Week 4 Glossary

Post the words from Unit 3, Chapter 1 and 3

Chapter 1: The House on Mango Street
Chapter 3: Birth Order: What it means for your kids... and you

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  1. 1.- Landlord (noun): a person or organization that owns and leases apartments to others. EX: Property owners are electing their own landlord committees-independent of the party-to protect their rights.
    2.- Broom (noun): an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle.
    EX: There is not a landlord banging on the ceiling with a broom.
    3.- Fence (noun): a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary. EX: to fence a farm.
    4.- Pipe (noun): a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc. A tube.
    EX: Surface tension holds it to the pipe 's interior walls, so you have a sort of water tube with air inside.
    5.- Brick (noun): a rectangular block of clay mixed with sand and fired in a kiln or baked by the sun, used in building construction. Any rectangular block.
    EX: A gold brick; an ice-cream brick; a brick of ice.

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  2. 1- Quality ( Noun ) : an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute . ex:The chemical qualities of alcohol.

    2- Odd ( Adj ) : feel strange .
    ex:The neighbors thought him very odd .

    3- widespread ( Adj ) : common or popular .
    ex:there was widespread support for the war.

    4- Energized ( Verb ) : to give energy to ; rouse into activity .
    ex :people were energized by his ideas .

    5- Confusion ( noun ) : lack of clearness or disntictness .
    ex: there seems to be some confusion about which system does wha

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  4. Laundromat: n
    a place with washing machines where you pay to do your laundry.
    I went to laundromat yesterday.


    2 crumbling :v
    breaking into small pieces.
    After the storm ,the building began to crumbling.

    3- quiet : adj
    without noise.
    Library is a quiet place .

    4- swollen :adj
    larger than usual.
    The river became swollen after the heavy rain.


    5 for the time being:
    now .
    for the time being I have class .

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  5. Laundromat: n
    a place with washing machines where you pay to do your laundry.
    I went to laundromat yesterday.


    2 crumbling :v
    breaking into small pieces.
    After the storm ,the building began to crumbling.

    3- quiet : adj
    without noise.
    Library is a quiet place .

    4- swollen :adj
    larger than usual.
    The river became swollen after the heavy rain.


    5 for the time being:
    now .
    for the time being I have class .

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  6. 1- strive (v) : to make strenuous efforts toward any goal.
    # We strive to get better education.

    2- intensely (adj) : existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree.
    # He's studying very intensely.

    3- diplomatic (adj) : skilled in dealing with sensitive matters or people; tactful.
    # He is diplomatic man.

    4- rebellious (adj) : pertaining to or characteristic of rebels or rebellion.
    # She's rebellious woman.

    5- sociable (adj) : friendly or agreeable in company; companionable.
    # He's sociable person with his friends.

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  7. Traditional ( adjective
    Of or relating to tradition
    The traditional West Java japing dance was the first to taste the whip of the controversial anti .

    Peers (noun
    A person of the same legal status .
    Australian businesswomen fall behind overseas peers .

    Careful ( adjective
    Cautious in one`s actions
    It takes careful planning to get a table at Cicciolina.


    Careless ( adjective
    Not exact , accurate , or thorough
    This would underline the disastrous effects of careless netting on marine

    Tactful ( adjective
    Having or manifesting tact
    He was really a very tactful young man .

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  8. 1.- Eldest:
    Part of Speech: Adjective
    Oldest; first born; of greatest age.
    My sentence: My dad it is the oldest one in the family.

    2.- Easygoing
    Part of Speech: Adjective.
    Calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual.
    My sentence: My teacher it´s an easygoing person.

    3.- Fewer
    Part of Speech: Adjective
    Of a smaller number.
    My sentence: We want a class with fewer work and more fun.

    4.- Struggle
    Part of Speech: Verb
    To content with an adversary or opposing force.
    My sentence: The struggle against cancer is very difficult.

    5.- Assumption
    Part of Speech: Noun
    Something taken for granted; a supposition.
    My sentence: The assumption was correct after all.

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  9. Intense
    adj
    I am an intense person

    Diplomatic
    adj
    He will go into the diplomatic service.

    Strive
    Verb
    All of them strive for this goal.

    Sociable
    adj
    He is sociable.

    Rebellious
    adj
    Do not be rebellious.

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  10. lottery (n):any scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance.
    when you win the lottery, no one's asking you to justify it.

    ordinary(adj):plain
    it becomes more ordinary and boring.

    peeling(n): the act of a person or thing that peels
    we all set to work peeling potatoes.

    intense(adj): existing in high.
    in the fourth week, I had an intense craving for salt

    conventional(adj):conforming to accepted standards.
    it had no clearance lights like a conventional plane.

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  11. conscientious(adj):careful and pianstaking .
    Are people with a conscientious objection able to counsel patients?

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  12. sibling: noun
    formal a brother or sister
    I have my younger sibling.

    trait: noun
    formal a particular quality in someone's character.
    His best trait is his sense of humor.

    adaptable: adj
    able to change in order to be successful in new and different situation
    He is adaptable to people.

    flexible: adj
    able to change to cope with variable circumstances
    We can be flexible about your starting date.

    argue: verb
    to disagree with someone in words, often in an angry way
    She argued us into accepting the offer.

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  13. 1-mad:adj
    extremely foolish or unwise; imprudent; irrational.
    a mad scheme to invade France.

    2-slope:verb
    to have or take an inclined or oblique direction.
    They sloped gradually westward.
    3-gafly:noun
    a person who persistently annoys or provokes others with criticism.
    Research into the subject quickly identifies one major gadfly.
    4-arroyo:noun
    a small steep-sided watercourse or gulch with a nearly flat floor.
    My afternoon trek up the arroyo is rewarding as well.
    5-rebel:noun
    a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
    All that will do is make them feel guilty and then rebel.

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  14. 1- experts:(n)a person who has a skill in a particular area.
    ex: experts in child development
    2-responsible :(adj)having control over
    ex: the department responsible for education
    3- psychologist:(n)specialist in psychology.
    ex:he is psychologist
    4- character:(n)a person in a novel, play, or movie.
    ex: the characters develop throughout the play
    5-leaders :(n)the person who leads or commands a group
    ex: Britain will become a leader in clean coal and carbon abatement policies.

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  15. 1-gallon
    noun
    a unit of volume for liquid measure equal to four quarts, in particular.
    gallons of fake blood

    2- ordinary
    adj
    with no special or distinctive features; normal.
    he sets out to depict ordinary people

    3- enormous
    adj
    very large in size, quantity, or extent
    her enormous blue eyes

    4- peel
    noun
    the outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable
    Place all dried fruits, grated apple, mixed peel , cherries, rinds and juices into a large mixing bowl

    5- shadow
    noun
    a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface
    trees cast long shadows

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  16. 1-category-noun
    a classificatory division in any field of knowledge, as a phylum or any of its subdivisions in biology.
    To begin select an advertiser type and ad category below.

    2-dreamed up-verb
    dream up, to form in the imagination; devise.
    They dreamed up the most impossible plan.

    3-perfection-noun
    the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
    The search for perfection began with a magnet on the refrigerator.

    4-metaphor-noun
    something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.
    Her metaphor implied that astronomers were mightily confused about how the universe had formed.

    5-resources-noun
    a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
    Drug companies need little arm-twisting when it comes to investing their resources into diseases that afflict millions.


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  17. 1. mizzle - verb - to rain in fine drop
    It's been mizzling most of the morning

    2. deluge - noun - a very large mount of rain or water
    This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily

    3.lather - noun - usually white, mass of small bubbles produced especially when soap is mixed with water
    I stood under the shower lathering myself with the soap

    4. accumulate - verb - to gather or collect into a heap, mass, cover
    my job keep on accumulating snow

    5. gather - verb - to bring together into same group.
    I will gather firewood, you gather rocks

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