Session 2. Vocab Flashcards

1
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Shallow

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

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2
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Dramatic

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Relating to drama / exciting or impressive

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3
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Expose

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To make something visible by uncovering it

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4
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Annual

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Yearly

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5
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Exhausted

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Describes when something has run out / very tired

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6
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Occurrence

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Something that has happened (“an occurrence”)

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7
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Impetus

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

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8
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Domestic

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Relating to the home

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9
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Consumption

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Using up

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10
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Expand

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Getting bigger

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11
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Excavation

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Digging up

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12
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Key

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Important

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13
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Closure

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noun form of closing (“a closure”)

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14
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Shaft

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

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15
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Economic

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Cheaper, or making more money (adjective)

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16
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(be in) operation

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

17
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Export

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Sending things (goods) out of a country

18
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Production

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Making

19
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Shore

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

20
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Import

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Bringing things (goods) into a country

21
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Decline

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Reduce