4000 Essential English Words 6 Unit 11: The Lydian King
Word List
- advocate [ˈædvəkeit] v.
To advocate a plan or idea is to support or suggest it in public.
→ The group advocated increased spending on education and schools.
- authorize [ˈɔːθəraiz] v.
To authorize something means to give permission for it.
→ The mayor authorized the construction of a new statue in the park.
- civilian [siˈviljən] n.
A civilian is someone who is not in the military.
→ It was Todd’s job to keep civilians from entering the army facility.
- commodity [kəˈmɒdəti] n.
A commodity is something that can be bought or sold.
→ Fran’s uncle made most of his money trading commodities.
- conquest [ˈkɒŋkwest] n.
A conquest is an event by which one country takes over another country.
→ After the conquest, the people of the small city had no freedom.
- disclose [disˈklouz] v.
To disclose something means to tell it to someone else.
→ John came home late, so he had to disclose his activities to his wife.
- dynamics [daiˈnæmiks] n.
The dynamics of a situation are the way that parts of it affect each other.
→ A good psychologist needs to know a lot about the dynamics of brain disorders.
- enroll [enˈroul] v.
To enroll in something is to put one’s name on a list as a member of a group.
→ The students had to enroll in the class one semester in advance.
- envious [ˈenviəs] adj.
When someone is envious, they want something that another person has.
→ They were envious of their neighbor’s front yard.
- euphoria [juːˈfɔːriə] n.
Euphoria is a feeling of extreme happiness.
→ The athlete felt euphoria after he won the important game.
- festive [ˈfestiv] adj.
When something is festive, it is happy and related to a party or celebration.
→ Dean’s favorite part of Christmas is the festive clothing that people wear.
- jolly [ˈdʒɒli] adj.
When someone is jolly, they are cheerful and happy.
→ My grandmother’s jolly attitude always made me smile.
- lentil [ˈlentil] n.
Lentils are very small beans that people cook and eat.
→ Danni made her special soup with lentils when her husband was sick.
- marshal [ˈmɑːrʃəl] v.
To marshal a group means to assemble them in order.
→ The students were marshaled outside and put into groups.
- morale [mouˈræl] n.
Morale is the amount of hope that people have during a difficult situation.
→ To improve our family’s morale, mom suggested going on a picnic.
- prophecy [ˈprɒfəsi] n.
A prophecy is a prediction about what will happen in the future.
→ Some people believe that prophecies are actually true.
- sage [seidʒ] n.
A sage is someone who is very wise.
→ Hal always visited the local sage for help with love.
- senate [ˈsenət] n.
A senate is a part of the government in some countries.
→ Everybody liked Caroline and chose her to speak for them in the senate.
- sentiment [ˈsentəmənt] n.
A sentiment is an opinion based on your feelings.
→ Tess told everyone at the table her sentiments about eating meat.
- unrest [ʌnˈrest] n.
Unrest is a state of anger about something among the people in a place.
→ High taxes caused much of the unrest that led to the Revolutionary War.
