Tuesday, November 13, 2007

The vocabulary of the students-nov-13

The students' vocabulary

1.Intrinsic : belong to or part of the real nature of sth/sb

2.Homogeneous : consisting of parts which are similar to each other

3.Nibble : take small bites out of

4.Significant : important

5.Abandon : ignore, disprove

6.Structure : the materials that make an object, theory, etc

7. Integration : the combining of two or more thing so that they work together effectively

8.Deny : not true/not believe

9.Strap : a narrow strip of flexible material, esp leather as for fastening or holding thing together

10.Shabby : lookng old and worn

11.Prevalence : widespread, of wide extent or occurence; in general use or acceptance

12.Vicinity : the immediately surrounding area

13.Raw : (of food)not cooked

14.Nap : a short sleep(esp during the day)

15.Baffled (v) : people who are frustrated and perplexed

16.Abruptly : adv.sudden, blunt, hasty

17.Chore : (n) a job that you have to do , especially a boring one

18.Paraphernalia : (n) a large number of objects that are used for a particular activity

19.Strenuous : (adj) using a lot of effect

20.Dilenma : problem

21.Extract : taking out

22.Controversy : argument, debate

23. Bluffing : the act of bluffing in poker

24.Enclosed : to put something inside an envelope with a letter

25.Inevitably : if something will inevitably happen, it is certain to happen and can't be prevented or avoided

26.Elicit : <1> if you elicit a response or a reaction, you do or say something which makes other people respond or react
<2>if you elicit piece of info, you get it by asking the right questions

27.Rigid : <1>rigid methods, systems, etc are very strict and difficult to change
<2>someone who is rigid/very willing to change thier mind
<3>stiff and not moving or bending

28.Submerge : to go to under the surface of water, or put something under water

29.Absurd : completely stupid or unreasonable

30.Remedy : something such as medicine that is used to cure an illness or pain that is not very serious

31.Retrace : trace something back in its history, cultural background and situation, look into sth dating back

32.Overlook : take somethnig lightly, easily; not taking sth correctly when it shoud be taken properly

33.Branch : one of the main organization; one place or one thning regarding each separate department; originally, one part of the tree

34.Blur : can't see clearly because its edges are no longer distinct

35.Stun : extremely shocked or surprised by something; therefore, unable to speak or doing anything

36.Lure : someone means to trick them into particular place or to trick them into doing something that they shoud not do

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