UN's sustainable development goals

Question 1

sustainable (a)

Answer 1

1/ able to continue over a period of time
That sort of extreme diet is not sustainable over a long period.

2/ causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time
A large international meeting was held with the aim of promoting sustainable development in all countries.

Question 2

blueprint (n)

Answer 2

1/ a photographic copy of an early plan for a building or machine

2/ an early plan or design that explains how something might be achieved

Question 3

degradation (n)

Answer 3

the process in which the beauty or quality of something is destroyed or spoiled

enviroment degradation

Question 4

prosperity (n)

Answer 4

the state of being successful and having a lot of money

A country’s future prosperity depends, to an extent, upon the quality of education of its people.

Question 5

interconnect (v)

Answer 5

(of two or more things) to connect with or be related to each other

The problems of poverty and unemployment are all interconnected.

Question 6

manifestation (n)

Answer 6

a sign of something existing or happening

She claimed that the rise in unemployment was just a further manifestation of the government’s incompetence.

Question 7

malnutrition (n)

Answer 7

​physical weakness and bad health caused by having too little food, or too little of the types of food necessary for good health

Many of the refugees are suffering from severe malnutrition.

Question 8

impoverished (a)

Answer 8

very poor

an impoverished young actor

Question 9

fundamental (a)

Answer 9

forming the base, from which everything else develops

We need to make fundamental changes to the way in which we treat our environment.

Question 10

eradicate (v)

Answer 10

to get rid of something completely or destroy something bad

The government claims to be doing all it can to eradicate corruption.