English vocabulary note week 5

1.    accommodate  /ək'ɑməd,et/

Definition: To render fit, suitable, or correspondent.

For example: The hotel can accommodate 500 tourists.

2. bend  /b'ɛnd/

Definition: To be moved or strained out of a straight line.

For example: She tried to bend her husband to her wishes.

3. cautious  /k'ɔʃəs/

Definition: showing careful forethought

For example: Be cautious when driving a car.

4. colleague  /k'ɑlig/

Definition: a person who is member of one's class or profession

For example: Colleagues in the company are friendly.

5. genius  /dʒ'injəs/

Definition: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality.

For example: He is a genius in playing guitar.

6. instinctively  /ɪnst'ɪŋktɪvli/

Definition: as a matter of instinct

For example: I instinctively dodged away when the ball approached.

7. intersection  /,ɪntɚs'ɛkʃən/

Definition: a point where lines intersect

For example: The car broke down in the intersection.

8. obligation  /,ɑbləg'eʃən/

Definition: Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for another, or to forbear something

For example: He has obligation to turn off the light before going out.

9. partnership  /p'ɑrtnɚʃ,ɪp/

Definition: A contract between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them.

For example: They dissolved their partnership.

10. primate  /pr'ɑɪm,et/

Definition: a senior clergyman and dignitary

For example: We find that more than 70 percent of all primate and rodent groups contain species with an appendix.

11. suburb  /s'ʌbɚb/

Definition: Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment.

For example: The Lee family live in the suburb.

12. thrive  /θr'ɑɪv/

Definition: To increase in bulk or stature.

For example: Plants in the forests are thriving.

13. widespread  /w'ɑɪdspr'ɛd/

Definition: widely circulated or diffused

For example: The disease becomes widespread because of the global warming.

14. anxiety  /æŋz'ɑɪəti/

Definition: Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain.

For example: The mother was filled with anxiety about her daughter's health.

15. barely  /b'ɛrli/

Definition: Without covering; nakedly.

For example: He has barely enough money to live on.

16. breed  /br'id/

Definition: To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth.

For example: They used to breed fish in the reservoir.

17. costume  /kɑst'um/

Definition: A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes.

For example: They wore weird costumes to perform.

18. disability  /d,ɪsəb'ɪlɪti/

Definition: State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability.

For example: Blindness is a very serious disability.

19. lawsuit  /l'ɔs,ut/

Definition: An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty.

For example: A film star filed a lawsuit against our firm.

20. miniature  /m'ɪniətʃ,ʊr/

Definition: Originally, a painting in colors such as those in

mediaeval manuscripts.

For example: He has a miniature of the Eiffel Tower on his desk.

21. privilege  /pr'ɪvlədʒ/

Definition: To grant some particular right or exemption to.

For example: Such laws exist only to conserve the privilege of this selfish minority.

22. suspicion  /səsp'ɪʃən/

Definition: The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something.

For example: She's been arrested on suspicion of spying.

23. threatening  /θr'ɛtənɪŋ/

Definition: To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with

apprehension.

For example: He made an admission that he had used threatening behavior.

24. destination  /d,ɛstən'eʃən/

Definition: The act of destining or appointing.

For example: The destination of her study is medicine.

25. engulf  /ɪng'ʌlf/

Definition: To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

For example: The flood engulfed the farms and destroyed the crops.