Vocabulary 15
1. terminate – (verb) end, stop [noun – termination]
Greg’s landlord terminated his lease when he found out Greg has been illegally subletting the
apartment.
2. tolerance – (noun) willingness to allow people to do, say, or believe what they want without
criticizing or punishing them [adjective –tolerant] [verb – tolerate]
If you want to live peacefully in a large metropolitan area you have to have a high level of tolerance.
3. startle – (verb) to make someone suddenly surprised or slightly shocked [adjective – startling]
Oh! You startled me. I didn’t hear you come into the room.
4. provoke – (verb) to cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one [noun – provocation]
The protests in Baltimore were provoked by the murder of Freddie Gray.
5. cope – (verb) to succeed in dealing with a difficult problem or situation
Since I moved to America, sometimes I find it hard to cope with all the changes in my life.
6. lethal - (adjective) causing death, or able to cause death
Even though the paramedics got there quickly, they couldn’t say the man who had taken a lethal dose
of heroin.
7. cranky – (adjective) in a bad mood easily annoyed
Mr. Stevens is really cranky today. I don’t think the meeting with the bankers went very well.
8. hassle – (noun) something that is annoying because it causes problems or is difficult to do
I don't feel like cooking tonight, it's too much hassle.
9. hassle – (verb) to annoy someone, especially by asking them many times to do something
Why are you hassling me? I said I would call the landlord first thing tomorrow morning.
10. dosage – (noun) the amount of a medicine or drug that you should take at one time, especially
regularly
The dosage for this Ibuprofen is two pills every four hours, but no more than eight pills a day.
Vocabulary 15
Using the dictation sentences are clues, match the words and definitions.
_____ 1. terminate
_____ 2. tolerance
_____ 3. startle
_____ 4. provoke
_____ 5. cope
_____ 6. lethal
_____ 7. cranky
_____ 8. hassle
_____ 9. hassle
____ 10. dosage
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b.
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causing death, or able to cause death
to annoy someone, especially by asking them many times to do something
to cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one
to end, stop
in a bad mood easily annoyed
to succeed in dealing with a difficult problem or situation
willingness to allow people to do, say, or believe what they want without criticizing or punishing
them
h. something that is annoying because it causes problems or is difficult to do
i. the amount of a medicine or drug that you should take at one time, especially regularly
j. to make someone suddenly surprised or slightly shocked