Name : Leli Agresti

Student Number : 223020201043

Group :A
Basic English Reading

1. I got anonymous letter yesterday. I was confused since there is no sender’s name on it.
anonymous: unknown name, not identified by name.
Clue: there is no sender’s name on it.

2. The sycamore, a shade tree with an edible fruit, is mentioned often in the Scripture.
sycamore: a European tree of the maple family.
Clue: a shade tree with an edible fruit.

3. I am the second child of three. All of my siblings are males.

siblings: a sibling is a brother or a sister.
Clue: I am the second child of three.

4. When I read interesting words, I often jot, to write, them down on a paper. I believe those
words will be useful someday.
jot: write, noted.
Clue: to write, them down on a paper.

5. Even if Indra has some moonlightings, for example radio announcer, presenter, and pub
singer, but his major profession is as a lawyer.
moonlightings: is when a person does more than one job at a time.
Clue: for example: radio announcer, presenter, and pub singer, but his major profession is as
a lawyer.

6. That toy is a lethal weapon; the kid almost killed me with it!
lethal: harmful or destructive, causing or able to cause death.
Clue: the kid almost killed me with it.

7. The bones of people who suffer anorexia nervosa become brittle because they undergo
osteoporosis, even at very young age.
brittle: hard but easily broken.
Clue: they undergo osteoporosis, even at very young age.

8. He usually loquacious, but tonight he’s rather silent.

loquacious: talking a lot, tending to talkative.
Clue: but tonight he’s rather silent.

9. The floor of the restaurant were extremely scuzzy. They were covered with spilled
grease, crumbs of food, and cigarette butts.
cuzzy: grimy, dirty.
Clue: they were covered with spilled grease, crumbs of food, and cigarette butts.
10. He was so impudent to his mother that I would have spanked him if he talked to me that
way.
impudent: not showing respect for other person; impertinent.
Clue: I would have spanked him if he talked to me that way.

11. Mrs. Johnson buys copiously, in large amount, of book for her children.
copiously: abundant, numerous.
Clue: in large amount.

12. By charting menstrual cycles, a woman can accurately predict the onset, beginning, of
menstruation.
onset: the beginning of something.
Clue: beginning.

13. After doing all the exercises, I have decided it is time for me to veg. I want to enjoy
myself, reading a book, watching movies, and other fun activities.
veg: relax.
Clue: I want to enjoy myself, reading a book, watching movies, and other fun activities.

14. Although the patient is usually morose, she seems happy today.
morose: unhappy, bad-tempered.
Clue: is usually morose.

15. She usually is a laggard; however, today she was energetic and worked hard.
laggard: a slow and lazy person.
Clue: she usually is a laggard.
PARAGRAPH 1
Your brain has the capacity to hold billions of items of information, and research has
shown that the millions of facts acquired from infancy and then apparently forgotten are
actually indelibly imprinted on the mind. Any problems which occur when you try to recall
something you have just seen or heard arise not from an inability to retain information, but
from difficulties of retrieval.

Define the following words as they are used in paragraph:

1. acquired: receive.
clue: hold billions of items of information.

2. imprinted: engrave to our mind.

clue: indelibly.

3. recall: recollect, remember.

clue: you have just seen or heard.

4. retain: keep.
clue: any problems which occur when you try to recall something you have just seen or
heard.

5. retrieval: recovery, the process of getting something back.

clue: not from an inability to retain information.