1.

semantics
2. intent
3. align
4. suspend
5. fake
6. perceptive
7. detached
8. project
9. perceive
10. empathy
11. evade
12. solely

a. to pretend
b. to escape or avoid
c. to become aware of through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing
d. separate from others, free from emotional involvement
e. the study of meaning, esp. in language (used with singular verb)
f. an aim or purpose
g. identification with and understanding of another’s situation, feelings, and motives
h. protrude
i. having the ability to perceive
j. to ally oneself with one side of an argument, cause; to adjust.
k. interrupt; cause to stop for a period
l. entirely
ex 4 Explain the following in your own words
a … are trying to project their mind into that of the speaker so that they can align
their own thoughts and feelings more closely with the speaker’s ...
b. ... actively try to suspend their own thoughts and feelings ...
c. ... give their attention solely to listening ...
d. ... try to put themselves in the other person’s shoes ...
e. ... are also perceptive to what is not being said ...
f. ... tend to remain emotionally detached from the conversation ...
g. ... do well in “parroting back” the words others have just delivered ...
h. ... are great in semantics, facts and statistics ...
i. ... think about unrelated matters ...
j. ... manifest blank stares ...
k. ... manifest nervous mannerisms and gestures ...
l. ... fake attention while thinking about unrelated matters ...
m. ... stay on the surface of the argument or problem, never risking going deeper ...
n. ... look for outside distractions ...