Vocabulary Enrichment 29

DEFECTOR (n.)
[dih-fek-ter]
– someone who leaves one's country to join or live in the opposing country
Example: There is a growing number of North Korean defectors living in South Korea.


Additional Info: In a report a North Korean defector said that he had to change himself completely to be able to live in South Korea because it is so different from the North. (Korea centre tries to bridge 60 years of divide by Jon Herskovitz and Christine Kim / Reuters Life! Online Report)

MATCHMAKING (adj.)
[mach-mey-ker]
– an act of arranging marriages by introducing a man and a woman to each other
Example: She met her husband through an online matchmaking service.


Additional Question/s: Do you agree that matchmaking is a good way to find an ideal partner?

BACHELOR (n.)

[bach-uh-ler, bach-ler]
– an unmarried man
Example: I have two uncles who are bachelors.


Additional Info: You can tell them about the movie ‘The Bachelor’ (1999 film about a commitment-phobic who went in search of a bride including his fed up girlfriend, to inherit his grandfather's $100 million inheritance.).

REUNIFY (v.)
[yoo-nuh-fahy]
– to bring something together again
Example: She was trying to reunify with her high school friends through Facebook.


Additional Info: Usually the word “reunify” is used when countries, groups of people, states unite after being divided. Click on the link to know about the North-South Korea War history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_%E2%80%93_South_Korea_relations

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