A2 Week 7-Vocabulary Set 1

Question 1

ABSTRACT

Answer 1

An ABSTRACT idea is one that is based on general ideas rather than on real events or specific examples. (adjective)

To be understood, it is better to speak plainly and avoid ABSTRACT words.

Question 2

ARBITRARY

Answer 2

Something ARBITRARY is decided without any clear reason or plan, often unfairly. (adjective)

The policy decision was ARBITRARY and was not based on real data.

Question 3

BINARY

Answer 3

BINARY means something that is made up of two parts. (adjective)

“Due to the two-party system, voters are frequently faced with a BINARY choice between two unsatisfactory candidates.”

Question 4

BURDEN

Answer 4

A BURDEN is a responsibility that is difficult or worrying. (noun)

Higher taxes are a BURDEN on young working families.

Question 5

COGNITIVE

Answer 5

COGNITIVE means related to the process of learning or understanding something. (adjective)

Does COGNITIVE ability really decline as we become older and, if so, by how much?

Question 6

COHERENT

Answer 6

Something COHERENT is well-planned, clear, and reasonable. (adjective)

He got drunk last night and could not give a COHERENT explanation why he arrived home wearing only one shoe.

Question 7

DECLARE

Answer 7

DECLARE means to state openly and clearly that something is true. (verb)

After the Tsunami hit Sendai City, a state of emergency was DECLARED.

Question 8

DEDICATE

Answer 8

DEDICATE means to give all of your effort to something.

After gaining over 10 kg during the summer, the man DEDICATED himself to exercising more often.

Question 9

ELABORATE

Answer 9

Something ELABORATE has lots of details or small parts that are put together in a complex way.

The hall was decorated with ELABORATE paintings of many colors on its walls.

Question 10

ELIGIBLE

Answer 10

Someone who is ELIGIBLE to do something is qualified or able to do it due it. (adjective)

You must be at least 21 years old in order to be ELIGIBLE to drink alcohol in the United States.

Question 11

LEGACY

Answer 11

A LEGACY is something that is passed down as a result of something or someone in the past. (noun)

The LEGACY of slavery is continuing racial inequality in our society.

Question 12

LEGISLATION

Answer 12

The act or process of making laws is called LEGISLATION. (noun)

The new LEGISLATION protects women’s rights.

Question 13

MODIFICATION

Answer 13

MODIFICATION is a small change to something such as a design, plan, or system. (noun)

The plan could not be completed without MODIFICATION.

Question 14

NOTABLY

Answer 14

NOTABLY is used to specify a typical example of something. (adverb)

Some early doctors, NOTABLY Hippocrates, thought that diet and hygiene were important.

Question 15

NEGLECT

Answer 15

If you NEGLECT someone or something, you fail to look after them properly. (verb)

He NEGLECTED to water is garden and so all of his plants died in the summer heat.

Question 16

OBLIGATION

Answer 16

An OBLIGATION is a moral or legal duty to do something. (noun)

Parents are under a legal OBLIGATION to educate their children.

Question 17

OBSCURE

Answer 17

Something OBSCURE is not very well known. (adjective)

The details of the contract were written in OBSCURE legal language.

Question 18

PREDOMINANTLY

Answer 18

PREDOMINANTLY refers to a feature or quality that is most noticeable.

The walls of the new house were PREDOMINANTLY white.

Question 19

PREJUDICE

Answer 19

PREJUDICE is an unreasonable dislike of people who are different from you in some way such as race, gender, or religion.

Women continue to face PREJUDICE in the workplace.

Question 20

QUANTITATIVE

Answer 20

QUANTITATIVE refers to considerations of different size or amounts of things. (adjective)

The researchers found QUANTITATIVE differences in the students’ language ability.

Question 21

QUOTE

Answer 21

To QUOTE someone means to repeat exactly what they have written or said. (verb)

The reporter QUOTED the mayor’s speech in her article.

Question 22

RECIPIENT

Answer 22

A RECIPIENT is a person who receives something. (noun)

The RECIPIENT of the best actor award thanked the movie’s director.

Question 23

RESIDENCE

Answer 23

A RESIDENCE is the place where people live.

The American President’s RESIDENCE is the White House.

Question 24

SCENARIO

Answer 24

A SCENARIO is a situation that could possibly happen. (noun)

Under the most likely SCENARIO, inflation will continue to rise.

Question 25

SEQUENCE

Answer 25

The order that something happens is a SEQUENCE. (noun)

The dance has a a SEQUENCE of difficult steps

Question 26

TENDENCY

Answer 26

A TENDENCY is an action or behavior that repeats. (noun)

The baseball player has a TENDENCY to hit the ball on the ground.

Question 27

THRESHOLD

Answer 27

THRESHOLD is a level or point at which something will happen or stop happening. (noun)

If the temperature rises above a particular THRESHOLD, a warning light will come on and the motor will stop.