Saturday, October 1, 2011

Hang's W6 vocab blog

Consume:
1) to use fuel, energy or time, especially in a large amounts.
2) The new machine consumes a lot of fuel.
3) synonym: apply, waste, squander,use up, spent.
 Antonym: desist, save.
4) Ex1: engross, propagate,
       Ex2:  get, recognize, realize, know.
Investor
1) a person who puts money into something in order to make a profit or get an advantage.
2) The new company is invested money by investor.
3) synonym:advance, bankroll, back.
      Antonym: divest, disinvest.
4) Ex1: form or creat someoneto change something
       Ex2: transmit, order.
Reinforce:
1) to make something stronger.
2) synonym: add to, increase, reward.
     Antonym: decrease.
3) reinforcement 
4) My mother reinforced the shirt with strong cloth.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Hang,
    I wonder whether desist can be the antonym of consume, reward can be the synonym of reinforce, and back can be the synonym of invest. However, I like the synonyms you found for "consume".

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