Lesson 16

Lesson 16#1

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Appreciable Adjective Noticeable; able to be perceived or estimated.

Ellen has saved an appreciable amount of money for college.

Lesson 16#2

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Breadth Noun A) Width; distance from side to side

B) A wide range

A) The breadth of the United States is approximately three thousand miles.

B) The breadth of Terry’s knowledge about current events often surprises his parents.

Lesson 16#3

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Copious Adjective Plentiful; abundant The famous actor receives copious amounts of fan mail.

Lesson 16#4

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Gargantuan Adjective Gigantic; of immense size, volume, or capacity

The gargantuan skyscraper towered above the city.

Lesson 16#5

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innumerable

Adjective Too many to count There are innumerable grains of sand on a beach.

Lesson 16#6

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Inordinate Adjective Exceeding reasonable limits

At midnight, Alfredo snuck into the kitchen and gobbled down inordinate amounts of leftovers.

Lesson 16#7

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Negligible Adjective Not enough to be worth considering; insignificant

Don’t expect to do well on the test after the negligible amount of studying you have done!

Lesson 16#8

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Paucity noun Smallness of number; fewness; scarcity

Because of the paucity of facts on William Shakespeare’s life, biographies about him are often products of hearsay and the authors’ imaginations.

Lesson 16#9

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pittance Noun A very small amount; an inadequate wage

Unable to live on the pittance he received as a farm laborer, the man moved to the city in search of a higher paying job.

Lesson 1#10

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Proliferate Verb To multiply, increase, or spread rapidly

Specialized branches of medicine have proliferated during the last century.