504 Vocabulary Lesson 3 & 4
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504 Vocabulary Lesson 3 & 4
April 2, 2013
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Typical (adj): usual, common• They look like the typical American tourists:
bad clothes, cameras worn like jewelry, pointing at everything and being too loud.
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Minimum (adj): the least possible amount of something
• Studies show that adults need a minimum of six hours of sleep every night.
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Scarce (adj): hard to find; rare
• Water is very scarce in the desert.
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Annual (adj): once a year; something happens yearly or lasts for a year.
• Last week, ESLI students went on our annual trip to Six Flags.
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Persuade (v): to make someone decide to do something by giving good reasons
• Can you persuade him to stop being a bachelor and get married?
I persuadeYou persuadeHe persuades
I persuadedYou persuadedShe persuaded
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Essential (adj): necessary; very important
• The essential items in a cake are flour, eggs, and butter.
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Blend (v): to mix together thoroughly
• When making a cake, it is essential to blend everything very well.
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Visible (adj): able to be seen
• You need a very powerful microscope to make germs visible.
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Expensive (adj): costly, very high-priced
• Because diamonds are scarce, they are very expensive.
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Talent (n): natural ability
• She has great talent at playing the piano.
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Devise (v): think out; plan; invent
• He devised a way to make tiny germs visible.
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Wholesale (adj): in large quantity; less than retail price.
• It is wise to buy things for your house wholesale, because you save money.
• No one likes the wholesale slaughter of innocent people.
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Vapor (n): moisture in the air that can be seen; mist or fog.
• Clouds are just large collections of water vapor in the air.
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Eliminate (v): get rid of; remove; omit
• Teachers do all they can to eliminate cheating.I eliminateYou eliminateShe/he eliminates
I eliminatedYou eliminatedHe/she eliminated
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Villain (n): a very wicked person; a bad guy
• Snidely Whiplash is a cartoon villain that many people recognize.
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Dense (adj): closely packed together; thick
• Dense fog made it hard to see very far ahead.• The dense crowd was almost impossible to
move through.
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Utilize (v): to make use of something
• The gardener was eager to utilize new flowers so he could make a dense garden.
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Humid (adj): moist; damp
• There was so much water vapor in the air outside that our classroom felt humid and uncomfortable.
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Theory (n): explanation based on thought, observation, or reasoning
• No one has ever come up with a good theory to explain the beginnings of writing.
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Descend (v): to go down or come down from a higher place to a lower one.
• The plane descended quickly to escape the dense clouds.
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Circulate (v): to go around, move from place to place or person to person.
• Fans help circulate the air in a hot room.
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Enormous (adj): extremely large; huge
• The gallant knight drew his shining sword and killed the enormous dragon.
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Predict (v): to guess or tell beforehand
• Weathermen can predict the weather correctly most of the time.
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Vanish (v): disappear; disappear suddenly.
• The wicked witch vanished suddenly in a puff of smoke.