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©Prasto Wardoyo/Reuters via CNN Vocabulary: I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me. escalating /EH-skuh-lay-ting/ [adjective] – increasing in price, amount, rate, etc. The police are struggling to contain the escalating number of crimes in the area. prosperity /pro-SPER-i-tee/ [noun] – the state of being successful and having a lot of money I wish you a life of prosperity and happiness. revere /ri-VEER/ [verb] – to greatly respect and admire someone or something The students revere Professor Brown for his outstanding teaching skills. archipelago /ahr-kuh-PEL-uh-goh/ [noun] – a group of small islands or an area of sea in which there are many small islands Okinawa…
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Vocabulary: I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me. overloaded /oh-ver-KOHD-id/ [adjective] – having or supplied with too much of something The plane was so overloaded it couldn’t leave the ground. lorry /LAWR-ee/ [adjectve] – relating to a truck The accident was clearly the lorry driver’s mistake. closure /KLOH-zher/ [noun] – the fact of a business, organization, etc. stopping operating The closure of the mine was the single most important factor in the town’s decline. quayside /KEE-sahyd/ [noun] – the edge of a quay, near the water The ship settled on the quayside. premium /PREE-mee-uhm/ [adjective] – an amount that is more than usual The…
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©Getty Images Vocabulary: I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me. march /mahrch/ [noun] – an event in which a large number of people walk through a public place to express their support for something, or their disagreement with or disapproval of something The march was a symbolic gesture of anger at the newly appointed government official. movement /MOOV-muhnt/ [noun] – a group of people with a particular set of aims or ideas They cooperated in the movement to raise cancer awareness. sacrifice /SAK-ruh-fahys/ [verb] – to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person She had to sacrifice…
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©University of Aberdeen via BBC Vocabulary: I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me. ice stupa /ahys STOO-puh/ [noun] – a form of glacier grafting technique that creates artificial glaciers used for storing winter water Some towns are using ice stupas to increase their water supply. arid /AR-id/ [adjective] – very dry and without enough rain for plants The Atacama Desert is the aridest place in the world. wastewater /WEYST-waw-ter/ [adjective] – water that is not clean because it has already been used in homes, businesses, factories, etc. The golf course management uses wastewater to irrigate the grass. sub-zero /suhb-ZEER-oh/ [adjective] – temperatures below zero…
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Vocabulary: I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me. hydrogen /HAHY-druh-juhn / [noun] – a chemical element that is the lightest gas, has no color, taste, or smell, and combines with oxygen to form water Hydrogen combines chemically with oxygen to form water. emission /ih-MISH-uhn/ [noun] – the act of sending out gas, heat, light, etc. Carbon dioxide emissions, for example, should be kept at their current levels. subsidy /SUHB-si-dee/ [noun] – money given as part of the cost of something, to help or encourage it to happen The subsidy for company cars is to be phased out next year. consultation /kon-suhl-TEY-shuhn/ [noun] – a…
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Vocabulary: I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me. left-wing /left wing/ [adjective] – (politics) relating to the belief that wealth and power should be shared between all parts of society Some say that artistic people tend to have left-wing views. channel /CHAN-l/ [verb] – to direct something into a particular place or situation The funds were channeled into further research on space travel. windfall /WIND-fawl/ [noun] – an amount of money that you receive unexpectedly The school used the windfall funds to purchase new computers. cap /kap/ [noun] – a limit on the amount of money that can be charged or spent in connection…
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Vocabulary: I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me. assign /uh-SAHYN/ [verb] – to give a particular job or piece of work to someone The task has been assigned to the senior employee. space shuttle /speys SHUHT-l/ [noun] – a vehicle in which people travel into space and back again, sometimes carrying a satellite or other equipment into orbit (= a curved path through space) The space shuttle has reentered the Earth’s atmosphere. stable /STEY-buhl/ [adjective] – firmly fixed or not likely to move or change Make sure the tripod is stable. swap /swop/ [verb] – to exchange one thing for another Can we swap…
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Vocabulary: I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me. confer /kuhn-FUR/ [verb] – to give an honor, official title, or ability to someone The country is conferred the largest in Asia. evolve /ih-VOLV/ [verb] – to develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually Televisions continue to evolve into digital ones capable of showing several pictures simultaneously. progress /pruh-GRES/ [verb] – to continue gradually Please consult with your doctor immediately if the symptoms progress. criterion /krahy-TEER-ee-uhn/ [noun] – a standard by which you judge, decide about, or deal with something The organization has prepared certain criteria for the national competition. urge /urj/…
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©CNN Vocabulary: I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me. scarce /skairs/ [adjective] – not easy to find or get Medical supplies have been growing scarce for the past six months. saline /SEY-leen/ [adjective] – containing or consisting of salt Normal saline should be used to restore any fluid losses. biofuel /BAHY-oh-fyoo-uhl/ [noun] – a fuel that is made from living things or their waste and is less harmful to the environment than other types of fuel The most promising technologies include biofuels and wind energy. consulting /kuhn-SUHL-ting/ [noun] – the activity or business of giving expert advice about a particular subject The city government…
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