IELTS Flashcards
Cumulative
Simple Definition of cumulative
: increasing or becoming better or worse over time through a series of additions
: including or adding together all of the things that came before
Examples of cumulative
… Game Boy, which first came out in 1989 as a monochrome handheld toy, has become the most successful of all of the systems, reaching cumulative sales of 110 million units to date … —N’gai Croal, Newsweek, 28 May 2001
ratchet
cause something to rise (or fall) as a step in what is perceived as a steady and irreversible process.
twig
1
: a small shoot or branch usually without its leaves
2
: a minute branch of a nerve or artery
Prickly
Simple Definition of prickly Popularity: Bottom 50% of words \: having many sharp points \: caused or seeming to be caused by something that has many small, sharp points \: causing a prickly feeling on your skin
Hook
крюк
Pandanus
Похожее на пальму
Beak
клюв
Handedness
the tendency to use either the right or the left hand more naturally than the other.
Invertebrate
беспозвоночное животное
invertebrate
бесхарактерный человек
man of no character, doormat, jellyfish, milksop, nincom, invertebrate
Ample
Simple Definition of ample
Popularity: Top 30% of words
: having or providing enough or more than enough of what is needed
Fidelity
faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support.
имя существительное верность точность преданность лояльность правильность
Serrated
зазубренный
Lorry
Грузовик
Impose
Навязывать
Externality
a thing that is not known, named, or specified
: a person or thing that is important or worth noticing
: an amount that is more than a specified number
