Vocabulary Lesson 3

1. Vocabulary Lesson 3 Word Families

2. 1- Constricting (adj.) • Tight, squeezing. • The jeans Joel tried on were constricting, so he asked for a larger size.

3. 2- Restrict (v.) • Confine within bounds, restrain • The government made new laws to restrict the sale of guns.

4. 3- Stricture (n.) • Something that restrains or limits, restriction. • We may have to shut ourselves off from the strictures of the society around us.

5. 4- Strain (v.) • To exert oneself to the limit of one’s ability. • The runner was straining to reach the finish line.

6. 5- Preclude (v.) • To make impossible, to rule out in advance. • Bad eye sight may preclude you from driving.

7. 6- Close (v.) • To block against entry or passage. • The door closed quietly behind her.

8. 7- Cloister (n.) • A covered walk way with columns and arches that connects the buildings in a monastery and opens into enclosed courtyard. • She cloistered herself in the office.

9. 8- Enclosure (n.) • Something that surrounds or closes in. • The animals are kept in a large enclosure.

10. 9- Exclude (v.) • To prevent or restrict the entrance of, to keep out. • Until 1994 the black population was excluded from voting.

11. 10- Exclusion (n.) • The act of excluding or preventing entrance. • She has been studying hard to the exclusion of everything else.

12. Activity: • In groups of four, students should create a small story using minimum four of the vocabulary words.