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Unit 1

Vocabulary. “The Moustache”. Unit 1. characterize. When you characterize someone or something, you describe the most important characteristics or qualities. How would you characterize the situation?. intensity. To have intensity means to have a lot of feeling and strength .

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Unit 1

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  1. Vocabulary “The Moustache” Unit 1

  2. characterize • When you characterize someone or something, you describe the most important characteristics or qualities. • How would you characterize the situation?

  3. intensity • To have intensity means to have a lot of feeling and strength. • The sun shone with great intensity.

  4. lucid • If a person is lucid it means that they are sane. • Though grandma seemed crazy, she had her lucid moments.

  5. obscure • To obscure is to conceal or hide. • The movie was full of obscure references that only people from an older generation would understand.

  6. pathetic • Pitifully inferior or inadequate. • His story was a pathetic attempt to cover up his lie.

  7. perspective • Perspective is a point of view or opinion about something. • Everyone brings a different perspective to the situation because we are all different people.

  8. pretense • Pretense is the act of pretending. • We tried to keep up the pretense that everything was fine but of course it wasn’t.

  9. stigmatize • To stigmatize someone or something is to disgrace or label as bad. • After losing their first three games, the team was stigmatized as the worst in the state.

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