English vocabulary note week 4

1. slogan  /sl'ogən/

Definition: A distinctive motto, phrase, or cry used by any person or party to express a purpose or ideal.

For example: The slogan on the wall means something important.

2. sting  /st'ɪŋ/

Definition: Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing.

For example: Although it isn’t meant to, her comment stings.

3. widow  /w'ɪdo/

Definition: A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again.

For example: A widow in The Villages will forget the identity because it is so busy there.

4. activate  /'æktəv,et/

Definition: put in motion or move to act

For example: The sense of hearing is activated when hearing something.

5. default  /dɪf'ɔlt/

Definition: A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done

For example: Orange is his default color for pain.

6. defective  /dɪf'ɛktɪv/

Definition: Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect.

For example: The brain of a synesthete is not defective in any way.

7. endeavor  /ɪnd'ɛvɚ/

Definition: a purposeful or industrious undertaking

For example: Her current endeavor is sculpture.

8. hesitate  /h'ɛzət,et/

Definition: To stop or pause respecting decision or action.

For example: After coming into a difficult choose, he hesitated.

9. hook  /h'ʊk/

Definition: A piece of metal, or other hard material.

For example: He got hooked on the computer games for days.

10. incorporate  /ɪnk'ɔrpɚ,et/

Definition: Not consisting of matter.

For example: Carol has incorporated elements of what she sees.

11. perceive  /pɚs'iv/

Definition: To obtain knowledge of through the senses.

For example: Mary can perceive colors in numbers and letters when hearing certain sounds.

12. sensation  /sɛns'eʃən/

Definition: A purely spiritual or psychical affection.

For example: The sensation in human is obviously in contrast to other animals.

13. simultaneously  /s,ɑɪməlt'eniəsli/

Definition: at the same instant

For example: Two or more senses are activated simultaneously in some situations.

14. conflict  /k'ɑnflɪkt/

Definition: A striking or dashing together.

For example: The maximum of a conflict is called climax.

15. conservative  /kəns'ɚvətɪv/

Definition: One who, or that which, preserves from ruin.

For example: The people living in here are conservative.

16.course  /k'ɔrs/

Definition: The ground or path traversed; track; way.

For example: The courses today are informative.

17. diagnosis  /d,ɑɪəgn'osəs/

Definition: The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms

For example: The diagnosis will soon revealed by the doctor.

18. flow  /fl'o/

Definition: To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid.

For example: The flow of the water is slowly.

19. grasp  /gr'æsp/

Definition: A gripe or seizure of the hand.

For example: He grasps on the rope and tries to climb on the wall.

20. grin  /gr'ɪn/

Definition: To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.

For example: The grin from John shows that he is happy.

21. identify  /ɑɪd'ɛntəf,ɑɪ/

Definition: To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.

For example: The UFO means a flying object that can’t be identified.

22. illusion  /ɪl'uʒən/

Definition: Anything agreeably fascinating and charming; enchantment; witchery; glamour.

For example: The illusion makes him not able to focus on his work.

23. sweep  /sw'ip/

Definition: To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.

For example: He is sweeping the room, which makes the room more comfortable.

24. sympathetic  /s,ɪmpəθ'ɛtɪk/

Definition: expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings.

For example: The sympathetic deed from the volunteer is respectable for us.

25. texture  /t'ɛkstʃɚ/

Definition: the essential quality of something.

For example: The texture of the cloth is smooth.