UNIT 4 VOCABULARY Flashcards
relating to architecture
architectural
to formally choose
someone or something for a
particular purpose
designate
to put someone or something
into a situation where they
might be harmed or damaged
endanger
an amount of money that you
collect, save or invest
fund
the type of place that a
particular animal usually lives
in or a particular plant usually
grows in, for example a desert,
forest or lake
habitat
the art, buildings, traditions
and beliefs that a society
considers important to its
history and culture
heritage
to take care of a place or
building in order to prevent
it from being harmed
or destroyed
preserve
to improve a room or a
building by cleaning and
painting it, adding new
furniture or equipment, etc
refurbish
the parts of a building that
remain after it has been
severely damaged
ruins
a place where people have
come to live permanently,
usually when there were very
few people living there before
settlement
a strong feeling of wanting to
do something
desire to
a lack of success in
doing something
failure to
something that you must do
for legal or moral reasons
obligation to
the state of being willing to
do something
readiness to
the act of refusing to
do something
refusal to
a feeling of being unwilling to
do something or of wishing
that you did not have to do it
reluctance to
something that reminds you of
something that you need to do
or need to remember
reminder to
a duty that you have to do
because it is part of your job
or position
responsibility to
a strong chance that
something will happen in a
particular way
tendency to
a strong feeling of wanting or
needing to do something
urge to
not at all interested in or
enthusiastic about anything
and not willing to make any
effort to change things
apathetic
the legal right to be a citizen of
a particular country
citizenship
relating to a congress
congressional
relationships that do
not work normally and are not
happy or successful
dysfunctional
