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**Week 2** - **Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday September 18 **

1.affluent. adj. having a lot of money, very rich. She lives in a big house and has a affluent life. (assignment) 2.allegations. n. statement made without evidence. He made allegation of stealing against his neighbor. (assignment) 3.vomit. v. throw up. He came home drunk and vomited on the floor. (poster) 4.schematic. adj. in the form of drawing. This is a schematic picture that show you what is the growth rate of the company last year. (reading) 5.feisty. adj. full of energy. Even she is 80 years old, she still looks feisty everyday. (assignment) 6.prowess. n. great ability or skill. She won many rewards because of her prowess in dancing. (assignment) 7.irrational. adj. not reason or clear thinking. His irrational behavior makes his parents feel worry. (quiz) 8.jubilantly. adv. feel very happy. She look at her birthday gift jubilantly. (assignment) 9.stalemate. n, a situation that no one can win. The situation will end in stalemate if on one want to apologize. (textbook) 10.citadel. n. a strong building where can keep people from danger. The citadel was built in 14th century for war. (quiz) 11.blockade. v. stand on someone's way. You are blockading me, please move away. (assignment) 12.gibes. v. laugh at. It's really rude to gibe someone else. (assignment) 13.laminate. v. to compress into a thin plate. It can save your pictures longer if you laminate them. (computer lab) **In the sense that you you used it in, it has a slightly different meaning. See definition 4.** [|**http://www.thefreedictionary.com/laminate**] 14.incompatible. adj. not able to exist or work with. We found out we were incompatible when we started living together. (textbook) 15.disreputable. adj. not trust or respected. This magazine is disreputable because it always make up a story. (textbook)

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 * Week3- Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday September 25**

1. somber. adj. serious or dark. She looks so somber because she just broke up with her boyfriend. (assignment) 2. squeaking. n. a short shrill cry or sound. She made a squeak aas she saw a large spider on the wall. (assignment) 3. disparity. n. extreme different. There was a big disparity of living between rich and poor. (assignment) 4. compulsory. adj. force to do. Wearing seat belts in cars is compulsory in many countries.(assignment) 5. skeptical. adj. questioning. We have a skeptical attitude of his opinion, because he always make up a story. (class discussion) 6. mataphor. n. describes a person or object in similar characteristics. Could you try to speak in mataphor, not so directly. (textbook) 7. discriminate. v. to treat a person with bias. We shouldn't discriminate other people because their age or skin color. (assignment) 8. segregate. v. to cause to become separate. People who infected swin flu must be segregated. (textbook) 9. infuriating. adj. to make someone extremly angry. It's really infuriating when he keep lie to me. (textbook) 10. cartridge. n. a small contianer used in a large equipment. the printer is out of cartridge, you have to rechange it. (printer)


 * Week4- Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday October 2**

1. portions. n. a part of something. I contribute a portion of my salary to an orphanage every month. (reading) 2. severity. n. seriousness. He spoe with great severity then which made me feel stressed. (reading) 3. autonomous. adj. not controlled by others or by outside forces. America is an autonomous country. (reading) 4. alloy. n. mixture of two or more metals. steel is an alloy of many elements. reading) 5. opponent. n. a person who disagrees with something, or being computed in a sports event. Nomather who will be your opponent, just do your best. (reading) 6. advent. n. the arrival of an event person in the future. We prepared a birthday surprise and waiting for her advent. (reading) 7. mandatory. adj. must be done, or which is demanded by law. Athletes must undergo a mandatory drugs test before competing. (textbook) 8. protestant. n. a member of the parts of Christian Church. He became a Protestant when he was thirty-tree. (listening) 9. underestimate. v. to fail to guess or understand the truth. Never underestimate yourself, you can make it. (listening) 10. revival. n. the act or an instance of reviving. There has been some revival of 1980s music. (listening)

week5

1.preference. n. the thing or people you like or prefer to do. My preference in music is rock music. (software) 2.jot. v. to make a quick short note. I jot down what he told me as soon as possible.(in class) 3.ambivalent.adj. having two opposing feelings at the same time. I feel ambivalent about whether or not I go to study in Europe. 4.crawler. n. a baby who doesn't walk yet. His little is still a crawler. (reading) 5.embodiment. n. typical example. As a teacher, she is the embodiment of patience.(textbook) 6.squander. v. to spend or use (money oe supplies) wastefully. He squaandered his whole year's saving in two weeks. 7.hazardous. sdj. dangerous. This is a hazarous area, you should stay away fom here. 8. troubleshoot. v. investigae, survey. He was hired to troubleshoot the mystical event. 9. warrant. v. to make necessary. You shouldn't warrant a lot of time on this, it's not worth. 10.symptom. n. illness which is caused by disease. High fever, running nose, and cough are all the usual symptoms of flu.