2015/05/08 week9 vocabulary journal

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• Companionship (n.): /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/

1. the relationship you have with a good friend who spends a lot of time with you

2. They don’t need any more companionship.

3. a friendly and comfortable relationship with someone

• Drag (v.): /dræɡ/

1. to pull something or someone along with difficulty, for example because they are heavy

2. My mother’s dragging, having trouble with her concentration.

3. Ex: She dragged her suitcase down the path.

• Evaporate (v.): /ɪˈvæpəreɪt/

1. if liquid evaporates or is evaporated, it changes into gas or steam

2. Her card evaporate: that’s what you want, that’s the object: in the end, the one who has nothing wins.

3. Ex: The sun soon evaporated the morning dew.

• Allowance (n.): /əˈlaʊəns/

1. an amount of money that someone receives regularly, in order to pay for the things they need

2. My aunt doesn’t give an inch, doesn’t make allowance for my mother’s weariness.

3. Ex: She receives a monthly allowance of £500.

• Insult (n.): /ˈɪnsʌlt/

1. an offensive remark

2. To let up insults the opponent.

3. Ex: He stormed off the pitch, hurling insults at the umpire.

 

 

• Opponent (n.): /əˈpəʊnənt/

1. someone who is competing against you

2. To let up insults the opponent.

3. Ex: You're facing a much more experienced opponent in tomorrow's match.

• Pastime (n.): /ˈpɑːsˌtaɪm/

1. something that you do regularly for fun in your free time

2. Spite and Malice, the family pastime, the game my grandmother taught all her daughters.

3. Ex: Skateboarding is the favourite pastime of many teenagers.

• Weariness(adj.): /ˈwɪəri/

1. very tired, especially because of hard work or activity

2. My aunt doesn’t give an inch, doesn’t make allowance for my mother’s weariness.

3. Ex: They collapsed on to their beds, too weary to get changed.

• Solitaire (n.): /ˌsɒlɪˈteə(r)/

1. a game for one person in which you move pieces around on a board. The aim is to have only one piece left at the end of the game.

2. And this is better than other game, better than solitaire.

3. a single jewel or a piece of jewellery with a single jewel in it, especially a large diamond

• Chip (n.): /tʃɪp/

1. a long thin piece of potato cooked in hot oil. The American word is French fry

2. I drop the chess piece into a sock to keep it from bumping against anything and chipping.

3. The ground was littered with chips of wood.

 

 

 

• Decipher (v.): /dɪˈsaɪfə(r)/

1. to succeed in reading untidy or careless writing

2. For each segment, they fly us to a new city where we follow a trail of clues through various exotic locations until we are able to decipher what item we’re looking for.

3. Ex: I always wonder how people manage to decipher my doctor's handwriting.

• Eliminate (v.): /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/

1. to get rid of something that is not wanted or needed

2. At the end of each leg, Barbara interviews the team that’s been eliminated.

3. Ex: Many infectious diseases have been virtually eliminated.

•  Fragile (adj.): /ˈfrædʒaɪl/

1. easy to break or damage

2. Every item we find has to remind with us until the end of the game, so the item are usually heavy, or fragile or unwieldy.

3. Ex: Most of the exhibits are too fragile to be sent abroad.

• Overflow (v.): /ˌəʊvə(r)ˈfləʊ/

1. to flow over the top of a container because it is too full

2. Our backpacks are overflowing.

3. Ex: The bath's overflowing!

• Provision (n.): /prəˈvɪʒ(ə)n/

1. the act of providing something that someone needs

2. I wonder if there’s any provision for that in the rules.

3. Ex: The Red Cross is in charge of the provision of emergency relief.

 

 

 

• Qualify (v.): /ˈkwɒlɪfaɪ/

1. to become a member of a particular profession after a period of training or study

2. Then each team sets out to find an object that qualifies.

3. Ex: Andrew qualified as a teacher in 1995.

• Reunite (v.): /ˌriːjuːˈnaɪt/

1. to bring people or groups together again after they have not seen each other for a period of time, or to be brought together again after a period of time

2. The only seat left is next to Betsy and Jason, the former high school sweethearts who have recently been reunited after twenty years apart.

3. The band has reunited for one last concert.

• Rigid (adj.): /ˈrɪdʒɪd/

1. stiff, hard, and difficult to bend or move

2. She’s small and rigid with short blond hair and frosty smile.

3. Ex: The door is made from galvanized steel with a rigid frame.

• Segment (n.): /ˈseɡmənt/

1. a separate part of anything

2. For each segment, they fly us to a new city where we follow a trail of clues through various exotic locations until we are able to decipher what item we’re looking for.

3. Ex: Cut the dough into eight equal segments.

• Unison (n.): /ˈjuːnɪs(ə)n/

1. a section of music where the singers or players all perform the same note or notes that are an octave apart

2. “Good morning,” we say like schoolchildren, except less in unison.

3. Ex: My feelings are in unison with yours.

 

 

 

• Footage (n.): /ˈfʊtɪdʒ/

1. film of a particular subject or event

2. I know he thinks Cassie makes grate footage.

3. cinema film showing a particular event

• Squawk (v.): /skwɔːk/

1. when a bird squawks, it makes a loud unpleasant noise in its throat

2. In the elevator, the parrot squawks.

3. Ex: His proposal has raised squawks of protest in Congress.

• Producer (n.): /prəˈdjuːsə(r)/

1. a person or company that grows food or makes goods to be sold

2. One of the producers, Eli, steps to the middle of the room and claps his hand.

3. Ex: The interests of producers and consumers may be in conflict.

• Entourage (n.): /ˈɒntʊˌrɑːʒ/

1. a group of people who go somewhere with an important person

2. The front door opens and the host of the snow, Barbara Fox, walks in with an entourage of makeup artist and even more camera people.

3. a group of people who travel with an important person

• Mural (n.): /ˈmjʊərəl/

1. a large painting done on a wall

2. Her crew sets her up in front of a large mural of the Sphinx.

3. a painting that is painted on a wall, either inside or outside a building