Unit2-Chapter3
- give someone an edge
This gives the kalenjini an important edge when they compete in races at lower altitude. definition: to give someone an advantage in a particular situation eg: I just didn't want to jeopardize my chances or give another applicant an edge over me.
- rigorous /ˈrɪɡərəs/
The few monks who have completed the rigorous 1000-day challenge say that they now see the world in a new way.
definition: 1.strict
2. severe or harsh
From: Middle English and Medieval Latin
eg: Rigorous control are necessary.
adv: rigorously n: rigorousness
- take sb's own life
Any monk who fails must take his own life.
definition: suicide
eg: A poet like him would never really take his own life.
- elite [ɪl'it]
Millions of people worldwide watch as elite runners compete for millions of dollars on television.
definition: the most powerful, rich, gifted, oreducated members of a group, community, etc
from: Middle English and Middle French
eg: They are the elite of society.
- cycle [s'ɑɪkəl]
The monk completes three of these 100-day cycles.
definition: a series of things, events, etc
from: Late Latin and Greek and Middle English
eg: The four seasons of the year make one cycle.
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- snobbish [sn'ɑbɪʃ]
Asmy father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat.
definition: of or like a snob
eg: She has a snobbish attitude toward her collegues.
adv: snobbishly n: snobbishness
- excursion [ɪksk'ɚʒən]
I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.
definition: a short trip for pleasure
from: Latin
eg: We went on an excursion to the zoo.
a: excursional, excursionary
- riotous [r'ɑɪətəs]
I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.
definition: violent and disorderly
from: Middle English
eg: The crowd in the streets was becoming increasingly riotous.
adv: riotously n: riotousness
- register [r'ɛdʒɪstɚ]
As if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away.
definition: show
from: Middle English, Old French, Late Latin and Medieval Latin
eg: The scales registered 125 pounds.
n: registerer n: registerability a: registerable
- flabby [fl'æbi]
This responsiveness had nothing to do with that flabby inpressionability which is dignified under the name of the " creative temperament....
definition: soft and limp
from: Late Middle English
eg: His muscles are flabby.
adv: flabbily n: flabbiness
- hardware [h'ɑrdw,ɛr]
And started the wholesale hardware business that my father carries on today.
definition: tools, nails, locks and other things made of metal
eg: This store sells hardware.
- mutter [m'ʌtɚ]
....who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove.
definition: speak in a low, indistinct voice
from: Middle English and Old English
eg: He muttered an answer.
n: mutterer adv: muteringly
- confer [kənf'ɚ]
He had casually conferred on me the freedom of the neighborhood.
definition: award, give and discuss
from: Late Middle English and Latin
eg: The university conferred honorary degrees on two famous scientists.
n: conference a: conferrable
Chapter4
- row /rəʊ/
He should have been a swimmer or a rower.
definition: to propel (a boat) by using oars{a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowingor otherwise propelling or steering a boat}
eg: I can't row.
From: Middle English and Old English
- be compared with
Weights becomes less important compared with the enormous benefits of having strong muscles.
definition: to vie; rival
comparison: "be compared to" is to consider or describe as similar; like
eg: My knowledge is not to be compared with yours.
From: Middle English and Latin and late Middle English and Old French
- cross-section
Bigger muscles, with their larger cross-section, also are stronger.
definition: the act of cutting anything across
eg: The hall is square in cross-section.
- stride /straɪd/
Tall people naturally have longer strides, but stride length does not determine speed.
definition: the space measured by such a step
eg: His stride was the long, slow stride of the farmer who could work from dawn to dusk.
adv: stridingly
From: Middle English and Old English
- epigram ['ɛpəgr,æm]
This isn't just an epigram -life is much more successfully looked at from a single window, after all.
definition: a witty saying
from: Late Middle English, Latin and Greek
eg: She could tattoo me with epigram.
a: epigrammatic adv: epigrammatically
- slender [sl'ɛndɚ]
It was on that slender riotous island which extends itself due east of New York....
defintion: weak, not strong
from: Middle English
eg: You have a beautifully slender figure.
adv: slenderly n: slenderness
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