Qinwen+Tan

week 1

1. accompany: to stay with some other peoples. You should go accompany with someone else. 2.acknowledge:to admit something is real. My school acknowledged I'm a undergraduate student. 3.fundamental: something really basic. Math 165 is fundamental to the higher level of math. 4. appreciate: to thank someone Thank you. I appreciate that. 5.visible: something can seen by eyes. This is the only visible reason I bought this one. 6.accuracy:the condition of something that is true or error. I got better accuracy in this test compared to last one. 7.alter: to change something. The water can alter the condition of metal. 8.instance: example. For instance, if you go to the Japan you won't hear a lot of people talk in Chinese. 9.motivate: the thing that makes you do something. What's your motivation to study in Ohio University? 10.expose: to make something known(especially secrets) He exposed a Siberian tiger in 2010, north part of China.

Qinwen, What part of speech for the word are you defining? Words have multiple meanings according to the part of speech and the way you are using it in a sentence. Make sure you list the part of speech for the word. Make sure that you use capitalization and punctuation. Watch your word forms.

week 2

Words source: NYTimes.com

1.spectacular(noun.): Something big enough to affect another one the spectacular failure of a rocket meant to put a satellite into orbit was more than a $1 billion humiliation. 2.harmlessly(adj.):not harmful The rocket carrying the satellite splintered harmlessly into the gray-blue waters of the Yellow Sea 3.unpredictability(noun.):something hard to foretell The failure injected new unpredictability at an already uncertain time. 4.identical(adj.):almost same The technology to launch a small satellite into orbit is virtually identical to the missile technology to launch a warhead 5.solace(noun.):comfort in sorrow. But American officials said that was little solace. 6.worrisome(adj.):makes worry about The first option is worrisome. 7.moderate(adj.): not extreme And despite American officials’ worries, there is one situation in which it could lead to more moderate behavior 8.condemned(verb.): to express an unfavorable There are fears that stronger action could simply push the North to conduct a nuclear test, as it has done when condemned in the past. 9.setback(noun.):surveying Despite the embarrassing setback, ... 10.toothless(adj.):without a serrated edge The launching drew swift, if predictable and somewhat toothless

week 3

Words source: forbes.com

1.amassing(verb): to gain something, to gather for oneself. Starting in the late 1970s he began amassing what is now 6,000 acres of former farmland. 2.undeveloped(adj):not developed; unused. He’s committed 97% of these bucolic rolling hills to forever remain undeveloped. 3.quashed(verb): to unset something; to annul. What quashed the 27-year-old plan? 4.entrenched(verb):to fix firmly or securely. An entrenched group of residents living in a 1980s housing development abutting the ranch. 5.fretted(verb): to cause to be uneasy. They also fretted that downstream creeks would be impacted one way or another. 6.multiplex(noun): A building, especially a movie theater; with multiple separate units. “This is a neighborhood of young children and retirees. It is quiet here, rural. This was going to become a multiplex with wine-tasting,” says the association’s president, Liz Dale. 7.insists(verb):to assert something vehemently and persistently Dale insists her organization never intended to kill the project. 8.bucolic(adj):characteristic of the countryside He’s committed 97% of these bucolic rolling hills to forever remain undeveloped. 9.decaying(verb): to disintegrate. The proposed studio would have replaced a decaying former cow pasture with a construction project that would have employed 463 people and generated $134 million in local business activity, according to one study. 10.unconvinced(adj):lacking conviction. Lucas Valley Estates residents remained unconvinced.