2Reading3 Vocabulary4

Question 1

accelerate

Answer 1

-to make something happen faster or sooner

Question 2

charity

Answer 2

-an organization that gives money, food, or help

Question 3

connotation

Answer 3

-a feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basis meaning, or something suggested by an object or situation

Question 4

currency

Answer 4

• the money in use in a particular country

- >Währung

Question 5

cumbersome

Answer 5

• difficult to do or manage and taking a lot of time and effort
• > unhandlich, schwerfällig

Question 6

customize

Answer 6

• to make or change something according to a customer’s or user’s particular needs
• > anpassen, individualisieren

Question 7

demise

Answer 7

• the end of the operation or existence of something

- >Untergang, Abtretung

Question 8

displace

Answer 8

• to force something or someone out of its usual or original place
• > verdrängen, ersetzen, ablösen

Question 9

disruptive

Answer 9

• tending to damage the orderly control of a situation

- >störend

Question 10

embrace

Answer 10

• to accept something with great interest or enthusiasm

- >umarmen, annehmen

Question 11

erode

Answer 11

• to weaken or damage something by taking away parts of it gradually
• > aushöhlen

Question 12

integral

Answer 12

• necessary and important as a part of a whole, or contained within it
• > wesentlich, vollkommen

Question 13

obsolete

Answer 13

• no longer used or needed, usually because something newer and better has replaced it
• > überholt, veraltet

Question 14

preference

Answer 14

• the fact of liking or wanting one thing more than another

- >Vorliebe, Vorzug

Question 15

premise

Answer 15

• an idea or theory on which a statement or action is based

- >Voraussetzung

Question 16

recruit

Answer 16

• to persuade someone to become a new member of an organization
• > rekrutieren, werben

Question 17

subtle

Answer 17

• not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious; also, small but important
• > fein, raffiniert, zart

Question 18

thumb through

Answer 18

• to turn the pages of a book or magazine quickly and read only small parts
• > durchblättern, durchsehen

Question 19

underestimate

Answer 19

• to think that something is less or lower than it really is
• > unterschätzen

Question 20

utilize

Answer 20

• to make use of something

- >nutzen, verwenden

Question 21

give the noun and adjective forms of the verbs: accelerate, disrupt, erode, prefer, underestimate

Answer 21

• …, acceleration, accelerate
• disruptive, disruption, disrupt
• …, erosion, erode
• preferable, preference, prefer
• …, underestimation, underestimate