IELTS 5.5-6.5 UNIT 3 VOCAB

person whose job is to make people laugh by giving a funny performance

• toddler

• argument

• comedian

• behaviorism

a child who has only recently learnt to walk

• toddler

• argument

• comedian

• behaviorism

a reason or set of reasons that somebody uses to show that something is true or correct

• toddler

• argument

• comedian

• behaviorism

the theory that all human behaviour is learnt by adapting to outside conditions and that learning is not influenced by thoughts and feelings

• toddler

• argument

• comedian

• behaviorism

an informal talk involving a small group of people or only two

• hypothesis

• pattern

• acquisition

• conversation

the process of getting something

• hypothesis

• pattern

• acquisition

• conversation

sample: something that is used as an example

• hypothesis

• pattern

• acquisition

• conversation

theory: an idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proved

• hypothesis

• pattern

• acquisition

• conversation

the activity of guessing possible answers to a question without having enough information to be certain

• speculation

• trial and error

• infant

• adoptee

trying a number of different methods and learning from the mistakes that you make

• speculation

• trial and error

• infant

• adoptee