Es157 Ch.9 Vocabulary

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adj
not very often:
That famous old movie star is ~ seen in person these days.

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rarely

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sb/sth
one's good reputation:
He is a man of ~ and is totally trustworthy.

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honor

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sb/sth
to evaluate art, music, theater, etc:
The newspaper's theater ~ the new play as dull.

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criticize

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adj
mentally ill, crazy:
The doctors knew the man was ~ when he heard voices in an empty room.

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insane

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adj
connected with political revolution:
~ slowly caused the end of rule by kings and queens in France.

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Revolutionary

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noun
a narrow way or trail for walking or cycling:
~s made by animals go through the woods.

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path

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noun
a scientist who studies astronomy:
Many ~s work at night, looking at the stars.

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astronomer

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adj
unconvincing,artificial:
His arguments sound ~.

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forced

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verb
to say that sth is not true:
The defendant ~ed the accusations made against her in court

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deny

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n.
the finding of s.t. new:
Since the ~ of penicillin, millions of lives have been saved with it.

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discovery

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n.
a period of 10 years:
the ~ of the 1990s||The development of the park took a decade to complete.

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decade

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n.
a large system of stars:
Our ~ is called the Milky Way.

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galaxy

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v.
to make a judgment about (the price of s.t.):
The dealer ~d the value of my painting at $1,000.

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estimate

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n.
a thousand billions and written as 1,000,000,000,000:
The government spending deficit went into the ~s of dollars.

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trillion

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n.
a region, country, or land of colonization, esp. one controlled by a foreign power:
the (former) French ~s of North Africa

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colony

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v.
to send people to live in another area of land or country, while still governing them from the home country:
The Spanish, British, and French ~d the Americas.

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colonize

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adj.
made by man, not made from natural things:
The chef always used real vanilla made from vanilla beans rather than ~ vanilla flavoring.

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artificial

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v.
to bring products into one country from another:
The jeweler buys diamonds from Africa and ~s them into the USA.

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import

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adj.
related to a city:
Many people move to ~ areas to have the excitement of city life.

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urban

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v.
to act the same way as another:
The boy ~s his father's way of talking.

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imitate

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v.
to push into the water:
We ~ed our boat into the lake.

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launch

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adj.n.
related to or coming from the planet Mars:
My sister is Martian

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Martian