4000 Essential English Words 3 Unit 6: The Senator and the Worm
Word List
- alert [əˈləːrt]
To alert someone is to tell or warn them about something.
→ The fire alarm alerted us that there was a problem.
- broadcast [ˈbrɔ:dkæst] n.
A broadcast is a television or radio show.
→ We watched the broadcast of the local news on TV.
- bulletin [ˈbulətin] n.
A bulletin is a news report that talks about very recent and important events.
→ There was a live bulletin reporting on the economy of the city.
- bump [bʌmp] n.
A bump is a small raised area on a surface.
→ The monkey got a bump on his head because he was hit by a rock.
- chop [tʃɒp] v.
To chop something means to cut it into pieces with a tool.
→ Mom chopped some vegetables to put into the stew.
- closet [ˈklɒzɪt] n.
A closet is a small room used to store things.
→ Marie has many clothes inside o f her closet.
- console [kənˈsoul] v.
To console someone who is sad means to make them comforted.
→ When my dog ran away, my dad consoled me.
- district [ˈdɪstrɪkt] n.
A district is a small part of a city, county, state, or country.
→ I live in a residential district of Seattle, Washington.
- drawer [ˈdrɔːər] n.
A drawer is a small part in furniture that is used to store things.
→ I put my clothes into the empty drawers.
- endure [enˈdjuər] v.
To endure something tough means to do or go through it.
→ She had to endure her husband shouting all day long.
- execute [ˈeksɪkjuːt] v.
To execute someone means to kill them as a legal punishment.
→ Some people are executed for serious crimes.
- grasp [græsp] v.
To grasp something means to hold it.
→ He grasped the bag o f money tightly.
- rear [rɪə:r] n.
When something is in the rear of something, it is in the back.
→ The man loaded the rear of his truck with boxes.
- senator [ˈsenətər] n.
A senator is someone who makes laws for a state.
→ The young senator promised to make laws that would help the people.
- skull [skʌl] n.
A skull is the hard part of your head. Your brain is inside of it.
→ The brain is protected by the skull.
- stir [stəːr] v.
To stir something means to mix it using something small, like a spoon.
→ Mom stirred the batter until it was smooth.
- tap [tæp] v.
To tap something is to hit it lightly.
→ He tapped the keys of the keyboard to write a short word.
- tremendous [triˈmendəs] adj.
When something is tremendous, it is very large.
→ The Earth’s oceans are filled with a tremendous amount of water.
- underneath [ˈʌndərniːθ] prep.
When something is underneath something else, it is below or lower than it.
→ The roots of a tree are located underneath the ground.
- worm [wəːrm] n.
A worm is a small animal with a long, thin body.
→ Worms are often used to help catch fish.
