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Example
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UNIT 5
Definition

If you do something awhile, you do it for a short time.

Example

Wait here awhile, and I’ll bring some tea.

Definition

Cyberspace is the imaginary place of the Internet where activities occur

Example

I didn’t receive your email. It probably got lost in cyberspace

Definition

To edit means to correct a piece of writing so that it is suitable to be published

Example

She asked her brother to edit her paper before she submitted it to her teacher.

Definition

An essay is a short piece of writing on a certain subject

Example

She had to write a two-page essay for her English class

Definition

To evaluate something means to study it, so a decision can be made

Example

Joe and Ken evaluated the plan and agreed that it would work

Definition

To faint means to go unconscious and fall down

Example

Carol fainted because she hadn’t eaten in over a day

Definition

If something is global, it happens all around the world

Example

Pollution is a global problem

Definition

A gymnasium is a building with equipment that you can use to get exercise

Example

When I go to the gymnasium, I use the treadmill for 20 minutes.

Definition

To highlight something means to mark it with a color so that it is easy to see

Example

I read my vocabulary list and highlighted the most difficult words.

Definition

If someone is ignorant about something, they have no knowledge about it

Example

I’m a bit ignorant about his theories. Can you explain them to me?

Definition

An index is a list of words at the end of a book that gives information

Example

If you look in the index, you’ll find the right page number.

Definition

A lecture is a long, educational speech

Example

His lecture on world hunger was very informative.

Definition

A moral is a message at the end of a story that teaches you something.

Example

At the end of the story, Mother explained the moral to the children.

Definition

To operate means to work or function

Example

I’m sorry, but the trains are not operating today.

Definition

If something is private, it is only used by one person or group.

Example

Don’t look at my diary! It’s private!

Definition

When something is recent, it happened a short time ago

Example

I did not know what caused his recent behavior

Definition

A resolution is a personal decision.

Example

At New Year, I made a list of resolutions to help me have a better year

Definition

A semester is a portion of a school year

Example

ack is in his second semester of college

Definition

If something is typewritten, it is written on a computer or typewriter.

Example

This is an important, formal project and must be typewritten

Definition

When something is weird, it is very strange

Example

My best friend’s dad is a bit weird

Sleep is good, he said, and books are better

George R.R. Martin