Vocabulary unit 3-New Headway-lesson 1

Vocabulary unit1

New Headway-lesson1

This is created for learning new vocabulary words for reading, unit 1, New Headway, 3rd Edition.

1. Single-storey

(n) Only one Floor

2. Cracked  /krækt/

(v) If something is cracked, it is damaged with one or more thin lines on its surface:

3. Dressmaker /ˈdresˌmeɪ.kər/

(n) someone who makes women's clothes, especially as a job

4. slum /slʌm/

(n) a very poor and crowded area, especially of a city:

an inner-city slum

5. Stressed /strest/

(adj) worried and nervous:

6. Alleyway /ˈæl.i.weɪ/

(n) a narrow road or path between buildings:

7. close-knit  /ˌkləʊsˈnɪt/

(adj) If a group of people are close-knit, they all help and support each other:

8. Cherished /ˈtʃer·ɪʃt/

(adj) bringing the pleasure of love or caring about someone or something that is important to you:

9. demolish /dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/

(V) to completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for something else:

10. frail /freɪl/

(adj) weak or unhealthy, or easily damaged, broken, or harmed:

11. Frugal /ˈfruː.ɡəl/

(adj) careful when using money or food, or (of a meal) cheap or small in amount: