Unit 1 Reading Vocabulary

4. intelligent because of age or life experience
6. He didn't _________ my expectations of what a boyfriend should be.
8. a person who traditionally moves from place to place
9. opposite of collectivist, relating to or characterized by the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant.
12. farming or a system of farming that provides all or almost all the goods required by the farm family usually without any significant surplus for sale
14. real, legal or true; not false, from latin
15. a part of a whole expressed in hundredths
17. a preoccupation with and an inclination toward the buying of consumer goods
18. involving the possibility of something bad happening

1. having a lot of problems, especially too much work, and too little time or money
2. to not realize how good, strong, determined, difficult, etc. somebody/something really is
3. not happy or satisfied with somebody/something
5. without any purpose or reason and therefore not worth doing or having
7. something you do to a table of information
10. not giving exact details or making something clear
11. (formal) to do or have what is required or necessary
13. collect or find, especially data or information
16. the detailed study or examination of something in order to understand more about it; the result of the study