Unit8-chapter15

• pityingly 

I ask for eggs, and the man looks pityingly on me,and says all I need to do is stop at the henhouse just down the hill from our place.

definition: in a compassionate manner

eg: Betty looked at him pityingly.

• scent [s'ɛnt]

I throw a few fannel seeds into the pan to scent the oil, where the blossoms are now begining to take color on their bottom sides.

definition: to have a smell

from: Middle French, Middle English and Latin

eg: He thousht he scented blood.

a: scentless n: scentlessness

• stay put

I drop in the blossoms whole, flatten them a bit so they stay put , and leave them for a minute... 

definition: do not move

eg: Just stay put, all right?

stem [st'ɛm]

...each one long and soft as a rabbit's ear, whacks the leaves and small stems from a head of celery, picks through ...

definition: a cut flower

from: Middle English and Old English

eg: Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

a: stemlike a: stemless

• stroke [str'ok]

...I tear a few basil leaves and give the eggs another stroke or two.

definition: the act of striking

from: Middle English and Old English

eg: It began to sharpen with each stroke. 

• terrace [t'ɛrəs]

...and all of the tiny potatoes and green beans and carry them out to the terrace with the frittata.

definition:  a raised level space

from: Middle French 

eg: Furious, he came out on the terrace.

a: terraceless

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• profound [prof'ɑʊnd]

According to Wrangham , this newfound freedom had a profound effect on early human relationship.

definition: of deep meaning                                                         

from: Middle English, Latin and Anglo-French    

eg: He regarded it as profound philosophy.

adv: profoundly n: profouneness

• shift [ʃ'ɪft]

Wrangham argues that the shift from eating raw to cooked food enabled the wvolution of the larger-brained Homo erecus.

definition:  the act of shifting                                                     

from: Middle English and Old English                                      

eg: Under reagan, the shift is explicit.

adv: shiftingly n: shiftingness