Unit 5-chapter 10

drain /dr'en/.

all the dark blue speed drained out of it

Def: make of become empty

E.g.: Our bathtub drains slowly.

psyche /s'ɑɪki/

a mumps of the psyche,...

Def: the human mind

E.g.: By the end of the semeter, I knew a lot about their psyches.

a: psychiatric

chapter 11

breakthrough /br'ekθr,u/

Whether continuing to make breakthroughs in nuclear physicist on television....

Def: a very inportant discovery or advance

E.g.: An important breakthrough in negotiations has been achieved.

likelihood /l'ɑɪklih,ʊd/

...,there are four factors that seem to contribute to the likelihood that someone will celebrate a triple-digit birthday.

Def: probability

E.g.: We have the likelihood to win the game.

spare /sp'ɛr/

In his spare time, he plays baseketball and ping-pong, and the has recently begun learning how to play the guitar.

Def: more than is needed

E.g.: We have time to spare.

strenuous /str'ɛnjuəs/

...at home is that home gardeners get regular, yet not overly strenuous, exercise.

Def: needing great effort

E.g.: He made strenuous attempts to defeat his opponent.

adv: strenuously n: strenuousness

the notes in the class

uni-: one

eg: unicameral, unicellular

mono-: one

eg: monocular, monoplane

bi-: two

eg: biamunel

tri-: three

eg: triangle, triad

per-: through, across

eg: perform, persist

re-: back

eg: reply, reside

-serve: keep

eg: reserve, conserve