Vocabulary Log by Hugo Suárez https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov New Words for learning en-us 2019-02-20 03:11:05 UTC 2025-12-26 11:14:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png SCARCITY hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/333023839 Pronunciation:
[ˈskɛərsɪti]

Meaning:
Shortness of supply.

Sentence:
Scarcity causes prices to rise.]]> 2019-02-20 03:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/333023839 WELFARE hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/333025592 Pronunciation:
 [ˈwɛlˌfɛr]

Meaning:
1. The good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization.

2. Financial or other assistance to an individual or family from a city, state, or national government.

Sentence: 
Thousands of jobless people in this city would starve if it weren't for welfare.
]]> 2019-02-20 03:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/333025592 WAGE hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/335117571 Pronunciation:
[weɪʤ]

Meaning:
Money paid or received for work or services.

Sentence:
Wages are too low.]]> 2019-02-25 21:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/335117571 TAXES hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/335119261 Pronunciation:
[ˈtæks]

Meaning:
A sum of money paid to a government for its support, based on income.

Sentence: 
A burdensome income tax.]]> 2019-02-25 21:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/335119261 UNEMPLOYMENT hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/335121824 Pronunciation:
[ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt]

Meaning:
The state of being unemployed.

Sentence: 
Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.]]> 2019-02-25 21:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/335121824 OVERPOPULATION hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/335122643 Pronunciation:
[ˌoʊvərˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən]

Meaning:
To fill with too many people or inhabitants and thus cause a strain on resources.

Sentence:
Refugees overpopulating the border towns.]]> 2019-02-25 22:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/335122643 CONTRACT hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345528291 Pronunciation:
[kənˈtrækt]

Meaning:
An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified, or the written form of such an agreement.

Sentence:
I'm under contract to finish the work by June of next year.]]> 2019-03-27 02:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345528291 WARRANTY hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345528969 Pronunciation:
[ˈwɒrənti]

Meaning:
A written guarantee given to a purchaser that the manufacturer, dealer, etc., will make repairs or replace defective parts free of charge for a stated period of time.

Sentence:
This computer is under warranty.




]]> 2019-03-27 02:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345528969 PARTY hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345529292 Pronunciation:
[ˈpɑːrti]

Meaning:
A person or group that participates in some action.

Sentence:
He was a party to the merger deal.

]]> 2019-03-27 02:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345529292 BREACH hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345529742 Pronunciation:
[ˈbriːtʃ]

Meaning:
An act of disobeying or violating a law or promise.

Sentence:
You are in breach of contract if you do not leave the house that you sold.

]]> 2019-03-27 02:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345529742 TARIFFS hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345530691 Pronunciation:
[ˈtærɪf]

Meaning:
A schedule or system of duties charged by a government on imports or exports.

Sentence:
A fifty-percent tariff on rice imports.


]]> 2019-03-27 02:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345530691 EMBARGO hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345531063 Pronunciation:
[ɪmˈbɑːrgəʊ]

Meaning:
A restriction on commerce, esp. a government order prohibiting the movement of ships into or out of its ports, or restricting certain freight for shipment.

Sentence:
The U.S. embargoed that enemy country.

]]> 2019-03-27 02:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345531063 QUOTA hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345531582 Pronunciation:
[ˈkwəʊtə]

Meaning:
The share or part of a total that is required from, allowed to, or that belongs to a particular district, group, etc.

Sentence:
The officers issued their quota of speeding tickets.

]]> 2019-03-27 03:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345531582 STANDARD hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345531897 Pronunciation:
[ˈstændərd]

Meaning:
Something considered to be a basis of comparison.

Sentence:
An official standard for weight.

]]> 2019-03-27 03:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345531897 SUBSIDE hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345532330 Pronunciation:
[səbˈsaɪd]

Meaning:
To sink to a low or lower level.

Sentence:
The water in the sink subsided slowly.]]> 2019-03-27 03:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345532330 LOAN hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345532840 Pronunciation:
[ˈləʊn]

Meaning:
The act of lending.

Sentence: 
A loan of $25,000.



]]> 2019-03-27 03:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345532840 TREATY hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345533234 Pronunciation:
[ˈtriːti]

Meaning:
A formal agreement between countries in regard to peace, friendship, etc.

Sentence:
A new treaty to allow more trade.


]]> 2019-03-27 03:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345533234 ENTREPRENEUR hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345533691 Pronunciation:
[ˌɒntrəprəˈn3ːr]

Meaning:
A person who organizes and manages an enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable daring, skill, and financial risk.

Sentence:
He is an entrepre

]]> 2019-03-27 03:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345533691 HOMEOWNER hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345534186 Pronunciation:
[ˈhəʊməʊnər]

Meaning:
A person who owns a home.

Sentence:
I know the person who owns that house. 


]]> 2019-03-27 03:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345534186 INVESTOR hugosuarez_2609 https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345534487 Pronunciation:
[ɪnˈvɛstər]

Meaning:
To put up or spend (money) in hopes of making a profit.

Sentence:
They invested their money in stocks and bonds.

]]> 2019-03-27 03:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hugosuarez_2609/th4w2ldskvov/wish/345534487