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Vocabulary

Unit 9

Word list

cater

v. To cater to someone means to provide them with all the things they need or want.

Bill was too sick to get out of bed, so his nurse catered to his needs.

considerate

adj. When someone is considerate, they pay attention to the needs of others.

The considerate boy gave his girlfriend a present to cheer her up when she was sad.

consumption

n. The consumption of food or drink is the act of eating or drinking it.

These apples are too rotten for consumption.

criteria

n. Criteria are factors on which a person judges or decides something.

Before she got the job, she had to meet all the necessary criteria.

crust

n. Crust is the tough outer part of a loaf of bread.

The little boy never ate the crust of his pizza.

entitle

v. To entitle someone means to give them the right to have or do something.

His golden ticket entitled him to sit in the front row at the concert.

escort

v. To escort people means to safely accompany them to a place.

Her bodyguards escorted her to the movie theater.

external

adj. When something is external, it is connected to an outer part.

It is warm inside my house, but the external temperature is freezing.

facility

n. A facility is a building that exists for a particular purpose.

There are many educational facilities in big cities.

faculty

n. A faculty is a mental or physical ability.

The boy’s mental faculties impressed all of his teachers.

heap

n. A heap of things is a large pile of them.

After the building was torn down, all that was left was a heap of bricks.

hemisphere

n. A hemisphere is one half of the Earth.

In the northern hemisphere, the weather is usually warmest in July and August.

hound

n. A hound is a type of dog that is often used for racing or hunting.

The men took their hounds with them when they went on the hunting trip.

impersonal

adj. If something is impersonal, it is not friendly and makes people feel unimportant.

The boy felt scared on his first day at the big, impersonal high school.

lick

v. When you lick something, you pass your tongue over it.

He licked his ice cream before it melted.

ornament

n. An ornament is an attractive object that people display in their homes.

The woman kept some colorful ornaments on the shelves.

pedestrian

n. A pedestrian is a person who is walking on a street.

Drivers should be careful when pedestrians are walking around.

sanctuary

n. A sanctuary is a place where people in danger can go to be safe.

The church was made into a sanctuary for homeless people in the winter.

spectator

n. A spectator is someone who watches something, for example, a sports event.

There were thousands of spectators at the big game.

yell

v. When you yell at someone, you shout at them.

Someone yelled out his name.