Chapter3 Flashcards
ambition
a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.
~ It is my ambition to become a successful actress .
Clinic
a place or hospital department where outpatients are given medical treatment or advice, especially of a specialist nature.
~ I will have my own clinic.
Conservation
Keep
~ i hope all people help other to conserve the green word.
Dictate
an order or principle that must be obeyed.
~ I could dictate the words to you
Dispute
A disagreement, argument, or debate.
~For every adventurer and striver who settled the New World there was a disputant .
Divorce
Legal end of a marriage.
~ She divorce from her first husband.
Drugstore
a pharmacy that also sells toiletries and other articles.
~CVS is a famous drugstore in Morgantown.
Engagement
a formal agreement to get married.
~ Their engagement was announced on July 10
Flourish
To develop well and be successful.
~ The effective advertisement helped the new store to flourish.
Foster
encourage or promote the development of
~ Volunteers post their offers of foster care for displaced pets
Founded
Based upon something
~ Eton College was founded by Henry VI in 1440
Outlook
your general attitude to life and the world
Ex. He’s got a good outlook on life.
Planet
a very large round object in space that moves around the sun or another star.
Ex. the future of Planet Earth
Pollution
the process of making air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use, or the state of being dangerously dirty:
Ex. He has a plan to reduce pollution
Persevere
to save something or someone from being harmed or destroyed
Ex. We must encourage the planting of new trees and preserve our existing woodlands.
Priority
the thing that you think is most important and that needs attention before anything else:
The club’s priority is to win the League.
Prosperity
people have money and everything that is needed for a good life:
a time of economic prosperity
Pursue
to chase or follow someone or something, in order to catch them, attack them
~Briggs ran across the field with one officer pursuing him.
Relevant
directly relating to the subject or problem being discussed or considered
~We received all the relevant information.
Spoil
to give a child everything they want, or let them do whatever they want, often with the result that they behave badly.
~she’s an only child, but they didn’t really spoil her.
Vastly
Very much
~ This book is vastly superior to his last one.
Vice
criminal activities that involve sex or drugs.
~The police have smashed a vice in Chicago.
Rural
Relating to the country
~ farming is the most common job in rural areas.
Tackle
To deal with a difficult problem
~ he decided to tackle his weight
