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Vocabulary Unit 5 ISkills Pre-University

Vocabulary Unit 5 ISkills Pre-University. Amnesty (n) a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution. The government gave amnesty to the illegal immigrants after they proved they were in danger from their home governments.

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Vocabulary Unit 5 ISkills Pre-University

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 5ISkills Pre-University

  2. Amnesty (n) a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution • The government gave amnesty to the illegal immigrants after they proved they were in danger from their home governments. • The activist group Amnesty International seeks to end political injustice around the world.

  3. Autonomy (n): self-government; political control • States have autonomy to set their own laws so long as they do not violate existing federal laws. • All teenagers seek autonomy from their parents. Autonomous (adj): having the freedom or power to do what you want, especially a country or nation.

  4. Axiomatic (adj): self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle; something that does not need to be proved, because everyone can see it is true; something that goes without saying. • That the car had been totaled in the accident was axiomatic. • One should not accept anything a politician says as the axiomatic truth. Axiom (n): a self-evident truth that needs no proof

  5. Blazon(v): to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely • They will blazon the results of the election all over the internet, TV, and radio. • She blazoned her dress with pretty embroidery.

  6. Caveat (n): A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or to discourage behavior • Driving responsibly carries the caveat of knowing you must never drive when you have been drinking. • You can do as you like at Six Flags with one caveat: make sure you follow all the park rules!

  7. Equitable (adj): fair, just, embodying principles of justice • The two nations came to an equitable trade agreement.

  8. Extricate (v): to get free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort. • You will never extricate yourself from debt if you don’t stop spending money! • It took the fisherman over an hour to extricate the turtle from his nets. Extrication (n)

  9. Filch (v): to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts; to steal something small • My son likes to filch cookies when he thinks I’m not looking.

  10. Flout (v): to mock, treat with contempt; to deliberately disobey a rule or law. • Flouting the rules of society can land you in jail.

  11. Fractious (adj): tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable; querulous • Even the best of class will have at least one fractious student who tries the teacher’s patience.

  12. Precept (n): a rule of conduct or action; a rule that helps you decide how to behave in a situation • Many philosophies follow the precept that it is important to treat others the way you want to be treated yourself.

  13. Salutary (adj): beneficial, helpful; healthful or wholesome • Studying will have a salutary effect on your grades

  14. Scathing (adj): bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm • The teacher was scathing of his paper, which was full of errors.

  15. Scourge (v): to whip, punish severely (n): a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment • She was the scourge of the class, forever getting them into trouble. • Don’t scourge yourself over missing that assignment.

  16. Sepulchral (adj): funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal. • There was a sepulchral aura about the classroom after we all did so badly on the test.

  17. Soporific (adj) tending to cause sleep; relating to sleepiness or lethargy (n): something that induces sleep • My class frequently seems to have a soporific effect on my students, since they are forever dropping off mid-lecture. • Warm milk is a good soporific if you are having trouble sleeping.

  18. Straitlaced (adj): extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish or puritanical • When I first started teaching in ESLI, I expected my students to be very straitlaced, but they’re not so different from American students.

  19. Transient (adj): lasting only a short time, fleeting (n): one who stays only a short time • Homeless people are often referred to as transients, because they don’t stay long in any one place. • Our time on earth is transient, so we should make the best of it while we are here!

  20. Unwieldy (adj): not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity. • The box isn’t heavy, but its size makes it very unwieldy.

  21. Vapid (adj): dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force. • Every teacher dreads the vapid stares of a class that does not understand or is not paying attention.

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