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Vocabulary

Unit 12

Word list

alone

adj. A person who is alone is not with another person.

The boy wanted to be alone to think.

apartment

n. An apartment is a set of rooms in a building where people live.

She has a nice apartment in the city.

article

n. An article is a story in a newspaper or magazine.

Did you read the article in the newspaper about the soccer game?

artist

n. An artist is a person who paints, draws, or makes sculptures.

He went to Paris to become an artist.

attitude

n. Someone’s attitude is the way they feel and think.

John has a bad attitude. He’s always angry.

beauty

n. Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful.

I heard my mother was a great beauty when she was young.

compare

v. To compare means to say how two things are the same and different.

lf you compare cats and dogs, you’ll see that they’re both good pets.

judge

v. To judge something is to say if it is good or bad.

The boy was going to judge how his mother’s turkey tasted.

magazine

n. A magazine is a regular publication with news, stories, and articles.

She likes to read fashion magazines.

material

n. A material is what is used to make something.

Brick is a good material for building houses.

meal

n. A meal is a time when food is eaten, such as breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Breakfast is my favorite meal because I enjoy cereal.

method

n. A method is the way to do something.

One method to remember things is to tie a string around your finger.

neighbor

n. A neighbor is a person who lives near you.

I like my neighbor, because he’s very friendly.

professional

adj. If something is professional, it deals with work that uses special skills.

If you want to be a pilot, you must have professional training.

profit

n. A profit is the extra money you make when you sell something.

I made a small profit from selling my old clothes.

quality

n. The quality of something is how good it is.

The quality of his car is very good.

space

n. A space is an empty area.

I don’t have much space for things in my small house.

stair

n. Stairs are the things that are used to walk up or down in a building.

You can take the stairs to the second floor.

symbol

n. A symbol is a thing that stands for something else. This symbol tells us that we cannot smoke in this area.

thin

adj. It someone or something is thin, they are not fat.

The man was thin because he didn’t eat much.