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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 |