serial | n. a story appearing in regular installments on tv, magazine, or newspaper
a. happening one after another in time or order |
service | n. act of dealing with customers in a shop, restaurant, etc. |
sewer | n. waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water |
shield | n. protective covering or structure; a large, flat object made of metal or leather that soldiers held to protect themselves |
significance | n. the quality of being worthy of attention; importance |
skiing | n. action of traveling over snow on skis, especially as a sport or recreation |
slogan | n. phrase used repeatedly, as in advertising or promotion |
social | a. relating to human society and its members
a. marked by friendly companionship with others |
solemn | a. serious and without any humour |
sophomore | n. a student studying in the second year at a US college or high school |
strict | a. limiting people’s freedom to behave as they wish beyond what is usual
a. exactly correct |
subtle | a. slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind |
suggestion | n. an idea, possible plan, or action that is mentioned for other people to consider |
susceptible | a. easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease |
suspicious | a. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; questionable |
teenage | a. being of the age 13 through 19 |
temperamental | a. excessively sensitive or irritable; moody; likely to perform unpredictably |
Tennessee | n. a state in east central United States |
therefore | ad. consequently; hence |
thirteen | a. being one more than twelve
n. the number that is the sum of twelve and one |
thorough | a. complete with regard to every detail; not superficial and not partial |
thoroughly | ad. completely, very much, in a detailed and careful way |
thunderstorm | n. storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning |
tissue | n. groups of cells that make particular parts of the body
n. soft thin paper |
toboggan | n. an object for sitting on and sliding over snow and ice, its board curved upward in front |
tomato | n. mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable |
tractor | n. a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tyres, used on farms for pulling machinery |
tranquil | a. calm and peaceful and without noise, violence, or worry |
tremendous | a. huge; capable of making one tremble |
trustworthy | a. dependable and reliable; able to be trusted |
tunnel | n. passageway through or under something, usually underground |
twelfth | a. coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position
n. one part in twelve equal parts |
underachiever | n. someone who is less successful than they should be at school or at work |
undercover | a. working secretly using a false appearance to get information for the police |
underweight | a. weighing less than usual, very thin |
uniform | n. a particular set of clothes for a particular group, like police
a. the same; not changing or different in any way |
unite | v. bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation |
unity | n. state of being joined together or in agreement; quality of being united into one |
unwieldy | a. difficult to use or handle because of size, weight, or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture |
unwritten | a. not recorded in writing
a. not official, but which people generally accept and obey |
urban | a. metropolitan; of or in a city or town |
vaccination | n. the process or an act of giving someone a vaccine |
vague | a. imprecise or indistinct; not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided |
vanilla | n. a substance made from the seeds of a tropical plant, used to give flavour to sweet foods |
variety | n. diversity; quality or condition of being various or varied |
viewpoint | n. a place from where a person can see something, as natural beauty |
waltz | n. a formal dance in triple time with a strong accent to move around a large room |
worth | a. having a particular value, especially in money
n. the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful |
wring | v. twist by holding tightly; compress something by turning hands in opposite directions to extract liquid |
yield | v. produce something positive such as a profit; give forth a natural product
v. stop in order to allow other vehicles to go past; give up the control of something |
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