Ensk2ms05 Unit 4 – Beyond Limits Spring 22

Temple Grandin biography

Word Guess the meaning Meaning/Icelandic translation

1. advocate Talsmaður, bará ttumaður One who speaks/fights for a
noun cause or speaks on behalf of
those behind it
2. diagnosed greind The doctor diagnosed the
verb patient with autism
3. autism einhverfa Autism is for example
noun characterized by difficulty in
social interaction and
communication
4. pursue elta, sækjast eftir follow or chase something,
verb e.g. a dream or a goal
5. consultation Rá ðfærsla, (að rá ðfæra sig a meeting with an expert,
noun við) such as a medical doctor, in
order to seek advice.
6. humane gert af mannú ð Grandin wants animals to be
adjective treated in a humane way, so
they do not suffer
7. initially Í byrjun at the beginning
adverb
8. physicians læknar doctors; a person qualified to
noun practise medicine, especially
one who specializes in
diagnosis and medical
treatment as distinct from
surgery
9. extensive Umfangsmikið, víðtækt cCovering or affecting a large
adjective area
10. speech therapy Talmeðferð Learning to speak more
noun phrase correctly, i.e. how to create
individual sounds.
11. reinforce Styrkja, efla Strengthen or support
noun
12. communicative ræðinn, skrafhreifinn, Her communicative abilities
adjective samskipta- improved through therapy
13. sought leituðu að Past tense of seek is sought --
verb looked for
14. social félagsleg samskipti Communicating with other
interactions people
noun phrase
15. verbal tics orðakækir He says “you know” without
noun phrase realizing, time and again, he
just can’t control it.
16. despite Þrá tt fyrir Even though
preposition
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17. consultant rá ðgjafi a person who provides expert

noun advice professionally.
18. quality of life lífsgæði How good life is
noun phrase
19. cattle nautgripir Large animals with horns and
noun hoofs (hó fa), domesticated
for milk or meat, like cows for
example.
20. derived er leiddur af, á rætur að Obtained rom a specific
verb rekja til source
21. founders stofnendur a person who establishes an
noun institution or settlement.
22. neurology taugafræði the branch of medicine or
noun biology that deals with the
anatomy, functions, and
organic disorders of nerves
and the nervous system
23. philosophy heimspeki Aristotle is best known for
noun his philospohy
24. grants veitir agree to give or allow
verb (something requested) to;
agree or admit to something
25. garnered hafa safnast upp Have gathered or been
verb collected
26. controversial umdeilt When a subject is
adjective controversial then people
disagree on it
27. anxiety kvíði I suffer from anxiety,
noun especially before tests
28. domestic hú sdýr an animal, as the horse or cat,
animals that has been tamed and kept
noun by humans as a work animal,
food source, or pet,
29. animal welfare Velferð dýra Animal welfare is the well-
noun phrase being of non-human animals.
Formal standards of animal
welfare vary between
contexts, but are debated
mostly by animal welfare
groups, legislators, and
academics
30. articulate Koma í orð Put into words
verb
31. hypersensitivity Ofurviðkvæmni, An exaggerated reaction to
noun ofurnæmni something, like an allergy to
food products, or loud noise
32. intervention inngrip Interference; intervening in
noun the fight between the two
men calmed them down
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33. consequence afleiðing result, effect

noun
34. recipient viðtakandi A person who receives/is
noun given something, or is
awarded something, from
another.
35. dysfunction truflun eða vanhæfni á abnormality or impairment in
noun einhverri starfsemi the operation of a specified
líkamans eða líffæris bodily system or organ