Composition 12 Grade
Vocabularies
Vocabulary # 1 : Compounds :
Compound adjectives : cutting –edge
far-reaching
groundbreaking
left-handed
never-ending
open-minded
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Compound nouns : breakthrough
gene therapy
genetic code
upbringing
More Compound character adjectives :
absent –minded -----------------short sighted
big –headed -----------------thick-skinned
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Vocabulary 2: Three –word phrasal verbs :
check up on live up to
get away with look down on
get through to look up to
go back on make up for
grow out of stand up for
Vocabulary 3 : New words :
asymmetrical cultural pressures hemisphere (of brain) speak too soon
asymmetry cure(for) internal sponge
