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Vocabulary

Unit 29

Word list

automobile

n. An automobile is a car.

The first automobiles were very different from the ones that exist today.

candidate

n. A candidate is a person who is competing to win something such as a job.

Alice is the best candidate for the job.

confidential

adj. If something is confidential, it must be kept secret.

The information from the meeting is confidential.

corporate

adj. If something is corporate, it is related to a large business.

Tom enjoys working in the corporate world.

enhance

v. To enhance something is to make it better.

Amy’s blue shirt really enhances the color of her eyes.

era

n. An era is a period of time that has something special about it.

During the medieval era, knights wore protective armor.

guideline

n. A guideline is a rule about how to do something.

Before they began the project, the teacher gave them some guidelines.

incorporate

v. To incorporate is to add something to another thing.

I decided to incorporate a new ingredient into my cake recipe.

interact

v. To interact is to talk to or do something with another person.

The kids began to interact when the adults left the room.

interval

n. An interval is the time between two things happening.

Tony rested for brief intervals while he worked in the yard.

mobile

adj. If something is mobile, it can be moved easily.

Mobile phones are convenient because you can use them anywhere.

modify

v. To modify something is to change it a little bit.

I modified my outfit by adding a belt to it.

parallel

adj. If two things are parallel, they are the same distance away from each other (along their entire length).

There are two yellow parallel lines dividing both sides of traffic.

phenomenon

n. A phenomenon is something that can be seen as it is happening.

I thought the lights were a strange phenomenon, but they were just shooting stars.

pollute

v. To pollute means to make air, water, or land dirty, unclean, or foul.

The careless factory polluted the river with chemicals.

ridicule

v. To ridicule is to make fun of something in a mean way.

The other students ridicule Peter’s foreign accent.

solar

adj. If something is solar, it is related to the sun.

Using solar energy is good for the environment.

territory

n. A territory is a piece of land that belongs to a country, but isn’t a state.

Gibraltar is a territory of Great Britain.

tournament

n. A tournament is a competition, usually with many people participating.

My dad is playing in a golf tournament tomorrow.

transportation

n. Transportation is any type of vehicle that can carry people or things.

I don’t have a car, so my normal transportation is the train.