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American English Vocabulary - Letter
J
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Words - Letter J |
- jail
- n. a prison for those waiting to be tried for a
crime or for those serving sentences for crimes that
are not serious
- jewel
- n. a valuable stone, such as a diamond or emerald
- job
- n. the work that one does to earn money
- join
- v. to put together or come together; to become
part of or a member of
- joint
- ad. shared by two or more
- joke
- n. something done or said to cause others to laugh
- judge
- v. to form an opinion about; to decide a question,
especially a legal one; n. a public official who
decides problems of law in a court
- jump
- v. to push down on the feet and move up quickly
into the air
- jury
- n. a group of people chosen to decide what is true
in a trial
- just
- ad. only ("Help me for just a minute."); very
shortly before or after the present ("He just
left."); at the same time ("He left just as I came
in."); what is right or fair ("The law is just, in
my opinion.")
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justice - n. the quality of being right, fair
or lawful
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Words - Letter J
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