Test2 Reading1 Flashcards
Constituent
Component
Plastic is chemically engineered from the constituents of coil or oil.
Impetus
Motivation momentum
The impetus behind the development of these early plastics was …
Dwindling
Decrease
Diminish
Find acceptable substituents for dwindling supplies of luxury materials
Embark
Begin
He embarked on research into phenolic resins.
Amass
V
Gather
While Bakeland had been busily amassing dollars …
Malleable
چکش پذیری
شکل پذیری
Hollow
حفره
Mould
قالب
Disdain
اشمئزاز
Bakelands invention although treated with disdain in its early years…
Insulating
عایق
Electrical manufacturers seized on its insulating properties…
Relish
Enjoy
Consumers relished its dazzling array of shades
Dispise
feel contempt or a deep repugnance for.
“he despised himself for being selfish”
synonyms: detest, hate, loathe, abhor, abominate, execrate, regard with contempt
Fell from favour again and was despited and destroyed in vast quantities