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Vocabulary

Unit 23

Word list

artery [ˈɑːrtəri]

n. An artery is a tube that takes blood from the heart to the rest of the body.

Eating healthily keeps your arteries clean, so blood can flow with ease.

deterioration [diˌtiəriəˈreiʃən]

n. Deterioration is the act of becoming worse.

The lack of care led to the deterioration of the house.

elusive [iˈluːsiv]

adj. If something or someone is elusive, they are hard to find.

The elusive fish only came out at night.

insure [ inˈSHo͝or]

v. When you insure something, you make sure it happens.

Saving now will insure we have enough money for our retirement.

induce [inˈdjuːs]

v. To induce something means to make it happen.

Running without good shoes may induce leg pain.

inseparable [inˈsepərəbəl]

adj. If two things are inseparable, they can’t be separated.

Denise and Diana have been inseparable since they first met.

invalid [ˈinvælid]

adj. If something is invalid, it is not correct.

The way to winning debates is to avoid invalid arguments.

magnify [ˈmægnəfai]

v. To magnify something means to make it look bigger than it really is.

Astronomers use telescopes to magnify far-away stars.

mainstream [ˈmeinstriːm]

n. The mainstream is what is considered normal and accepted by most people.

Before punk rock music became part of the mainstream, only a few people liked it.

microbe [ˈmaikroub]

n. A microbe is a very small living thing that often makes people sick.

The first step in curing a disease is finding the microbe that causes it.

miner [ˈmīnər]

n. A miner problem is a very small and unimportant problem.

This is a miner problem.

negligible [ˈneglidʒəbəl]

adj. If something is negligible, it is extremely small and not important.

The amount she owed was negligible. It was less than ten cents.

paralysis [pəˈræləsis]

n. Paralysis is the loss of the ability to move all or part of your body.

His paralysis meant that he had to use a wheelchair to get around.

pest [pest]

n. A pest is an animal or insect that hurts plants or food.

Many farmers put up scarecrows to keep pests off of their corn.

prevail [priˈveil]

v. To prevail means to be accepted or very common.

Unfortunately, injustice still prevails in the country’s court system.

pursuit [pərˈso͞ot]

v. When you are pursuit of some thing you are chasing it.

The pursuit of happiness is a basic human right.

rupture [ˈrʌptʃə:r]

v. To rupture means to tear or burst open.

Sarah put too much water into the balloon, and it ruptured.

savage [ˈsævidʒ]

adj. If things or people are savage, they are very violent or cruel.

Wild animals are very savage when defending their babies.

stun [stʌn]

v. To stun someone means to make them unable to speak due to surprise or shock.

Tim fell off the swing and was too stunned to cry.

susceptible [səˈseptəbəl]

adj. If one is susceptible to something like a disease, they are easily harmed by it.

Not eating enough vegetables makes you more susceptible to getting sick.