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Vocabulary

Unit 29

Word list

burden

n. A burden is a serious or difficult responsibility.

Children who do not behave are a burden to their parents.

compromise

v. To compromise is to agree to something that is not exactly what you want.

We both compromised about the game we decided to play.

craft

v. To craft something is to make it using skill.

She crafted the bookcase out of solid pine wood and then painted it.

dive

v. When you dive into water, you go down head first into the water.

I like sky-diving from an airplane.

fragile

adj. When people or things are fragile, they are not strong and can be damaged easily.

Fragile glassware was carefully packed into boxes.

half

n. If you cut something into two parts that are the same size, you cut it half.

The machine can divide the book in half.

innocence

n. Innocence is a lack of experience of difficult or complex things in live.

Everyone who met her found her innocence to be charming.

lead

v. When you lead something, you go first and it follows you.

l will lead you to the right place.

meeting

n. When you have a meeting, you are with other people.

We have lots of meetings at our school to plan what to do.

merge

v. To merge two things is to combine them into one whole thing.

The storm clouds merged into one large menacing cloud that filled the sky.

moderate

adj. When something is moderate, it is not too big or too small in size or amount.

It takes a moderate amount of patience to be around small children all day.

overwhelm

v. To overwhelm is to exist in such a large amount that someone cannot deal with it.

The amount of homework her teacher assigned has overwhelmed her.

payment

n. When you make a payment, you give someone some money for what you get.

I made the last payment on my car yesterday. Now I am really the owner.

perception

n. A perception of a situation is a way of thinking about it or understanding it.

Since he couldn’t see, his perception of life was much different than mine.

settle

v. When you settle something, you reach an agreement.

We settled the argument by looking up the answer on the web.

shiver

n. A shiver is a shaking movement the body makes when someone is cold or scared.

I got shivers on my way home, because it was so cold.

sociable

adj. When someone is sociable, they are friendly.

Many of my good friends are sociable, but I am shy.

speed

v. When you speed, you go very fast.

Speeding is the cause of most car accidents.

talkative

adj. When someone is talkative, he or she talks a lot.

My aunt is very talkative whenever she is on the phone.

usual

adj. When something is usual, it is what we expect.

It was just the usual people who came.