TEEN 8 - UNIT 4 - READING P.

44 - VOCAB

Amnesia (n) /æmˈniːziə/ Partly lost your memory

Watery grave (n)

= drowning: die of being underwater too
-> e.g. She was rescued from a watery
long
grave

Come out (v)

-> e.g. It came out that he'd been telling To become known
lies.

Wreckage (n) /ˈrekɪdʒ/

-> wreck (n) The remain of a ship/building after being
=> wreck (v) destroyed
-> wrecked (a)
=> a ship that has sunk
=> damage/destroy
E.g. A few survivors were pulled from the
wreckage.

Launch (v) /lɔːntʃ/

E.g. Police have launched an To start/begin a plan/action
investigation into the incident.

Comfort (v) /ˈkʌmfət/ To make someone feel less unhappy/ more

-> comfort (n) /ˈkʌmfət/ relaxed
-> too close for comfort (idm) => being relaxed/ free from pain

Grieving - Ving
E.g. She grieved the death of her Feeling upset
husband.
Wash ashore
E.g. a drowned body found washed To go towards/ onto land
ashore on the beach

to change your appearance so that people

Disguise (v) /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
cannot recognize you
=> disguise (n) /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
=> something that you wear or use to change
E.g.  She disguised herself as a boy.
your appearance

Alias (n) /ˈeɪliəs/

E.g. He checked into the hotel under an a false or different name
alias.
Pay out to pay a large sum of money for something
E.g. I had to pay out £500 to get my car
repaired.

Accumulate (v) /əˈkjuːmjəleɪt/

=> accumulation (n)
=> accumulative (a)
to gradually get more and more
E. g. the accumulative effects of
=> growing by increasing gradually
pollution
e.g. We have accumulated a great
amount of evidence.

Regulation (n)
E.g. To comply with government hygiene An official Rule
regulations…

Verify (v)/ˈverɪfaɪ/
=> verification = confirmation (n)
To check/ prove to be true/accurate
E.g. Please verify that your password was
entered correctly.

Come up with To find or produce (an idea)

Convict (v) /kənˈvɪkt/ to decide and state officially in court that

=> be convicted (of something) somebody is guilty of a crime
E.g. He was convicted of fraud.
=> he fact of having been found guilty
=> conviction (n)
=> a person who has been found guilty of a
=> convict (n.p) crime and sent to prison

the crime of cheating somebody in order to

Fraud (n/ n,p) /frɔːd/ get money or goods illegally/ a person who
pretends to have qualities, abilities, etc.
E.g. He's nothing but a liar and a fraud. that they do not really have in order to
cheat other people

Sentence (v) /ˈsentəns/

=> life sentence (n)
=> death sentence (n)
to say officially in court that somebody is
F. g. to be given/to receive the death
to receive a particular punishment
sentence for murder
e.g. He’s currently serving a life sentence
for murder.
Partly lost your memory

= drowning: die of being underwater too long

To become known

The remain of a ship/building after being destroyed

=> a ship that has sunk
=> damage/destroy

To start/begin a plan/action
To make someone feel less unhappy/ more relaxed
=> being relaxed/ free from pain
Feeling upset

To go towards/ onto land

to change your appearance so that people cannot

recognize you
=> something that you wear or use to change your
appearance

a false or different name

to pay a large sum of money for something

to gradually get more and more

=> growing by increasing gradually

An official Rule

To check/ prove to be true/accurate

To find or produce (an idea)

to decide and state officially in court that somebody
is guilty of a crime

=> he fact of having been found guilty

=> a person who has been found guilty of a crime and
sent to prison

the crime of cheating somebody in order to get

money or goods illegally/ a person who pretends to
have qualities, abilities, etc. that they do not really
have in order to cheat other people

to say officially in court that somebody is to receive

a particular punishment
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EXERCISE: Make the sentences with these words

Amnesia
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Come out
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Wreckage
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Launch
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Comfort
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Grieving
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Wash ashore
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Disguise
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Alias
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Pay out
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Accumulate
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Regulation
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Verify
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Come up with
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Convict
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Fraud
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life sentence
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