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Unit 3 Flashcards

Vocabulary

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Commercial (adj)

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related to making money by buying and selling things

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Adjust (v)

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to change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable to become more familiar with a new situation

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Biofuel (n)

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a fuel that is made from living things or their waste and is less harmful to the environment than other types of fuel

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Bomb (n)

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a weapon that explodes and is used to kill or hurt people or to damage buildings

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Boost (v)

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“to increase or improve something
an occasion when something is improved or increased”

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Colony (n)

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“a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often far away
a group of people with a shared interest or job who live together in a way that is separate from other people”

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Committee (n)

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a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information for it

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Consume (v)

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to use fuel, energy, time, or a product, especially in large amounts to eat or drink something

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Density (n)

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the number of people or things in a place when compared with the size of the place the relationship between the mass of a substance and its size

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Dissappointed (adj)

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unhappy because someone or something was not as good as you hoped or expected, or because something did not happen

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Dud (n)

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something that has no value or that does not work not working or not having any value

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Economist (n)

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a person who studies or has a special knowledge of economics

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Expectancy (n)

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the feeling that something exciting or pleasant is going to happen

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Famine (n)

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“an extreme lack of food in a region, causing suffering and death
a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happens”

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Fee (n)

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an amount of money paid for a particular piece of work or for a particular right or service

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Hopeful (adj)

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having hope or causing you to hope; believing or causing you to believe that something desired will happen

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Lazy (adj)

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not willing or not wanting to work or use effort to do something

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Mankind (n)

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the whole of the human race, including both men and women

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Nanotechnology (n)

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an area of science that deals with developing and producing extremely small tools and machines by controlling the arran gement of separate atoms

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Optimism (n)

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the quality of being full of hope and emphasizing the good parts of a situation, or a belief that something good will happen

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Overpopulation (n)

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the fact of a country or city, etc. having too many people for the amount of food, materials, and space available there

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Sincere (adj)

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(of a person, feelings, or behaviour) not pretending or lying; honest

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Specific (adj)

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relating to one thing and not others; particular clear and exact

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Starve (v)

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to (cause someone to) become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat

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Wartime (n)

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a period of time during which a war is being fought

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Absorb (v)

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“to take something in, especially gradually
to understand facts or ideas completely and remember them”

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ATM (n)

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Automated Teller Machine: a machine, usually in a wall outside a bank, shop, etc. from which you can take money out of your bank account using a special card

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Augment (v)

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to increase the size or value of something by adding something to it

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Enourmously (adv)

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extremely or very much

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Etch (v)

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to cut a pattern, picture, etc. into a smooth surface, especially on metal or glass, using acid or a sharp instrument

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Float (v)

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to stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink

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Generate (v)

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to cause something to exist

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Inconspicious (Adj)

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not easily or quickly noticed or seen, or not attracting attention

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Interface (n)

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a connection between two pieces of electronic equipment, or between a person and a computer a situation, way, or place where two things come together and affect each other

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Marine (n)

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related to the sea or sea transport

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Overload (v)

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“to put too many things in or on something
to give someone more work or problems than they can deal with”

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Project (v)

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to calculate an amount or number expected in the future from information already known to throw or direct something forwards, with force

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Reality (n)

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the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be

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Sophisticated (adj)

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having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion intelligent or made in a complicated way and therefore able to do complicated tasks

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Superimpose (v)

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to put especially a picture, words, etc. on top of something else, especially another picture, words, etc., so that what is in the lower position can still be seen, heard, etc.

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Transcript (n)

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“an exact written copy of something
a complete written copy of spoken or written words”

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Unfamiliar (adj)

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to not have any knowledge or experience of something

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user-friendly (adj)

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easy for people to work with

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virtual (adj)

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“created by computer technology and appearing to exist but
not existing in the physical world almost a particular thing or quality”

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Wraparound (adj)

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“(a piece of clothing that is) made so that it can be tied around the body
(used to describe) something that curves around in one continuous piece”

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Capability (n)

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the ability or power to do something

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Deploy (v)

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to use something or someone, especially in an effective way

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Emission (n)

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the act of sending out gas, heat, light, etc.

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Empower (v)

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to give someone official authority or the freedom to do something

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Fleet (n)

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a group of ships, or all of the ships in a country’s navy

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Harness (v)

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to collect and control something so that it can be used effectively

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Industrialised (Adj)

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“having developed a lot of industry
used to describe a country, economy, area, etc. that has many businesses and factories involved in producing goods”

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Intermediate (adj)

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being between two other related things, levels, or points

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Means (n)

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a method or way of doing something

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Philosophy (n)

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“the use of reason in understanding such things as the nature of the real world and existence, the use and limits of knowledge, and the principles of moral judgment
a particular system of beliefs, values, and principles”

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Purifier (n)

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a machine or a substance that removes harmful substances from something

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Relatively (adv)

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quite good, bad, etc. in comparison with other similar things or with what you expect in comparison with other similar things or with what you expect

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Reliant (adj)

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needing a particular thing or person in order to continue, to work correctly, or to succeed

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Shell (v)

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to remove peas, nuts, etc. from their shells or their natural covering

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Straw (n)

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the dried yellow stems of crops such as wheat, used for animals or for weaving a thin tube, usually made of plastic, used to suck a drink from a container

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Value (v)

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to give a judgment about how much money something might be sold for to consider something important

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Ventilation (n)

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the movement of fresh air around a closed space, or the system that does this

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Direction (n)

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the position towards which someone or something moves or faces the ability to find places or to know which direction to go

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Paste (v)

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“to stick something to something else
to move a piece of text to a particular place in a computer document”

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Possibility (n)

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“a chance that something may happen or be true
something that you can choose to do in a particular situation”

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Trouble (n)

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“problems or difficulties
a situation in which you experience problems, usually because of something you have done wrong or badly”

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Asulum (n)

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protection or safety, especially that given by a government to people who have been forced to leave their own countries for their safety or because of war

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Blueprints (n)

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“a photographic copy of an early plan for a building or machine
an early plan or design that explains how something might be achieved”

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Cockpit (n)

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“the small closed space where the pilot sits in an aircraft, or where the driver sits in a racing car
the area on a boat where the person operating the controls sits or stands”

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Determine (v)

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“to control or influence something directly, or to decide what will happen
to make a strong decision”

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Firefighter (n)

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someone whose job is to stop fires and to save people and property from being harmed

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Handheld (adj)

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small enough to hold in your hand

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Imagery (n)

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the use of words or pictures in books, films, paintings, etc. to describe ideas or situations

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Laborious (adj)

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needing a lot of time and effort

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Motivation (n)

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“enthusiasm for doing something
the need or reason for doing something”

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Obscure (v)

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“not known to many people
not clear and difficult to understand or see”

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Oriented (adj)

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showing the direction in which, something is aimed

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Overlay (v)

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“to cover something with a layer of something
a thin covering of something”

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Pedestrian (Adj)

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a person who is walking, especially in an area where vehicles go not interesting; showing very little imagination

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Prototype (n)

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the first example of something, such as a machine or other industrial product, from which all later forms are developed the original model of something from which later forms are developed

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Tracking (n)

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the act of putting students with similar abilities in a group and teaching them together

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Windscreen (n)

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the window at the front of a car, truck, etc.

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