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Unit 2  : EDUCATION MATTERS

Words

Definitions

1- Paramount

Supreme/ more important

2- To venture

To undertake risks

3- Confined to

Limited to

4- Vocational

Related to a particular job

5- Maturity

The state of being fully developed

6- To revolve

To move around something

7- Curriculum

Subject found in a course

8- Conventional

Traditional

9- To adjust …to

To adopt … to

10- Consequently

Therefore

11- simply

Merely

12- to provide

To supply

1 3- priority

A thing that is regarded as more important than …

14- denied

Refused

15- nutritious

Healthy/ helping the body to grow

16- to boost

To increase

17- attendance

The time of being present at

18- wealth

A large amount of money

19- Scheme

Plan

20- potential

Possibility of something happening or being developed

21- to tutor

To teach

22- To tackle

To deal with

23- to allocate

To distribute officially

24- monitored

Controlled

25- to condemn for

To criticize

26- resurgence

The revival of something

27- to assess

To evaluate

28- distant

Remote

29- Occur

Happen / take place

30- enable

Make it possible for someone to do something

31- magnify

Make something bigger than it really is

32- actual

Real/exact

33- patent

An official right to be the only person to sell a product

34- oversee

Supervise

35- pioneer (v)

To be the first to develop a new method

36- emergency

A sudden serious event requiring immediate actions

37- to enroll

To register

38- fund

Money saved for particular purposes

39- monetary

Related to money or currency

40- acronym

A word formed of the first letters of a group of words

41- timeless

Eternal / permanent / everlasting / endless / immortal

42- elocution

Art/ style of speaking clearly/ effectively

43- impediment

A handicap

44- stammer (v)

Speak with sudden pose and tendency to repeat words

45- lisp (n)

Speech defect in with some letters are mispronounced

46- thorough(adj)

Thoroughness (n)

Done completely with details

47- adept (adj)

To be skillful/ expert in doing sth

48- impressive

Fascinating

49- misfortune

Lack of luck

50- improvise

Make/ perform sth without preparing or planning

51- alleviate

Make less severe

52- to defy

To resist /to disobey / to challenge

53- to pursue

To follow / to chase

54- to flourish

To prosper / to be successful

55- queer

Strange /odd

56- to crumble

To begin loosing strength / to break into small pieces

57- nebulous

Not clear / vague

58- fairy tale

An unreal story about magic for children

59- to past on

To stick something to something else

60- dented

Made a hollow place in a hard surface

61- thumbed

Influenced / turned over the pages of a book

62- anguish (N)

Severe distress / mental sufferings

63- shrewd

Showing good judgment

64- punk (kid)

A person without value

65- bough

Main branch of a tree

 

 

 

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