UNIT IV: READ & LEARN

VOCABULARY:

seek: look for. (S.p./p.p. : sought)

allocate: give sth officially for a particular purpose.

aim to do sth: intend or hope to achieve sth.

launch: begin an activity, especially an organized one.

dignified: calm and serious and deserving respect.

merely: only; simply.

devote: give an amount; dedicate.

emphasize: give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing. (noun: emphasis-  plural: emphases/adjective: emphatic/adverb: emphatically)

to shun (-nn-): avoid sb/sth : (She has shunned publicity since she retired from the theatre.)

subsequently: happening after sth else; afterwards.

denigrate: criticize unfairly; disparage. (noun: disparagement/adj: disparaging/adv: disparagingly)

content: satisfied; happy; cheerful; glad.

intellect: power of the mind to reason; the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract or academic matters.

withdraw: retreat from.

consciousness: awareness.