1. amateur (n.)
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An amateur is someone who
does something as a hobby and not as a job.
Ex:
Taylor began his playing career as an amateur goalkeeper.
2. perennial (adj.)
- You use perennial to
describe situations or states that keep occurring
or which seem to exist all the time; used
especially to describe problems or difficulties.
Ex:
There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science
qualifications.
3. transgression (n.)
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an act of transgressing; violation of a law,
command, etc.
Ex:
The ways that I could think of
involved transgression of the law.
4. phoneme (n.)
- A phoneme is
the smallest unit of sound that is significant in a
language.
Ex: Allophone is a phonetic variant of a phoneme.
5. phonograph (n.)
- A phonograph is
a record player.
Ex:
Put a record on the phonograph and
let's have some music.
6. mortality (n.)
- The mortality in
a particular place or situation is the number of people who die.
Ex:
Mortality among immigrant groups was higher than
average.
7. repository (n.)
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A repository is a place where something is kept
safely.
Ex:
A church in Moscow became a repository for police files.
8. capital (n.)
- capital is a large sum of money which
you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more
money.
Ex:
A large amount of capital is invested in all these branches.
9. captain (n.)
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The captain of an airplane is the pilot in charge of it.
Ex:
The captain gave the order
to abandon ship.
10. diameter (n.)
- The diameter of
a round object is the length of a straight line that can be drawn across it,
passing through the middle of it.
Ex: The circle has a diameter of
6 inches.
11.
diastolic (adj.)
- of or relating to a diastole or happening during a
diastole
Ex: Both systolic and diastolic pressures
are recorded.
12. mediocre (adj.)
- If you describe something as mediocre, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it
should be better.
Ex: I thought the play was only mediocre.
13.
heteronym (n.)
- two words are heteronyms if they are
spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
Ex:
The word "bow" is an example of
a heteronym.
14.
homochromatic (adj.)
- (of light or other electromagnetic
radiation) having only one wavelength;
Ex:
Thanks to that,
they do not look so homochromatic.
15.
parental (adj.)
- parental is used to describe something that relates to
parents in general, or to one or both of the parents of a particular child.
Ex: Parental attitudes vary widely.
16. annuity (n.)
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An annuity is an investment or insurance policy that pays
someone a fixed sum of money each year.
Ex:
He has a government annuity or
an annuity from the government.
17. gradient (n.)
- A gradient is a slope, or the degree to which the ground
slopes.
Ex:
The car slid down the steep gradient into
the river.
18. cacophony(n.)
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You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture
of sounds as a cacophony.
Ex:
All around was bubbling
a cacophony of voices.
19. moribund (adj.)
-
If you describe something as moribund, you mean that it is in a
very bad condition.
Ex:
The British music scene is nostalgic,
decrepit and moribund.
20.
composure (n.)
- Composure is the appearance or feeling of
calm and the ability to control your feelings.
Ex: He showed great composure in
difficult situations.
21. capricious (adj.)
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Someone who is capricious often changes his or her mind unexpectedly.
Ex: We can't go camping while the weather is so capricious.
22. diaphanous (adj.)
- diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost
transparent.
Ex:
She was wearing a dress of diaphanous silk.
23. bland(adj.)
-
If you describe someone or something
as bland, you mean that
they are rather dull and unexciting.
Ex: It sounds
like an advert: easy on the ear but bland and
forgettable.
24. heterogeneous (adj.)
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A heterogeneous group consists of many different types of
things or people.
Ex:
America has a very heterogeneous population.
25.
harmonize(v.)
-
If two or more things harmonize with each other, they
fit in well with each other.
Ex:
The colors do not seem to harmonize with
each other at all.
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