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Vocabulary

Unit 10

Word list

absence [ˈæbsəns]

n. Absence is the state of something being away.

There is an absence of sand in the hourglass.

aloud [əˈlaud]

adv. An action done aloud, is done so that people can hear it.

My father often reads stories aloud to me and my sister.

bald [bɔːld]

adj. A bald person or animal has no hair.

My oldest brother is bald.

blanket [ˈblæŋkɪt]

n. A blanket is a piece of cloth that you use to keep warm or to sit upon.

I laid a blanket on the ground so that we could have a picnic.

creep [kriːp]

v. To creep is to move quietly and slowly.

The cat slowly crept down the tree.

divorce [dɪˈvɔːrs]

n. Divorce is the process of ending a marriage.

Divorce rates have increased in the past twenty years.

imitate [ˈɪmɪteɪt]

v. To imitate someone or something is to do act in the exact same way.

He imitated his favorite superhero by putting on a costume.

infant [ˈɪnfənt]

n. An infant is a baby.

The infant cried all night.

kidnap [ˈkɪdnæp]

v. To kidnap someone is to take that person illegally.

She was terrified to find out her son had been kidnapped.

nap [næp]

n. A nap is a short sleep, usually during the day.

I took a short nap, because I had stayed up late last night

nowhere [ˈnouhwɛə:r]

adv. Nowhere means no place or not existing.

Unfortunately, water was nowhere to be found.

pat [pæt]

v. To pat something is to hit it softly with your hand.

I patted some lotion onto my face.

relief [rɪˈliːf]

n. Relief is a good feeling after something bad or challenging ends.

I felt a sense of relief when I heard the good news.

reproduce [riːprəˈdjuːs]

v. To reproduce is to make something exactly how someone else did it.

The children tried to reproduce their house using toy blocks.

rhyme [raɪm]

n. A rhyme is writing or speech that has words with the same ending sounds.

Humpty Dumpty is an old rhyme that children learn in school.

suck [sʌk]

v. To suck is to put something in your mouth and try to get something out of it.

The baby sucked milk from her bottle.

urgent [ˈəːrdʒənt]

adj. A urgent thing is important and needs to be done now.

He had to leave at that moment, it was urgent.

vanish [ˈvænɪʃ]

v. To vanish is to go away suddenly.

All the passengers vanished from the train station.

wagon [ˈwæɡən]

n. A wagon is a cart used to carry heavy things.

He used his wagon to carry some of his gifts.

wrinkle [ˈrɪŋkəl]

n. A wrinkle is a line on a person’s face that appears as they get old.

My grandfather has some wrinkles on his face.