Week 12  6/13

1.      Sleeve (n.)

Meaning 1: the part of a shirt, jacket, etc., that covers all or part of your arm

Meaning 2: a part that fits over or around something to protect it or to hold its parts together

Sample sentence: The joint is covered with a metal sleeve.

 

2.      Household (n.)

Meaning: the people in a family or other group that are living together in one house

Sample sentence: At that time, not many households had telephones.

Synonyms: extended family, home, house, ménage

Antonyms: nondomestic, nonfamilial

 

3.      Plugged (adj,)

Meaning: of a coin: altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal

 

4.      Entrepreneur (n.)

Meaning: a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money

 

5.      Strike (v.)

Meaning 1: to hit (someone or something) in a forceful way

Meaning 2: to cause (something) to hit something in a forceful way

Meaning 3: to hit (someone or something) with your hand, a weapon, etc.

Sample sentence: She struck the cymbals together.

Synonyms: walk, walk out

Antonyms: assemble, construct

 

6.      Wire (n.)

Meaning 1: a thin, flexible thread of metal

Meaning 2: a thread of metal that is covered with plastic, rubber, etc., and used to send or receive electricity or electrical signals

Meaning 3: a small microphone that is worn under clothing in order to secretly record a conversation

Sample sentence: A short black wire connects the computer's monitor to its keyboard.

Synonyms: cable, lace, lacing, line, rope, string, cord

 

7.      Wool (n.)

Meaning 1: the soft, thick hair of sheep and some other animals

Meaning 2: cloth or clothing made of wool

Meaning 3: long, thick thread made of wool and used for knitting

Sample sentence: She doesn't like wool because it can be itchy.

Synonyms: coat, fleece, hair, jacket, pelage, pile, fur

 

8.      Soak (v.)

Meaning 1: to put (something) in a liquid for a period of time

Meaning 2: to take a long bath

Meaning 3: to make (someone or something) very wet with water or another liquid

Sample sentence: You should soak those dirty clothes before you wash them.

Synonyms: drench, drown, impregnate, macerate, saturate, sodden, sop, souse

Antonyms: wring (out)

 

9.      Insecticide (n.)

Meaning: a chemical substance that is used to kill insects

 

10.  Turquoise (n.)

Meaning 1: a bluish-green color

Meaning 2: a bluish-green stone used in jewelry

 

11.  Malaria (n.)

Meaning: medical: a serious disease that causes chills and fever and that is passed from one person to another by the bite of mosquitoes

 

12.  Coup (v.) (n.)

Meaning: an impressive victory or achievement that usually is difficult or unexpected

Sample sentence: It was a major coup when they got the Vice President to appear on their show for an interview.

Synonyms: achievement, acquirement, attainment, baby, accomplishment, success, triumph

Antonyms: nonachievement

 

13.  Transmit (v.)

Meaning 1: to send (information, sound, etc.) in the form of electrical signals to a radio, television, computer, etc.

Meaning 2: to give or pass (information, values, etc.) from one person to another

Meaning 3: to cause (a virus, disease, etc.) to be given to others

Sample sentence: The technology allows data to be transmitted by cellular phones.

Synonyms: conduct, convey, give, impart, spread, transfer, transfuse, communicate

Antonyms: accept, receive

 

14.  Pipe (n.)

Meaning 1: a long, hollow tube for carrying water, steam, gas, etc.

Meaning 2: a tube with a small bowl at one end that is used for smoking tobacco

Meaning 3: a musical instrument that is in the shape of a tube, has holes along the top, and is played by blowing

Sample sentence: He has the pipes to sing on Broadway.

Synonyms: channel, conduit, duct, leader, line, penstock, trough, tube

 

15.  Disclose (v.)

Meaning: to make (something) known to the public

Sample sentence: The company has disclosed that it will be laying off thousands of workers later this year.

Synonyms: bare, reveal, discover, divulge, expose, let on (about), spill, tell, unbosom, uncloak, uncover, unmask

Antonyms: cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, mask, shroud, veil

 

16.  Nomad (n.)

Meaning: a member of a group of people who move from place to place instead of living in one place all the time

Sample sentence: He lived like a nomad for a few years after college, never holding a job in one place for very long.

Synonyms: drifter, gadabout, gypsy, knockabout, rambler, roamer, rover, stroller, vagabond, wanderer, wayfarer, bird of passage

 

17.  Puddle (n.) (v.)

Meaning: a small amount of water, mud, etc., on the ground

Sample sentence: She accidentally stepped in a puddle and got her shoes wet.

Synonyms: billabong [Australian], mere [chiefly British], 1pool, stank [British dialect], well

 

18.  Parasite (n.)

Meaning 1: an animal or plant that lives in or on another animal or plant and gets food or protection from it

Meaning 2: a person or thing that takes something from someone or something else and does not do anything to earn it or deserve it

Sample sentence: These new companies are parasites feeding off the success of those who spent the last decade establishing the industry.

Synonyms: bloodsucker, freeloader, free rider, hanger-on, moocher, leech, sponge, sponger

 

19.  Cyclone (n.)

Meaning: an extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm with very high winds that turn around an area of low pressure

 

20.  Watt (n.)

Meaning: a unit for measuring electrical power

 

21.  Enterprise (n.)

Meaning 1: a project or activity that involves many people and that is often difficult

Meaning 2: a business organization

Meaning 3: the ability or desire to do dangerous or difficult things or to solve problems in new ways

Sample sentence: He was criticized for his lack of enterprise in dealing with the crisis.

Synonyms: business, company, concern, establishment, firm, house, interest, outfit

Antonyms: sure thing

 

22.  Refugee (n.)

Meaning: someone who has been forced to leave a country because of war or for religious or political reasons

Sample sentence: Thousands of refugees have fled the area.

Synonyms: deportee, evacuee, exile, expat [chiefly British], expatriate

 

23.  Backpack (n.) (v.)

Meaning 1: a bag for carrying things that has two shoulder straps and is carried on the back

Meaning 2: to hike or travel with a backpack

Sample sentence: <stuffed her backpack with so many books that she could barely walk>

Synonyms: pack, kit bag, knapsack, packsack, rucksack

 

24.  Cave (n.) (v.)

Meaning: a large hole that was formed by natural processes in the side of a cliff or hill or under the ground

Sample sentence: <Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is actually a series of large chambers on five levels.>

Synonyms: cavern, delve [archaic], grot, grotto

 

25.  Charitable (adj.)

Meaning 1: done or designed to help people who are poor, sick, etc.

Meaning 2: showing kindness in talking about or judging other people : not very critical

Sample sentence: Half of the class has a chance at passing the test, and that is a charitable estimate.

Synonyms: altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, do-good, eleemosynary

Antonyms: self-centered, self-concerned, selfish