1. intellectual (adj.) [͵ɪnt!ˋɛktʃʊəl]
-means involving a person’s
ability to think and to understand ideas and information.
ex: High levels of lead could damage the intellectual development of children.
ex: High levels of lead could damage the intellectual development of children.
2. significant (adj.) [ sɪgˋnɪfəkənt]
-a
significant amount or effect is large enough to be important or affect a
situation
to a noticeable degree.
ex: Most
11-year-old are not encouraged to develop reading skills; a small
but
significant number are illiterate.
3. conquest (n.) [ˋkɑŋkwɛst]
-conquest is the act of
conquering a country or group of people.
ex: He had
led the conquest of southern Poland
-the conquest of something such as a
problem is success in ending it or
dealing with it.
ex: The conquest of
inflation has been the Government’s overriding economic
priority for nearly 15
years.
-a fusion of different
qualities,ideas,or things is something new that is created
by joining them
together.
ex: His
previous fusions of jazz,pop and African melodies have proved
highly successful.
-the fusion of two or more things involves
joining them together to form
one thing.
ex:His final reform was
the fusion of regular and reserve forces.
5. propel (vt.
-to
propel something in a particular direction means to cause it to move in
that
direction.
ex: The tiny
rocket is attached to the spacecraft and is designed to propel it
toward Mars.
Propelled (adj.)
-combines with nouns to
form adjectives that indicate how
something ,
especially a weapon, is propelled.
6.
feudal (adj.) [ˋfjud!]
-feudal means relating to
the system or the time of feudalism.
ex: The feudal system
lasted for two thousand years in China
7.
overlord (n.) [ˋovɚ͵lɔrd]
-if you refer to someone as an overlord,
you mean that they have great power and
are likely to use it in a bad way.
ex: We really don’t want to be the
overlords of the Palestinian population.
-in former times, an overlord was someone
who had power over many people.
8.
pharaoh (n.) [ˋfɛro]
-a pharaoh was a king of ancient Egypt
9.
hieroglyphics (n.) [haɪərəˋglɪfɪks]
-hieroglyphics are symbols in the form of pictures
which are used in some writing
systems, for example those of ancient Egypt
10. splendid (adj.) [ˋsplɛndɪd]
-if you say that something is splendid,
you mean that it is very good.
ex: The book includes a wealth of
splendid photographs.
11. onward (adv.) [ˋɑnwɚd]
-if something happens from a particular
time onward or onwards, it begins to
happen at that time and continues to
happen afterward.
ex: Form the turn of the country onward,
she shared the life of the aborigines.
12. indigenous (adj.) [ ɪnˋdɪdʒɪnəs]
-indigenous people or things belong to
the country in which they are found,rather
than coming there or being brought
there from another country.
ex: .Each
country has its own indigenous cultural
tradition.
13.
transmission (n.) [ trænsˋmɪʃən]
-the transmission of something is the passing or sending of it to a
different
person or
place.
-the transmission of television or radio program is the broadcasting of
them.
ex: The transmission of the program was brought forward due to its
unexpected topicality.
14.
imperialism (n.) [ɪmˋpɪrɪəlɪzəm]
-imperialism is a system in which a rich and powerful country controls
other
countries,or a desire for control over other countries.
ex: They held
the imperialism in contempt.
15.
medieval (adj.) [,mɪdɪˋivəl]
-something
that is medieval relates to or was made in the period of
European history between the end of the Roman Empire in A.D.476
and about A.D.1500.
ex: In medieval times the church held sway over many
countries.
16.
Renaissance (n.)[rɪ'neɪsns]
-the Renaissance
was the period in Europe,especially Italy, in the 14th,15th,
and
16th centuries.,when there was a new interest in art
,literature,science
,and learning.
ex: Science took a new and different
turn in the Renaissance.
-a faction is an
organized group of people within a larger group,which opposes
some of the ideas
of the larger group and fights for its own ideas.
ex: A peace
agreement will be signed by the leaders of the country’s warring factions.
18.
melancholy (adj.) [ˋmɛlən, kɑlɪ]
-you describe
something that you see or hear as melancholy when it gives you
an intense
feeling of sadness.
ex: The only sounds were the
distant,melancholy cries of the sheep.
19.
bondage (n.) [ˋbɑndɪdʒ]
-bondage is the
condition of being someone’s property and having to
work for them.
ex: Masters sometimes allowed their slaves to buy their way
out of bondage.
20.
prophet (n.) [ˋprɑfɪt]
-a prophet is person who is believed to be chosen by God to
say the things
that God want to tell people.
ex: The pity is that you are not a prophet.
21.
refined (adj.) [rɪˋfaɪnd]
-if you describe a
machine or a process as refined, you mean that it has
been carefully developed and is therefore very
efficient or elegant.
ex: This technique is becoming more
refined and more acceptable all
the time.
22.
anonymous (adj.) [əˋnɑnəməs]
-if you remain anonymous
when you do something, you do not let people
know that you were the person who did it.
ex: You can remain anonymous if you wish.
23.
canonical (adj.) [kəˋnɑnɪk!]
-if something has
canonical status,it’s accepted as having all the qualities
that a thing of its kind should have.
ex: These canonical forms have to existence except in our
imagination.
24.
revolt (v.) [ rɪˋvolt]
-when people revolt against someone or
something,they reject the authority
ex: In 1978 California
-a
revolt is an illegal and often violent attempt by a group of people to
change their country’s political system.
ex; It was undeniably a revolt by ordinary people against their leaders.
25.
codify (vt.) [ˋkɑdə, faɪ]
-if you codify a set
of rules,you define them or present them in a clear
and ordered way.
ex; The latest draft of the agreement
codifies the panel’s decision.
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