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VOCABULARY CHART:

Word/POS/
Syllables / Your Own Definition / Synonym/Antonym / Write a Sentence / Translation
1. *re/ti/red
(adj) p. 216
re/tire/ment
(n) / Having left ones’ job and ceased to work. Not seen or frequented by many people. / He worked as a school teacher for 30 years but now he is retired.
I am planning to travel during my retirement.
2. *van/ished
(v) p. 216
van/ish
(v) / Disappear suddenly and completely. / The food vanished from the table.
I held onto my son at Disneyland because I did not want him to vanish into the crowd.
3. white-col/lar crime
(n) p. 216 / Crime, usually theft, by a professional or office worker. / It was a billion dollar white-collar crime that robbed many customers of their life-savings.
4. rob/robbed
(v) p. 216 / To take property unlawfully from a person or a place by force or threat. / The criminal robs/robbed money from the bank.
5. *in/ves/tors
(n) p. 216
in/vest/ment
(n) / Someone who provides money or resources for an enterprise such as a corporation with the expectation of financial or other gain. / The investors put their money together to form a company that they hoped would be profitable.
I hope my investment in this stock will make money for my future.
6. life sav/ings
(n) p. 216 / All of a person’s money that they have saved for a very long time. / I am looking forward to using part of my lifesavings to travel when I retire.
7. cat/e/gory
(n) p. 216
8. cat/e/gor/ize
(v) / A class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics. / She competed for the award in her age category.
I need to categorize these foods by different types.
9. *fraud
(n) p. 216
fraud/u/lent
(adj) / The crime of tricking people in order to get money. / The business deal was a fraud and we lost a lot of money.
He demonstrated fraudulent behavior by stealing the money.
10. *pro/pri/e/tor
(n) p. 213
pro/pri/e/tar/y
(adj) (n) / The owner of a business or a holder of a property.
Relating to an owner or ownership. / I would love to be a proprietor of a small retail store.
The company has a proprietary right to the property.
11. *scammed
(v) p. 216
scam
(n) (v) / A fraudulent or deceptive act or operation. / The man scammed the group of people by tricking them and taking their money.
She was the victim of an insurance scam and lost thousands of dollars.
12. le/git/i/mate
(adj) p. 217
le/git/i/mate
(v) / Conforming to the law or to the rules; acceptable; true
To make true or lawful. / Her answer seemed legitimate and acceptable to me.
The owners legitimated their business by applying for a business license.
13. sus/pic/ious
(adj) p. 217 / Having (or showing) a cautious distrust of someone or something. / He was suspicious of her behavior.
14. *lux/u/ri/ous
(adj) p. 217
lux/u/ry
(n) / Extremely comfortable, elegant or enjoyable, especially in a way that involves great expense. / The expensive, new car was very luxurious.
Eating at the fancy restaurant was a luxury for me.
15. pov/er/ty
(n) p. 217 / The state of being extremely poor. / The people in the hurricane-stricken town were living in poverty.
16. in/fa/mous
(adj) p. 217 / Well-known for being bad or evil. / The criminal was infamous for robbing banks in the Los Angeles area.
17. *ex/posed
(adj) (v) p. 217
ex/pose
(v) / To make something visible, typically by uncovering it. / At low tide the sands are exposed.
The evidence at the murder scene exposed her lies.
He was going to expose his new outfit when he took off his coat.
18. *con/sid/ered
(v) p. 217
con/sid/er
(v) / To think carefully about something typically before making a decision. / I considered walking out of the boring discussion.
I consider him a very good friend of mine.
19. *mis/judg/ment
(v) p. 217
mis/judge
(v) / To estimate something incorrectly. / They made a huge misjudgement when they assumed everyone was being honest on their tests.
I don’t want to misjudge him by gaining an opinion of him too early.
20. *claimed
(v) p. 218
claim
(v) / To state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof. / He claimed that he saw her in the gym when she was not supposed to be in there.
He would make a claim that he should get an “A” on the test.
21. gi/gan/tic
(adj) p. 218 / Of very great size or extent; huge or enormous / The dinosaur was gigantic in size.
22. *la/vish
(adj) p. 218
la/vish/ly
(adj) / Rich, elaborate or luxurious. / The dinner on the table with the many delicious plates was quite lavish.
She lavishly put on a display of the expensive diamonds.
23. re/ces/sion
(n) p. 214 / A period of economic decline.
Moving away. / During the recession I lost a lot of money in my investments.
24. *char/i/ties
(n) p. 218
char/i/ty
(n) / Voluntary giving help, typically in the form of money, to those in need. / The company liked to give away its’ profits to several charities.
I will make an effort to give some money to the children’s charity.
25. *ass/ess
(v) p. 218
assessment
(n) / Evaluate or estimate the nature or ability or quality of something.
an evaluation, rating, judgement or test / We will assess the damage caused by Hurricane Oliver.
The vocabulary test is an assessmentof your understanding.