĻ figurative āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨā§ further/furthest āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
important[/ÉĒmËpÉËrtÉnt/]adj
Meaning: āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ
Alt: āϤāĻžā§āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ
Example: Taste is more important than quantity.
Syn: significantAnt: unimportant
đĄ Exam tip: Long adjective: more important, most importantāĨ¤
3. Group 3 (0 words)