VOCABULARY

WORDS #1
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WORD #1

SELECT
 SELECT
◦ VERB ◦ ADJECTIVE
To choose Chosen as the best from a group.

- Example: - Example:

There are four different math courses you may Harvard students are a select group of very
select from in your first year. intelligent, successful students who are often
from rich families.
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INVESTIGATE
 INVESTIGATE
◦ VERB
To try to find answers to questions about something; to research.

- Example

Doctors are investigating a newly discovered plant that might help to fight cancer.
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PROJECT
 PROJECT
◦ NOUN ◦ VERB o VERB
To send out, to throw (light,
A plan or task to reach a specific To predict the measurements of
energy, images).
goal. something in the future from present
measurements.

- Example - Example
- Example
Hoping to communicate with
Based on this year’s success, Apple is aliens, scientists have been
Cleaning out the storage room was a
projecting similar growth next year, projecting radio messages into
big project but it’s nice to see it
too. space for many years.
empty, now.
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INDICATE
 INDICATE
◦ VERB
To be a sign of, to show.

- Example:

The way you speak and act indicates your emotions.

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SUFFICIENT
 SUFFICIENT
◦ Adjective
Enough in amount for what is needed.

- Example:

Because of weather changes, farms couldn´t grow sufficient rice to feed the country last year.
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CONTRAST
 CONTRAST
◦ VERB ◦ VERB
To be clearly different from. To look specifically at the differences between
two things.

- Example:
- Example:

By contrasting the vocabulary of French and

The zebra’s black and White stripes contrast
Spanish, we can see their different histories.
clearly with the yellow grass around it.
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ADEQUATE
 ADEQUATE
◦ ADJECTIVE
Good enough for what is needed.

- Example

A very light jacket will be adequate for Los Angeles’s warm winter.
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FEATURE
 FEATURE
◦ NOUN ◦ VERB
An important characteristic, a property. To include as an important piece.

- Example - Example

The sound made by “r” is one of the most The university’s new student housing features
difficult features of spoken English. larger rooms than the old building did.
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REQUIRE
 REQUIRE
◦ VERB
To need for a specific purpose; to set as the minimum.

- Example

All life, plants and animals included, requires water.

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CONTEXT
 CONTEXT
◦ NOUN
The information or situation around an idea, event or something that is said.

- Example

When you have difficulty understanding a new word, look at the context. The sentence around the word
might tell the meaning.
BONUS WORDS
ROAD

◦ NOUN
An open way for vehicles,
persons, and animals.
- Example
Many vehicles are on the road.
ROAD
◦ NOUN
A route or way to an end,
conclusion, or circumstance.
- Example
On the road to success.
◦ NOUN
A series of scheduled visits or
appearances (such as games or
performances) in several
locations or the travel necessary
to make these visits.
- Example
The team is on the road.
SPARKLING
 SPARKLING (SPARK)
◦ VERB
To throw out sparks.
To give off or reflect bright moving points of light.
To perform brilliantly.
To cause to glitter or shine

- Example
Her eyes were sparkling with anger.
SEEK
 SEEK
◦ VERB
To go in search of, look for.
To resort to, go to.

- Example
I went seeking for help after I discovered I couldn’t do it alone.
INNER
 INNER
◦ ADJECTIVE
Of or relating to the mind or spirit.
Existing as an often repressed part of one’s psychological makeup.
Being near a center especially of influence.
Situated farther in.

- Example
I want to make my inner child happier by taking dance lessons.
INDECISIVENESS
 INDECISIVENESS
◦ ADJECTIVE
Marked by or prone to indecisión.
Not decisivem inconclusive.
Not clearly marked out.

- Example
Her indecisiveness made her miss her flight.
WIDE
 WIDE
◦ ADJECTIVE ◦ ADVERB
Having great extent. Over a great distance or extent.
Extending over a vast area. Over a specified distance, area, or extent –
usually used in combination.
Extending throughout a specified area or scope –
usually used in combination.

- Example - Example
The area was as wide as a basketball court. Expanded the business country-wide.
BELONGED
 BELONGED
◦ VERB
To be suitable, appropriate, or advantageous.
To be the property of a person pr thing – used with to.

- Example
That book belongs to me.
NOMADIC
 NOMADIC
◦ ADJECTIVE
Roaming about from place to place aimlessly, frequently, or without a fixed pattern of movement.

- Example
Gypsies have nomadic souls.
DAZZLED
 DAZZLED
◦ VERB
To arouse admiration by an impressive display.
To shine brilliantly.
To lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light.

- Example
She dazzles in her live concerts.
DIZZIED
 DIZZIED (Dizzy)
◦ ADJECTIVE
Having a whirling sensation in the head with a tendency to fall.
Mentally confused.
Causing giddiness or mental confusion.

- Example
I feel dizzy all the time.