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Chapter 1 – Learning New Words from the Context. Group 5. Part 3:Commonsense Contexts. 1. Capsize (v.). Overturn, upset When Sam’s canoe capsized, I swam over to help him turn it right side up. 2. Contend (v.). Compete; vie; take part in a contest; fight; struggle

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Group 5

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  1. Chapter 1 – Learning New Words from the Context Group 5 Part 3:Commonsense Contexts

  2. 1. Capsize (v.) • Overturn, upset • When Sam’s canoe capsized, I swam over to help him turn it right side up.

  3. 2. Contend (v.) • Compete; vie; take part in a contest; fight; struggle • Argue; maintain as true; asset • Every spring some baseball writers try to predict which two teams will contend in the World Series. • Don’t argue with the umpire. If she says you’re out, it’s no use contending you are safe.

  4. 3. Decease (n.) • Death; demise • Shortly after President Kennedy’s decease, Vice President Johnson was sworn in as the new chief executive.

  5. 4. Din (n.) • Loud noise; uproar; clamor; racket • I couldn’t hear what you were saying because the plane passing overhead made such a din.

  6. 5. Distinguish (v.) • Tell apart; differentiate; recognize • The twins are so alike that it is hard to distinguish one from the other.

  7. 6. Divulge (v.) • Make known; reveal; disclose • Yesterday our teacher read us a composition without divulging the name of the writer.

  8. 7. Drought (n.) • Long period of dry weather; lack of rain; dryness • While some regions are suffering from drought, others are experiencing heavy rains and floods.

  9. 8. Famish (v.) • Starve; suffer from extreme hunger; make extremely hungry • The missing hikers were famished when we found them; they had not eaten for more than twelve hours.

  10. 9. Illuminate (v.) • Light up; lighten; brighten • The bright morning sun illuminated the room; there was no need for the lights to be on.

  11. 10. Inaudible (adj.) • Incapable of being heard; not audible • The only part of your answer I could hear was the first word; the rest was inaudible.

  12. 11. Incense (v.) • Make extremely angry; enrage; madden; infuriate • Some of the members were so incensed by the way Tamar opened the meeting that they walked right out.

  13. 12. Inundate (v.) • Flood; swamp; deluge • The rainstorm inundated a number of streets in low lying areas.

  14. 13. Jeopardy (n.) • Danger; peril • Jeopardize (v) endanger; imperil • If you arrive late for a job interview, your chances of being hired will be in serious jeopardy.

  15. 14. Magnify (v) • Cause to be or look larger; enlarge; amplify; exaggerate • The bacteria shown in your textbook have been greatly magnified; their actual size is considerably smaller.

  16. 15. Municipal (adj.) • Of a city or town • Your mother works for the city? How interesting! My father is also a municipal employee.

  17. 16. Puncture (v.) • Make a hole with a pointed object; pierce; perforate • Our neighbor swept a nail off his curb, and later it punctured one of his own tires.

  18. 17. Rummage (v.) • Search thoroughly by turning over all the contents; ransack • Someone must have rummaged my desk; everything is out of order.

  19. 18. Simultaneously (adj.) • At the same time; concurrently; together • The twins began school simultaneously, but they did not graduate at the same time.

  20. 19. Subsequently (adv.) • Later; afterward; next • When I first saw that dress, it was $49.95; subsequently is was reduced to $29.95; now it is on sale for $19.95.

  21. 20. Survive (v.) • Live longer than; outlive; outlast • After landing at Plymouth, the Pilgrims suffered greatly; about half of them failed to survive the first winter.

  22. 21. Traverse (v.) • Pass across, over, or through; cross • The Trans-Siberian Railroad, completed in 1905, traverses the Asian continent.

  23. 22. Velocity (n.) • Speed swiftness; celerity; rapidity • Do you know that light travels at a velocity of 186,000 mile a second?

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