*gen-etymology Dictionary

*Spring break:Spring break is a U.S. phenomenon and an academic tradition which started in the United States and is observed in some other western countries. Spring break is also a vacational period in early spring at universities and schools in various countries in the world, where it is known by names such as Easter vacation, Easter Holiday, March break, spring vacation, Mid-Term Break, study week, reading week, reading period, or Easter week, depending on regional conventions. However, these vacations differ from Spring Break in the United States.

*The Seven main Syatems of the human body

Muscular,Skeletal,Nevous,Digesetive,Respiratory,Excretory,Circulatory

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Vocabulary

1.egotism (n.) 

a.  a building where a car or cars are kept, esp. one that is next to or part of a house

e.g.: The car wasn’t in the garage so I thought you weren’t home.

b. A garage is also a place where you can have your car repaired.

2.garage (n.) 

a. a building where a car is kept, built next to or as part of a house

e.g.: Did you put the car in the garage?

b. a place where cars are repaired

e.g.: The car's still at the garage getting fixed.

c.  UK ( US gas station) a place where fuel is sold for cars and other vehicles

d.  UK a place where cars are sold

3.hed (n.)

a.      a small building usually used for storage or shelter

e.g.: The lawn mower is kept in the shed.

4.silhouette (n.) 

a.      a dark shape seen against a light surface

e.g.: The silhouette of the bare tree on the hill was clear against the winter sky.

5.involuntarily (adj.) 

a.  not done by choice; done unwillingly, or without the decision or intention of the person involved

e.g.: A sharp tap on the knee usually causes an involuntary movement of the lower leg.

6.dock (n.) 

a.  an area of water in a port that can be closed off and that is used for putting goods onto and taking them off ships or repairing ships

7.desolate (adj.) 

a.  A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it

e.g.: The house stood in a bleak and desolate landscape.

b.  extremely sad and feeling alone

e.g.: She felt desolate when her best friend moved away.

8.ridge (n.) 

a.  a long, narrow raised part of a surface, especially a high edge along a mountain

e.g.: We walked along the narrow mountain ridge.

b.  the part of a roof where the sloping sides join at the top

9.grotesque (adj.) 

a.      strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way

e.g.: By now she'd had so much cosmetic surgery that she looked quite grotesque.

10.chimney (n.) 

a. a hollow structure that allows the smoke from a fire inside a building to escape to the air outside

e.g.: Factory chimneys belched dense white smoke into the sky.

11.dim (adj.)

a.   not giving or having much light

e.g.: The lamp gave out a dim light.

b. something that you remember slightly, but not very well

e.g.: I had a dim recollection of having met her before.

c.  not very clever

e.g.: He's a nice guy, but a little dim.

12.ghastly (adj.) /ˋgæstlɪ/

a. unpleasant and shocking

e.g.: Today's newspaper gives all the ghastly details of the murder.

b.  extremely bad

e.g.: What ghastly weather!

c.   If someone looks ghastly, they look very ill or very shocked, especially with a very pale face

e.g.: You look ghastly - are you okay?

13.spade (n.) / sped /

a.  a tool used for digging especially soil or sand, with a long handle and a flat blade

e.g.: The kids took their buckets and spades to the beach.

b.  one of the four suits in playing cards, which has one or more black symbols like a pointed leaf with a short stem

c. one of the four suits in playing cards, which has one or more black symbols like a pointed leaf with a short stem

e.g.: Don't you have any spades?

14.bleak (adj.) 

a. If a place is bleak, it is empty, and not welcoming or attractive

e.g.: The house stands on a bleak, windswept hilltop.

b. Bleak weather is cold and unpleasant.

c.  If a situation is bleak, there is little or no hope for the future

e.g.: The economic outlook is bleak.

15.gigantic (adj.) 

a.  extremely large

e.g.: The cost has been gigantic.

16.oculist (n.) 

a.  old-fashioned -a doctor who examines and treats people's eyes

17.dumping (n.) 

a.  the act of getting rid of something that is not wanted

e.g.: They have promised to limit the dumping of sewage sludge in the sea.

18.barge (v.) 

a.  to hurry somewhere or through a place in a rude and forceful way

e.g.: They barged through the crowds.

19.dismal (adj.) 

a.  sad and without hope

b.   very bad

e.g.: The acting was dismal, wasn't it?

20.resent (v.) 

a. to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like

e.g.: She bitterly resented her father's new wife.

21.saunter (v.)

a.   to walk in a slow and relaxed way, often in no particular direction

e.g.: He sauntered by, looking very pleased with himself.

22.literally (adv.) 

a. using the real or original meaning of a word or phrase

e.g.: They were responsible for literally millions of deaths.

b.  If you translate literally, you translate each word in a text separately, without looking at how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence

c.  used to emphasize what you are saying

e.g.: He missed that kick literally by miles.

d. simply or just

23.tank (n.) 

a. a container that holds liquid or gas

b. a large military fighting vehicle designed to protect those inside it from attack, driven by wheels that turn inside moving metal belts

24.luncheon (n.) 

a.  formal -lunch

25.supercilious (adj.) / ͵supɚ`sɪlɪəs /

a.  behaving as if you are better than other people, and that their opinions, beliefs, or ideas are not important

e.g.: He spoke in a haughty, supercilious voice.