Entry number 0067 LESSON 6: 5 NEW WORDS ADDITION INTO YOUR VOCABULARY FLASH CARD - chiefly - coarse - commonplace - comparatively - complex 1) chiefly (adv.) the most important or most common / (adj.) chief (syn.) mostly Houses are made chiefly of wood products. Corn in the chief crop of the Midwest. 2) coarse (adj.) not fine or smooth; not delicate / (adv.) coarsely / (n.) coarseness (syn.) rough Sandpaper is an extremely coarse material. Wool clothing has a certain coarseness in texture. 3) commonplace (adj.) ordinary (syn.) frequent Soon it will be commonplace to see the person to whom you are talking on the phone. Female lawyers are commonplace in the United States. 4) comparatively (adv.) being measured or judged by comparison / (adj.) comparative / (v.) compare / (n.) comparison (syn.) relatively It was comparatively easy for him to learn baseball because he had been a cricket player. If you compare algebra and trigonometry, youll discover that algebra is less complex. 5) complex (adj.) difficult to understand or explain; having many parts / (n.) complexity (syn.) complicated The businessmen astutely approached the complex production problem. The universe has a complexity beyond comprehension.
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