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Vocabulary

Unit 19

Word list

astrology [əsˈtrɒlədʒi]

n. Astrology is the study of the stars in the belief that they influence people’s lives.

Jack, who studies astrology, believes that the stars can predict the future.

couple

n. A couple is made of two things that go together.

There were couple of problems I had to solve.

deviate

v. To deviate is to move away from your proper course.

Very few deviate, much from the average.

differentiate [difəˈrenʃieit]

v. To differentiate things or people is to show the difference between them.

It was hard to differentiate between the identical twins.

disrupt [disˈrʌpt]

v. To disrupt something or someone is to prevent them from working.

The loud crash disrupted the class lecture.

equation [iˈkweiʒən]

n. An equation is a math operation to determine the value of something.

I used the Pythagorean theorem to solve the equation.

err [əːr]

v. To err means to make a mistake.

The pilot erred in his estimate of the time it would take to make the trip.

erroneous [iˈrouniəs]

adj. When something is erroneous, it is incorrect or only partly correct.

The child held the erroneous belief that time machines were real.

frantic [ˈfræntik]

adj. If people or things are frantic, they behave in a wild way because they are frightened.

The cat became frantic when I tried to give it a bath.

inadvertent [inədˈvəːrtənt]

adj. When an action is inadvertent, it is done without realizing what you are doing.

She made an inadvertent error when she knocked over the nail polish.

improvise [ˈimprəvaiz]

v. To improvise something is to do it with whatever is available or without planning.

There was no meat for the pizza, so we improvised with what was in the fridge.

latitude [ˈlӕtətjuːd]

n. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator.

The device was able to tell the traveler his exact latitude.

mariner [ˈmærənə:r]

n. A mariner is a sailor.

The old mariner used his telescope to find the shore.

multitude [ˈmʌltitjuːd]

n. A multitude of things or people is a very large number of them.

A multitude of people were waiting at the airport.

nuisance [ˈnjuːsəns]

n. A nuisance is a person or thing that is annoying or causes a lot of problems.

The teenager considered her noisy little brothers to be quite a nuisance.

permanence [ˈpəːrmənəns]

n. The permanence of something is its ability to last forever.

Poor results threaten the permanence of the new system.

revolve [riˈvɒlv]

v. To revolve around something is to keep it as the main feature or focus.

My life revolves around sports.

soothe [suːð]

v. To soothe means to calm someone who is angry or upset.

The mother soothed her crying baby by rocking him in her arms.

stranded [ˈstrændid]

adj. If someone is stranded, they are prevented from leaving a place.

When the plane left, my sister and I were stranded in China.

technic

n. A technic is a way of doing something.

There are a lot of teaching technics that are well supported by research.