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Inventive and Creative Minds
UNIT 3 : CREATIVE INVENTIVE MINDS
Words |
Definition |
Create |
Make something exist |
Invent |
Make/ create something new |
Discover |
Learn or find out about something |
Design |
Decide how something will look and work |
Devise |
Create/ invent a plan/ a subject / an object |
Originate |
Begin something new |
Via |
Through |
To release |
To launch |
To dedicate… to … |
To devote one's time to |
Giant |
Very large |
To envision |
To imagine a future generation |
Initial |
First |
Eager (adj) |
Full of strong desire |
Passion |
Strong feeling / love / hate / anger |
To manufacture |
To make / to produce goods |
Intensive |
Deep |
Renowned |
Famous |
To occur |
To happen / to take place |
To enable |
To make it possible for someone to do something |
To magnify |
To make sth bigger than it really is |
To share the credit for |
To share praise and respect |
Guidance |
Help or advice given to someone |
Patent |
The right to be the only person to use or sell a product or invention |
Endowment |
Money paid to provide a regular income for school |
Actual |
Real / exact |
Chair |
Professorship |
Glee |
A feeling of great pleasure/ happiness |
Metaphor |
An imaginative use of a word to describe someone |
A bay |
A tree / a part of a large lake |
To toss |
To move up and down |
Paradox |
A statement containing opposite ideas |
Couch |
A long comfortable seat |
Pensive |
Thinking deeply about … in a sad way |
To wander |
To walk around … without a sense of purpose or direction |
To wonder |
To feel curious about …/ to feel surprise and admiration |
Gay [gei] |
Happy / cheerful |
Simile |
A comparison usually used with ‘as'/ ‘like'/ ‘as though' |
Bliss |
Great joy / perfect happiness |
A host |
Someone who receives others as guest |
Omnipresent |
Be present everywhere at all times |
A strong effect |
Impact |
Surprising |
Astonishing |
To change/ to modify |
To shift from…to… |
Last / final |
Ultimate |
Kingdom |
Realm |
To face |
To confront |
Fears/ issues/worries |
Concerns |
Strong |
Iron-fisted |
To inhabit |
To reside |
Essential/ very important |
Key |
sound (n) |
A sensation detected by ears |
To opt out of |
To choose not to be involved |
Trend/ trendy (adj) |
General tendency |
Diversity |
The state of being varied |
To strengthen |
To make strong |
To retain |
To keep something / to secure |
At the expense of |
With the sacrifice of…/ |
Recognition |
Public praise/ reward |
Significant |
Considered important |
Potential |
Capable of being developed |
to hold someone accountable for sth |
To consider someone responsible for… |