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L/S News Vocab 9.12
Listening & Speaking 2 News Story Vocabulary Sept 2012
| Word | Definition | Used in a Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| slaughter | to kill (many people) in a very violent way | ▪ Hundreds of people were _____ [=massacred] by the invaders. |
| conventionally | used and accepted by most people : usual or traditional | ▪ The number sign is the _____ symbol for labeling something measured in pounds. |
| nutrients | a substance that plants, animals, and people need to live and grow | ▪ Fruits and vegetables have important _____. |
| upgrade | to make (something) better by including the most recent information or improvements | ▪ This course will help you to upgrade your computer skills. |
| professional | always used before a noun a : relating to a job that requires special education, training, or skill | ▪ Do you have any _____l experience? |
| immigration | to come to a country to live there — often + to | ▪ My grandparents _____ to America. |
| reputation | he common opinion that people have about someone or something : the way in which people think of someone or something [count] | ▪ This car dealership has a good/bad _____. |
| claim | to say that (something) is true when some people may say it is not true | ▪ The man _____ (that) he was a long-lost relative. |
| continually | happening again and again within short periods of time | ▪ He is _____ experimenting with new recipes. |
| patient | a person who receives medical care or treatment | ▪ Several _____ were waiting to see the doctor/dentist. |
| urinate | to send liquid waste out of the body | Homeless people _____ on the walls of businesses in Portland. |
| environment | the natural world | Pollution is bad for the _____. |
| bullying | to frighten, hurt, or threaten (a smaller or weaker person) | A group of girls were bullying [=picking on] her at the playground. |
| co-founder | a person who creates or establishes something with someone else that is meant to last for a long time (such as a business or school) | Mr Hewlett and Mr Packard were _____s of HP Company. |
| regardless | without being stopped or affected by (something) | ▪ He runs every day _____ of the weather. [=he runs every day no matter what the weather is like] |
| launch | to offer or sell (something) for the first time | ▪ The company is expected to _____several new products next year. |
| decades | a period of 10 years | ▪ The war lasted nearly a decade. |
| rebel | a person who opposes or fights against a government | ▪ The government captured six armed _____s. |
| footprint | track or mark left by a foot or shoe | ▪ The child left her tiny _____s in the snow. |
| commander | a person who is in charge of a group of people | The city's police _____ talked to the newspaper reporters about crime in the city. |
| suggest | to mention (something) as a possible thing to be done, used, thought about, etc. | ▪ I _____ (that) you call the store. |
| consumer | person who buys goods and services | ▪ Many _____s are still not comfortable making purchases on the Interne |
| criminal | a person who has broken the law or who has been proved to be guilty of braking the law by a court ▪ She's a convicted criminal. | ▪ She's a _____ed criminal. |
| arrest | to use the power of the law to take and keep (someone, such as a criminal) | ▪ The police _____ed him on drug charges. |
| pilgrimage | a journey to a holy place [count] [noncount] | ▪ The tradition of_____ is important in Islam. |
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