4000 Essential English Words 3 Unit 15: Why Monkey Has No Home
Word List
- affair [əˈfɛər] n.
An affair is an event or a thing that happened.
→ My wife and I attended a formal affair over the weekend.
- assembly [əˈsemblɪ] n.
An assembly is a group that is together for the same reason.
→ The students had an assembly to talk about their interests.
- bless [bles] v.
To bless is to ask God for protection or help.
→ The angel blessed the newborn baby to keep it safe.
- cereal [ˈsɪərɪəl] n.
Cereal is a food that you mix with milk and eat for breakfast.
→ Cereal is a fast and common breakfast food enjoyed in the U.S.
- cheerful [ˈtʃɪəfəl] adj.
If someone is cheerful, they are happy or feel good.
→ The children were cheerful because they didn’t have to go to school.
- diameter [daɪˈæmɪtər] n.
The diameter of a round thing is the length across its center.
→ The diameter o f the tree was about 22 centimeters.
- exploit [ˈiksplɔɪt] v.
To exploit something is to use it for greedy reasons rather than good reason.
→ The company exploits their workers and makes them stay 12 hours a day.
- famine [ˈfæmɪn] n.
A famine is a long time with little or no food.
→ The farmers couldn’t grow any food on the dry soil, so there was a famime.
- harvest [ˈhɑːrvɪst] n.
A harvest is the act of collecting food from farming.
→ They had a lot of wheat from the last harvest.
- merry [ˈmerɪ] adj.
If someone is merry, they are very happy.
→ They felt merry because the weather was great.
- nut [nʌt] n.
A nut is a hard seed or fruit that comes from some trees and bushes.
→ To eat a nut, first you have to crack its shell.
- pardon [ˈpɑːrdn] v.
To pardon is a way to ask someone to repeat what was said before.
→ Pardon me teacher, but could you repeat what you just said?
- pharaoh [ˈfɛərou] n.
A pharaoh was a king in ancient Egypt.
→ The pharaohs ruled Egypt for thousands of years.
- ripe [raɪp] adj.
When a fruit is ripe, it is ready to be eaten.
→ The cherries were nice and ripe.
- roast [roust] v.
To roast something is to cook it in an oven or over a fire.
→ Mom roasted a turkey for the holiday dinner.
- routine [ruːˈtiːn] n.
A routine is a way of doing things that is the same every time.
→ My father’s daily routine includes shaving right before breakfast.
- scheme [skiːm] n.
A scheme is a plan or design.
→ Mickey and Minnie came up with a scheme to solve the problem.
- slim [slim] adj.
If something or someone is slim, they are thin.
→ Look at my new cell phone. It’s very slim.
- stove [stouv] n.
A stove is a device used to cook food.
→ Our new stove helps us to cook food much faster than before.
- theft [θeft] n.
A theft is a criminal act that involves someone stealing something.
→ The theft of his TV took place when he was at work.
