W6 Vocab blog

Consume (v)

1.       What does “consume” mean in Reading 2?

2.       Make a sentence of “consume” as a verb.

3.       Find a synonym and an antonym of “consume”.

4.       Read the sentences below and guess what “be consumed with” mean.

Ex1: The missionary is so consumed with passion that he travels to the remote areas to advocate the love from God.

Ex2: Parents should be fair to their children, or the one who gets less attention may be consumed with jealousy.

Investor (n)

1.       What does “investor” mean in Reading 2?

2.       “Invest” is the verb form of “investor”. Make a sentence of “invest” as a verb.

3.       Find a synonym and an antonym of “invest”.

4.       Read the sentences below and guess what “invest sb with sth” mean.

Ex1: The chairperson invested the CEO with all the powers to remake the corporate culture.

Ex2: A family partnership invests the heir of the current chairperson the power to take over the company after the current chairperson steps down.

Reinforce (v)

1.       What does “reinforce” mean in Reading 2?

2.       Find a synonym and an antonym of “reinforce”.

3.       What is the noun form of “reinforce”?

4.       Make a sentence by using “reinforce” or the noun form of “reinforce”.

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Primitive

Let’s take a look at the five top nouns that follows “primitive” (=primitive + N.) in American English, namely  “art”, “life”, “people”, “sculpture”, and “man”. I screenshot the examples from an online corpus. Read the examples and make a guess about the meaning of “primitive”. Think about whether “primitive” has a positive, negative, or neutral meaning in the examples (Click the example pictures to see th enlarged images).

(1)    Primitive art

(2)    Primitive life

(3)    Primitive people

(4)    Primitive sculpture

(5)    Primitive man

(6)    What does “primitive” mean in the five phrases mentioned above.

(7)    Does “primitive” in the following five cases have a positive, negative, or neutral meaning?

Primitive + N.	Positive	Neutral	Negative
Primitive art
Primitive life
Primitive people
Primitive sculpture
Primitive man

Primarily

(1)    What does “primarily” mean in the article. You may want to refer to the article to decide what it means.

(2)    Find a synonym of “primarily”.

(3)    “Primary” is the adjective of “primarily”. One of its meanings is “happening first”. Compare “primary” and “primitive”. Do you think the two adjectives have the same meaning in this sense? Why?

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Feature (n)

1.     What does “feature” mean in the article?

2.     “Feature” can be a verb. What does it mean?

3.     Make a sentence of “feature” as a verb.

4.     Find a synonym and an antonym of “feature” as a verb.

Perspective

1.     What is the part of speech of “perspective”?

2.     What does “perspective” mean in the article?

3.     Find a synonym of “perspective”.

4.     Make a sentence of “perspective”.

5.     Read the following text from Journal of Environmental Health and think what “put…in perspective” means.

People tend to view factors that are beyond their control, such as pesticides on their food, as more menacing than known risks that they can control, such as smoking. In addition, most people find it difficult to place environmental risks in perspective, especially when the risk is relatively low. Clear communication and education are vital to help the public recognize the hazards, put them in perspective, and learn what can be done to reduce the risk to health.

Unique

1, What does “unique” mean in the article?

2. Make a sentence of “unique”.

3. Find a synonym and an antonym of “unique”.

4. What is the noun form of “unique”?

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