Hello everyone,

Here are today’s Daily Words for students preparing for all advanced and intermediate English exams. How are you doing? When you learn these words do you use your dictionary tools to discover the different forms of the words? What about synonyms?

likewise adv. similarly

parameter n. quantity that does not vary in a particular case but does vary in other cases

psychology n. science or study of the mind and how it functions

assign v. ~ sth to sb give sth to sb as a share of work to be done or of things to be used

commission n. ~ action, task or piece of work given to sb to do

diverse adj. of different kinds; varied

document n. paper, form, book, etc giving information about sth, evidence or proof of sth

entity n. thing with distinct and real existence

environment n. conditions, circumstances, etc affecting people’s lives

erode v. destroy or wear (sth) away gradually

intelligence n. power of learning, understanding and reasoning; mental ability

justify v. show that (sb/sth) is right, reasonable or just

incentive n. ~ thing that encourages sb to do sth; stimulus

As ever here are the links to the dictionary and vocabulary learning tools I recommend:

Pop-up Dictionary and Ultimate Vocabulary

Download Ultimate Vocabulary Success Edition here (Free 90 day trial)

Download a free 21 day trial of Pop-up Dictionary here

Pop-up Dictionary is the best translation dictionary for over 60 ancient and modern languages and makes it possible not only to look up a translation for any word you can see on your computer screen but to store it so you can be sure to learn it. You can customise it so it’s large and bright and it makes it MUCH faster and easier to look up words which encourages you to do more reading and writing. It’s a good tool for dyslexics struggling to train their minds to accept more words and more accuracy – you will find that by customising the dictionary with large fonts on a nice coloured background it will help you a great deal. Say each letter out loud so that you get your ears to work as well as your eyes. All good!!!

Ultimate Vocabulary software uses 7 key strategies to make your quest for a great vocabulary interesting, fast and effective. It’s packed with features to help you enjoy gaining a true and deep understanding of the words you learn so that you use them confidently and never forget them. For instance you could use it to explore the ‘families’ of the words you learn each day (very important for the Derivatives task in CPE but also for many other questions)

Go to Pop-up to find the free dictionary files in your own language. (See the menu tab marked “Dictionaries” on the left hand side.)

All the Daily Words posts are collected together on the Daily Words page.