Vocabulary: Values, Relationships, and Inventions
Unit 4: Vocabulary
Values
Beautiful / beautifully / (in)dignity / discrimination / (un)equal / honest, honestly, honesty / humane, humanely, humanity / kind, kindly, kindness / loyal / prejudice / racism / (dis)respect, respectfully / trust
Idiomatic Expressions
- Be fond of: To like very much
- Be history: To be finished or over
- Be sick of: To be tired of
- Down in the dumps: To be sad or depressed
- Eyes meet: To look at each other at the same time
- Have something in common: To share interests or characteristics
- In the doghouse: In trouble or disgrace
- Keep your cool: To stay calm
- Lose your head: To lose control of your emotions
- Love at first sight: To fall in love immediately
- On a roll: Experiencing a period of success
- Out of the blue: Unexpectedly
- Over the moon: Extremely happy
- Through thick and thin: Through good and bad times
- Under the weather: Not feeling well
Relationship Verbs
Ask out / be in a relationship / break up with / flirt / get on well / get to know / go out with / have children / have problems / make a commitment
Phrasal Verbs
End up / find out / put up with (tolerate) / square up (confront) / stand up for (defend)
Unit 6: Vocabulary
Invention and Discovery
Adapt, adaptation / clone, cloning / design, designer / develop, developer / discover, discovery / inspiration, inspire / invent, invention / observation / replace, replacement / research, researcher / revolution / test, tester
Prefixes
Antibiotic / anti-social / anti-globalization / anti-technology / biotechnology / bioterrorism / interactive / international / microorganism / microwave / misunderstand / multicolored / multi-ethnic / multinational / multi-purpose / multi-story / multi-talented / overcook / overeat / overproduce / overspend / pro-democracy / probiotic / pro-GM / pro-technology / redesign / renew / resend / reshape / rethink / rewrite / undercook / underestimate, overestimate
Describing Objects
Attractive / bacon-shaped / battery-operated / boot-shaped / ceramic / child-friendly / chocolate-shaped / delicious / disposable / dustproof / glass / huge / inflatable / long-lasting / recycled / shockproof / straw / silly
Antonyms
(Extra)ordinary / (un)modified / (ab)normal / (ir)reversible / (ir)regularity
Unit 4: Vocabulary (Repeated)
(Note: The content of Unit 4 is repeated in the original document. It’s included here for completeness, as instructed, but consider removing the repetition in a final version.)
Values
Beautiful / beautifully / (in)dignity / discrimination / (un)equal / honest, honestly, honesty / humane, humanely, humanity / kind, kindly, kindness / loyal / prejudice / racism / (dis)respect, respectfully / trust
Idiomatic Expressions
Be fond of / be history / be sick of / down in the dumps / eyes meet / have something in common / in the doghouse / keep your cool / lose your head / love at first sight / on a roll / out of the blue / over the moon / through thick and thin / under the weather
Relationship Verbs
Ask out / be in a relationship / break up with / flirt / get on well / get to know / go out with / have children / have problems / make a commitment
Phrasal Verbs
End up / find out / put up with / square up / stand up for
Unit 6: Vocabulary (Repeated)
(Note: The content of Unit 6 is repeated in the original document. It’s included here for completeness, as instructed, but consider removing the repetition in a final version.)
Invention and Discovery
Adapt, adaptation / clone, cloning / design, designer / develop, developer / discover, discovery/ inspiration, inspire / invent, invention / observation / replace, replacement / research, researcher / revolution / test, tester
Prefixes
Antibiotic / anti-social / anti-globalization / anti-technology / biotechnology / bioterrorism / interactive / international / microorganism / microwave / misunderstand / multicolored / multi-ethnic / multinational / multi-purpose / multi-story / multi-talented / overcook / overeat / overproduce / overspend / pro-democracy / probiotic / pro-GM / pro-technology / redesign / renew / resend / reshape / rethink / rewrite / undercook / underestimate, overestimate
Describing Objects
Attractive / bacon-shaped / battery-operated / boot-shaped / ceramic / child-friendly / chocolate-shaped / delicious / disposable / dustproof / glass / huge / inflatable / long-lasting / recycled / shockproof / straw / silly
Antonyms
(Extra)ordinary / (un)modified / (ab)normal / (ir)reversible / (ir)regularity