Vocabulary From Unit 1

Anxious: worried and nervous.

I'm very anxious about my exams.

Benefits:  something good that helps you.

I’ve had the benefit of playing music in a

performance with my band.

Compensate: To make someone feel better about something that has failed or been lost or missed.

I had to compensate to her because i forgot our anniversary.

Disabled: Having an illness or condition that makes it difficult to do the things that other people do.

I have a friend that is disabled.

Estimate: To guess the cost, size, or value of something.

This is only a rough estimate.

Flexible: able to change or be changed easily according to the situation.

I’d like a job with more flexible hours.

Image: a picture in your mind.

Once upon a time i had an image of how would be the world in 20 years.

Interaction: An occasion when two or more people or things communicate with or react to each other.

Language games are usually intended to encourage student interaction.

Predictable: Happening or behaving in a way that you expect; not unusual or interesting.

The results were predictable.

Retain: to continue to have, use, remember etc ; to

keep in one’s

possession, memory

etc.

Many savants are

able to retain large

amounts of

information in their

memory.

Savants: A person with a high level of knowledge or skill, especially someone who is less able in other ways.

There are musical

savants who are

very awkward

physically - until they

sit at the piano.

Sum: a simple mathematical calculation, such as adding two numbers together.

Kids these days can’t do sums without a calculator.

Vocabulary From The Unit 2

Abandonment: the act of leaving someone or something or of ending or stopping something,

usually forever.

The abandonment of

the island followed

nuclear tests in

the area.

Defeated: To win against someone in a fight or competition.

I defeated one of my worst fears.

Dilapidated: Old and in poor condition.

The house of my friend was dilapidated.

Hopelessness:  without hope.

They searched for survivors but it was hopelessness.

Meager: Not enough in amount.

They had to survive on a meager portion of rice.

Misery:  sadness and suffering.

The World War II brought misery to millions of people.

Poverty: the state of being very poor.

Some persons in Guatemala live in poverty.

Shame: A bad feeling about something wrong that you have done

I was full of shame

in my presentation.

Sordid: Dirty and unpleasant.

There are lots of really sordid apartments in the city’s poorer areas.

Tormented: Great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain.

I had a tormented childhood.

Yearned For: To wish very strongly, especially for something that you cannot have or something that is very difficult to have.

They yearned for peace.

Vocabulary From Unit 3

Advocate: someone who publicly supports something.

He’s a strong advocate

of state ownership

of the railways.

Aspects: One part of a situation, problem, or subject.

His illness affects every aspect of his life.

Consensus: A generally accepted opinion or decision among a group of people.

The general consensus in the office is that he can’t do his job.

Environment: The air, land, and water where people, animals, and plants live.

The new road may cause damage to the environment.

Impact: The effect that a person, event, or situation has on someone or something.

She has had a major impact on today’s reggaeton music.

Interaction: An occasion when two or more people or things communicate with or react to each other.

Rene Descartes

wrote about the

mind-body

interaction.

Interpreting: To decide what the intended meaning of something.

It’s difficult to interpret these statistics.

Linked: A connection between two people, things, or ideas.

Diet and living habitats are linked to disease.

Potential:  Qualities that allow someone or something to develop or succeed.

He has a lot of potential as a musician.

Reliable: Able to be trusted or believed.

I took information in a website that is reliable.

Revolutionized: To completely change something so that it is much better.

Newton’s discoveries revolutionized physics.

Risk factor: The possibility of something bad happening.

He had a risk factor about his heart.

Achieve: To succeed in doing something difficult.

We finally achieved

our goal of buying a

house.

Vocabulary From Unit 4

Acquired: To get or learn something.

I’ve acquired some useful skills in this job.