Tham khảo tài liệu 'word smart phần 3', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 60 WORD SMART Penny attempted a quadruple somersault off the ten-meter diving board as a caprice. It was a painful caprice. Note carefully the pronunciation of this word. CARICATURE KAR uh kuh chur n a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated often to prove some point about its subject Editorial cartoonists often draw caricatures. Big noses enormous glasses floppy ears and other distortions are common in such drawings. A politician who has been convicted of bribery might be depicted in a prison uniform or with a ball and chain around his ankle. If the politician has big ears to begin with the ears might be drawn vastly bigger. A caricature uses exaggeration to bring out the hidden character of its subject. The word can also be a verb. To caricature someone is to create such a distorted portrait. CASTIGATE KAS tuh gayt V to criticize severely to chastise Jim s mother-in-law castigated him for forgetting to pick her up at the airport. CATALYST KAT uh list n in chemistry something that changes the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being changed anyone or anything that makes something happen without being directly involved in it When the mad scientist dropped a few grains of the catalyst into his test tube the bubbling liquid began to boil furiously. This word is often used outside the laboratory as well. The launching of Sputnik by the Russians provided the catalyst for the creation of the modern American space program. The tragic hijacking provided the catalyst for Congress s new antiterrorist legislation. Q U I OK Q U I Z 18 Match each word in the first column with its definition in the second column. Check your answers in the back of the book. 1. cacophony a. truthfulness 2. cadence b. harsh mixture of sounds 3. cajole c. surrender 4. callow d. distorted portrait 5. candor e. unpredictable 6. capitalism f. immature 7. capitulate g. free enterprise 8. recapitulate h. it makes things happen 9. capricious i. summarize 10. .
