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This vocabulary unit introduces essential words and their meanings, enhancing your language skills for effective communication. Key terms include "palled," "glutinous," "laconically," "harrowing," and others, each defined to provide clarity and context. Understand the nuances of integration, concentration, and liberation, along with concepts such as solemnity and solitude. Delve into words that describe states of being and qualities of objects, like "translucent" and "mazy." This collection is perfect for language learners and those looking to enrich their vocabulary.
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Vocabulary Unit # 1
Words • Palled: toassociate as comrades or chums: to pal around with the kid next door.(pesado, grosero) • Glutinous: of the nature of glue; gluey; viscid; sticky. (pegajoso) • Laconically:using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply. (brevemente) • Harrowing:extremelydisturbing or distressing;grievous: a harrowing experience.(Horripilante, desgarrador) • Integration: an act orinstance of combining into an integralwhole.(integración)
Words • Concentration: exclusive attention to one object; close mental application. (concentración) • Beckoned: to signal, summon, or direct by a gesture of the head or hand. (hablarporseñas) • Liberation:theseekingof equal status or justtreatment for or on behalf of any group believed to be discriminatedagainst:women's liberation ; animal liberation .( liberación) • Solemn: grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemnremarks. (solemne)
Words • Pitch: to put, set, or plant in a fixed or definite place or position. (armar) • Presently: in a little while; soon: They will be herepresently. (dentro de poco, de pronto) • Solitude: the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude. (soledad) • Translucent: permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible.( Translucido) • Mazy: full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine. (embrollado)