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English for Communication and Study Skills






               4.elements.
               a. atmospheric agencies or forces; weather:
               a ruddy complexion from exposure to the elements.
               b. the rudimentary principles of an art, science, etc.:
               the elements of grammar.
               c. the bread and wine of the Eucharistic service.
               5.any group of people singled out within a larger group by identifiablebeh
               avior patterns, common interests, ethnic similarities, etc.:
               He worried that the protest rally would attract the radical element.
               6.one of the substances, usually earth, water, air, and fire, formerlyregard
               ed as constituting the material universe.
               7.Mathematics.

               a. an infinitesimal part of a given quantity, similar in nature to it.
               b. an entity that satisfies all the conditions of belonging to a given set.



               correct
               [kuh-rekt]
               Spell Syllables
               verb (used with object)
               1.to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faultsfrom:T
               he native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glassescorrected hi
               s eyesight.
               2.to point out or mark the errors in:
               The teacher corrected the examination papers.
               3.to scold, rebuke, or punish in order to improve:


               Should parents correct their children in public?
               4.to counteract the operation or effect of (something hurtful orundesirable
               ):The medication will correct stomach acidity.
               5.Mathematics, Physics. to alter or adjust so as to bring into accordancewi
               th a standard or with a required condition.
               verb (used without object)
               6.to make a correction or corrections.
               7.(of stock prices) to reverse a trend, especially temporarily, as after ashar
               p advance or decline in previous trading sessions.
               adjective
               8.conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate:




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