Oxford Discover 4 Word List

Passive
Unit Get Ready Words in Context Word Study
Vocabulary
asteroid disk eighty alone
comet dwelled freight chart
galaxy speck reins climb
meteorite vast sleigh grand
moon veil notice
observatory weigh often
Unit 1
solar system pie
spacecraft realize
stars secret
telescope view
universe wondrous
wooden
astronomer bodies arrogance giant
core inner arrogant neighboring
craters outer fragrance path
diameter explore fragrant recently
distance ignorance sink (v)
Unit 2 gravity ignorant strange
matter technology
orbit (n) thick
space probe
surface
unique
archeologist battle cartoonist archer
armor coffin cyclist attack
army generals dentist bronze
clay varnish (n) florist cap
emperor pianist charge
Unit 3 jade tourist craftsmen
peasant elegant
soldiers moment
tomb rank
treasure shiny
uniform thin

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 trace (n)
ash determine grief age
dinosaur dream brief contact
discover favorite niece crash
examine tripped piece energetic
excavate relief enjoy
Unit 4 layers thief lift
paleontologist province
pastime rub
ravine shout
sedimentary rock volcanic
skull
bark coax drop back amber
butter gather drop by bushy
cinnamon introduce drop off coop
ingredients peel (v) drop out enormous
leopard grain
plantation magnificent
Unit 5
steamship mustache
sugar cane pail
spoil relieved
vanilla slyly
wheat tractor
wonderful
agriculture food labels conversation cause
century grocery stores dictionary company
chemicals organic food environment cool
convenient whole food geography globally
corporate farm introduction information
Unit 6 export (v) photographer last (adj)
farmer’s market plate
local surprised
package
process
decrease
canvas combines disability admire
Unit 7 carpenter complex dishonest bend
paintbrushes fascination disorganized capture

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 pastels washable disprove walkway
prodigy dissatisfied disorderly
sculptor distrust expert
shapes flexible
sketch inspiring
street painter public
string temporary
three-
dimensional variety
weave
brilliant famous beautiful astounded
contrast ignore gifted comment
exhibition speechless drab feature
frame worries pretty nod
landscape talented offer
Unit 8 pale dreary rush
perspective shocked
shading tattered
space
stained
texture
antiques banned castle capital
architecture congested ceiling carriage
batik countless cement district
canal haggle cinema dock
exotic fruits commerce futuristic
port corner inspect
Unit 9
rickshaw motorized
shrimp original
souvenirs packed
street vendor replace
tuna wander
wonder
assistant contest take after confused
citizens members take apart head (n)
Unit 10 city council ribbon take down impress
city hall speech take in promise
equipment take over smoothly

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 garbage collector take up snap
mayor tap
news conference terrific
playground
president
volunteer
bacteria fluid dead acid
cells scrape (n) exhale aid
common cold suit (n) expand defense
disease swallowed inhale illness
infect live (adj) powerful
Unit 11
influenza shrink rod
microscope super
mucus trap (v)
paralyze underneath
virus
arteries major concentrate carry
blood pumps (v) duplicate fist
capillary squeezes estimate heartbeat
carbon dioxide tubes exaggerate in addition
diaphragm graduate remove
Unit 12 heart navigate unit
lungs waste product
pulse (n) wrist
system
trachea
veins
advertising journalist kneel absolutely
blog latest knight appear
broadcast (v) newsreels knit cost (n)
the Web radio station knot early
magazine knowledge fashion
Unit 13
mass media knuckle focus
newspaper sports
printing press spread
publisher
smartphone

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 social network
decide donated entire awesome
discuss fair huge channel
editor mansion immense gatehouse
headline terrible special maid
hero unusual mysterious
Unit 14 interview whole own
investigate save
mistake tear down
reporter
search
website
blizzard forces bodyguard atmosphere
collapse funnel haircut average
earthquake horizontally landslide climate
flood vertically raindrop condition
hurricane snowfall disaster
power lines teamwork property
Unit 15
rescue worker receive
thunderstorm rich
tornado rise
tsunami roof
victim spin
violent
batteries destroyed turn back blanket
bottled water inland turn down board (n)
canned food landfall turn in contain
cash trunk turn on declare
emergency turn over hang up
Unit 16 first-aid kit turn up peninsula
flashlight remain
sleeping bag smash
storm shelter storage room
storm shutters
supplies
biome Arctic batch autumn
Unit 17
cactus glides catch evergreen

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 desert hatches itch frozen
equator scenes patch occupy
freshwater scratch reside
grassland stitch roam
sloth temperature
taiga wetlands
temperate forest
tropical
rainforest
tundra
astonish difference absence dart
border (n) invited absent department
law manage independence explain
manta ray signed independent fishery
marine park intelligence shore
parrot fish intelligent species
Unit 18
petition turquoise
sea turtle upset
seahorse
snorkel
speedboat

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