Unit 3: Week 1: Cultural Exchange

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  1. appreciation
    a favorable judgment
    “Being a soccer player, Paul, I know you have an appreciation for people who move well.”
  2. bleak
    offering little or no hope
    As he was complimenting the food, Paul felt his bleak mood improving.
  3. blurt
    utter impulsively
    “Maybe I could paint my room in soccer team colors!” Paul blurted.
  4. compliment
    express respect or esteem for
    As he was complimenting the food, Paul felt his bleak mood improving.
  5. congratulate
    say something to someone that expresses praise
    “I congratulate you, Paul! You’ve turned out to be a really great traveler.”
  6. contradict
    deny the truth of
    His mom contradicted, “It’s not weird, honey. Argentina’s in the Southern hemisphere, and we’re in the Northern hemisphere, so the seasons are opposite.”
  7. critical
    marked by a tendency to find and call attention to flaws
    “Don’t be critical, Paul,” his mom said.
  8. cultural
    relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society
    Their apartment had been covered with travel guides full of cultural information ever since Mrs. Gorski’s sister and her husband had relocated to Argentina six months ago.
  9. hemisphere
    half of the terrestrial globe
    His mom contradicted, "It's not weird, honey. Argentina's in the Southern hemisphere, and we're in the Northern hemisphere, so the seasons are opposite."
  10. misunderstanding
    an interpretation of something that is not correct
    “Huh?” Paul asked, wondering if there had been a misunderstanding.
Created on Tue Jul 07 15:13:35 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Jul 09 14:13:03 EDT 2020)

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