Barrons Lesson 3 Flashcards
Tradition
Beliefs, opinions, and customs handed down from one generation to another
Rural
In the country (landelijk)
Burden
What is carried; a load (last, vracht)
Campus
Ground of college, university, or school
Majority
The large number; great part; more than half
Assemble
Gather together; bring together
Explore
Go over carefully; look into closely; examine
Topic
Subject that people think, write or talk about
Debate
A discussion in which reasons for and against something are bought out
Evade
Get away from by trickery or cleverness (ontwijken)
Probe
Search into; examine thoroughly; investigate (onderzoeken)
Reform
Make better; improve by removing faults (verbeteren)
Approach
Come near or nearer to
Detect
Find out; discover
Defect
Fault; that which is wrong