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5. WORD LIST
Acknowledge
Annex
Cognitive
Concurrent
Desperate
Embargo
Exotic
Flora
Hygiene
Inherent
Levy
Martial
Motto
Parish
Prominent
Sheer
Velocity

6. ACKNOWLEDGE
VERB: declare to be true or admit the existence or
reality of truth of
SYNONYM: admit
“I lowered my head quickly, as if to acknowledge
the truth spoken by the old woman Khadija when
she heard of my decision to travel to London.”

7. ANNEX
NOUN: an addition that extends a main building
SYNONYMS: extension, wing
“He had been working for the Cyrenians at an
annex to the Simon House Hostel for the
Homeless in Rectory Road Oxford.”

8. COGNITIVE
ADJECTIVE: of or being or relating to or involving
thought or mental activity
“Finally, I want to move from cognitive models
of word recognition to cognitive models of
face recognition.”

9. CONCURRENT
ADJECTIVE: occurring or operating at the same time
SYNONYMS: coinciding, simultaneous
“A further source of friction and confusion is found
where authorities have concurrent powers; that
is, an equal share in providing services.”

10. DESPERATE
ADJECTIVE: showing extreme urgency or
intensity, especially because of great need or
desire
“No wonder she’d been desperate to have
contact with the Foundling hospital.”

11. EMBARGO
NOUN: a government order imposing a trade
barrier
SYNONYM: trade stoppage
“Rabies had reached southern Finland and there
was an embargo on cross-border dog
movements.”

12. EXOTIC
ADJECTIVE: from or characteristic of another
place or part of the world
“Win a holiday to exotic Thailand!”

13. FLORA
NOUN: all the plant life in a particular region or period
SYNONYMS: vegetation, botany
“For example, the density and diversity of ground flora
will vary according to the rotation cycle and the tree
species which comprise the canopy.”

14. HYGIENE
NOUN: a condition promoting sanitary practices
“Hygiene becomes a matter of social distinction:
polite people always wear clean linen.”

15. INHERENT
ADJECTIVE: existing as an essential constituent or
characteristic
SYNONYMS: built-in, integral
“Since there are some fifty thousand genes in each
chromosome, you can imagine the difficulty inherent
in recognizing differences in such microscopic
structures.”

16. LEVY
NOUN: a charge imposed and collected
“The introduction of a levy on milk producers 12
years ago was supposed to end dairy
surpluses: ‘A new start for the CAP’, said a
European Commission document at the time.”

17. MARTIAL
ADJECTIVE: suggesting war or military life
SYNONYM: warlike
“There will be no massacre; there will be no
martial law.”

18. MOTTO
NOUN: a favourite or emblematic saying of a person
or group
SYNONYMS: slogan, catchword
“’If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail’, might be
his motto.”

19. PARISH
NOUN: a local church community
“During his years as a farmer in Frensham, Mr. Abbott
had been vice-chairman of the parish council and
was closely involved in the sports clubs.”

20. PROMINENT
ADJECTIVE: important or noticeable
SYNONYMS: outstanding, salient, spectacular, striking
“On moving to Kent, Wedd began to explore the
countryside and kept coming across trees occupying
prominent positions on or near hilltops.”

21. SHEER
ADJECTIVE: complete and without restriction or
qualification
SYNONYMS: absolute, downright
“The father says: ‘It was just sheer luck that that
was a toad, not a nuclear train.’”

22. VELOCITY
NOUN: distance travelled per unit of time
SYNONYM: speed
“Both of these velocities are greater than the speed
of a real cannonball, but they are much smaller
than the velocity of light, which is 186,000 miles
a second.”

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