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Unit 4
ESL Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accountant | an expert in money matters and keeping accounts. |
| Acquire | to obtain or get something. |
| Bolster | to support, strengthen, or increase. |
| Converse | to talk with someone. |
| Counsel | advice. |
| Essential | extremely important; absolutely necessary. |
| Gruesome | extremely unpleasant and shocking. |
| Inhabitant | a person who lives in a place. |
| Initial | first or at the beginning of something. |
| Placid | calm and peaceful. |
| Progress | to move forward or improve. |
| Psychology | the study of the mind, the emotions, and human behavior. |
| Ridicule | to make fun of someone or something. |
| Tranquil | calm or peaceful. |
| Campaign | a series of actions organized over a period of time in order to achieve or win something. |
| Civic | of, relating to, or belonging to a citizen, a city, a country, or citizenship. |
| Concentration | a large amount of something in a small area. |
| Contemplate | to think seriously about something. |
| Degree | a step in a series; level. |
| Dual | double. |
| Ebullient | full of life, happiness, and eager excitement. |
| Forsake | abandon or leave behind. |
| Fracture | a break or pause in a continuous state. |
| In Utero | (Latin): in the womb. |
| Renown | fame; the quality of being widely honored. |
| Shuttle | to move frequently between two places. |
| Straddle | to be on both sides of something. |
| Transnational | relating to or involving several countries. |
| Balk | to stop and refuse to go on. |
| Conscious | aware of something. |
| Hyperdeveloped | extremely wealthy and having many industries. |
| Immediate | happening or done at once. |
| Inevitable | sure to happen and can not be avoided. |
| Maintain | to continue something and not let it come to an end. |
| Overwhelming | very large in number. |
| Profound | very deep. |
| Revolutionize | to change something completely. |
| Status | a person's rank or position in a group, and organization, or a society. |
| Technology | the use of science and engineering to do practical things. |
| Tentative | hesitant or unsure. |
| Underclass | the lowest layer in society. |
| Vital | very important or essential. |