Vocabulary blog # 4 : Learn 3 new words a day - Monday to Friday(Revise on Saturday and Sunday) - ESL Blogs

1. Boisterous :- Adjective

Definition:- noisy, energetic and rough

-boisterous children

-a boisterous game

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Boisterously :- Adverb

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2. Access :- Noun [U]

Definition :-

the method or possibility of getting near to a place or person, or the right to use or look at something

-The only access to the village is by boat.

-The main access to (= entrance to) the building is at the side.

-The tax inspector had/gained complete access to the company files.

-The system has been designed to give the user quick and easy access to the required information.

-The children's father was refused access to them at any time (= refused official permission to see them).

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Access :- Verb [T]

Definition:- to open a computer file (= a collection of information stored on a computer) in order to look at or change information in it

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Access Road :- Noun [C] (ALSO access route)

Defintion:-

*a road leading from or to a particular place

*UK a road leading to a motorway

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Self access :- Noun [U]

Definition:- a method of learning in which students use books, videos, etc. to study on their own

-self-access material

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Access Course :- Noun [C] UK

Definition:- a set of classes which people take so they can get a qualification which can be used to get into university or college

-She didn't have any formal qualifications but took an access course to get into university.

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Access Provider:- Noun [C] (also ISP)

Defintion:- a company that allows you to use the Internet and use email, and gives you space on the Internet to put your documents

-the UK's largest internet access provider

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3. Blunder :- Noun [C]

Defintion:- a big mistake, usually caused by not taking care or thinking

-He said that the tax was a major political blunder.

-I made a bit of a blunder by getting his name wrong.

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Blunder :- Verb (mistake)

Definition:- [I] to make a big mistake, usually because of not taking care or thinking

-Police blundered by not releasing more details about the case to focus public interest.

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Blundering :- Adjective [before noun]

-You blundering idiot! What do you think you're doing?

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Blunder :- Verb (move)

Definition :- [I usually + adverb or preposition] to move in an awkward way

-I could hear him blundering around in the darkness.

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NOTE :- All definitions are from Cambridge Dictionaries Online.

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