Senior Video Vocab

Question 1

Crisis
cri‧sis /ˈkraɪses/

Plural: Crises /ˈkraɪsiz/

Answer 1

a situation in which there are a lot of problems that must be dealt with quickly so that the situation does not get worse or more dangerous

an economic/political/financial etc crisis
a worsening/deepening crisis
crisis management

Question 2

abuse

a‧buse /əˈbjuːz/ verb

Answer 2

cruel or violent treatment of someone
People who have been abused as children often experience a scenes of worthlessness
Williams abused his position as mayor to give jobs to his friends.

Question 3

worthless

Answer 3

something that is worthless has no value, importance, or use OPP valuable

Question 4

release

re‧lease1 /rɪˈliːs/

Answer 4

to let someone go free, after having kept them somewhere
to let news or official information be known and printed SYN publish

release something into something
ex: Oil was released into the sea.

release somebody from something
ex: Williams asked to be released from her contract.
He was released from the hospital yesterday.
The hostages were released unharmed.