vocabulary Flashcards
to make a significant effort to achieve sth
to strive
reliance on one’s own efforts and abilities
self-reliance
to achieve or complete successfully
to accomplish
to reach as an end; achieve
to attain
sth toward which effort is directed; aim; goal
objective
to perceive a difference between
to distinguish
to assess the value or quality of
to appraise
the act of appraising smb/sth
appraisal
to try to do or continue doing sth in a determined way
to persist
an adverb used when you want to give more detail or be more exact about something you
have just said
namely
unintentionally, without being aware
unwittingly
to invent a plan, system, object, etc. usually using one’s intelligence or imagination
to devise
to start or develop as the result of sth
to stem from
to succeed in controlling or dealing with something
to overcome
causing disruption
disruptive
the process of preventing an activity or process from continuing as normal
disruption
intensely aware of oneself, one’s appearance, actions, etc.
self-conscious
the time, place, and circumstances in which something occurs or develops
setting
to make sth (such as pain or suffering) more bearable
to alleviate
more than is usual, proper, necessary or normal
excessive
the state of being unable to relax as a result of anxiety or boredom
restlessness
tending to stay very close to smb (such as a parent) for emotional support; too emotionally
dependent
clingy
the action of staying away from school without good reason
truancy
to stay away from school without leave or explanation
to play truant