VOCAB 4 - READING EXPLORER 5. UNIT 9. READING 1 - CREATIVITY (QU

to twist together or combine two or more things so that they cannot be separated easily

• contemporary (C)

  /kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/

  /kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/

  (Was he a contemporary of Shakespeare's?)

• To interweave

  /ɪn.təˈwiːv/

• a medium (C) /ˈmiː.di.əm/, example: Young Leonardo mastered every medium and continued his studies of nauture

• commission (C) /kəˈmɪʃ.ən/

to put especially a picture, words, etc. on top of something else, especially another picture, words, etc., so that what is in the lower position can still be seen, heard, etc.

• extraordinary (a) /ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/

• To interweave

  /ɪn.təˈwiːv/

• To superimpose /ˌsuː.pə.rɪmˈpəʊz/

• commission (C) /kəˈmɪʃ.ən/

to help make something or someone more complete or effective

• To complement /ˈkɒm.plɪ.ment/ (Example: She used photographs to complement the text of the news story)

• surly (a) /ˈsɜːrli/ . (His most serious rival was Michelangelo Buonarroti, 23 years his junior, surly, ambitious, and a great painter)

• To superimpose /ˌsuː.pə.rɪmˈpəʊz/

• commission (C) /kəˈmɪʃ.ən/

very unusual, special, unexpected, or strange. Example: He told the __________story of his escape

• originality (U)

  /əˌrɪdʒ.ənˈæl.ə.ti/

• extraordinary (a) /ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/

• To superimpose /ˌsuː.pə.rɪmˈpəʊz/

• To interweave /ɪn.təˈwiːv/

the quality of being special and interesting and not the same as anything or anyone else

• originality (U)

  /əˌrɪdʒ.ənˈæl.ə.ti/

• extraordinary (a) /ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/

• mural (a) /ˈmjʊə.rəl/

• To interweave /ɪn.təˈwiːv/

a request to do a special piece of work

• To blister /ˈblɪs.tər/ (the paint soon blistered, The sun blistered the paintwork)

• commission (C) /kəˈmɪʃ.ən/

• mural (a) /ˈmjʊə.rəl/

• doomed (a) /duːmd/ (~masterpieces)

extremely large

• To blister /ˈblɪs.tər/ (the paint soon blistered, The sun blistered the paintwork)

• commission (C) /kəˈmɪʃ.ən/

• colossal (a)/kəˈlɒs.əl/ /kəˈlɑː.səl/ (They were asking a colossal amount of money for the house)

• doomed (a) /duːmd/ (~masterpieces)

someone living during the same period as someone else

• concurrently /kənˈkʌrəntli/

• commission (C) /kəˈmɪʃ.ən/

• colossal (a)/kəˈlɒs.əl/ /kəˈlɑː.səl/ (They were asking a colossal amount of money for the house)

• contemporary (C) /kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/ /kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/ (Was he a contemporary of Shakespeare's?)

a piece of music that someone has written

• To blister /ˈblɪs.tər/ (the paint soon blistered, The sun blistered the paintwork)

• commission (C) /kəˈmɪʃ.ən/

• colossal (a)/kəˈlɒs.əl/ /kəˈlɑː.səl/ (They were asking a colossal amount of money for the house)

• composition (C) /kɒm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ /ˌkɑːm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/

a painful swelling on the skin that contains liquid, caused usually by continuous rubbing, especially on your foot, or by burning

• blister (C) (New shoes always give me blisters)

• commission (C) /kəˈmɪʃ.ən/

• To superimpose /ˌsuː.pə.rɪmˈpəʊz/

• composition (C) /kɒm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ /ˌkɑːm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/