#Essential_English_Words
✍🏻perceive / verb
To perceive something means to be aware of it.
👉🏻Ex: He was talking loudly, so he did not perceive that the music had stopped.
✍🏻primate / noun
A primate is a type of mammal that includes monkeys, apes, and humans.
👉🏻Ex: Primates use their hands for such tasks as swinging from branches.
✍🏻primitive / adj.
If something is primitive, then it is simple, basic, and not very developed.
👉🏻Ex: The computers of the 1980s are primitive compared to those of todays.
✍🏻stereotype / noun
A stereotype is a general but often incorrect idea about a person or thing.
👉🏻Ex: There’s a stereotype that pigs are dirty animals. But they are rather clean.
✍🏻sticky / adj.
If something is sticky, then it is covered with a substance that things stick to.
👉🏻Ex: Place the sticky part of the tape against the paper, so it will cling to the wall.
✍🏻termite / noun
A termite is an insect that lives in groups and feeds on wood.
👉🏻Ex: The wood we found was full of termites.
✍🏻thereby / adv.
If something happens thereby an action, then it is the result of that action.
👉🏻Ex: He didn’t score a goal, thereby ending his chance at setting a record.
✍🏻trail / noun
A trail is a path through a wild area.
👉🏻Ex: A narrow trail cut through the field and over the hills.
✍🏻twig / noun
A twig is a short and thin branch from a tree or bush.
👉🏻Ex: They started the fire with a handful of dry twigs.
✍🏻welfare / noun
Welfare is the health and happiness of a person or group.
👉🏻Ex: Having plenty of clean water is necessary for the welfare of people.
✍🏻perceive / verb
To perceive something means to be aware of it.
👉🏻Ex: He was talking loudly, so he did not perceive that the music had stopped.
✍🏻primate / noun
A primate is a type of mammal that includes monkeys, apes, and humans.
👉🏻Ex: Primates use their hands for such tasks as swinging from branches.
✍🏻primitive / adj.
If something is primitive, then it is simple, basic, and not very developed.
👉🏻Ex: The computers of the 1980s are primitive compared to those of todays.
✍🏻stereotype / noun
A stereotype is a general but often incorrect idea about a person or thing.
👉🏻Ex: There’s a stereotype that pigs are dirty animals. But they are rather clean.
✍🏻sticky / adj.
If something is sticky, then it is covered with a substance that things stick to.
👉🏻Ex: Place the sticky part of the tape against the paper, so it will cling to the wall.
✍🏻termite / noun
A termite is an insect that lives in groups and feeds on wood.
👉🏻Ex: The wood we found was full of termites.
✍🏻thereby / adv.
If something happens thereby an action, then it is the result of that action.
👉🏻Ex: He didn’t score a goal, thereby ending his chance at setting a record.
✍🏻trail / noun
A trail is a path through a wild area.
👉🏻Ex: A narrow trail cut through the field and over the hills.
✍🏻twig / noun
A twig is a short and thin branch from a tree or bush.
👉🏻Ex: They started the fire with a handful of dry twigs.
✍🏻welfare / noun
Welfare is the health and happiness of a person or group.
👉🏻Ex: Having plenty of clean water is necessary for the welfare of people.