Collins Writing Unit 1 - 2

Question 1

Compliant (adj)

Answer 1

• If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do.

Question 2

Compliance (n)

Answer 2

• Compliance with something, for example a law, treaty, or agreement means doing what you are required or expected to do.
• The company says it is in full compliance with U.S. labor laws.

Question 3

intervene (v)

Answer 3

• If you intervene in a situation, you become involved in it and try to change it.

Question 4

interfere (v)

Answer 4

• If you say that someone interferes in a situation, you mean they get involved in it although it does not concern them and their involvement is not wanted.

Question 5

Acquisition (n)

Answer 5

• If a company or business person makes an acquisition, they buy another company or part of a company.
• the acquisition of a profitable paper recycling company.

Question 6

attain (v)

Answer 6

• If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.

Question 7

Attainment (n)

Answer 7

• The attainment of an aim is the achieving of it.

Question 8

Devote (v)

Answer 8

• If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.

Question 9

Evaluate (v)

Answer 9

• If you evaluate something or someone, you consider them in order to make a judgment about them, for example about how good or bad they are.

Question 10

Excess (n)

Answer 10

• An excess of something is a larger amount than is needed, allowed, or usual.

Question 11

Excessive (adj)

Answer 11

• If you describe the amount or level of something as excessive, you disapprove of it because it is more or higher than is necessary or reasonable.

Question 12

Oppress (v)
Oppressive (adj)

Answer 12

• To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others.

Question 13

Feasible (adj)

Answer 13

• If something is feasible, it can be done, made, or achieved.
  Synonyms: Practical, reasonable

Question 14

disproportionate (adj)

Answer 14

• too large or too small in comparison with something else.
  نامتناسب

Question 15

Educational setting

Answer 15

Educational institution

Question 16

Different (n)

Answer 16

Synonyms: Dissimilar, Divergent, Disparate, Non-identical

Question 17

Contradictory vs Contrary

Answer 17

Contradictory is related to the verb contradict, which means to say or do the opposite, and contrary, which means to take an opposite view.

Question 18

Upward trend verbs

Answer 18

rise, jump, grow, climb, go up, increase, peak, surge, soar, rocket, recover, ascent, escalate, improve

Question 19

Downward trend verbs

Answer 19

to fall, to decrease, to decline, to drop, to reduce, to plunge ,to plummet

Question 20

Horizontal trend verbs

Answer 20

to stabilize, to maintain stable, to keep, to even out, to flatten out, to remain steady, to plateau, to stay constant,

Question 21

Thereafter (adverb)

Answer 21

Then, Afterwards, followed that, subsequently

Question 22

Preservatives (n)

Answer 22

مواد نگهدارنده

Question 23

fortify (v)

Answer 23

synonyms: Amplify, enrich

Question 24

Prospect (n)
Prospective (adj)
prospectively (adv)

Answer 24

جشم انداز
آینده نگر futuristic
with consideration or preparation for the future

Question 25

Approach (v)

Answer 25

• proceed towards
• advance towards