UNIT
5
assess [ases] v.
To assess something means to judge the structure, purpose, or quality of it.
-* She assessed the condition of the toy car before buying it.astonish [astamj] V.
To astonish someone means to greatly surprise them.
—► The amount of people that came to her party astonished her.commence [kamens] v.
To commence something means to begin it.
-* His speech commenced with a “thankyou” to all who had helped him succeed.essence [essns] n.
The essence of something is its important qualities or basic characteristics.
—► The essence of the argument was that both sides felt they had lost money.e x t r a c t [ikstraekt] v.
To extract something means to remove it.
—► The dentist extracted the woman’s damaged tooth and put in a fake one.fabulous [fsebjalas] adj.
If something is fabulous, it is extremely good.
—► This strawberry is the best I’ve ever had. It’s fabulous.haste [heist] n.
Haste is speed in movement or action.
—► In order to get to the meeting in time, he proceeds with haste.impulse [impAls] n.
An impulse is a sudden thoughtless urge to do something.
—► Because of the scary noise, she had an impulse to run somewhere and hide.latter [Isetair] adj.
Latter describes something last in a series orthe second choice of two things.
—► In the latter minutes of the game, the visitors scored the winning goal.molecule [malakjuil] n.
A molecule is the smallest basic unit that makes up a physical substance.
—► A tiny drop of water is made up of thousands of molecules of water.