12 Questions
What does the word 'compensate' mean?
To make up for
What is the meaning of 'invisible'?
NOT VISIBLE
What does 'integrate' mean?
To combine
What is the meaning of 'stereotype'?
A FIXED IDEA ABOUT A GROUP
What does 'result in' mean?
TO LEAD TO
What is the meaning of 'deprive'?
TO TAKE AWAY
What is the opposite of 'defend' in meaning?
Attack
Which word is closest in meaning to 'main' or 'chief'?
Primary
What is the meaning of 'be the talk of the town'?
To be very popular and widely discussed
What is the opposite of 'ruin' in meaning?
Establish
What is the meaning of 'pop out'?
To suddenly appear or emerge
What is the meaning of 'under control'?
Being managed or regulated
Study Notes
Vocabulary
- Absurdity: the quality of being ridiculous or unreasonable
- Automatic: done or occurring without human intervention
- Ban: to officially prohibit or forbid something
- Compensate: to give someone something, usually money, to make up for a loss or problem
- Content: the substance or material dealt with in a written work, speech, etc.
- Cosmetic: relating to beauty or appearance, especially in a superficial way
Verbs
- Decline: to become weaker or less in amount or degree
- Defeat: to overcome or frustration in a struggle or contest
- Defend: to protect or support someone or something against attack or criticism
- Deliver: to take or bring something to someone or somewhere
- Deprive: to take something away from someone or something
- Embed: to fix or set something firmly in a surrounding material
- Establish: to create or start something, such as an organization or system
- Extract: to remove or obtain something from something else
- Ginseng: a type of plant used in traditional medicine, especially in Asia
- Idealistic: having high or unrealistic standards or ideals
- Inevitable: certain to happen and impossible to avoid
- Insert: to put or introduce something into something else
- Integrate: to combine or unite different things to create a new whole
- Intention: a purpose or goal
- Interrupt: to stop or disturb someone or something
- Invisible: unable to be seen or noticed
More Verbs
- Maintain: to keep or continue something in a certain condition
- Perspective: a particular point of view or way of regarding something
- Primary: most important or influential
- Profit: a financial gain or benefit
- Promote: to support or encourage something, especially to help it to grow or succeed
- Retain: to keep or continue to hold something, such as a position or a memory
- Ruin: to cause something to be completely destroyed or spoiled
- Sincerity: the quality of being honest and genuine
Expressions
- Spree: a period of time when someone engages in a particular activity with great enthusiasm
- Stereotype: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
- Stir: to cause something to happen or to start moving
- Be the talk of the town: to be the subject of much conversation or gossip
- Out of stock: not having any available supply of something
- Pop out: to suddenly appear or emerge
- Pros and cons: the advantages and disadvantages of something
- Result in: to have something as a consequence or outcome
- Take into consideration: to think about or give attention to something when making a decision
- Under control: being managed or directed effectively
Vocabulary
- Absurdity: the quality of being ridiculous or unreasonable
- Automatic: done or occurring without human intervention
- Ban: to officially prohibit or forbid something
- Compensate: to give someone something, usually money, to make up for a loss or problem
- Content: the substance or material dealt with in a written work, speech, etc.
- Cosmetic: relating to beauty or appearance, especially in a superficial way
Verbs
- Decline: to become weaker or less in amount or degree
- Defeat: to overcome or frustration in a struggle or contest
- Defend: to protect or support someone or something against attack or criticism
- Deliver: to take or bring something to someone or somewhere
- Deprive: to take something away from someone or something
- Embed: to fix or set something firmly in a surrounding material
- Establish: to create or start something, such as an organization or system
- Extract: to remove or obtain something from something else
- Ginseng: a type of plant used in traditional medicine, especially in Asia
- Idealistic: having high or unrealistic standards or ideals
- Inevitable: certain to happen and impossible to avoid
- Insert: to put or introduce something into something else
- Integrate: to combine or unite different things to create a new whole
- Intention: a purpose or goal
- Interrupt: to stop or disturb someone or something
- Invisible: unable to be seen or noticed
More Verbs
- Maintain: to keep or continue something in a certain condition
- Perspective: a particular point of view or way of regarding something
- Primary: most important or influential
- Profit: a financial gain or benefit
- Promote: to support or encourage something, especially to help it to grow or succeed
- Retain: to keep or continue to hold something, such as a position or a memory
- Ruin: to cause something to be completely destroyed or spoiled
- Sincerity: the quality of being honest and genuine
Expressions
- Spree: a period of time when someone engages in a particular activity with great enthusiasm
- Stereotype: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
- Stir: to cause something to happen or to start moving
- Be the talk of the town: to be the subject of much conversation or gossip
- Out of stock: not having any available supply of something
- Pop out: to suddenly appear or emerge
- Pros and cons: the advantages and disadvantages of something
- Result in: to have something as a consequence or outcome
- Take into consideration: to think about or give attention to something when making a decision
- Under control: being managed or directed effectively
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