Week 5
Book: A gentle axe
Pages: 38~44
Summary: Police comes back with the two dead bodies. Porfiry and his bureau go through thorough examination on the bodies.
Vocabulary
1. Trestle: a type of railroad bridge made of horizontal beams (n) If the trestle is weak, the bridge will collapse and people in the train will die.
2. Reticent: not wanting to talk or act (adj)
He is reticent about telling somone that he likes.
3. Indict: to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial (v)
The jury indicted a murderer for murder.
4. Ordain: to make somone a priest or minister (v) He was ordained as a priest of this church last year.
5. Brazier: a metal pan that holds hot coals (n) He poured hot coals out of the brazier to start a fire.
6. Autopsy: a medical examination of a dead human body to determine what caused death (n) The autopsy revealed that the man died of starving.
7. Pewter: a grayish metal made of tin and lead (n) They served dinner on pewter made in early America.
8. Remorse: a very strong feeling of sadness or guilt about something (n) He was filled with remorse after he murdered her.
9. Deformity: something not normal in a person's appearance, such as a harelip or missing fingers caused by a birth defect, accident, etc. (n) He suffered demormities on his face as the result of the war.
10. Plaid: any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern. (n) He wore a pair of pants with a bright plaid on the boat trip.
11. Dishevel: to disorder (v) The wind disheveled her hair.
12. Indubitable: without doubt, certain (adj) You indubitably need certain things in order to live: food, water, clothes, and house.
13. Trolley: a wheeled bin used to move things (n) Trolleies are useful when moving heavy things around.
14. Formaldehyde: a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH2O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics. or an unpleasant-smelling gas with many industrial uses (n) Formaldehyde is a complex chemical that is used to make plastics.
15. Noose: rope tied at one end in a loop with a knot that allows the loop to tighten for the purpose of hanging someone by the neck (n) Noose is used when giving a criminal the capital punishment.
Book: A gentle axe
Pages: 38~44
Summary: Police comes back with the two dead bodies. Porfiry and his bureau go through thorough examination on the bodies.
Vocabulary
1. Trestle: a type of railroad bridge made of horizontal beams (n)
If the trestle is weak, the bridge will collapse and people in the train will die.
2. Reticent: not wanting to talk or act (adj)
He is reticent about telling somone that he likes.
3. Indict: to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial (v)
The jury indicted a murderer for murder.
4. Ordain: to make somone a priest or minister (v)
He was ordained as a priest of this church last year.
5. Brazier: a metal pan that holds hot coals (n)
He poured hot coals out of the brazier to start a fire.
6. Autopsy: a medical examination of a dead human body to determine what caused death (n)
The autopsy revealed that the man died of starving.
7. Pewter: a grayish metal made of tin and lead (n)
They served dinner on pewter made in early America.
8. Remorse: a very strong feeling of sadness or guilt about something (n)
He was filled with remorse after he murdered her.
9. Deformity: something not normal in a person's appearance, such as a harelip or missing fingers caused by a birth defect, accident, etc. (n)
He suffered demormities on his face as the result of the war.
10. Plaid: any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern. (n)
He wore a pair of pants with a bright plaid on the boat trip.
11. Dishevel: to disorder (v)
The wind disheveled her hair.
12. Indubitable: without doubt, certain (adj)
You indubitably need certain things in order to live: food, water, clothes, and house.
13. Trolley: a wheeled bin used to move things (n)
Trolleies are useful when moving heavy things around.
14. Formaldehyde: a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH2O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
or an unpleasant-smelling gas with many industrial uses (n)
Formaldehyde is a complex chemical that is used to make plastics.
15. Noose: rope tied at one end in a loop with a knot that allows the loop to tighten for the purpose of hanging someone by the neck (n)
Noose is used when giving a criminal the capital punishment.