Unit 1-4 Vocabulary

Match the following terms with their meanings.

• To keep away from

• Prance

• To move with a springy step

• Shun

• To accustom a child to food other than its mother's milk

• Wean

• To provoke or annoy someone

• Goad

What does "obsolete" mean?

• Out of date

• Very much in love

• To act or walk about in a lively manner

• To wet thoroughly

Match the following words with their meanings.

• Swelter

• To live or dwell in

• Abduct

• To become exceedingly hot

• Abstain

• To withdraw from any kind of habit

• Inhabit

• To kidnap or carry off by force

What is a "fleet"?

• A group of cars, boats, or other types of vessels

• A large pipe for carrying water

• A rich, powerful, successful business person

• An extreme exaggeration

What does "bliss" refer to?

• Great happiness; Joy

• A direction at right angles to the horizon

• To annoy or push

• A bumbling or ridiculous person

What does "parallel" mean?

• Running alongside; two lines equally distant

• To act or walk about in a lively manner

• To soak

• To live or dwell in

What is a "magnate"?

• A rich, powerful, successful business person

• A large pipe for carrying water

• An extreme exaggeration

• A direction at right angles to the horizon

What does "smitten" mean?

• Very much in love

• Out of date

• To keep away from

• To wet thoroughly

What is the meaning of "horizontal"?

• Parallel to level ground; at right angles to vertical

• To become exceedingly hot

• To kidnap or carry off by force

• To amuse with jokes and tricks

What is an "aqueduct"?

• A large pipe for carrying water from a distant location

• A group of cars, boats, or other types of vessels

• A rich, powerful, successful business person

• An extreme exaggeration