2Reading2 Vocabulary4

Question 1

aggressive

Answer 1

-very severe

Question 2

alarmed

Answer 2

• feeling sudden anxiety and fear, especially that something very bad or dangerous might happen
• > beängstigt, alarmiert

Question 3

ascertain

Answer 3

• to discover a fact; to make certain

- >ermitteln, feststellen

Question 4

clinical

Answer 4

• relating to examining and treating someone who is ill

- >klinisch

Question 5

cross one’s fingers

Answer 5

• to hope very much that something will happen

- >die Finger kreuzen

Question 6

deteriorate

Answer 6

• to become worse

- >sich verschlechtern, verfallen

Question 7

elated

Answer 7

• extremely happy and excited, often because something has happened or has been achieved
• > begeistert, freudig erregt

Question 8

fatigue

Answer 8

• condition of being extremely tired

- >ermüden, erschöpfen

Question 9

for good

Answer 9

• permanently

- >für immer

Question 10

implication

Answer 10

• a suggestion of something that is made without saying it directly
• > Bedeutung, Auswirkung

Question 11

invasive

Answer 11

-tending to spread in an uncontrollable way

Question 12

ironically

Answer 12

-in a way that is different or opposite from the result you would expect

Question 13

opt for

Answer 13

• to make a choice, especially for one thing or possibility in preference to any others
• > entscheide dich für

Question 14

outlook

Answer 14

• the likely future situation

- >Aussicht (Zukunftsaussicht)

Question 15

overwhelmingly

Answer 15

• very greatly or strongly

- >überwältigend

Question 16

pioneering

Answer 16

• being the first to do or use a particular new idea

- >wegweisend, bahnbrechend

Question 17

radical

Answer 17

• causing or being an example of great change; extreme

- >umwälzend

Question 18

rally

Answer 18

• to return or bring to a better condition; to improve or cause to succeed
• > sich erholen, versammeln

Question 19

recurrence

Answer 19

• the act go something happening again or happening many times
• > Wiederholung, Wiederkehr

Question 20

relapse

Answer 20

• the return to a previous bad condition or worse way of life after making an improvement
• > Rückfall, Rückschlag

Question 21

to no avail

Answer 21

• without any success or any effect

- >umsonst, ohne positives Resultat

Question 22

undergo

Answer 22

• to experience something that is unpleasant or has a strong effect
• > unterziehen, erfahren, durchmachen

Question 23

uniformly

Answer 23

• being the same; not varying or different in any way

- >einheitlich, gleichmäßig

Question 24

utmost

Answer 24

• greatest or most

- >höchste, äußerste

Question 25

yield

Answer 25

• to supply or produce something positive such as information, a profit, or an amount of food
• > ergeben, abliefern, abwerfen/ Ausbeute