Unit 4
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I
Academic word list (AWL)
1. accommodate
2. alter
3. ambiguous
4. consensus
5. distortion
6. domestic
7. identity
8. inhibit
9. intense
10. mediate
11. norm
12. project
13. erroneous
14. intervention
15. motive
16. notion
17. perspective
18. utilize
19. perceive
20. cite
21. conceptualization
22. diminish
23. discretion
24. empirical
25. erosion
26. statistics
27. epidemic
28. proportion
II Discuss the words鈥?nbsp;meaning
1.
outrage:
to make sb shocked or angry
2.
perpetrator:
a person who commits a crime or does sth wrong or evil
3.
marital:
connected with marriage or with the relationship between a husband and wife
4.
project:
transfer an emotion or desire to another person, especially unconsciously
5.
tirade:
a long angry speech criticizing sb or sth
6.
recrimination:
accusations made by two people or two groups of people about each other
鈥?/p>
s
behavior
7.
intoxicate:
cause to lose control of one
鈥?/p>
s behavior because of alcohol drink or a drug
8.
enmeshment:
a bad situation involved that is not easy to escape from
9.
disengagement:
the action of releasing from an attachment or connection; separation
10.
norm:
a situation or a pattern of behavior that is usual or expected
11.
symptom:
a change in one
鈥?/p>
s body or mind that shows that he is not healthy
12.
instigate:
cause sth bad to happen
13.
imbibe:
to drink sth especially alcohol
14.
ambiguous:
not having one obvious meaning, confusing
15.
mediate:
intervene
in
a
dispute
between
two
groups
of
people
in
order
to
bring
about
agreement
16.
harbor:
to keep feelings or thoughts, especially negative ones in one
鈥?/p>
s mind for a long time
17.
intimidate:
to frighten or threaten sb in order to make them do what one wants
18.
pent- up:
(of feelings , energy, etc.) that cannot be expressed or released
19.
accommodate :
to change one
鈥?/p>
s behavior in order to deal with a new situation better
20.
distortion:
the changing of the meaning or purpose of sth into sth. that one disapproves of
21.
milieu:
social environment one lives in
22.
laceration:
a bad cut on the skin