e-Portfolio Session 7 (September 24)

 Session 7 (September 24)

Meybeline Acosta U. B90046 

1) Hanging: /ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/ Noun 

The act of killing someone, especially as a punishment for a serious crime, by dropping that person with a rope tied around their neck. 

E.g. The hanging is a torture technique that some people used in the past. 

2) Resistant: /rɪˈzɪs.tənt/ Adjective 

not wanting to accept something, especially changes or new ideas.

E.g.  Some houses are resistant in a stormi. 

3) Delayed: /dɪˈleɪd/ Adjective

Happening at a later time than expected or intended. 

E.g. My flight is delayed. 

4) Gathering:  /ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋ/ Noun 

A party or a meeting when many people come together as a group. 

E.g. We are going to a family gathering. 

5) Unrealistic: /ˌʌn.riː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/ Adjective 

Having a wrong idea of what is likely to happen or of what you can really do; not based on facts.

E.g. Sometimes, people are in a unrealistic life.

6) Breakthrough: /ˈbreɪk.θruː/ Noun 

An important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem. 

E.g. Scientists had an amazing breakthrough in a treatment.

7) Stigma: /ˈstɪɡ.mə/ Noun 

A strong feeling of disapproval that most people in a society have about something, especially when this is unfair. 

E.g. For many people being a homosexual person carries a social stigma. 

8) Undergone: /ˌʌn.dɚˈɡoʊ/ Verb 

To experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change. 

E.g. They undergo to serious disease in their heart.

9) Lockdowns: /ˈlɑːk.daʊn/ Noun 

A situation in which people are not allowed to enter or leave a building or area freely because of an emergency. 

E.g. I had a lockdown on my neighborhood.

10) Surge: /sɝːdʒ/ Noun 

A sudden and great increase. 

E.g. My mother feel a surge of happiness. 

11) Spike: /spaɪk/ Noun 

A narrow, thin shape with a sharp point at one end, or something, especially a piece of metal, with this shape.

E.g. The spike was on the floor. 

12) Struggle: /ˈstrʌɡ.əl/ Noun 

A very difficult task that you can do only by making a great effort. 

E.g. My aunt had a financial struggle with the bank. 

13) Misery: /ˈmɪz.ɚ.i/ Noun 

Great unhappiness. 

E.g. There is a lot of misery in African countries. 

14) Wildfire: /ˈwaɪld.faɪr/ Noun 

A fire that is burning strongly and out of control on an area of grass or bushes in the countryside.

E.g. There was a wildfire on the Amazonas.

15) Snowfall: /ˈsnoʊ.fɑːl/ Noun 

The amount of snow that falls in a particular area during a particular period, or a fall of snow.

E.g. They had a big snowfall the last season.