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e-Portfolio: Session 11 (October 22)

  By: Yuliana Loría Villalobos 1.       Sentence /ˈsen.təns/ Verb To decide and say officially what punishment will be. E.g. She sentenced a man because he killed his wife.   2.       Annihilate /əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/ Verb To destroy something completely so that nothing is left. E.g. He annihilated three people.   3.       Open-ended /ˌoʊ.pənˈen.dɪd/ Adjective E.g. An open-ended activity or situation does not have a planned ending, so it may develop in several ways. E.g. We are not willing to enter into open-ended discussions.   4.       Galvanize /ˈɡæl.və.naɪz/ Verb To cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them in some way. E.g. The urgency of his voice galvanized them into action.   5.       Pace /peɪs/ Noun The speed at which someone or something moves, or with which something happens or changes. E.g. We paced up and down in exasperation.   6.       Gradient /ˈɡreɪ.di.ənt/ Noun A measure of how s
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e-Portfolio: Session 10 (October 15)

By: Yuliana Loría Villalobos 1.       Invasion /ɪnˈveɪ.ʒən/ Noun An occasion when an army or country uses force to enter and take control of another country. E.g.   They wanted to take control of the new invasion.   2.       Adjective /ˈædʒ.ek.tɪv/ Noun A word that describes a noun or pronoun. E.g. Could you describe it with an adjective?   3.       Origin /ˈɔːr.ə.dʒɪn/ Noun The beginning or cause of something. E.g. The word coriander has Spanish origin.   4.       Amendment /əˈmend.mənt/ Noun A minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation. E.g. I didn’t like the political amendment.   5.       Settler /ˈset.lɚ/ Noun A person who arrives, especially from another country, in a new place in order to live there and use the land. E.g. British settlers came to America and created a new era.   6.       Evolved /ɪˈvɑːlvd/ Adjective Having developed through a gradual process. E.g. Humans evolved over
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e-Portfolio: Session 09 (October 08)

  By: Yuliana Loría Villalobos 1.       Fickle /ˈfɪk.əl/ Adjective Likely to change your opinion or your feelings suddenly and without a good reason. E.g. He’s fickle because he changes a lot his girlfriends.   2.       Predecessor /ˈpred.ə.ses.ɚ/ Noun Someone who had a job or a position before someone else, or something that comes before another thing in time or in a series. E.g. He’s the president’s predecessor.   3.       Workload /ˈwɝːk.loʊd/ Noun The amount of work to be done, especially by a particular person or machine in a period of time. E.g. Students feel like they are a robot because of the workload they have.   4.       Suburb /ˈsʌb.ɝːb/ Noun An area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live. E.g. We are going to travel through the suburbs.   5.       Bumpy /ˈbʌm.pi/ Adjective Not smooth. E.g. It was a bumpy street.   6.       Advocate /ˈæd.və.keɪt/ Verb To publicly su
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e-Portfolio: Session 08 (October 01)

  By: Yuliana Loría Villalobos 1.       Dowdy /ˈdaʊ.di/ Adjective (Especially of clothes or the person wearing them) not attractive or fashionable. E.g. He has dowdy jeans.   2.       Myopic /maɪˈɑː.pɪk/ Adjective Not able to see clearly things that are far away. E.g. My myopic cause problems to identify things.   3.       Bamboozle /bæmˈbuː.zəl/ Verb To trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them. E.g. She bamboozled her sister to go to the kitchen instead of the living room.   4.       Noxious /ˈnɑːk.ʃəs/ Adjective Something, especially a gas or other substance, that is noxious is poisonous or very harmful. E.g. We need to go out of here because of the noxious gas.   5.       Anachronism /əˈnæk.rə.nɪ.zəm/ Noun A person, thing, or idea that exists out of its time in history, especially one that happened or existed later than the period being shown, discussed, etc. E.g. “Women can’t work” this phrase is an anachronism from the d
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