4000 Essential English Words 3 Unit 10: Anna the Babysitter
Word List
- absence [ˈæbsəns] n.
Absence is the state of something being away.
→ There is an absence of sand in the hourglass.
- aloud [əˈlaud] adv.
If you say something aloud, you say it so that others can hear you.
→ My father often reads stories aloud to me and my sister.
- bald [bɔːld] adj.
If someone is bald, they have no hair.
→ My oldest brother is bald.
- blanket [ˈblæŋkɪt] n.
A blanket is a piece of cloth that you use to keep warm or to sit upon.
→ I laid a blanket on the ground so that we could have a picnic.
- creep [kriːp] v.
To creep is to move quietly and slowly.
→ The cat slowly crept down the tree.
- divorce [dɪˈvɔːrs] n.
Divorce is an event in which a marriage is ended.
→ Divorce rates have increased in the past twenty years.
- imitate [ˈɪmɪteɪt] v.
To imitate someone is to do exactly what they do.
→ He imitated his favorite superhero by putting on a costume.
- infant [ˈɪnfənt] n.
An infant is a baby.
→ The infant cried all night.
- kidnap [ˈkɪdnæp] v.
To kidnap someone is to take them illegally.
→ She was terrified to find out her son was kidnapped.
- nap [næp] n.
A nap is a short sleep, usually during the day.
→ I took a short nap because I stayed up late last night.
- nowhere [ˈnouhwɛə:r] adv.
You use nowhere to say that a place or thing does not exist.
→ Unfortunately, water was nowhere to be found.
- pat [pæt] v.
To pat something is to hit it softly with your hand.
→ I patted some lotion onto my face.
- relief [rɪˈliːf] n.
Relief is a feeling you get when something bad or challenging ends.
→ I felt a sense of relief when I heard the good news.
- reproduce [riːprəˈdjuːs] v.
To reproduce is to make something exactly how someone else did it.
→ The children tried to reproduce their house using toy blocks.
- rhyme [raɪm] n.
To rhyme is to have the same sounds at the end of a word.
→ Humpty Dumpty is an old rhyme that children learn in school.
- suck [sʌk] v.
To suck is to put something in your mouth and try to get flavor out of it.
→ The baby sucked milk from her bottle.
- urgent [ˈəːrdʒənt] adj.
If something is urgent, it is important and needs to be done now.
→ He had to leave now; it was urgent.
- vanish [ˈvænɪʃ] v.
To vanish is to go away suddenly.
→ All the passengers vanished from the train station.
- wagon [ˈwæɡən] n.
A wagon is a cart you use to carry heavy things.
→ He used his wagon to carry some of his gifts.
- wrinkle [ˈrɪŋkəl] n.
A wrinkle is a line on a person’s face that happens as they get old.
→ My grandfather has some wrinkles on his face.
