hi this is chapter one from building
vocabulary skills I'm going to read the
words aloud and you should pause and say
each word after me so that you get the
pronunciation correct acknowledge
alternatives anecdote appropriate avert
candid compel comply concise drastic the
first word is acknowledge it's a verb
stubborn people also find it difficult
to acknowledge their errors they hate to
admit they were wrong but needs to admit
you can acknowledge your mistakes
acknowledge your problems acknowledge
your errors the second word is
alternative it's a noun a choice the
teacher stated the alternatives to tim
either retake the test or get a d for
the course alternatives is just like
choices so your alternatives for taking
32 at Loudoun would be to take 32 in
another campus or you can wait till the
next semester if it's not available
next we have anecdote it's a noun it's a
short interesting story dad told the
children an anecdote about getting his
tie caught in a filing cabinet at work
just as boss walked in anecdote is just
a short story so I can tell an anecdote
about going on the kayak with my dog and
next the word appropriate it's an
Chuck has a little sense of what's
socially appropriate for example he wore
jeans and running shoes to his sister's
it means proper you can have appropriate
behavior you can speak appropriately and
appropriate choice so example I think
she made the appropriate choice when she
overt it's an it's a verb Renate averted
in unpleasant meeting with her
ex-boyfriend by leaving the store before
he saw her this to prevent so you can
avert your eyes if you don't want to see
something you can avert an accident
you can avert getting caught in the rain
if you forget your umbrella so for
example I averted the accident by
slamming on my brakes and stopping
before I hit the car in front of me next
candid it's an adjective meaning to be
honest I'll give you my candid opinion
but you may not like what you hear you
can be candid with somebody it can be a
candid person you can say to be candid a
candid opinion so for example in my
candid opinion I don't like what she's
wearing but I'm not sure I want to tell
her that compell it's a verb my history
teacher would often compel us to do
useless work such as memorizing the date
each state entered the union this force
and this particular day somebody of
higher standing would compel somebody of
lower standing to do something so for
example a boss could compel his
employees to do something a parent could
compel a child an army officer could
compel somebody below them to do
something the next way to comply it's a
verb if someone with an iron pipe demand
your wallet it's safer to comply venturi
says this means to do is ask this is the
person that's doing what the other
person compels them to do the mother
would compel her child to do the
homework the child would comply the
police officer would compel the person
be pulled over to give him his license
the person he pulled over with apply and
concise this is an adjective because of
limited space most newspaper articles
must be concise this means clear and
brief short and simple not giving a long
response you're just keeping it quick I
gave a concise answer when she asked if
it was raining Twitter is also a very
concise type of communication as opposed
to email finally we have drastic it's an
adjective the company's new president
took drastic steps closing two factories
in laying off 300 employees stream you
could have a drastic consequences to
creation a drastic punishment so for
example when the child came home late
from school one day the mother gave a
drastic punishment and SETI he could not
go out for the next month these are the
ten words from Chapter one you should go
through your book now listen to this and
then go through and do the assignment in