Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Lesson 73--Vocabulary

Capable


an adjective used to describe what you can do.

i.e.       I am capable of eating a whole pizza.
            He was capable of holding his breath for 3 minutes.
            They aren't capable of murder
            He is a very capable person.

word family

adjective          incapable
adverb             capably/incapably
noun                capability/incapability

typical confusion with capacity (the capacity of the jar is 1L)

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