Vocabulary Midterm Exam: Development and Education
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Which word refers to the ability to produce original and unusual ideas?

  • creativity (correct)
  • flip
  • guidance
  • networking
  • Which adjective describes something that is no longer in use or relevant?

  • obsolete (correct)
  • sustainable
  • reputable
  • affordable
  • What is the term for the infrastructure and systems necessary for the functioning of a society?

  • educationalist
  • leadership
  • vision
  • infrastructure (correct)
  • Which word means to destroy a building or other structure intentionally?

    <p>demolish</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term best describes a person who strives to achieve significant academic or professional success?

    <p>high-flyer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Unit 1: Development

    • Trend refers to a general direction or tendency
    • Affordable means reasonably priced or inexpensive
    • Sustainable refers to the ability to be maintained at a certain level or rate
    • Income is the money or compensation received for work or services
    • Demolish means to tear down or destroy a structure
    • Equal means having the same rights, opportunities, or status
    • Infrastructure refers to the basic systems and structures needed for a country or organization to function
    • Transform means to change something completely, often in a surprising or dramatic way
    • Poverty refers to the state of being poor
    • Urban refers to cities or towns
    • Leadership refers to the position or function of a leader
    • Cause refers to a reason or explanation for something
    • Accommodate means to provide something that is needed or wanted
    • Modernize means to make something more modern or up-to-date
    • Decrease means to make something smaller or less in amount or degree
    • Transition refers to the process of change from one stage or state to another
    • Generation refers to a group of people born and living at the same time
    • Increase means to make something larger or greater in amount or degree
    • Preserve means to keep something in its original state or condition
    • Significant means important or having great influence

    Unit 2: Education

    • Creativity refers to the ability to create new and original ideas
    • Indicate means to show or suggest something
    • Drawback refers to a disadvantage or problem
    • Obsolete means no longer used or needed
    • Reputable means having a good reputation
    • Exceed means to go beyond what is normal or expected
    • Educationalist refers to an expert in education
    • Pace refers to the speed or rate at which something happens
    • Lack means to not have something
    • Insight refers to a deep understanding or perception
    • Flip means to suddenly change one's opinion or position
    • Guidance refers to advice or direction
    • Correspondence refers to communication or exchange of letters or messages
    • Claim means to say that something belongs to you or is true
    • Achieve means to successfully accomplish something
    • High-flyer refers to a very successful or ambitious person
    • Vision refers to the ability to imagine or foresee the future
    • Networking refers to the act of connecting with others to exchange information or resources
    • Expect means to anticipate or think that something will happen

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    Test your knowledge of vocabulary related to development and education. This quiz covers words from Units 1 and 2 of the midterm exam.

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