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- My name is Anthony Prato and I teach English as a Second Language at The City University of New York (http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/clip/) and Columbia University (http://ce.columbia.edu/node/295). I have been an ESL teacher for 6 years, and a teacher or trainer for 10 years.
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Nausea (p87. 4) n.
D- Nausea is the condition of feeling sick and the feeling that you are going to vomit.
I was overcome with a feeling of nausea.
Entangle (P87, 7) v.
D- If something entangles you in problems or difficulties, it causes you to become involved in problems or difficulties from which it is hard to escape.
His tactics were to entangle the opposition in a web of parliamentary procedure.
Solace (p87, 12) n.
D- Solace is a feeling of comfort that makes you feel less sad.
I found solace in writing when my father died three years ago.
Oblivion (p87, 13) n.
D1- Oblivion is the state of not being aware of what is happening around you, for example because you are asleep or unconscious.
He just drank himself into oblivion.
D2- Oblivion is the state of having been forgotten or of no longer being considered important.
It seems that the so-called new theory is likely to sink into oblivion.
Besmirch (p88, 2) v.
D- If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
He has accused local people of trying to besmirch his reputation.
Rejuvenate (p91, 2) v.
D- If something rejuvenates you, it makes you feel or look young again.
Shelley was advised that the Italian climate would rejuvenate him
Transitory (p93, 37) adj.
D- If you say that something is transitory, you mean that it lasts only for a short time.
Most teenage romances are transitory.
grieve (p95, end) v.
D- If you grieve over something, especially someone's death, you feel very sad about it.
He's grieving over his dead wife and son.
Hoard (p96, 20) n
D- A hoard is a store of things that you have saved and that are valuable or important to you or you do not want other people to have.
The case involves a hoard of silver and jewels valued at up to $40m.
eject (p98, 8) v.
D1- To eject something means to remove it or push it out forcefully.
He aimed his rifle, fired a single shot, then ejected the spent cartridge
D2- If you eject someone from a place, you force them to leave.
Officials used guard dogs to eject the protesters.
Voca
1.nausea: noun
1 a sensation that one is about to vomit, either by a reflex (eg irritation of stomach nerves) or conditioned (eg smell) stimulus.2 disgust; revulsion.
s- the side effects include nausea and faintness.
2.ennui : noun
literary boredom or discontent caused by a lack of activity or excitement
s- Her class was so ennui.
3.oblivion: noun
1 the state or fact of having forgotten or of being unconscious.2 the state of being forgotten.3 law amnesty; pardon.
s- After we broke up, I was oblivion about him.
4.filth: noun
1 repulsive dirt; any foul matter ¶ dog filth.2 anything that is perceived as physically or morally obscene ¶ That magazine is absolute filth! 3 (the filth) slang, derog the police.
Filthily adverb filthiness noun
s- The floor was covered in grease and filth.
5.devour: verb (devoured, devouring) 1 to eat up something greedily. 2 to completely destroy something. 3 to read (a book, etc) eagerly. 4 to look at something with obvious pleasure. 5 (usually be devoured) to be taken over totally ¶ He was devoured by guilt.
devourer noun
s- She devoured everything she could lay her hands on
6.countenance: noun
1 face; expression or appearance.2 support; patronage. ━ verb (countenanced, countenancing) 1 to favour or support. 2 to allow; to tolerate. 3.give countenance to something to support it, eg a proposal, etc. keep one’s countenance to remain composed, manage not to laugh, etc.
s-The committee refused to countenance his proposals.
7.headlong: adj, adverb 1 moving especially quickly with one’s head in front or bent forward. 2 quickly, and usually without thinking.
s- The government is taking care not to rush headlong into another controversy
8.Wretchedness: pitiable.
2 miserable, unhappy, distressed or distraught.3 inferior or poor; humble or lowly.4 infuriating.
s- She doesn’t have house, parents, and money she is very wretchedness girl.
9.transitory: adj
short-lived; lasting only for a short time; transient
s- The transitory nature of his happiness.
10.Asceticism:noun
the philosophy or practice of self-denial of physical pleasures or comforts
S-he decided to asceticism.
Vocabulary: Chapter #6:
Entangled: Transitive verb, page 87, Middle:
Definition:
1. tangle something up: to make something become twisted up in a mass of strands, e.g. netting or hair ( usually passive )
2. put somebody in difficult situation: to involve somebody or something in a problem that will be difficult to escape from ( usually passive )
were entangled in corporate politics
3. complicate something: to make something more complicated or confusing
The story entangles the facts with value judgments.
Sentence: I entangled myself in the golf tournament, I really don’t know why.
Solace: Noun, Page 87, Middle:
Definition:
1. relief from emotional distress: comfort at a time of sadness, grief, or disappointment
2. source of comfort: somebody or something that provides comfort at a time of sadness, grief, or disappointment
Sentence: In just need a little of solace to relief my heart.
Oblivion: Noun, Page 87, Last:
Definition:
1. state of being forgotten: a state of being completely forgotten
2. state of forgetting: a state of complete forgetfulness or unawareness
3. law overlooking of past offenses: the deliberate overlooking of past offenses
Sentence: I don’t want that oblivion take my life away.
Grieve: Verb, Page 95, Last:
Definition:
1. experience intense sorrow: to experience great sadness over something such as a death.
2. Make sad: to cause great sadness to somebody.
Sentence: Matt was in a deep grieved when he listen the news about his parents.
Folly: Noun, Page 98, Line 2:
Definition;
1. Unreason: thoughtlessness, recklessness, or thoughtless or reckless behavior.
2. Irrational thing: a thoughtless or reckless act or idea ( often used in the plural )
3. Architecture eccentric building: a building of eccentric or overelaborate design, usually built for decorative rather than practical purposes
4. U.S. misguided undertaking: an undertaking that is excessively costly or extravagant, especially one that leads to financial loss or ruin.
Sentence: It would be folly to continue.
Pangs: Noun, Page 102, Line 10:
Definition:
1. sharp pain: a short sharp pain
2. Intense emotion: a sudden, intense, and usually distressing feeling
Sentence: The pang of being poor starts to open my eyes.
Gnawing: Adjective, Page 102, Line 13:
Definition:
Persistent and troubling: persistent and troubling or uncomfortable.
Sentence: Gnawing doubts that are controlling my life decisions.
Rowed: Verb, Page 103, Last:
Definition:
. Transitive and intransitive verb propel boat with oars: to propel a boat across water by using oars
2. Intransitive verb row as sport: to take part in the sport of rowing.
Sentence: Jack rowed into the ocean without any doubt.
Acute: Adjective, Page 114, Line 10:
Definition:
1. very great or bad: extremely serious, severe, or painful
2. Perceptive: keenly perceptive and intelligent
3. Sensitive: very powerful and sensitive to detail
Sentence: Hawks have special acute eyesight.
Awe: Noun, Page 110, line 2:
Definition:
. Mixture of wonder and dread: a feeling of amazement and respect mixed with fear that is often coupled with a feeling of personal insignificance or powerlessness
2. ability to inspire dread: the ability to inspire dread or reverence ( archaic ) .
Sentence: I was completely in awe of her.
• Nausea (p 87, line 4)noun, adj: the feeling you have when you think you are going to vomit. Siddhartha get a degree of nausea.
• Oblivion (p 87, line 13)noun: the state of being completely forgotten: Ex: Old movie stars who have faded into oblivion.
Oblivious (adjective): not knowing about or not noticing something happening around you. Ex: She seemed completely oblivious to/of the danger.
• Besmirched (p88, line 2): . To stain; sully: a reputation that was besmirched by slander.
2. To make dirty; soil.
Besmirch(verb) : smear so as to make dirty or stained.
• Disillusionment (noun) - disillusion (verb) (p 89, line 26): to make someone realize that something s/he thought was true or good is not.
Disillusioned (adj): unhappy because you have lost your belief that someone or something is true or good: ex: I have become increasingly disillusioned with politics
• Wretched(adj) (p 89, line 29): extremely unhappy, especially because you are lonely, sick, poor, etc.
Wretch (noun): a miserable person or a base, despicable, or vile person.
Ex: I was wretched when I remembered the past.
• Incarnation (p 91, line 20) noun: a time before or after the life you are living now when, according to some religions, you were alive in the form of a different person or animal.
• Invincible (adj)(p 95, line 3): too strong to be defeated or destroyed.
Invincibly adverb.
• Liberation(noun) (p 97, line 21): to free someone from feelings or situations that make his/her life difficult: Ex: these gadgets liberated housewives from many hard chores.
Liberally: adverb in large amounts
• Inertia (p97, line 23)(noun): a tendency for a situation to stay unchanged for a long time: Ex: the problem of inertia in large bureaucracies.
• Transitory(adverb) (p100, line 8)noun: Existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary or the disorder of his life. Siddhartha was transitory, but today he was young.
1. solace (page 87, line 12, noun)
A feeling of comfort that makes someone feel less sad
Ex> When her husband died, she found solace in her son.
2. besmirch (page 88, line 2, verb)
Saying that someone is a bad person or that (s) he has done something wrong, usually when this is not true
Ex> After Curtis heard the fake rumor about HanSeul, he besmirched her.
3. slumber (page 89, line 19, verb)
Sleep
Ex> Even though HanSeul looks like studying hard, her mind is slumbering.
4. rejuvenate (page 91, line 2, verb)
Makeing someone feel or look young again
Ex> HanSeul rejuvenated Sue; HanSeul is much younger than Sue.
5. invincible (page 95, line 3, adjective)
Cannot be defeated.
Ex> In the beginning of World War 2, German army was looked as if it was invincible.
6. grieve (page 95, line 27, verb)
Feel very sad about something
Ex> His family grieved about his death after 2001 attacks.
7. hoard (page 96, line 20, verb)
Save or store things, often in secret, because they are valuable or important to someone
Ex> Gas price is high; we have to hoard gas to save our money.
8. deviation (page 96, line 26, noun)
Doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or acceptable
Ex> Some behavior that is normal in one country could be a deviation in another country.
9. carouse (page 97, line 24, verb)
Behaving very noisily and drinking a lot of alcohol
Ex> Every Friday, some of students in University Square carouse.
10. thwart (page 97, line 26, verb)
Preventing someone from doing or getting what one wants
Ex> When HanSeul was going to sleep during her RW class, Anthony thwarted her.
Entangle (verb, p.87, line 7)
If one thing entangles itself with another, the two things become caught together very tightly.
The blade of the oar had entangled itself with something in the water.
Oblivion ( n, p.87, line 13)
Oblivion is the state of not being aware of what is happening around you, for example because you are asleep or unconscious.
He just drank himself into oblivion.
Besmirch (V p.88, line 2)
If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.[ LITERARY ]
He has accused local people of trying to besmirch his reputation.
Spit out (v, p.88, line 19)
If someone spits, they force an amount of liquid out of their mouth, often to show hatred or contempt.
The gang thought of hitting him too, but decided just to spit.
They spat at me and taunted me.
Rejuvenate (v, p.91, line 2)
If something rejuvenates you, it makes you feel or look young again.
Shelley was advised that the Italian climate would rejuvenate him.
Carouse (v, p.97, line 24)
If you say that people are carousing, you mean that they are behaving very noisily and drinking a lot of alcohol as they enjoy themselves.
They told him to stay home with his wife instead of going out and carousing with friends.
Detest (v, p.97, line 31)
To hate somebody/something very much
They detested each other on sight
Bend over (adj, p.98, line 16)
If you say that someone is bending over backwards to be helpful or kind, you are emphasizing that they are trying very hard to be helpful or kind.
People are bending over backwards to please customers.
Perish (v, p.99, line 1)
If people or animals perish, they die as a result of very harsh conditions or as the result of an accident.
Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.
Penitence (n, p.99, line 25)
Penitence is sincere regret for wrong or evil things that you have done.
Anthony had penitence when he went to the jail.
1. nausea (noun) p. 87. line 4
- a sensation that one is about to vomit, either by a reflex
-Sample sentence
: I was overcome with a feeling of nausea.
2. besmirch (verb) p. 88. line 2
- to spoil or stain (the reputation, character, name, etc of someone)
-Sample sentence
: He has accused local people of trying to besmirch his reputation.
3. penetration (noun) p. 90. line31
-the process of penetrating or being penetrated.
-Sample sentence
: We succeeded in penetration of the international market
4. sojourn (noun) p. 92. line21
-short stay, staying for a short while
-Sample sentence
: We sojourned at the beach for a month.
5. transitory (adj) p. 93. line28
-short-lived; lasting only for a short time; transient
-Sample sentence
: Most teenage romances are transitory.
6. assiduous (adj) p. 95. line6
-hard-working, done carefully and exactly.
-Sample sentence
: Podulski had been assiduous in learning his adopted language.
7. diminish (verb) p. 95. line23
-to become or make something less or smaller.
-Sample sentence
: The threat of nuclear war has diminished.
8. grieve (verb) p. 95. line27
-to feel grief, especially at a death, to upset or distress someone
-Sample Sentence
: It grieves me to see her unhappy.
9. perish (verb) p. 99. line3
-to die; to be destroyed or ruined.
-Sample sentence
: Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.
10. sage (noun) p. 99. line22
-someone of great wisdom and knowledge, especially an ancient philosopher
-Sample sentence
:Ancient Korean sage was King Sejong.
1. Entangle : v. (p. 87, line 7)
Definition :
1>If one thing entangles itself with another, the two things become caught together very tightly.
2>If something entangles you in problems or difficulties, it causes you to become involved in problems of difficulties from which it is hard to escape.
Ex> A long thread is easily entangled.
He entangled his feet in creepers
2. Solace : n. (p. 87, line 12)
Definition :
Solace is a feeling of comfort that makes you feel less sad.
Ex> Sue found solace in calling to her husband everyday when she stayed in Greensboro.
3. Besmirch : v. (p. 88 , line 2)
Definition :
If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
Ex> He has accused local people of trying to besmirch his reputation.
4. Efface: v. (p. 88 , line 29)
Definition:
To efface something means to destroy or remove it so that it cannot be seen any move.
Ex> The very memory of her was effaced from his mind.
5. Devour: v. (p.89 , line2)
Definition:
1> If a person or animal devours something, they eat quickly and eagerly.
2> If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm.
Ex> She began devouring novels when she was only 9.
6. Corrupt: adj. (p. 89, line 3)
Definition:
Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
Ex> Corrupt practices / corrupt official
7. Distort: v. (p.89, line 7)
Definition:
If you distort a statement fact, or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way.
Ex> He distorted my intention.
The media distort reality; Categories people as all good or all bad.
8.Devoid: v. (p.89, line22)
Definition:
If you say that someone or something is devoid of a quality or thing, you emphasizing that they have none of it.
Ex> I don’t like a man devoid of humor
9. Rejuvenate: v. (p.91, line 2)
Definition:
If something rejuvenates you, it makes you feel or look young again.
Ex> The hotel’s new Spa offers every kinds of rejuvenating treatment and therapy.
10.Self-willed: adj. (p.91, line7)
Definition:
Someone who is self-willed is determined to do the things that they want to do and will not take advice from other people.
Ex> He was very independent and self-willed.
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1) Entangled (verb) p87 line 7
To involve in difficulties, to complicate
I am entangled in this problem and I cannot find a solution
2) Besmirched p88 line 2
To be impure, dirty
Vice thoughts besmirched your soul
3) Slumbering (verb) p89 line 19
To sleep
Yesterday, I didn’t sleep all night and now I am slumbering in class
4) Wretchedness (noun) p89 line 29
Unhappy, miserable
All the wretchedness in the world makes me feel sad
5) Hoarded (verb) p96 line 17
To amass and store money carefully
I am hoarded money in order to buy a new car
6) Carousing (verb) p97 line 25
To have a noisy or lively drinking party
Alex’s party makes me carousing all night
7) Thwarted (verb) p 97 line 26
To frustrate a person or purpose
Bill thwarted my plan and now I have to adjust my schedule
8) Squandered (verb) p 98 line 12
To spend wastefully
All his life he squandered his money and now he lives miserably
9) Hindered (verb) p 98 line 14
To keep a person or thing back by delaying process
10) Crawled (verb) p98
To progress with the body on or close to the ground or other surface. To walk or move or pass slowly
The snake crawled along the river
1) Nausea (Noun) - page 87, line 4
D - A feeling of sickness at the stomach, with an impulse to vomit
E - Commonly reported adverse effects include headache, flushing, nausea, dizziness and
peripheral edema.
2) Ennui (Noun) – page 87, line 9
D - Weariness and dissatisfaction resulting from inactivity or lack of interest; boredom
E - In any event, changing perspectives also fails to treat ennui.
3) Besmirch (Verb) – page 88, line
D - To make dirty; soil
To bring dishonor to; sully
E - Nasty newspaper articles besmirching the brand name then follow.
4) Efface (Verb) – page 88, line 29
D - To rub out, as from a surface; erase; wipe out; obliterate time effaced the memory
To make (oneself) inconspicuous; withdraw (oneself) from notice
E - Years must pass away in order to efface the impression which was then, I think indelibly, stamped
upon my mind.
5) Sluggish (Adjective) – page 89, line 3
D - lacking energy, alertness, or vigor; indisposed to exertion; slothful
E - This was found to result in the applets having a somewhat sluggish response.
6) Slumber – page 89, line 19
D –
Intransitive verb
1) To sleep
2) To be dormant, negligent, or inactive
Transitive verb
To spend in sleeping
Noun
1) Sleep
2) An inactive state
E - He took the other end of the seat, lifting the still slumbering squirrel to his knee
7) Torment – page 89, line 26
D –
Noun
Great pain or anguish, physical or mental; suffering; agony
Verb
To torture
E - He is tortured lover, enemy of the people, tormented genius.
8) Despair – page 89, line27
D –
Intransitive verb
To lose hope; be without hope: usually with of
Transitive verb
To give up hope of
Noun
1) Loss of hope
2) A person or thing causing despair
E - With a despairing cry I pitched over backward into the night sky.
9) Rejuvenate (Verb)– page 91, line 2
D - To make feel or seem young again; bring back to youthful strength, appearance, etc.
E - This massage helps to rejuvenate the skin by stretching muscles all over the body
10) Transitory (Adjective) – page 93, line 28
D - of a passing nature; not enduring or permanent; temporary, fleeting, or ephemeral; transient
E - Stage one sleep is a transitory phase, this usually lasts about 20 minutes.
entangled(adj. p87 l7)
1. deeply involved especially in something complicated
embroiled
2. twisted together in a tangled mass
3. involved in difficulties
e.g.My fishing line got entangled in some weeds
passionately(adv.p87 l13)
1. with passion
2. in a stormy or violent manner
stormily, turbulently
e.g.He loved her passionately
oblivion(noun p87 l13)
1. the state of being disregarded or forgotten
limbo
2. total forgetfulness
obliviousness
e.g.Alcoholics often suffer from periods of oblivion
submerge:
1. sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
submerge, submerse
2. cover completely or make imperceptible
submerge, drown, overwhelm
3. put under water
submerge, submerse
4. fill or cover completely, usually with water
inundate, deluge, submerge
e.g. The submarine submerged to avoid enemy ships
emptiness:
1. the state of containing nothing
2. having an empty stomach
3. an empty area or space
void, vacancy, vacuum
4. the quality of being valueless or futile
vanity
e.g.I feel I am in emptiness
devour:
1. destroy completely
2. enjoy avidly
3. eat immoderately
down, consume, go through
4. eat greedily
guttle, raven, pig
e.g.He sat by the fire, devouring beef and onions
sluggish:
1. with little movement; very slow
sulky
2. (of business) not active or brisk
dull, slow
3. slow and apathetic
inert, soggy, torpid
These tablets make me feel rather sluggish
syllable:
1. a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
e.g.In the word `today' the accent is on the second syllable
perfumed:
1. filled or impregnated with perfume
scented
2. having a natural fragrance
odoriferous, odorous, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
e.g.The roses perfumed the air
assiduous:
1. marked by care and persistent effort
sedulous
e.g.The solider was assiduous in his duty
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