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Vocabulary

Unit 17

Word list

affection [əˈfekʃən]

n. Affection is a feeling of liking someone or something.

Amanda has a lot of affection for her little sister Sarah.

agency [ˈeɪdʒənsɪ]

n. An agency is a business or service set up to act for others.

I went to a travel agency to help me arrange a flight home.

ash [æʃ]

n. Ash is the grey or black powder created when something is burned.

The end of his cigar was full of ashes.

confine [kənˈfaɪn]

v. To confine something is to keep it in one place.

The elephant is confined to a cage in the zoo.

dismiss [dɪsˈmɪs]

v. To dismiss something is to say it is not important.

He quickly dismissed my idea about a new project.

erupt [ɪˈrʌpt]

v. To erupt is to explode or blow a part especially a volcano.

The volcano erupted for the first time in ten years.

fate [feɪt]

n. .Fate is a power that causes things to happen.

Some people believe that the lines on a person’s hand can tell his or her fate.

lava [ˈlɑːvə]

n. Lava is the hot substance made of melted rock that comes out of volcanoes.

The red hot lava poured from the volcano.

miserable [ˈmɪzərəbəl]

adj. A miserable person is very unhappy.

He was miserable after his dog died.

navigate [ˈnævəgeɪt]

v. To navigate something is to control the way it moves or goes.

She navigated the ship across the ocean.

originate [əˈrɪdʒəneɪt]

v. To originate somewhere is to start there.

The idea of democracy originated in Ancient Greece.

remainder [rɪˈmeɪndə:r]

n. The remainder of something is what is left.

He took a bite of the apple, and then gave me the remainder of it.

retrieve [rɪˈtriːv]

v. To retrieve something is to find it and get it back.

She retrieved her mail from the mail box.

shallow [ˈʃælou]

adj. A shallow thing is not deep.

The kids were playing in the shallow water.

slope [sloup]

n. A slope is ground that is not flat.

The slope to the top of the mountain was very steep.

span [spæn]

v. To span is to spread across an amount of time or space.

His work at the bakery has span 20 years.

superstition [suːpərstiʃən]

n. A superstition is something magical that people believe is real.

It is a superstition that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.

sympathy [ˈsɪmpəθɪ]

n. Sympathy is a feeling of sadness for another person who feels bad.

I felt sympathy for my sister so I got her a balloon to cheer her up.

vibrate [vaɪˈbreɪt]

v. To vibrate is to shake very hard.

The machine made his whole body vibrate as he broke up the ground.

wander [ˈwɒndə:r]

v. To wander is to walk without going to a certain place.

The boys like to wander in the woods and look at birds.