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Unit 8 Vocabulary: Finding a Spouse
Most definitions and example sentences are taken from either the
Merrium-Webster Online Learners’s Dictionary or the NorthStar 3 Reading
and Writing Book (3rd Edition)
Spouse
• Noun: a husband or wife (someone who is married)
• Different cultures have solved the problem of finding a spouse in different ways.
Commitment
• Noun: a promise to do or give something; a promise to be loyal to someone or something
• Marriage is a commitment.
Everlasting
• Adjective: lasting forever
• I believe they share a true and everlasting love.
Enduring
• Synonym: continuing, long lasting
• Adjective: to continue to exist in the same state or condition
• The couple has an enduring love.
Faithfully
• Synonym: loyally
• Adverb: in a loyal way
• They love each other faithfully.
Characteristics
• Noun: features or qualities of a person or thing
• Their marriage has all the characteristics of a happy one: deep friendship, love and trust.
Background
• Noun: past experience, including family life and education
• People try to find to find someone to marry who has the right background.
Unique
• Adjective: being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else; special or remarkable– I want to date someone
who is unique.
Religion
• Noun: an organized systems of belief
• Religions often have different ideas and rules about marriage.
Courtship
• Noun: old-fashioned dating (the period of time when a couple gets to know each other before marriage)
• The couple had a two-year courtship.
Date
• Noun: 1. a social or romantic appointment– We are going on a date.
• 2. The person you have a date with– She is my date.
• Verb: to go out with someone romantically – I dated him in high school.– We are dating.
Romantic
• Adjective: relating to feelings of love
– The couple is having a romantic dinner.
Romance
• Noun: 1. an exciting relationship between lovers (sometimes short)
– They had a summer romance.
• 2. the feeling of being in love (non countable)
– We need more romance in our marriage.
Surprise
• Verb: to cause (someone) to feel a mild shock– The man is surprising a
woman with flowers.
• Noun: an unexpected thing or feeling of mild shock – The flowers were a
surprise.
Attraction
• Noun: 1. a feeling of (romantic) interest– Romantic love involves
attraction.
• 2. something interesting that people want to see– The Great Wall is a
popular attraction in China.
(be) attracted (to)
• Adjective: to like or be interested in something– They are attracted to
each other.
Engagement
• Noun: a formal agreement to be married– The couple recently
announced their engagement.
• the duration of time before the wedding– The couple had a 7
month engagement.
Wedding
• Noun: a marriage ceremony– During their
engagement, they planned a beautiful wedding.
Bride
• Noun: a woman on her wedding day
• Brides often look in bridal magazines for advice about planning a wedding.
Groom
• Noun: a man on his wedding day
• The groom looks very handsome.
Tradition
• Noun: long-established custom
• There are many wedding traditions.
Traditional
• Adjective: 1. long-established 2. based on old-fashioned ideas
• In traditional Chinese culture, marriage decisions were made by parents for their children.
Arranged Marriage
• Noun: a type of marriage in which a husband and wife are chosen for each other by their parents
• American's can’t believe that an arranged marriage could be happy, but I have seen my parents with my own eyes.
Polygamy
• Noun: the state of being married to more than one person at the same time
• The groups first leader, believed in polygamy.
• Some people still practice polygamy.
Pregnant
• Adjective: having a baby or babies developing inside the body
• The woman is pregnant.
Produce
• Verb: to make or create something– The husband and wife
hope that their marriage will produce healthy children.
• Noun: fresh fruits and vegetables
Fertile
• Adjective: 1. able to reproduce 2. able to support the growth of many plants
• In the traditional Hopi and old Bavarian cultures, it was important for women to be fertile.
• The area along the river is very fertile.
Infertile
• Adjective: not fertile; not able to reproduce
• A woman who is infertile cannot get pregnant.
• The fields are infertile.
Raise
• Verb: 1. to bring up a child – The mother and father
raised their children
• 2. to life or move to a higher position– Raise your hand if you
have a question.
Support• Synonyms: sustain, uphold,
encourage
• Verb: to give help or assistance; to hold up
• Parents support their kids.• The charity supports needy
kids.• The walls support the
building.
Proud
• Adjective: very happy and pleased (as a result of achievements, qualities, possessions etc.)
• They are proud of the children that their marriage has produced.
Break up
• Verb: to end a romantic relationship– I am breaking up with
you. – We broke up.
• Noun: (breakup) the end of a relationship– I just went through a bad
breakup
Divorce
• Noun: the ending of a marriage by a legal process– Their marriage ended in
divorce.– They filed for a divorce.
• Verb: legally end a marriage– My parents are divorced.
(used as an adjective)– They divorced 8 years ago.
Brokenhearted
• Adjective: filled with great sadness especially because someone you love has left you, has died, etc
• The women is brokenhearted.
Leadership
• Noun: the act or position of being a leader
• In traditional Chinese society, sons were important because they would take positions of leadership in the family.
Follower
• Noun: someone who is guided by another person
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