TPO2 Flashcards

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Gill

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one of the organs on the sides of a fish through which it breathes
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Lung

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one of the two organs in your body that you breathe with:
• Smoking can cause lung cancer
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disguise

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hide, conceal
to change someone’s appearance so that people cannot recognize them:
• There’s no way you can disguise that southern accent.

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Affinity

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a close relationship between two things because of qualities or features that they share
• affinity with/between
• the affinity between Christian and Chinese concepts of the spirit

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dwell

Dwelt, dwelled

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populate, dwell, live, inhabit

• They dwelt in the forest.

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Limb

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an arm or leg

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embed

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implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant
• A piece of glass was embedded in her hand.
• Feelings of guilt are deeply embedded in her personality

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Precious

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Valuable
• We cannot afford to waste precious time.
• planes delivering precious supplies of medicine and food
• our planet’s precious resources

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detect

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detect, observe, find, discover, notice
• Many forms of cancer can be cured if detected early.
• Dan detected a change in her mood.

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expose

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expose, exhibit, display
• Potatoes turn green when exposed to light.
• The report revealed that workers had been exposed to high levels of radiation.

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vestige

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a small part or amount of something that remains when most of it no longer exists [= trace]
• vestige of
• The new law removed the last vestiges of royal power.
• 2 the smallest possible amount of a quality or feeling
• vestige of
• There’s not a vestige of truth in the story.

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Portion

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a part of something larger, especially a part that is different from the other parts
• portion of
• The front portion of the rocket breaks off.
• significant/substantial/major/good portion
• The main character’s childhood takes up a good portion of the film.

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rear

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the back part of an object, vehicle, or building, or a position at the back of an object or area [≠ front]
• a garden at the rear of the house
• a passenger travelling in the rear of a car

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Propulsion

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the force that drives a vehicle forward [↪ propel]

• research into liquid hydrogen as a means of propulsion

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approximately

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Adv
Nearly, almost
• The plane will be landing in approximately 20 minutes.
• How much do think it will cost, approximately?
Adj, approximate

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accelerate

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accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
• measures to accelerate the rate of economic growth
• The car accelerated smoothly away.

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runoff

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rain or other liquid that flows off the land into rivers

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deteriorate

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Decay, worsen
• Ethel’s health has deteriorated.
• America’s deteriorating economy

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arid

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Dry

• Water from the Great Lakes is pumped to arid regions.

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Delicate

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fragile,frail,vulnerable
• The sun can easily damage a child’s delicate skin.
• a delicate child
• her delicate features

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phenomenon

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  • Event
  • something that happens or exists in society, science, or nature, especially something that is studied because it is difficult to understand
  • phenomenon of
  • the growing phenomenon of telecommuting • Homelessness is not a new phenomenon.
  • Language is a social and cultural phenomenon.
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diminish

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  • decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
  • These drugs diminish blood flow to the brain.
  • But that’s not to diminish the importance of his discoveries.
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Cultivate

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  • crop, work,grow
  • The land was too rocky to cultivate.
  • We cultivated maize and watermelons
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graze

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crop, browse, graze, range, pasture
• Groups of cattle were grazing on the rich grass.
• fields where they used to graze their sheep

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irrigate

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water, irrigate

• The water in Lake Powell is used to irrigate the area.

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devoid of

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to be completely lacking in something:

• His face was devoid of any warmth or humour.

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susceptible

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Prone
likely to suffer from a particular illness or be affected by a particular problem [↪ immune]
• susceptible to
• Older people are more susceptible to infections.
• Soil on the mountain slopes is very susceptible to erosion.

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erosion

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the process by which rock or soil is gradually destroyed by wind, rain, or the sea:
• the problem of soil erosion
• the erosion of the coastline

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dominate

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master control, command
• The industry is dominated by five multinational companies.
• New Orleans dominated throughout the game.
• Her loud voice totally dominated the conversation.
• Education issues dominated the election campaign.

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trample

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to step heavily on something, so that you crush it with your feet
• trample on/over/through etc
• There was a small fence to stop people trampling on the flowers.
• trample somebody/something underfoot
• The children were in danger of being trampled underfoot in the crowd.

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pulverization

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to crush something into a powder:

• The seeds can be used whole or pulverized into flour.

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saline

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  • containing or consisting of salt:

* saline solution

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Sink

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  • sink, settle, go down, go under
  • Their motorboat struck a rock and began to sink.
  • The kids watched as the coin sank to the bottom of the pool.
  • The heavy guns sank up to their barrels in the mud.
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drain

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consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out • to make the water or liquid in something flow away:
• The swimming pool is drained and cleaned every winter.

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evaporate

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Vaporise
• if a liquid evaporates, or if heat evaporates it, it changes into a gas:
• Most of the water had evaporated.
• The sun evaporates moisture on the leaves.

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tremendous

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very big, fast, powerful etc:
• Suddenly, there was a tremendous bang, and the whole station shook.
• She was making a tremendous effort to appear calm.
• She praised her husband for the tremendous support he had given her.
• Sales have been tremendous so far this year.
• This plan could save us a tremendous amount of money.

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rigorous

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  • careful, thorough, and exact:
  • a rigorous analysis of defence needs
  • the rigorous standards required by the college
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Consume

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consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out • to use time, energy, goods etc [↪ consumption]:
• Only 27% of the paper we consume is recycled.
• A smaller vehicle will consume less fuel.

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Initial

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happening at the beginning [= first]:
 an initial investment of £5000 
initial stage/phase/period 
the initial stages of the disease 
The initial response has been encouraging.
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parlor

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Salon

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Legitimate

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fair or reasonable:
• That’s a perfectly legitimate question.
• Most scientists believe it is legitimate to use animals in medical research. • 2 acceptable or allowed by law:
• Their business operations are perfectly legitimate.
• a legitimate child is born to parents who are legally married to each other [≠ illegitimate]

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Spectacle

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1 a very impressive show or scene:
• a multimedia dance and opera spectacle
• 2 [usually singular] an unusual or interesting thing or situation that you see or notice - used especially in order to show disapproval:
• The trial was turned into a public spectacle.

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Spectator

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someone who is watching an event or game [↪ audience]:

• The match attracted over 40,000 spectators.

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Manipulation

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manipulate, keep in line, control
• software designed to store and manipulate data
• You can integrate text with graphics and manipulate graphic images.

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expand

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Enlarge
• Water expands as it freezes.
• The computer industry has expanded greatly over the last decade.

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minute, minuscule

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small,tiny