Unit 4 Checking Out

Chapter7 Choosing to Be Different

Chapter8 Welcome to Leisureville

 

Orange Box

free-without

carefree = without cares

child-free = without children

trouble-free = without troubles

 

How to take great notes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAhRf3U50lM#t=33

 

Vocabulary

1. accumulate v. [əˋkjumjə͵let]

  Definition: 1. to get more and more of something over a period of time

                  2. to increase in quantity over a period of time

  Example: They set to work accumulation a huge mass of data.

 

2. claustrophobic adj. [͵klɔstrəˋfobɪk]

  Definition: feeling afraid because you are in a small space or in a place that seems difficult to get out of quickly

  Example: The staff members are jammed into a nest of claustrophobic offices.

 

3. disturb v. [dɪsˋtɝb]

  Definition: 1. to interrupt someone and stop them from continuing what they were doing

                   2. to upset and worry someone a lot

   Example: She was disturbed to hear you had been injured in the accident.

 

4. excerpt v. [ɪkˋsɝpt]

  Definition: a short piece of writing or music that is taken from a longer piece

  Example: Can you excerpt something from the newspaper?

 

5. widow n. [ˋwɪdo]

  Definition: a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again

  Example: His widowed mother brought him up.

 

6. diminish v. [dəˋmɪnɪʃ]

  Definition: to become less

  Example: The illness has diminished her strength.

 

7. radiant adj. [ˋredjənt]

  Definitions: 1. someone who is radiant looks extremely happy

                    2. very bright

  Example: His radiant face tolf us of his happiness.

 

8. knuckle n. [ˋnʌk!]

  Definition: one of the parts where your fingers can bend

  Example: The boy scraped the skin off his kunckles.

 

9. specimen n. [ˋspɛsəmən]

  Definition: an example of something, especially of a plant or an animal

  Example: His hobby is collecting butterfly specimes.

 

10. bantering adj. [ˋbæntərɪŋ]

   Definition: if you talk in a bantering way, you are joking or laughing at someone

   Example: I’m just bantering. Don’t mind.

 

11. impersonal adj. [ɪmˋpɝsn!]

   Definition: not showing any friendly feelings or interest in someone

   Example: Don’t be so cold and impersonal.

 

12. absence n. [ˋæbsns]

   Definition: a period of time when someone is not where they should be or where the usually are

   Example: She never speaks ill of anyone in his or her absence.

 

13. entertain v. [͵ɛntɚˋten]

   Definition: to give a performance that people enjoy

   Example: We were all entertained by his humorous stories.

 

14. anticipation n. [æn͵tɪsəˋpeʃən]

   Definition: a feeling of excitement about something enjoyable that is going to happen soon

   Example: We are looking forward to their visit with eager anticipation.

 

15. sheer adj. [ʃɪr]

    Definitions: 1. used for emphasizing the amount or degree of something

                      2. extremely deep

                      3. sheer cloth is very thin

   Examples: 1. She fainted from sheer weariness.

                   2. It ' s very difficult to climb a sheer cliff.

                   3. She wore a sheer white dress.

 

16. dread v. [drɛd]

   Definition: to feel very worried about something that might happen or is going to happen

   Example: She dreads going to the dentist.

 

17. confess v. [kənˋfɛs]

   Definitions: 1. to admit that you have committed a crime

                     2. to admit something about yourself that you would not normally tell people because you are embarrassed about it or they could be disappointed by it

                     3. to tell a priest about the bad things you have done, and ask to be forgiven for them

   Examples: 1. He confessed himself to be unfaithful to his friends.

                   2. The priest confessed the criminal.

 

18. pessimist n. [ˋpɛsəmɪst]

   Definition: someone who thinks that the worst thing will happen in every situation

   Example: Don’t be a pessimist.

 

19. impatient adj. [ɪmˋpeʃənt]

   Definitions: 1. annoyed because something is not happening as quickly as you want or in the way you want

                     2. waiting something to happen as soon as possible

   Examples: 1. He was very impatient with students who could not follow him.

                   2. He was impatient to learn the news.

 

20. fellow n. [ˋfɛlo]

   Definition: a man

   Example: A fellow must eat.

 

21. dominant adj. [ˋdɑmənənt]

   Definition: more important, powerful, or successful than the other people or things of the same type

   Example: The dominant influence in her life was her father.

 

22. fervent adj. [ˋfɝvənt]

   Definition: very enthusiastic and sincere, especially about something you believe in or support

   Example: She has a fervent desire to win.

 

23. infinitesimal adj. [͵ɪnfɪnəˋtɛsəm!]

   Definition: extremely small

   Example: The body ' s annual intake of metallic iron is infinitesimal.

 

24. pathetic adj. [pəˋθɛtɪk]

   Definitions: 1. useless or not effective in an annoying way

                     2. if someone or something looks or sounds pathetic, you feel sympathy for them.

   Example: It was pathetic to watch her condition deteriorate day by day.

 

25. concentration n. [͵kɑnsɛnˋtreʃən]

   Definitions: the process of giving all your attention to something

   Example: Concentration is essential if you want to do a good job.