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Vocabulary Term + Part of Speech + Definition(in your own words) + Sample Sentence Place Found (with link if relevant)

Ontology (n)- The study of nature and the basic classifications along with the relationships between them. In science class, we often use **ontology** to understand the relationship between animal species.//[|Ground Rules for Good Research]: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers

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**Week 1** - **Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday July 3 ** //

Ida Oktaviana


 * 1) **Proper** (adj) : something that right or deserve to or polite or the right one. //She has a proper manner.// (Bulletin business communication (Language and Leaders), assigment for class CompA1)
 * 2) **Hail** (verb) : to calling someone or something such a bus, taksi or friend in appropriate distance. //The boy hail to the bus to make sure the driver saw him//. OPIE Orientation Summer 2009 Handout.
 * 3) **Assessment** (noun) : the approximation or evaluation of something. //You can try to make an assessment on your ability to read in English in OPIE program//. (Bulletin business communication (Language and Leaders), assignment for class CompA1)
 * 4) **Carve** (verb) : to cut. //She carve the meat for making dinner//. (Reading Exercise ARCpt1)
 * 5) **Convince** (adj) : Try to make someone to believe or sure about. //He tried to convince the judge that he is innocent//. Reading Exercise ARCpt1.
 * 6) **Herd** (noun) : community of cattle or animal. //From top of the hill, you can see the herd of sheep in the valley//. Reading exercise ARCpt1.
 * 7) **Extinct** (adj) : no longer exist. //Indonesian goverment has to work hard to prevent Sumatranian Tiger from become extinct.// Reading exercise ARCpt1.
 * 8) **Incur** (verb) : to absorb, to suffer. //His weakness in managing time incur many trouble in his job//. Refining Composition Skills, Rethoric and Grammar, Smalley, Reutten and Kozyrev, pp. 13
 * 9) **Dough** (noun) : mixed ingredients to make breads. //The chef put the dough in refrigerator for 1 hour before he baked it//. Reader's Choice 5th ed. pp. 9
 * 10) **Suffocated** ( adj) : suffered in feeling that can not breath, tied on neck. //The hot weather in the island make him suffocated//. The Athen News pp.23, Monday, June 29, 2009.
 * 11) **Abusive** (adj) : rude, cruel behavior. //The man are so abusive in manner// //to his wife//. The Athen News pp.23, Monday, June 29, 2009.
 * 12) **Wreck** (adj) : broken one, in terrible condition. //The accident made our car in wreck//. The Athen News pp.23, Monday, June 29, 2009.
 * 13) **Greedy** (adj) : Being hungry of something, want it more and more. //He ate all the meals in dining table so greedy like never eat for two days//. The Athen News pp.23, Monday, June 29, 2009.
 * 14) **Hawk** (verb) : selling something. //He used to hawk lemonades on that junction//. The Athen News pp.24, Monday, June 29, 2009.
 * 15) **Wordiness** (noun) : using many unnecessary vocabulary in a sentence, making a long sentence. //She is avoid to create a wordiness sentence in her paper//. "Always be Succint", Paula Larocque, Quill pp.35, December 2008.
 * 16) **Idle** (adj) : Unnecessary, contain nothing. //The writer delete idle expression from the essay//. "Always be Succint", Paula Larocque, Quill pp.35, December 2008.
 * 17) **Flabby** (adj) : weak. //Editing the flabby passages is harder than he tought//. "Always be Succint", Paula Larocque, Quill pp.35, December 2008.
 * 18) **Succint** (adj) : to brief the passages, sentence or report. //You should review your journal and make the sentences succint//. "Always be Succint", Paula Larocque, Quill pp.35, December 2008.
 * 19) **Brief** (adj) : short essay, report and words. //He makes a brief report after the meeting//. "Always be Succint", Paula Larocque, Quill pp.35, December 2008.
 * 20) **Involve** (verb) : to cover, to include in. //Let me know should i can get involve to the project//. Khudeira and Mohammadi, "Assessment of Potential Damage To Residential Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Northern Illnois, Practice Periodical On Structural Design and Construction, Journal Of ASCE, May 2006 pp.93-97.
 * 21) **Masonry** (noun) : Building made from stone, sand and concrete. //Consideration in potential seismic damage in masonry building are crucial//. Khudeira and Mohammadi, "Assessment of Potential Damage To Residential Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Northern Illnois, Practice Periodical On Structural Design and Construction, Journal Of ASCE, May 2006 pp.93-97.
 * 22) **Susceptible** (adj) : vulnerable, easy to suffered by something, fragile. //The unreinforced building may susceptible to damage during earthquake//. Khudeira and Mohammadi, "Assessment of Potential Damage To Residential Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Northern Illnois, Practice Periodical On Structural Design and Construction, Journal Of ASCE, May 2006 pp.93-97.
 * 23) **Mitigation** (noun) : an effort to reduce or decrease some hazardous thing . //Researchers socialized the mitigation of landslides activity to the villager//. Khudeira and Mohammadi, "Assessment of Potential Damage To Residential Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Northern Illnois, Practice Periodical On Structural Design and Construction, Journal Of ASCE, May 2006 pp.93-97.
 * 24) **Uncertain** (adj) : unsure, changeable, unclear. //The cause of the damage of the bulding is uncertain//. Khudeira and Mohammadi, "Assessment of Potential Damage To Residential Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Northern Illnois, Practice Periodical On Structural Design and Construction, Journal Of ASCE, May 2006 pp.93-97.
 * 25) **Emphasize** (verb) : to noted, stressed to . //The research emphasize to the variety of the problems//. Khudeira and Mohammadi, "Assessment of Potential Damage To Residential Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Northern Illnois, Practice Periodical On Structural Design and Construction, Journal Of ASCE, May 2006 pp.93-97.

// **Week 2** - **Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday July 10 ** //


 * 1) **Inherit (verb)** : obtain or receive from someone after their death or genetically. //The young girl become a billionaire after she inherit the company from her father//. Reader's Choice 5th ed., Silberstein, Dobson and Clarke, pp.22
 * 2) **Portray (verb)** : represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture or verbally. //He portrays the view of Pattaya Beach into his painting//. Reader's Choice 5th ed., Silberstein, Dobson and Clarke, pp.24
 * 3) **Fuss (verb)** : worry unnecessarily or excessively. //Her sister told her to not fuss about her examination results//. Refining Composition Skills, Rethoric and Grammar, Smalley, Reutten and Kozyrev, pp. 32
 * 4) **Retrieved (verb)** : recall knowledge from memory, get or find back, recover the use of . //He retrieved the lesson he just took from Professor Adam this morning//. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 24
 * 5) **Deed (noun)** : a notable achievement, a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it. //The scholarship he got is an unforgotten deed in his life//. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 24
 * 6) **Grumble (verb)** : a complain uttered in a low and indistinct tone. //The young boy start to grumble when his mother ask him to do his homework//. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 23
 * 7) **Syndicated (adv)** : organize into or form a syndicate (an association). //The syndicated food company in my town grown up very fast//. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 23
 * 8) **Slaughter (noun)** : the killing of animal or the savage and excessive killing of many people. //The man who killed hundred people and known as a 'beautiful slaughter" were sentence to death this morning//. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 22
 * 9) **Assault (noun)** : threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped. //His right arm bone was broken because of the assault of two drunken man last night//. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 22
 * 10) **Offender ( noun)** : a person who transgresses moral or civil law. //After the jury meeting, they still can not making any decision about the offender.// The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 22
 * 11) **Fragging (noun)** : assassinate an unpopular officer of one's own fighting unit, often by means of a fragmentation grenade. //Fragging commonly happened to superior military officer during the Vietnam War.// The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 22
 * 12) **Deter (verb)** : to stop someone from doing something by making them realize the consequents. //She is trying to deter her friend from cheating in examination//. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 19
 * 13) **Enhancement (noun)** : an improvement that makes something more agreeable. //The natural medicine results in enhancements of the body immune.// The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 19
 * 14) **Shed (verb)** : get rid of. //The tofu maker put the boiled mash soy beans on the screen boxes to shed the water//. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 19
 * 15) **Credentialed (adj)** : officially documented. //The lecturers in Tadulako University probably will need the credentialed certificate to keep them exist in the university//. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 16
 * 16) **Scarcity (noun)** : a small and inadequate amount. //The baby got the disease because of the scarcity of nutritious food// .The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 16
 * 17) **Reimbursement (noun)** : compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent. //The company gave the villager reimbursement of the land they had been polluted//. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 16
 * 18) **Enormous (adj)** : very big size or in amount. //My town has an enormous supply of coal//. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 6
 * 19) **Venue (noun)** : in law, the scene of any event or action. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 6
 * 20) **Tangible (adj)** : possible to be treated as fact, having substance or material existence. //The banker as him if he has a tangible property to bail to the bank as he applied for credit//. The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 6
 * 21) **Assert (verb)** : to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. //The lady try to assert the existence of her ability in works//.The Athens News, Monday, July 6, 2009 ed. pp. 6
 * 22) **Reiterate (verb)** : to say, state, or perform again. //The boy keep reiterating wish to have a new bicycle//. The Athens News, Thursday, July 9, 2009 ed. pp. 7
 * 23) **Privy to (adjective)** : to informed about something secret or not generally known. //The informant privy to the detective the drugs dealer next place and time to deal with the buyer//. The Athens News, Thursday, July 9, 2009 ed. pp. 3
 * 24) **Curtailed (verb)** : terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent. //Illegal logging in Indonesia has curtailed by the government.// The Athens News, Thursday, July 9, 2009 ed. pp. 3

// **Week 3** - **Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday July ** //**17**
 * 1) **Gigantic (adjective)** : so exceedingly large. //The silly movie we watched on television last night showed some silly gigantic spiders.// Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 149
 * 2) **Reveal (verb)** : make clear and visible. //The good understanding of soil properties will reveal to good design of foundation//. Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 149
 * 3) **Insight (noun)** : the clear understanding of a complex situation. //He has an excellent insight on the house interior designing//. Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 149
 * 4) **Devastated (adjective)** : made inhabitable. //What we found yesterday only devastated area in Aceh that had been hited by tsunami//. Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 149
 * 5) **Inevitable (adjective)** : incapable of being avoided or prevented. //Plagiarism in education is something that inevitable//. Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 149
 * 6) **Flexural (adjective)** : the act of an instance of bending or flexing. //The damage in the building column probably has influenced by flexural loads//. Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 149
 * 7) **Rubble (noun)** : the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. //After the tsunami, the alive victims had ran home and only found a rubble of their houses//. Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 150
 * 8) **Err (verb)** : to make a mistake or be incorrect. //Designing foundation without complete data of soil will err the measurements.// Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 150
 * 9) **Void (adjective)** : containing nothing. //The more the soil had been compacted, the more void will reduce in the the soil sample.// Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 150
 * 10) **Magnify (verb)** : increase in size, volume or significance. //The water in the clay will magnify swelling pressure of the soil//. Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 150
 * 11) **Peripheral (adjective)** : on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary. Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 154
 * 12) **Prudent (adjective)** : careful and sensible. //He overcome the problems with his colleagues in prudent ways//. Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 154
 * 13) **Brittle (adjective)** : having little elasticity, hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped. //The concrete columns in the building so brittle that only a 4 Richter scale earthquake could break it//. Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 155.
 * 14) **Obviously (adverb)** : easily seen, recognized or understood. //People may see obviously the damaged bridge after the earthquake.// Ergin Atimtay and Recep Kanit, Learning Seismic Design from the Earthquake Itself, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE/August 2006 pp. 157
 * 15) **Crawled (verb)** : move slowly; in the case of people or animal with the body near the ground. //The plumber crawled under the sink to fix the leak pipe//. The Athens News, Monday, July 13, 2009 ed. pp. 24
 * 16) **Clapping (noun)** : to hit both hands together many times when people feel enjoyed or happy. //After he played a song with his piano, people start to clapping to show their appreciation//. Refining Composition Skills, Rethoric and Grammar, Smalley, Reutten and Kozyrev, pp. 45.
 * 17) **Gulp (verb)** : to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught. //She gulps her apple juice when she hear the school bell rang//. Refining Composition Skills, Rethoric and Grammar, Smalley, Reutten and Kozyrev, pp. 46
 * 18) **Vague (adjective)** : not clearly understood or expressed. //His description about Marie sounds vague//. Refining Composition Skills, Rethoric and Grammar, Smalley, Reutten and Kozyrev, pp. 67.
 * 19) **Vivacious (adjective)** : vigorous and active. //My classmates is a vivacious girl, seems not easy to make her lost her energy along the day//. Refining Composition Skills, Rethoric and Grammar, Smalley, Reutten and Kozyrev, pp. 71
 * 20) **Lustrous (adjective)** : shining in the soft, gentle way. //Her black straight hair are lustrous//. Refining Composition Skills, Rethoric and Grammar, Smalley, Reutten and Kozyrev, pp. 73

// **Week 4** - **Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday July ** //**24**
 * 1) **Felonies (noun)** : a serious crime such as murder. //He was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his felonies.// The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 3
 * 2) Preserve (verb) : to save someone or something from being harmed or destroyed. The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 3
 * 3) **Conviction (noun)** : a very strong belief or opinion. //You will never can argued her about her conviction//. The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 3
 * 4) Acquit (verb) : to give a decision in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a crime. The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 3
 * 5) **Aggravated (adjective)** : one in which criminal does something that makes their original crime more serious. //His aggravated behavior in the past two years made him end in prison for 12 years//. The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 3
 * 6) **Seamless (adjective)** : done or made so smoothly that you cannot tell where one thing stops and another begins. //The seamless conversation made them feel they want to sneak from the party//. The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 18
 * 7) **Inquire (verb)** : to ask someone for information. //Jackie is the officer assigned to inquire the victim about the robber.// The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 18
 * 8) Remediation (noun) : act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil. The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 18
 * 9) **Truncating (verb)** : make shorter as if by cutting off. //The attorney try to fix their appointments by truncating the dates.// The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 18
 * 10) **Fretted (adjective)** : cut or shaped into complicated patterns as decoration. T//he quilt are fretted in several light colors to make it looks dandy.// The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 18
 * 11) **Inconsequential (adjective)** : not important. //He refuse to do the assignments because he think the assignment are inconsequential.// The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 18
 * 12) **Dawn (noun)** : the time at the beginning of the day when light first appears. //They have to move out from the house before the dawn.// The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 18
 * 13) **Marshaled (verb)** : to control or organize a large group. //She has marshaled the organization that have branches in many districts//. The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 18
 * 14) **Snuck (verb)** : to go somewhere secretly and quietly in order to avoid being seen or heard. //The boy snuck away from a party last night because he thought the party were terrible.// The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 20
 * 15) **Encore (noun)** : an additional or repeated part of a performance, especially a musical one. //After the last song he sang, the audience gave him standing applause asking him for an encore//. The Athens News, Monday, July 20, 2009. p 20
 * 16) **Legislation (noun)** : law enacted by a legislative body. //The legislatives of Indonesia has made a new legislation in education system//. The Athens News, Thursday, July 23, 2009. p 3
 * 17) **Scourge (noun)** : something that causes a lot of harm or suffering. //That scourge automobile runs fast on the highway//. The Athens News, Thursday, July 23, 2009. p 4
 * 18) **Dilute (verb)** : to make a quality, belief, or etc weaker or less effective. //The addition of chemical materials in that liquid dilute it strength.// The Athens News, Thursday, July 23, 2009. p 4
 * 19) **Ramp up (verb)** : bolster or strengthen. //She need to ramp up her ability in academic reading//. The Athens News, Thursday, July 23, 2009. p 4
 * 20) **Hassles (** **noun)** : something that is annoying, because it causes problems or is difficult to do. //Doing this hassles works make me depressed//. The Athens News, Thursday, July 23, 2009. p 4
 * 21) **Yawning (adjective)** : to be or become wide open, especially in a frightening way. //The government new regulation emphasize to narrowing the yawning gap between the poor and the rich.// The Athens News, Thursday, July 23, 2009. p 4
 * 22) **Mourning (noun)** : great sadness because someone has died. //It has been a year after the death of her husband, she seems never stop from mourning//. The Athens News, Thursday, July 23, 2009. p 7
 * 23) **Critter (noun)** : a creature, especially an animal. //The critter jump up to the tree when I come approach//. //The Athens News, Thursday, July 23, 2009. p 10//
 * 24) **Harness (** **verb)** : to control and use the natural force or power of something . //The electricity company in my town trying to harness the wind power to rise up town electricity demands.// The Athens News, Thursday, July 23, 2009. p 10
 * 25) **Dispatch (noun)** : a report sent to a newspaper from one of its writers who is in another town or country . //I saw the dispatch in Radar Post reporting his journal on his trip to the United States.// The Athens News, Thursday, July 23, 2009. p 23

// **Week 5** - **Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday July ** //**31**


 * 1) **Stray (adjective)** : accidentally separated from other things of the same kind. //The villager of Wonosobo that was hit by stray bullet of military training died after 2 days in hospital//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 3.
 * 2) **Convicted (verb)** :  to prove or officially announce that someone is guilty of a crime after a  trial  in a law court     . //The bomber in Bali at 2002 had been convicted and executed on the last 2008.// The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 3.
 * 3) **Prosecutor (noun)** : a lawyer who is trying to prove in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime. //The prosecutor keeps generate new evident to defends the criminal from being sentences to death.// The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 3.
 * 4) **Burglary (noun)** : the crime of getting into a building to steal things. //He is sentence to 10 month in prison for the burglary//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 3.
 * 5) **Indictment (noun)** : an official written statement charging someone with a criminal offense. //The jury had founded that the indictment against the drug dealer are inaccurate//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 3.
 * 6) **Cogitate (verb)** : to think carefully and seriously about something. //She must cogitate on her weakness in academic writing and make some improvements//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 4.
 * 7) **Whacked (verb)** : to hit someone or something hard. //Police officer of the town had caught the drunker that had whacked an old man last night// . The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 4.
 * 8) **Contended (verb)** : to argue or state that something is true. //He contended to his friend about his thought on euthanasia//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 7.
 * 9) **Tranquil (adjective)** : pleasantly calm, quite and peaceful. //All of the family of John like to spent their vacation on that tranquil village. They even have a cabin near the lake//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 18.
 * 10) **Morn (noun)** : morning. //The city of Palu was very quite that Sunday morn//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 18.
 * 11) **Impurity (noun)** : a substance of a low quality that is contained in or mixed with something else, making it less pure . //Some woman in my city do not like to use a 18 carat of gold because of its impurity//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 18.
 * 12) **Fiercely (adverb)** : done with a lot of energy and strong feelings, and sometimes violent. //He looks slow and easy but actually he is fiercely diligent//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 20.
 * 13) **Scarce (adjective)** : deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand. //The scarce job in Indonesia lead to the increasing of criminality.// The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 20.
 * 14) **Midst (noun)** : the location of something surrounded by other things. //Studying English in Ohio, put me in the midst of international students from countries around the world//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 20.
 * 15) **The pennant (noun)** : the prize given to the best team in the American and National League baseball competitions. //The team has exercised extremely hard this year, they want to keep the pennant they won last year//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 20.
 * 16) **Spitball (noun)** : a small piece of paper that children roll into a ball and then spit or throw at each other. //The teacher was very angry this morning when she found many spitballs in the class floor//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 20.
 * 17) **Plaque (noun)** : a piece of flat metal, wood, or stone with writing on it, used as a prize in a competition or attached to a building to remind people of an event or person. //Everyone who presented their research on that conference got a plaque from the university that promote the conference//. The Athens News, Monday, July 27, 2009. p 20.
 * 18) **Suburb (noun)** : an area where people live which is away from the centre of a town or city. //My friend Amy and her family live in the suburb of Palu town//. The Athens News, Thursday, July 30, 2009. p 23.
 * 19) **Condolence (noun)** : sympathy for someone who has had something bad happen to them, especially when someone has died. //Many people come to her house to expressed their condolences of her brothers death.// The Athens News, Thursday, July 30, 2009. p 9.
 * 20) **Ingest (verb)** : to take food or other substances into your body. //The forensic had found the evident that the victim had ingested by deadly poison//. The Athens News, Thursday, July 30, 2009. p 9.
 * 21) **Hallucinogen(noun)** : a substance that causes hallucinations. //I was amazingly surprised when i know that hallucinogen was originally derived from plants such as cactus and mushroom//. The Athens News, Thursday, July 30, 2009. p 9.
 * 22) **Revive (verb)** : to become healthy and strong again, or to make someone or something healthy and strong again. //The doctor gave her antibiotic injection twice a week to revive her from bronchitis.// The Athens News, Thursday, July 30, 2009. p 9.
 * 23) **Trafficking (noun)** : the buying and selling of illegal goods. //Children trafficking have become one of many others big problem in Indonesia//. The Athens News, Thursday, July 30, 2009. p 8.
 * 24) **Revenue (noun)** : money that the government receives from tax. //People of the X city prosecute the city government to transparently report the revenue they gain to the citizens.// Flemming, L. (2009). Reading for thinking (6th ed.). pp. 153. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
 * 25) **Reluctantly (adverb)** : slow and unwilling. //The little boy reluctantly return his friend's ball and go home when his mother pick him up at his friend house//. Flemming, L. (2009). Reading for thinking (6th ed.). pp. 153. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

// **Week 6** - **Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday ** //**August 7**


 * 1) **Juvenile (noun)** : a youthful person. //It seems hard for the parent to release their juvenile son to live in dormitory//. Philips, J. (2009, August 3). The Athens News. pp. 7
 * 2) **Deliberation (noun)** : the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision, careful consideration. //After deliberation the jury made an agreement to decide that the man is guilty//. Philips, J. (2009, August 3). The Athens News. pp. 7
 * 3) **Wacky (adjective)** : silly in an exciting or amusing way. //They laugh to cry because of the wacky thing they just did//. Adams, C. (2009, August 3). The Athens News. pp. 26
 * 4) **Proponent (noun)** : someone who supports something or persuades people to do something  . //Linda become proponent in her organization, the organization runs in the right way//.  Adams, C. (2009, August 3). The Athens News. pp. 26
 * 5)  **Persistence (noun)** :  determination to do something even though it is difficult or other people oppose it. //Her persistence to study abroad will need a strong effort especially to against family tradition//. Adams, C. (2009, August 3). The Athens News. pp. 26
 * 6) **Psyche (noun)** : someone's mind, or their deepest feelings, which control their attitudes and behaviour. //He have to psyche his self to prepare for the examination//. Cohen, H. (2009, August 3). The Athens News. pp. 27
 * 7) **Defeated (verb)** : to win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game. //The Democration Party in my country has defeated the other parties.// The Athens News. (2009, August 6). pp. 3
 * 8) **Veer (verb)** : to change direction. //The party should veer their policy to gain the partisans//. Smith, T. (2009, August 6). The Athens News. pp. 4.
 * 9) **Recite (verb)** : to tell someone a series or list of things. //Mandy recites her next examination schedule.// Smith, T. (2009, August 6). The Athens News. pp. 4
 * 10) **Perched (verb)** : to be in a position on top of something or on the edge of something. //His position as the dean of the Department of Engineering seems perched//. Smith, T. (2009, August 6). The Athens News. pp. 4
 * 11) **Wield (verb)** : to hold a weapon or tool that you are going to use. //I saw him wield the hammer when i came to his home two days ago. He wants to fix the front door.// Smith, T. (2009, August 6). The Athens News. pp. 5
 * 12) **Benign (adjective)** : kind and gentle. //John's benign behavior make him so popular in his department.// Smith, T. (2009, August 6). The Athens News. pp. 6
 * 13) **Lingering (adjective)** : continuing to exist for longer than usual or desirable. //The lingering conversation of the student sounds will not stop until the teacher come to begin the class//. Dyer, G. (2009, August 6). The Athens News. pp. 7
 * 14) **Nasty (adjective)** : suddenly start behaving in a threatening way. //Their nasty talks made me want to out of the room immediately//. Dyer, G. (2009, August 6). The Athens News. pp. 7
 * 15) **Circumspect (adjective)** : thinking carefully about something before doing it, in order to avoid risk  . //They made a circumspect planning to conduct the Independence Day ceremony because the President of the country will come//. Dyer, G. (2009, August 6). The Athens News. pp. 7
 * 16) **Flank (noun)** :  the side of an animal's or person's body, between the  rib s  and the  hip.  //He has been shot on his flank//. Dyer, G. (2009, August 6). The Athens News. pp. 7
 * 17)   **Contention (noun)** :  a strong opinion that someone expresses. //The professor contention on that conference took attention of many scientist around the world//. Dyer, G. (2009, August 6). The Athens News. pp. 7
 * 18) **Merely (adverb)** : used to emphasize how small or unimportant something or someone is  . //The topic of the conversation is merely interesting//. Dyer, G. (2009, August 6) . The Athens News. pp. 7
 * 19) **Authoritative (noun)** : behaving or speaking in a confident, determined way that makes people respect and obey you . //The leader of the organization perform her authoritative speech on the meeting//. Dyer, G. (2009, August 6). The Athens News. pp. 7
 * 20) **Shattered (adjective)** : ruin or disrupted. //The building has shattered as the result of the earthquake//. Dyer, G. (2009, August 6). The Athens News. pp. 7
 * 21) Initiation of (noun) : the act of starting something such as an official process, a new plan etc. //The initiation failure of the reinforced wall begin when the water pressure in the soil behind the wall start to increase.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 828.
 * 22) **Buildup (noun)** : an increase over a period of time. //The heavy rain increase the water pressure buildup in the slope//. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 828.
 * 23) **Subsequent (adjective)** : happening or coming after something else. //The failure of the foundation become the effects of subsequent decreasing of soil strength//. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 828.
 * 24) **Hypothectical (adjective)** : based on a situation that is not real, but that might happen. //They made a hypothetical soil reinforced wall in the laboratorium to conduct their research//. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 828.

// **Week 7** - **Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday ** //**August 14**


 * 1) **Clarify (verb)** : to make something clearer or easier to understand. //He try to clarify the thesis to the professor.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 829.
 * 2) **Funnel (noun)** : a thin tube with a wide top that you use for pouring liquid into a container with a narrow opening, such as a bottle. //The mechanic put some funnel to drainage the water from the reservoir.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 829.
 * 3) **Decay (noun)** : the gradual destruction of buildings, structures etc because they have not been cared for. //They found some decay on the building floor that need to rebuild//. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 829.
 * 4) **Dummy (noun)** : an object that is made to look like a tool, weapon, vehicle etc but which you cannot use. //The car company utilize some dummies to test the effectiveness of their airbag and seatbelt in accidents.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 829.
 * 5) **Clamps (noun)** : a piece of equipment for holding things together. //The students put the clamp on the concrete samples before thy test it//. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 829.
 * 6) **Exemplified (verb)** : to give an example of something. //The picture exemplified the last condition of the town after the landslides.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 829.
 * 7) **Aforementioned (adjective)** : mentioned before in an earlier part of a document, article, book. //This chapter will discuss about the water pressure aforementioned in chapter 2.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 829.
 * 8) **Respectively (adverb)** : in the same order as the things you have just mentioned . //The color that we will use in the painting are red, blue and white respectively.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 831.
 * 9) **Repose (noun)** : a state of calm or comfortable rest. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 832.
 * 10) **Impedance (noun)** :  a measure of the power of a piece of electrical equipment to stop the flow of an  alternating current.     Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 834.
 * 11) **Deteriorate (verb)** : to become worse. //The high amount of water infiltrating to the ground deteriorate the soil properties especially the soil strength.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 835.
 * 12) **Crest (noun)** : the top or highest point of something such as a hill or a wave. //They put the bench mark on the crest of Gawalise mountain.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 835.
 * 13) **Denoted (verb)** : to represent or be a sign of something, indicate. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 835.
 * 14) **Coincide (verb)** : to meet or be in same place. //The tectonic plate coincide on the ocean floor of Pacific.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 835.
 * 15) **Seam (noun)** : a thing, place, or group from which a type of thing can be obtained. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 835.
 * 16) **Overrun (verb)** : spread over something in great numbers. //The debris flow from top of mountain overrun to the village on the valley.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 835.
 * 17) **Causative (adjective)** : acting as the cause of something. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 836.
 * 18) **Crustal (noun)** : the hard outer layer of the Earth. //The crustal position of the shocking earthquake was on the Indian ocean//. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 836.
 * 19) **Reconstituted (** **verb)** : to form an organization or a group again in a different way. //They reconstituted the buildings after the disastrous tsunami.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 836.
 * 20) **Intact (adjective)** : not broken, damaged or spoiled. //We need the intact granite sample to test the rock strenght//. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 836.
 * 21) **In the brink of (noun)** : a situation when you are almost in a new situation, usually a bad one. //I am in the brink of situation of finding housing in the new place.// Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 837.
 * 22) **Pertinent (adjective)** : directly relating to something that is being considered. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 838.
 * 23) **Scrutiny (noun)** : careful and thorough examination of someone or something. Kokusho, T., & Ishizawa, T. (2007). Energy approach to earthquake-induced slope failures and its implication. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE. pp. 838