UNIT 12: Looking back

Bright (adjective) Colorful (adjective)

▫ Full of light, shining. ▫ Having a lot of variety and

therefore interesting.

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 Damp (adjective) Deep (adjective)

▫ Slightly wet, especially in a way ▫ Going or being a long way

that is not pleasant or comfortable. down from the top or surface, or
being of a particular distance
from the top to the bottom.

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 Flavorful (adjective) Fresh (adjective)

▫ Having a lot of flavor. ▫ New or different.

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 High-pitched (adjective) Melodic (adjective)

▫ A voice that is high-pitched is ▫ Very pleasant to listen to.

higher than usual.

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 Musty (adjective) Rough (adjective)

▫ Smelling unpleasantly old and ▫ Not even or smooth, often

slightly wet. because of being in bad
condition.

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 Scented (adjective) Smooth (adjective)

▫ Having a pleasant strong smell, ▫ Having a surface or consisting

usually because a pleasant- of a substance that is perfectly
smelling substance has been regular and has no holes,
added to it. lumps, or areas that rise or fall
suddenly.

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 Stinky (adjective) Tasty (adjective)

▫ Having or producing an ▫ Tasty food has a strong and very

unpleasant smell. pleasant flavor.

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 Bring back (phrasal verb) Look back on (phrasal verb)

▫ To return from somewhere with ▫ Think of the past.

something. ▫ Suffer a setback or interrupted
progress.

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 Recall (verb) Recognize (verb)

▫ To bring the memory of a past ▫ To know someone or something

event into your mind, and often to because you have seen or heard
give a description of what you him or her or experienced it
remember. before.

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 Remind of (verb) Childhood (adjective)

▫ To be similar to, and make ▫ Referent to the time when

someone think of, something or someone is a child.
someone else.

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 Clear (adjective) Distant (adjective)

▫ Easy to understand, hear, read, or ▫ Far away.

see.

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 Early (adjective) Long-term (adjective)

▫ Near the beginning of a period of ▫ Continuing a long time into the

time, or before the usual expected, future.
or planned time.

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 Recent (adjective) Short-term (adjective)

▫ Happening or starting from a short ▫ Lasting a short time.

time ago.

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 Vague (adjective) Vivid (adjective)

▫ Not clearly expressed, know, ▫ Vivid descriptions, memories,

described, or decided. etc. produce very clear,
powerful, and detailed images
in the mind.

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