2017年5月25日木曜日

Vocabulary7

1.          Word: accurate
   Definition: adjective
Part of speech: free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model
    Sentence: Students have to find accurate information for their essay.
Collocation: accurate person

2.          Word: reconcile
   Definition: verb
Part of speech: to cause to accept or be resigned to something not desired
    Sentence: He proceeded from words to blows, but he reconciled with his friends.
Collocation: reconcile with

3.          Word: disrupt
   Definition: verb
Part of speech: to cause disorder or turmoil, to destroy usually temporary
    Sentence: Bad kids disrupt the class and teacher gets mad.
Collocation: disrupt the social

4.         Word: repel
   Definition:1. to drive or force back  2. to thrust back away
Part of speech: verb
    Sentence: In the summer, Japanese people set fire to "katorisenkou" which repel mosquitoes and      enjoy handy fireworks.
Collocation: repel the enemy, repel mosquitoes

5.          Word: haggle
   Definition: to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious
Part of speech: verb
    Sentence: Koki haggles about trip plan with me and begins to fight.
Collocation: haggle about, over, with

6.          Word: mortgage
   Definition: a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed
Part of speech: noun
    Sentence: She lends money on mortgage.
Collocation: mortgage right

7.         Word: vain
   Definition: excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements
Part of speech: adjective
    Sentence: She is vain about her clothes and always talks about fashion.
Collocation: a very vain man, vain action, vain person

8.          Word: perish
   Definition: to die or be destroyed through violence, privation
Part of speech: verb
    Sentence: Many people perished because of the biggest hurricane in the US.
Collocation: perish with   Synonym: Death, die, gone away

9.          Word: heed
   Definition: 1. to give careful attention (with O)    2. to give attention
Part of speech: verb
    Sentence: He doesn't heed any advice of improving and always mistakes.
Collocation: heed advice, give heed

10.      Word: inflate
   Definition: to distend; swell or puff out; dilate
Part of speech: verb
    Sentence: The performer inflate ballon for kids.
                     He is inflated with pride.
Collocation: inflate balloon

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