4000 Essential English Words 4 Unit 29: The Solar Car Race
Word List
- automobile [ˈɔːtəməbiːl] n.
An automobile is a car.
→ The first automobiles were very different from the ones that exist today.
- candidate [ˈkændideit] n.
A candidate is a person who is competing to win something such as a job.
→ Alice is the best candidate for the job.
- confidential [ˌkɒnfɪˈdenʃəl] adj.
If something is confidential, it must be kept secret.
→ The information from the meeting is confidential.
- corporate [ˈkɔːrpərit] adj.
If something is corporate, it is related to a large business.
→ Tom enjoys working in the corporate world.
- enhance [enhæns] v.
To enhance something is to make it better.
→ Amy’s blue shirt really enhances the color of her eyes.
- era [ˈerə] n.
An era is a period of time that has something special about it.
→ During the medieval era, knights wore protective armor.
- guideline [ˈgaidlain] n.
A guideline is a rule about how to do something.
→ Before they began the project, the teacher gave them some guidelines.
- incorporate [inˈkɔːrpəreit] v.
To incorporate is to add something to another thing.
→ I decided to incorporate a new ingredient into my cake recipe.
- interact [intərˈӕkt] v.
To interact is to talk to or do something with another person.
→ The kids began to interact when the adults left the room.
- interval [ˈintərvəl] n.
An interval is the time between two things happening.
→ Tony rested for brief intervals while he worked in the yard.
- mobile [ˈmoubail] adj.
If something is mobile, it can be moved easily.
→ Mobile phones are popular because you can take them anywhere.
- modify [ˈmɒdəfai] v.
To modify something is to change it a little bit.
→ I modified my outfit by adding a belt to it.
- parallel [ˈpærəlel] adj.
If two things are parallel, they are the same distance away from each other.
→ There are two yellow parallel lines dividing both sides of traffic.
- phenomenon [fiˈnɒmənɒn] n.
A phenomenon is something that can be seen as it is happening.
→ I was amazed when I saw the phenomenon of shooting stars.
- pollute [pəˈluːt] v.
To pollute means to make air, water, or land dirty, unclean, or foul.
→ The careless factory polluted the river with chemicals.
- ridicule [ˈridikjuːl] v.
To ridicule is to make fun of something in a mean way.
→ The other students ridicule Peter’s foreign accent.
- solar [ˈsoulə:r] adj.
If something is solar, it is related to the sun.
→ Using solar energy is good for the environment.
- territory [ˈterətɔ:ri] n.
A territory is a piece of land that belongs to a country but isn’t a state.
→ Gibraltar is a territory of Great Britain.
- tournament [ˈtuə:rnəmənt] n.
A tournament is a competition, usually with many people participating.
→ My dad is playing in a golf tournament tomorrow.
- transportation [ˌtrænspəːrˈteɪʃən] v.
Transportation is any type of vehicle that can carry people or things.
→ I don’t have a car, so my normal transportation is the train.
