4000 Essential English Words 3 Unit 16: Matthew Learns a Lesson
Word List
- adolescent [ӕdəˈlesənt] n.
An adolescent is a young person or a teenager.
→ The adolescent was excited about getting a skateboard for his birthday.
- aptitude [ˈæptɪtjuːd] n.
Aptitude is a natural ability or skill.
→ He has a natural aptitude for water skiing.
- compliment [ˈkɒmpləmənt] v.
To compliment is to say a nice thing about someone or something.
→ Her co-worker complimented her for doing a good job.
- hinder [ˈhindər] v.
To hinder is to keep someone or something from doing something.
→ All the traffic hindered me from getting to work on time.
- journalism [ˈdʒəːrnəlɪzəm] n.
Journalism is the work of collecting the news to put in newspapers or on TV.
→ Before becoming a teacher, she worked in journalism.
- jury [ˈdʒuəri] n.
A jury is a group of people that listen to a trial and say if someone is guilty.
→ The jury listened closely to the attorney before they made their decision.
- justice [ˈdʒʌstɪs] n.
Justice is fairness in the way that you treat other people.
→ People turn to the court system when they are seeking justice.
- liberty [ˈlibə:rti] n.
Liberty is freedom to do what you want.
→ To many people, the Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom.
- literary [ˈlɪtərərɪ] adj.
If someone or something is literary, it is involved with literature in some way.
→ He worked hard to create a successful literary career.
- pharmacy [ˈfɑːrməsɪ] n.
A pharmacy is a place where medicine is sold.
→ My mother sells medicine to people at the pharmacy.
- pill [pil] n.
A pill is a small object that has medicine inside.
→ She took a pill for her headache.
- presume [prɪˈzuːm] v.
To presume is to believe something is true without being certain.
→ Since he raised his hand, the teacher presumed he knew the answer.
- privacy [ˈpraɪvəsɪ] n.
To have privacy is to be away from other people.
→ Please hang the sign on the door so we can have some privacy.
- punishment [ˈpʌnɪʃmənt] n.
A punishment is something that one must endure for any wrong doing.
→ He was given a punishment for being rude to the teacher.
- sensible [ˈsensəbl] adj.
If someone is sensible, they make good decisions.
→ It was sensible for her to save some money each month.
- slice [slaɪs] n.
A slice is a piece from something larger, such as a cake.
→ The girl enjoyed a slice of cake at her birthday party.
- sorrow [ˈsɒrou] n.
Sorrow is a very sad feeling.
→ The girl felt sorrow after her best friend moved away.
- straw [strɔː] n.
A straw is a thin tube that is used to suck liquid into the mouth.
→ I drank the orange juice through a straw.
- swell [swel] v.
To swell is to become larger and rounder.
→ My sister’s stomach began to swell after she got pregnant.
- tidy [ˈtaɪdɪ] adj.
When something is tidy, it is clean and in order.
→ Leon has always been a very tidy boy.
