American English Vocabulary - Letter
O
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- obey
- v. to act as one is ordered to act
- object
- v. to show that one does not like or approve; to
protest; n. something not alive that can be seen or
touched
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observe - v. to watch; to look at carefully;
to celebrate or honor something ("They will observe
the anniversary of the day she was born.")
- occupy
- v. to take and hold or to control by force
- ocean
- n. the area of salt water that covers almost
seventy-five percent of the earth's surface; any of
the five main divisions of this water
- of
- prep. made from; belonging to; about; connected
to; included among
- off
- ad. away; at a distance; condition when something
is no longer operating or continuing; not on; not
connected
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offensive - n. a military campaign of attack;
ad. having to do with attacking
- offer
- v. to present or propose; n. the act of presenting
or proposing; that which is presented or proposed
- office
- n. a room or building where business or work is
done; a public position to which one is elected or
appointed
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officer - n. a person in the military who
commands others; any person who is a member of a
police force
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official - n. a person with power in an
organization; a representative of an organization or
government; ad. of or about an office; approved by
the government or someone in power
- often
- ad. many times
- oil
- n. a thick liquid that does not mix with water and
that burns easily; a black liquid taken from the
ground and used as fuel
- old
- ad. not young or new; having lived or existed for
many years
- on
- prep. above and held up by; touching the upper
surface of ("The book is on the table."); supported
by ("He is on his feet."); about ("The report on the
meeting is ready."); at the time of ("He left on
Wednesday.")
- once
- ad. one time only
- only
- ad. being the single one or ones; no more than
("We have only two dollars.")
- open
- v. to start ("They opened talks."); ad. not
closed; not secret
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operate - v. to do work or a job; to cut into
the body for medical reasons
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opinion - n. a belief based on one's own
ideas and thinking
- oppose
- v. to be against; to fight against
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opposite - ad. different as possible;
completely different from; exactly the other way
("North is the opposite direction from south.")
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oppress - v. to make others suffer; to
control by the use of unjust and cruel force or
power
- or
- conj. giving another of two choices; giving the
last of several choices
- orbit
- v. to travel in space around a planet or other
object; n. the path or way an object travels in
space around another object or planet
- order
- v. to give a command; to tell someone what to do;
n. a command; the correct or normal way things are
organized; a peaceful situation in which people obey
laws
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organize - v. to put in order; to put
together into a system
- other
- ad. different; of another kind; the remaining one
or ones of two or more ("That man is short; the
other is tall.")
- our
- ad. of or belonging to us
- oust
- v. to force to leave; to remove by force
- out
- ad. away from the inside; opposite of in
- over
- conj. above; covering; across, in or on every part
of ("all over the world")
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overthrow - v. to remove from power; to
defeat or end by force
- owe
- v. to pay or have to repay (usually money) in
return for something received
- own
- v. to have or possess for oneself
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