Monday, August 6, 2012

Unit 4: The Perfect Birthday Present

Vocabulary Words

latest (adjective)
1.
used of a single unit or thing; not two or more


ultimate (adjective)
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1.
last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
2.
maximum; decisive; conclusive: the ultimate authority; the ultimate weapon.
3.
highest; not subsidiary: ultimate goal in life.
4.
basic; fundamental; representing a limit beyond which further progress, as in investigation or analysis, is impossible: the ultimate particle; ultimate principles.
5.
final; total: the ultimate consequences; the ultimate cost of a project.

trendsetting (adjective)
1.establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.

portable (adjective)

1.
capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.
2.
easily carried or conveyed by hand: a portable typewriter.
3.
Computers . (of data sets, software, etc.) capable of being used on different computer systems.
4.
Obsolete . endurable.

educational (adjective)
1.
pertaining to education.
2.
tending or intended to educate, instruct, or inform: an educational show on television.


inspirational (adjective)

1.
imparting inspiration.
2.
under the influence of inspiration; inspired.
3.
of or pertaining to inspiration.

interactive (adjective)
1.
acting one upon or with the other.
2.
of or pertaining to a two-way system of electronic communications, as by means of television or computer: interactive communications between families using two-way cable television.
3.
(of a computer program or system) interacting with a human user, often in a conversational way, to obtain data or commands and to give immediate results or updated information: For many years airline reservations have been handled by interactive computer systems.

source: dictionary.com