domingo, 9 de noviembre de 2008

READING CHALLENGE

Write five new words taken from the all reading challenge, look up their definitions or synonyms in a monolingual dictionary

READING CHALLENGE 1
MONKEY SEE, MONKEY RECOGNIZE

VOCABULARY:

SQUEAKING: to utter or make a short shrill cry or noise//to pass, succeed, or win by a narrow margin

BATNESS:
SELF-AWARE:
adj. Aware of oneself, including one's traits, feelings, and behaviors.
SURREPTITIOUSLY:adjective
1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
2. acting in a stealthy way.
3. obtained by subreption; subreptitious.

SHAVING:noun
1. Often, shavings. a very thin piece or slice, esp. of wood.
2. the act of a person or thing that shaves.



READING CHALLENGE 2
VOLCANOLOGY

SCATTER:–verb (used with object)
1. to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
2. to separate and drive off in various directions; disperse: to scatter a crowd.
3. Physics.
a. to refract or diffract (light or other electromagnetic radiation) irregularly so as to diffuse in many directions.
b. (of a medium) to diffuse or deflect (light or other wave phenomena) by collisions between the wave and particles of the medium.
–verb (used without object)
4. to separate and disperse; go in different directions.
–noun
5. the act of scattering.
6. something that is scattered.

SUNLIGHT:the light of the sun; sunshine.
ASH:Also called volcanic ash. Geology. finely pulverized lava thrown out by a volcano in eruption.
BOTTLENECK:

1.a narrow entrance or passageway.
2. a place or stage in a process at which progress is impeded.

NETWORKING: the design, establishment, or utilization of a computer network


READING CHALLENGE 3
MEDICINE
SHAM:something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
PLACEBO:a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine.
RELIEF:alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
FAILURE:deterioration or decay, esp. of vigor, strength, etc.: The failure of her health made retirement necessary.
trial:subjection to suffering or grievous experiences; a distressed or painful state

READING CHALLENGE 4

HISTORY OF SCIENCE

READING CHALLENGE 5
READING CHALLENGE 6
READING CHALLENGE 7
READING CHALLENGE 8

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