Week 1 Glossary

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  1. 1_(feat)N.
    notable act or deed, especially an act of courage; an exploit.
    2.(Daring)adj. Willing to take or seek out risks; bold and venturesome
    3.(risky)adj.Accompanied by or involving risk or danger; hazardous
    4.(qualms)N.sudden feeling of weakness, faintness,
    5.(bewildered)adj.confuse or befuddle, especially with numerous conflicting situations, objects, or statements

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  2. 1.coworker(n.)a person that sb. works with, doing the same kind of work.
    All my coworkers is man.
    2.commemorate(v.)to do something to show that you remember and respect someone important event in the past.
    commemorate soldiers killed in the war.
    3.idiom(n.)a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words.
    Let us study idiom.
    4.worthwhile(adj.)important, enjoyable, interesting.
    The smile on her face made it all worthwhile.
    5.evolve(v.)to develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complicated form; to develop sth. in this way.
    The idea evolved from a drawing I discovered in the attic.

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  3. 1-humiliated.(adj).to make someone feel ashamed or stupid, especially when other people.
    I've never felt so humiliated in all my life.
    2-rough.(adv)
    acting with or characterized by violence: Boxing is a rough sport.
    3-bewildered.(adj) totally confused.a bewildered expression on his face.
    4-dismay.(n).unhappiness you feel when something unpleasant happens.
    They stared at each other in dismay.
    5-dictionary.(n)a book that gives a list of words in alphabetical order and explains their meanings in the same language, or another language.
    a German - English dictionary.

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  4. 1. Word
    stimulus

    2.Part of Speech
    noun

    3.Meaning
    something that helps a process to develop more quickly or more strongly

    4.Original sentence
    AECP program are a stimulus to their English skills

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    1. Word
    ponder

    2.Part of Speech
    verb

    3.Meaning
    to spend time thinking carefully and seriously about a problem, a difficult question, or something that has happened [= consider]

    4.Original sentence
    I pondered how to organize the essay.

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    1. Word
    comprehension

    2.Part of Speech
    noun

    3.Meaning
    the ability to understand something

    4.Original sentence
    My English comprehension is poor.
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    1. Word
    throughout

    2.Part of Speech
    pre position

    3.Meaning
    during all of a particular period, from the beginning to the end:

    4.Original sentence
    Throughout a party, my friend picks up girls.

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    1. Word
    identify

    2.Part of Speech
    verb

    3.Meaning
    to recognize and correctly name someone or something

    4.Original sentence
    I identified the cause of disease.

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    1. Hello Shinya,

      You don't need to make each part a separate sentence.

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  5. purpose (n): what something is used for.
    I read stories because i love reading , that's the only purpose.

    Employees (n): a worker who is hired to perform a job.
    - There are more than 100 employees in AECP.

    specific (adj.): stated explicitly or in detail.
    "Tell me the story , i want specific details "

    involved (adj.): connected by participation or association or use.
    - i'm emotionally involved in this case.

    reward (n): the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property.

    The police offered to me a reward for being a good man.

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  6. 1.numerous.(adj.) very many;being or existing in great quantity;Eg:America has numerous visitors.

    2.thick.(adj.)composed of or containing objects, particles,close together,dense Eg:a thick fog

    3rigid.(adj.)stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible;hard Eg: a rigid strip of metal.

    4.dimly.(adv.) indistinctly,palely.Eg:Ecological sciences were only dimly understood in the late 19th century.

    5.gutsy.(adj.)having a great deal of courage or nerve. Eg:The second gutsy level, kind of,is that the child is not of God an is of God.

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  7. 1.essential(adj):basic,necessary,required.
    This language is often called telegraphic speech because the baby omits all except the most essential words.

    2.precede(v):to go before in time.
    Scientists believe hydroponic growing actually preceded soil growing.

    3.tray(n):a raised,flat surface that is used to hold items.
    Just above the 100-foot long tanks of water,lettuce plants are suspended on trays.

    4.pump(n):a machine that is used to move water and other liquids or a gas from one place to another place.
    A pump is used to cycle the water back up to the 3000-gallon fish tank.

    5.profitable(adj):money making.
    A commercial company would need to have several tanks in order to make the process profitable.

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  8. feat mean > an achievment that trequires great courage

    feat : anexceptional feat of the human intellect

    risky mean > attended with risk or danger.

    risky : her plan is too risky

    daring mean > willing to take or seek out risk
    daring : adaring repoter who has covered several wars

    rough mean > for verb work or shape / for noun mean > adisreputable and violent person

    rough : we travled over rough dirt roads

    evolved mean > to develop or cause to develop gradually

    evolved : her company has evolved from a hobby into a thriving business

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    1. Make sure that the meaning matches the same meaning in the book.

      Example: Rough, Meaning is approximately

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  9. 1. hazardous(adj):involving risk or danger;Exploring a jungle alive with wild animals is hazardous.

    2.approximate(verb):be close or similar;Her results approximate my own

    3.perplex(vt):be a mystery or bewildering to;This problem is hard enough to perplex even the teacher.

    4.ashamed(adj):feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse;Of course he would be ashamed to borrow often.

    5.amused(adj):pleasantly occupied;They amused themselves by playing games.

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  10. 1.sweetheart (n)an affectionate or familiar term of address.
    2.overabundance (n)an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
    3.Cupid (n)Also called Amor. the ancient Roman god of love and the son of either Mars or Mercury and Venus, identified with Eros and commonly represented as a winged, naked, infant boy with a bow and arrows.
    4.cemetery (n) an area set apart for or containing graves, tombs, or funeral urns, especially one that is not a churchyard; burial ground; graveyard.
    5.religious (adj) pertaining to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.

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  11. 1.struggling(verb):to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
    I am struggling for success day.

    2.newcomer(noun)
    a person or thing that has recently arrived.
    I am a newcomer to this area.

    3.qualm(noun)
    an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction
    I have qualms about buying that house.

    4.frantic(adj)
    desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
    I am trying frantically to remember her name.

    5.aghast(abjective)
    struck with overwhelming shock or amazement.
    I was aghast because of cat.

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  12. 1.hellish (adj.) informal
    :extremely bad or difficult
    I've had a hellsh day at work.

    2.encounter (v.)
    :to experience something, especially problems or oppositions
    The doctor had encountered several similar cases in the past.

    3.dismay(n.)
    :the worry, disappointment, or unhappiness you feel when something unpleasant happens
    They started at each other in dismay.

    4.mind (v.)
    :feel annoyed
    Do you mind if I sit herewith you?

    5.deliberately (adv.)
    :done in a way that is intended or planned
    He deliberately upset her.

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  13. 1)Publisher(n):a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
    -He packs his books off to the publisher without fuss.

    2)Path(n):a route, course, or track along which something moves: the path of a hurricane.
    -The path through which the reactor's product once traveled is plainly visible.

    3)Fear(n):a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.
    -My only fear to fail my exams

    4)Foreigners(n):a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien
    -There are many, many steps to getting there, because so many foreigners came in and screwed things up systematically for so long.

    5)Junior(adj):younger (usually designating the younger of two men bearing the same full name, as a son named after his father; often written as Jr. or jr. following the name)
    -By his junior year he was the starting varsity shortstop.

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  14. 1-graduation(n) : graduating from university .
    I went to my friends graduation last year.
    2-fluent (adj.) speak very will and very clear.
    my brother is fluent in English .
    3- won(v) beat . I won in contest.
    4-realized(v) past realize . know and understand.
    I didn't realize how much it .
    5- worthwhile(adj.) useful or enjoyable.
    this bolding is worthwhile.

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  15. auditory-related to hearing
    EX:She has auditory problem, when she was young. So she does not know what piano sounds like.

    tactile-related to the sense of touch
    EX: You feel pain when you put your hands in the boiling water. Because your hands is tactile

    hard-wired-metalware, as tools, locks, hinges, or cutlery.
    when language is being hard-wired in children, the brain may combine sounds and structures from all language into the same area.

    brain-Anatomy, Zoology . the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
    EX:Zombies will not eat hurt you, because you do not have brain.

    Synonyms-a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
    EX:different and easy is not a couple of synonyms

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