Year 2 School Term 4

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Chief

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Adjective

Most important or main.

The chief problem we have in the area now is the spread of disease.

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Perceive

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Verb

Become aware of (something);

Come to realize or understand.

His mouth fell open as he perceived the truth.

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Deceive

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Verb

To persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage:

The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones.

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Consequently

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Adjective

As a result

I spent most of my money in the first week and consequently had very little to eat by the end of the holiday.

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Achieve

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Verb

To succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or effort:

We've set ourselves a series of goals to achieve by the end of the month.

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Relieve

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Verb

To make an unpleasant feeling, such as pain or worry, less strong:

She was given a shot of morphine to relieve the pain.

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Overbear

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Verb

To bring down by superior weight or force.

With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.

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Overbearing

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Adjective

Too confident and too determined to tell other people what to do, in a way that is unpleasant. (bossy)

He can be quite overbearing with his staff.

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Coarse

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Adjective

Rough and not smooth or soft, or not in very small pieces:

Coarse sand/breadcrumbs

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Ultraviolet

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Adjective

Ultraviolet light is the light at the purple end of the spectrum (= set of colors into which light is separated), which cannot be seen by human beings. Light of this type causes the skin to become darker in the sun.

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Deactivate

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Verb

Turn off/disable

Please remember to deactivate the alarm.

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Hitch

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Verb

To fasten something to another thing by tying it with a rope or using a metal hook:

The horses were hitched to a shiny, black carriage.

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Unhitch

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Verb

To detach, to unhook, to disconnect.

He started to unhitch the horse.

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Watchful

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Adjective

Paying careful attention and ready to deal with problems:

Under the watchful eye of their mother, the two boys played on the beach.She keeps a watchful eye on her boyfriend.

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Watchfulness

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Noun

The quality or state of being watchful (= paying careful attention):

Although bread-making seems a simple process, it requires delicate care and watchfulness.

She never relaxed her watchfulness.

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Decompose

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Verb

To decay, or to cause something to decay:

The body must have been decomposing for several weeks.

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Fussy

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Adjective

Not easily satisfied, picky.

He's so fussy about the house - everything has to be absolutely perfect.

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Fussy

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Adjective

Not easily satisfied, picky.

He's so fussy about the house - everything has to be absolutely perfect.

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Insure

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Verb

To provide insurance for someone or something.

Many companies won't insure new or young drivers.

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Confession

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Noun

The act of admitting that you have done something wrong or illegal:

I have a confession to make - I've lost that book you lent me.

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Torpedo

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Noun

A long, thin bomb that travels underwater in order to destroy the ship at which it is aimed.

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Disestablish

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Verb

To take away official position/status from a Church or similar organized group.

The Anglican Church in Wales was disestablished in 1919.

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Troubleshoot

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Verb

To find the problem and fix the issue.

She is lacking the proper computer skills and was unable to help me troubleshoot my issue

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Didgeridoo

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Noun

A long wooden wind instrument played by Australian Aborigines to produce a long deep sound.

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Hullabaloo

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Noun

A loud noise made by people who are angry or annoyed; a lot of angry comments made in public about someone or something:

There's a crowd of angry demonstrators making a real hullabaloo outside the Houses of Parliament.

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Hardship

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Noun

A condition of life that causes difficulty or suffering.

The 1930s were a time of high unemployment and economic hardship.

The most common examples of hardship include:

Illness or injury.

Change of employment status.

Loss of income.

Natural disasters.

Divorce.

Death.

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Gauge

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Verb

To calculate an amount, especially by using a measuring device:

Use a thermometer to gauge the temperature.

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Bough

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Noun

A large branch of a tree.

He took hold of the tree bough and jumped up.

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Plough

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Verb

To dig land with a plough (A large farming tool with blades that digs the soil in fields so that seeds can be planted).

Farmers start ploughing in the spring.

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Ecilpse

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An occasion when the sun disappears from view, either completely or partly, while the moon is moving between it and the earth, or when the moon becomes darker while the shadow of the earth moves over it.

On Wednesday there will be a total eclipse of the sun.

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Spiteful

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Adjective

Wanting to annoy, upset, or hurt another person, When you're spiteful, you act in a mean way, with a desire to hurt someone.

That was a spiteful thing to say!

If your little brother was driving you crazy, you could calmly ignore him — or you could give him a spiteful pinch.

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Prowl

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Verb

To move around quietly in a place trying not to be seen or heard, such as an animal does when hunting:

There have been reports of a masked man prowling in the neighbourhood.

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Constellation

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A group of stars that forms a particular shape in the sky and has been given a name. Some constellations look like people or animals. Sagittarius looks like a teapot.

Many years ago, people liked to make up stories about the constellations.

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Inception

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Noun

The beginning of an organization or official activity:

She has been in this company since its inception five years ago.

Since its inception in 1968, the company has been at the forefront of computer development.

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Biochemistry

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Noun

The scientific study of the chemistry of living things.

The right foods can actually change your biochemistry.

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Interchangeable

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Adjective

Able to be exchanged with each other without making any difference or without being noticed:

The terms "drinking problem" and "alcohol abuse" are often interchangeable.

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Corrode

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Verb

If metal corrodes, or if something corrodes it, it is slowly damaged by something such as rain or water:

Steel tends to corrode faster in a salty atmosphere.

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Forewarned

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Past tense of forewarn

To warn someone that something unpleasant is going to happen in the future

The employees had been forewarned that the end-of-year financial results would be poor.

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Remark

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Verb

To give a spoken statement of an opinion or thought.

“John McCain is a hero who is respected by many American!” He remarked.

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Friction

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Noun

The force that makes it difficult for one object to slide along the surface of another.

When you rub your hands together the friction produces heat.

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Tolerable

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Adjective

Of a quality that is acceptable, although certainly not good:

The conditions in these prisons are barely tolerable.

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Tolerate

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Verb

To accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them:

I will not tolerate that kind of behaviour in my class.

I won't tolerate lying.

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Debatable

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Adjective

Not clear or certain because different people may have different opinions:

It’s debatable whether he was fairly treated.

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Gullible

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Easily deceived or tricked, and too willing to believe everything that other people say:

There are any number of miracle cures on the market for people gullible enough to buy them.

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Brochure

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A type of small magazine that contains pictures and information on a product or a company

They are distributing Domino pizza promotion brochure at supermarket.

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Feasible

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Adjective

Able to be made, done, or achieved:

With the extra resources, the project now seems feasible.

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Feasible

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Adjective

Able to be made, done, or achieved:

With the extra resources, the project now seems feasible.

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Social

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Adjective

Relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are not working:

I had an active social life when I was at college.

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Overcrowded

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Adjective

Conntaining too many people or things

The prison is now overcrowded.

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Counterthreat

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Noun

A threat made in response to an earlier threat by another party.

Early this week, the company threat to lay off 500 workers, that immediately prompted a counterthreat that everyone in this company would strike for two weeks.

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Ambassador

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Noun

An important official who works in a foreign country representing his or her own country there, and who is officially accepted in this position by that country:

The UK's ambassador in Moscow has refused to comment.

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Ambassadorship

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Noun

大使的职位

The job/position of the ambassador

At one stage, I was offered the ambassadorship to Switzerland, but I refused.’

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Suspenseful

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Adjective 悬疑的，令人紧张的

Causing a feeling of excitement or nervousness because you are waiting for something to happen or are uncertain about what is going to happen:

If his experiences had been carefully recorded, it would undoubtedly have made a suspenseful book.

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Quad

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Noun

A square space outside with buildings on all four sides, especially in a school or college

Students greeted him as he walked through the quad.

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Tax

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Money paid to the government that is based on your income or the cost of goods or services you have bought.

They're increasing the tax on cigarettes.

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Coax

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Verb

To persuade someone gently to do something or go somewhere, by being kind and patient, or by appearing to be.

Perhaps you could coax your father into taking you to the station.

A mother was coaxing her reluctant child into the water.

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Quote

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Verb

To repeat the words that someone else has said or written.

He's always quoting from the Bible.

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Flex

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Verb

To bend an arm, leg, etc. or tighten a muscle.

He tried to impress me by flexing his huge muscles.

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Ochre

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Adjective

Having a yellowish-orange colour.

The building has ochre yellow walls and green tiled roofs.

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Phobia

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Noun

A type of anxiety disorder (= a mental illness that makes someone very worried and affects their life) that involves an extreme fear of something.

She refused the injection because she had a phobia about needles.

He has no real desire to travel and suffers from a phobia of flying.

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Faux

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Adjective

Not real, but made to look or seem real.

This handbag is made of faux fur.

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Hoax

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Noun

A trick or something else that is intended to deceive someone:

He'd made a hoax call claiming to be the president.

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Seasonal

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Adjective

Relating to or happening during a particular season in the year.

Mandarin is one of my favourite seasonal fruit in winter.

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Gatherer

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Noun

A gatherer is someone who collects or gathers a particular thing.

These people are actually paid and trained semi-professional evidence gatherers, and they are not police officers.

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Effect

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Noun

the result of a particular action.

I tried taking tablets for the headache but they didn't have any effect.

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Affect

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Verb

to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause a change in someone or something.

The divorce affected every aspect of her life.

It's a disease that affects mainly older people.

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Quilt

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Noun

A warm covering for a bed.

She got back into bed and pulled the quilt over her head.

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Photosynthesis

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Noun 光合作用

The process by which a plant uses the sunlight energy to change water and carbon dioxide into their food to grow and then release oxygen into the air.

Sunlight is needed in order for the process of photosynthesis to take place in plants.

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Efficient

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If something or someone is efficient, they are able to do tasks successfully, without wasting time or energy.We need someone really efficient who can organize the office and make it run smoothly.

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Ultraefficient

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Adjective

Extremely or exceptionally efficient.

This machine works ultraefficient.

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Quadruplets

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Noun

Any of four children who are born to the same mother at the same time.

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Complex

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Adjective

Difficult to understand or find an answer to because of having many different parts.

It's a very complex issue to which there is no straightforward answer.

The story was so complex that I couldn't follow it.

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Hypercomplex

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Adjective

Extremely complex.