Unit5-chapter9

• default [dɪf'ɔlt]

It's like orange is my default color for pain.

definition: failure to perform

from: Middle English and Old French and Anglo-French

ex: He said he had to default that loan.

n: defaulter

• defective [dɪf'ɛktɪv]                                                   

The bain of a synesthete is not defective in any way.  

definition: having a defect{an imperfect part}or defect

from: Late Latin                                                                

ex: She is mentally defective.

adv: defectively n: defectiveness 

• wear off

When the nerve was out, and the anesthesia had worn off, there was color for orange.

definition: pass away gradually

ex: The effects of the drugs began to wear off.

• belly button

I was telling Carol that it's kind of like figuring out that you have a belly button.

definition: the navel

ex: The singer likes to expose her belly button.

• dumbfound [dʌmˈfaʊnd]

And I was dumbfound .

definition: make speechless with surprise

ex: His behavior dumbfounded her.

n: dumbfounderment a: dumbfounded

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• stir up

I quickly identified with the atmosphere of Mishael's house, an attraction that stirred up an old conflict.

definiton: rouse, provoke

ex: He was accused of stirring up trouble.

• blurt out

"Sometimes I blurt these things out," he whispered, leaning toward me.

definition: utter{to express} suddenly

ex: He blurted out the secret before I could stop him.

• grin [gr'ɪn]

"What are you grining about?" Michael asked.

definition: to draw back the lips so as to show the teeth

from: Middle English and Old English

ex: She grinned at the camara.

adv: grinningly n: grinner

• neurologist [nʊr'ɑlədʒəst]

" You 're a neurologist, maybe it will make sense to you. I know it sounds crazy but I have this thing , see, where I taste by shape."                        

definition: a physician specializing in neurologist

 ex: He didn't receive an autism diagnosis from a neurologis-t until he was five.

• conservative [kəns'ɚvətɪv]                                          

As a doctor, I was expected to be conservative, yet the house spoke to the artist in me,too.

definition: cautiously moderate or purposefully           

from: Late Latin                                                                 

ex: Old people are usually more conservative than  young people.                                                                              

adv: conservatively n: conservativeness

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