Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Reading Strategies
Word Forms
Chapter Readings
100
expertise
What word means to have the skills or knowledge to do something?
100
zoophobia
What is the fear of certain animals called?
100
predicting
What is guessing?
100
collocations
What are word partners, words commonly used together such as "do your homework"?
100
"Stay hungry. stay foolish."
What did Steve Jobs wish for the Stanford University graduates?
200
dropped out
Steve Jobs didn't finish college. What did he do? He ______________ _____________.
200
phobia
What is an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme irrational fear and heightened physiological arousal that is out of proportion to the situation?
200
skimming
What is the reading technique used to get a quick "gist" of a text.
200
Pixar
What company did Steve Jobs reportedly buy for $10 million?
300
accomplish
What word means to finish something?
300
severe
What is the word that means very serious such as a ________disorder?
300
in-text citations
What gives credit to professionals in academic texts?
300
drastic
What is a synonym for extreme?
300
Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo
What are some movies produced by Pixar?
400
cohesive
A word that describes a team that works well together.
400
dread
What is a word similar to worry?
400
scanning
What are you doing when you look quickly at a text to find specific information?
400
anxious, anxiously
What are two word forms for anxiety?
400
make sure the organization is going in the right direction and to act with integrity
What is the boss's role?
500
Sheryl
What is our teacher's first name?
500
Des Moines
What is the capital of Iowa?
500
visuals
What are things like pictures, graphs and diagrams that explain something without using a lot of words?
500
dictionary
Where can you find word forms?
500
DMACC
What is the college where we have our ESL classes? What is Des Moines Area Community College?
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