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Enhance your understanding of key terms such as ambush, calculate, contribute, dread, employ, extend, frantic, initial, routine, stun, sturdy, and yield. Improve your English vocabulary with in-depth explanations and examples.
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Vocabulary Unit 4 Definitions
Ambush • To make a surprise attack from a hidden place
Calculate • To find out by adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing; to figure out by reason or logic
Contribute To give money, effort, or items for a cause; to hand in for publication
Dread • To be afraid; to fear or feel deep worry; uneasiness
Employ • To make use of; to put to work on a job or task for pay
Extend To stretch out, make or last longer; to give or offer
Frantic • Very excited or upset; marked by fast, wild, or nervous action
Initial • Beginning or first; the first letter of a name or word
Routine The regular or fixed way in which a thing is done; an act or skit; normal, predictable, or commonly done
Stun • To have a sudden, upsetting effect on the mind or feelings; to shock or daze; to make unable to feel, react, or think
Sturdy • Firmly or solidly built; determined
Yield To give in or give way; to produce or bring forth