Contemporary Topics Word List 1 PDF

Contemporary Topics word list 1 Unit 7: Business: Team Building Part of Word Speech Definition Other Forms to finish something successfully; or accomplishment(n) accomplish verb...

Contemporary Topics word list 1 Unit 7: Business: Team Building Part of Word Speech Definition Other Forms to finish something successfully; or accomplishment(n) accomplish verb to achieve something accomplished (adj) something difficult that requires challenge (v) challenge noun effort to do challenging (adj) effective adjective producing a desired result effectively (adv) to improve or to make something enhancement (n) enhance verb better enhanced (adj) a habit, custom or tradition practice noun a way of doing something practice (v) project noun a large planned piece of work phrasal pull together verb to organize resolve verb to fix a problem resolution (n) as much as needed, enough for a sufficient adj particular purpose sufficiently (adj) summary noun a short statement of key information summarize (v) vital adj extremely important or necessary vitally (adv) zero in on phrasal v to pay special attention to sth  Unit 8: Architecture: Frank Gehry Part of Word Speech Definition Other Forms aesthetically (adv) aesthetics noun artistic value aesthetic (adj) dynamic adj exciting, interesting, full of energy dynamically (adv) the basis, the ideas that support foundation noun something causing others to produce or do inspiration (n) inspirational adj something inspire (v) intended use phrase reason for using something meet the phrasal objective verb achieved the goal principle noun rule or set of ideas sound adj in good condition, strong stress verb to emphasize utilization (n) utilize verb use something effectively utilizable (adv)  Unit 9: Building Immunity Word Part of Other Forms Speech Definition adapt to verb to change your behaviour in order adaptive (adj) to deal more successfully with a adaptation (n) new situation contagious adjective spreads by close contact between contagion (n) people crucial adjective extremely important, because it will affect other things expose to verb come into contact with exposure (n) exposed (adj) incidence of noun the number of cases (of a disease) microorganism noun a very small living thing that you can only see under a microscope promote verb to help sell a product, service, etc. promoter (n) or make it more popular by promotion (n) advertising it or offering it at a special price or help develop recover verb to get well again after being ill, recoverable (adj) hurt, etc. recovery (n) resist verb to refuse to accept something and resistance (n) try to stop it from happening resistant (adj) stress noun pressure or worry caused by the stressful (adj) problems in somebody’s life transmit verb to carry (eg. a disease) transmission (n) vaccine noun a weak form of a virus given to vaccinate (v) protect the body from a disease vaccination (n) Reading Corner word list 1 Unit 1: English as a Universal Language Part of Word Speech Definition Other Forms waves used to broadcast TV or radio airwaves noun programs management of relationship between diplomatic (adj) diplomacy noun countries diplomatically (adj) dominate (verb) dominant adjective noticeable, more important dominance (noun) physical positions and features of geography (noun) geographically adverb places geographic (adj) multinational adjective involving several different countries connected with the place where you were born and lived for the first years native adjective of your life announcement with authority (eg. official adjective government) overwhelm (verb) overwhelmingly overwhelming adjective very great, very strong, powerful (adverb) informal language used by a group of slang noun people instructions that control what a software noun computer does universally (adv) universal adj present or occurring everywhere universe (noun)  Unit 2: Tourism Part of Word Speech Definition Other Forms boom noun period of sudden economic growth contaminate (verb) dirty or polluted by the addition of a contamination contaminated adjective chemical, waste, bacteria (noun) place where someone or something is destination noun going living things in an area and the way they affect each other and the ecosystem noun environment business of organizing holidays to places in a way that helps local people ecotourism noun and does not harm the environment emission noun act of sending out gas, heat, light etc. emit (verb) animals or plants that may soon not exist because there are very few now endangered adjective alive endanger (verb) finch noun type of bird act of someone coming to live in a immigrate (verb) immigration noun different place or country immigrant (noun) animals or plants that have similar characteristic and can breed with each species noun other outside area in which plants are left to wilderness noun grow untidily  Unit 3: Password Fatigue Part of Word Speech Definition Other Forms drawback noun disadvantage eliminate verb to remove or get rid of elimination (noun) implementation implement verb to fulfill or perform something (noun) mitigate verb to lessen in force or intensity mitigation (noun) prevalent adjective widespread prevalence (noun) shocking or astonishing, difficult to staggering adjective believe surpass verb to be more or greater than a distinguishing quality or trait noun characteristic unique adjective to be the only one of its type uniqueness (noun) virtually adverb almost completely virtual (adj)