sec3 Flashcards
abstract
SYN theoretical
based on general ideas or principles rather than specific examples or real events
1) the ability to translate abstract ideas into words
2) By the age of seven, children are capable of thinking in abstract terms.
3) Human beings are the only creatures capable of abstract thought
untidy
SYN messy
not neat
1) an untidy desk
2) untidy hair
3) Her clothes were in an untidy heap on the floor.
immunity
the state or right of being protected from particular laws or from unpleasant things
immunity from
1)They were granted immunity from prosecution.
the state of being immune to a disease
immunity to
1)immunity to infection
immunity from
2)immunity from smallpox
—Babies fed on breast milk have more immunity to infection.