Session 2. Vocab

Question 1

Shallow

Answer 1

Not very deep. (Also used to describe someone not capable of serious thinking)

Question 2

Dramatic

Answer 2

Relating to drama / exciting or impressive

Question 3

Expose

Answer 3

To make something visible by uncovering it

Question 4

Annual

Answer 4

Yearly

Question 5

Exhausted

Answer 5

Describes when something has run out / very tired

Question 6

Occurrence

Answer 6

Something that has happened (“an occurrence”)

Question 7

Impetus

Answer 7

Something that makes an activity happen (or happen more quickly)

Question 8

Domestic

Answer 8

Relating to the home

Question 9

Consumption

Answer 9

Using up

Question 10

Expand

Answer 10

Getting bigger

Question 11

Excavation

Answer 11

Digging up

Question 12

Key

Answer 12

Important

Question 13

Closure

Answer 13

noun form of closing (“a closure”)

Question 14

Shaft

Answer 14

A long, narrow hole, or the long narrow part of a tool (e.g. of an arrow)

Question 15

Economic

Answer 15

Cheaper, or making more money (adjective)

Question 16

(be in) operation

Answer 16

Being used / working (e.g. a factory being in operation)

Question 17

Export

Answer 17

Sending things (goods) out of a country

Question 18

Production

Answer 18

Making

Question 19

Shore

Answer 19

The strip of land along the edge of the sea, or a lake (or other body of water)

Question 20

Import

Answer 20

Bringing things (goods) into a country

Question 21

Decline

Answer 21

Reduce