4000 Essential English Words 3 Unit 3: The Boy and his Sled
Word List
- alley [ˈælɪ] n.
An alley is a narrow road behind houses or buildings.
→ The alley behind my house looks dirty.
- ax [ӕks] n.
An ax is a tool used to cut wood.
→ She used an ax to cut some wood for the fire.
- bunch [bʌntʃ] n.
A bunch is a group of the same things.
→ She was hungry, so she ate the entire bunch of grapes.
- chore [tʃɔːr] n.
A chore is a job that you have to do but don’t like.
→ It’s Nikki’s chore to do the dishes every Tuesday and Wednesday night.
- decent [ˈdiːsənt] adj.
When something is decent, it is OK or good enough.
→ Eric did a decent job painting the fence.
- disgrace [dɪsˈgreɪs] n.
Disgrace is a feeling of shame.
→ He felt a sense of disgrace after failing his big exam.
- elbow [ˈelbou] n.
The elbow is the middle part of a person’s arm that lets you bend it.
→ She pointed to her elbow to show me where she hurt herself.
- grateful [ˈgreɪtfəl] adj.
When you are grateful for something, you are happy that it happened.
→ The girls were grateful to have a chance to spend time with their grandfather.
- irritate [ˈɪrəteɪt] v.
To irritate means to annoy someone.
→ She was irritated when her brother told her that he had lost her camera.
- kid [kid] v.
To kid is to make a joke to make someone believe something which is not true.
→ I am not really mad. I was kidding when I said I was angry.
- loose [luːs] adj.
When something is loose, it is not held in place well.
→ The bolt was loose, so I tightened it with the wrench.
- offend [əˈfend] v.
To offend someone means to make them angry or upset.
→ They were both offended by what they had said to each other.
- overnight [ouvərnait] adv.
When something happens overnight, it happens during the night.
→ The campers stayed in the tent overnight.
- persist [pə:rsɪst] v.
To persist means to keep doing something even when it is hard.
→ Even though the lesson was difficult, he persisted until he understood.
- pine [paɪn] n.
A pine is a type of tree that is tall and thin.
→ There were many beautiful pine trees in the forest.
- scar [skɑːr] n.
A scar is a mark on the skin after a wound heals.
→ The monster had horrible scars on his cheek and forehead.
- sensation [senˈseɪʃən] n.
A sensation is a feeling a person gets from their senses.
→ Mom got a painful sensation in her head from the loud noise.
- sled [sled] n.
A sled is a small vehicle that you use on snow.
→ Marvin likes to ride his sled down the hill in winter.
- tease [tiːz] v.
To tease someone means to laugh at or make fun of them.
→ Jake teased Charlie because he was the new student.
- valentine [ˈvæləntaɪn] n.
A valentine is someone you love or admire with great affection.
→ Harry wanted Molly to be his valentine.
