Vocabulary-Grammar

 After reading the topics of the page [], I have learned some new words like:  //__ACHIEVE __//// ( // **//verb, //**achieved, achieving.) **//–verb (used with object) //** **1. **to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish. **2. **to get or attain by effort; gain; obtain: //to achieve victory.//  **//–verb (used without object) //**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to bring about an intended result; accomplish some purpose or effect. <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">—Synonyms //** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Consummate, complete; effect, execute; realize, reach, win. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> // __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ACKNOWLEDGE __ //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (** verb **) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To accept, admit or recognize something, or the truth or existence of something <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> // __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ASSESS __ //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (** verb **) **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">–verb //** **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(used //**  **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">with //**  **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">object) //** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to estimate officially [|the] value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation. <span style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to fix or determine the amount of (damages, a tax, a fine,etc.): //The// <span style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">hurricane damage was assessed at ////<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|six] ////<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> milliondollars. // <span style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to impose a tax or other charge on. <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">—Synonyms //** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> A ppraise, adjust. <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> // __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">BULK __ //<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">–noun //**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">magnitude in three dimensions: //a ship of great bulk.// **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the greater part; main [|mass] or body: //The bulk of// //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|the] ////<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> debt was paid. //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">goods or cargo not in packages or boxes, usually transported in large volume, as grain, coal, or petroleum. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">–adjective //**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">being or traded in bulk: //bulk grain.// <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">–verb (used without object) //**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to increase in size; expand; swell. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to be of or give the appearance of great weight, size, or importance: //The problem bulks large in his mind.// **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(of paper, cardboard, yarn, etc.) to be of or to acquire a specific thickness, especially in relation to weight. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">–verb (used with object) //**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to cause to swell, grow, or increase in weight or thickness. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to gather, bring together, or mix. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">—Synonyms //** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Size. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> // __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">DIMINISH __ //<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (** verb **) **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">–verb (used with object) //**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Architecture //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. To give (a column) a form tapering inward from bottom to top. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Music //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. To make (an interval) smaller by a chromatic half stepthan [|the] corresponding perfect or minor interval. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">4. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to detract from the authority, honor, stature, or reputation of; disparage. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">–verb (used without object) //**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">5. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to lessen; decrease. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">—Synonyms //** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Decrease.

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">I have taken the meanings from: <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Dictionary.com: http://dictionary.reference.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"> Cambridge Dictionary Online: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/