Unit 6 Vocabulary

1. Unit 6 Vocabulary

2. Establish, v. • Create, set something up to use • Establishes/ established/ establishing, establishment(n) • Hamilton High School was established in 1999.

3. Generation, n. • A group of people who are born and live around the same time • Generations • My generation grew up during the 80’s.

4. Judgment, n. • Ability to use what you know to make a decision, evaluation • To judge/judges/judged/judging, judge(n) • My mom’s final judgment was that I couldn’t go out with my friends.

5. Mature, adj. • Someone who acts grown up • Maturely (adv), to mature/matures/matured/maturing, immature • The mature teenager chose not to stay out past curfew.

6. Participate, v. • To take part, share, to do • Participates/ participated/ participating, participant (n), participation • It is important for students to participate in class.

7. Politics, n. • The government and what people think about it • Political • It is not good to talk about politics on a first date.

8. Qualified, adj. • Well trained or prepared for a job, skilled, or experienced • To qualify/qualifies/ qualified/qualifying, unqualified • I want a qualified dentist to fix my teeth.

9. Vote, v. • To make a choice in an election • Votes/voted/voting, vote (n) • I voted for Obama for President last November.

10. Accountable, adj. • Responsible for something • Accountably, to account/ accounts/accounted/ accounting • I am accountable for helping my students learn English.

11. Authority, n • Power over others, control • Authorities, authorize, authoritarian • The principal has the authority to expel students from the school.

12. Discrimination, n. • Treating people unfairly because of how they look or believe in • To discriminate/ discriminates/ discriminated/ discriminating, discriminately • Discrimination should never be acceptable in the classroom.

13. Impose, v. • Setting rules, establishing rules and regulations • To impose/imposes/ imposed/ imposing, imposer • Teachers need to impose rules in their classroom to help with teaching.

14. Neglect, n. • To ignore, lack of care and attention • To neglect/neglects/ neglected/ neglecting • Brain cells will die from neglect if you never use them!

15. Prohibit, v. • To keep people from doing something, prevent, not allow • Prohibits/ prohibited/ prohibiting, prohibitory, prohibition • A dress code prohibits students from wearing inappropriate clothing to school.

16. Restriction, n. • Something that limits activity • Restrictions, to restrict/ restricts/ restricted/ restricting • Teenagers should have restrictions on how late they can stay out at night.

17. Violate, v. • To break, go against or ruin • Violates/ violated/ violating, violation • If you violate the school rules you will be expelled.

18. Afford, v. • To have enough money • Affords/afforded, affording, affordable, affordably • In order to afford a new phone, I saved for 2 months.

19. Dropout, n. • Someone who leaves/ quits school before graduating • Drop out (v) • If you are a dropout, it will be very difficult to find a good paying job.

20. Experience, n. • Something you have done or skills you have practiced • Experiences, Experience (verb), experienced (adj.) • Experience is important if you want to make more money in a career.

21. Income, n. • The money you earn, salary • If you don’t have a job or work, you don’t have an income. • An income is important if you want to be independent!

22. Independent, adj. • To be on your own, not dependent • Independently(adv), dependent, independence (n) • When I got my first teaching job I was independent from my parents completely.

23. Position, n. • A specific job, role • Positions • What position do you want for your future career?

24. Reality, n. • Everything that is real or factual, opposite of fantasy • Realities, to realize (v) • It is important for high school seniors to face reality after graduation.

25. Reckless, adj. • To take foolish risks, careless • Recklessly (adv.) • Dropping out of school is reckless, because your future will now become more difficult.