Vocabulary U5 Flashcards
An area of a city that is noted for violence and crime
Mean streets
The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative
Inspiration
Firmness of purpose; resoluteness
Determination
A family in which the parents are divorced or separated
Broken home
A hope or ambition of achieving something
Aspiration
A route, course, or method that provides for more rapid results than usual
Fast track
Strong feeling that something good will happen or be true
High hopes
Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success
Perseverance
A rough area, city, school, or other place is unpleasant and dangerous because there is a lot of violence or crime there
A rough neighbourhood
The fact or condition of being prevalent; commonness
Prevalence
Without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary
A bleak future
Difficulties; misfortune
Adversity
Destroy someone’s plans, disappoint or disillusion
Dashed future
The achievement of something desired, promised, or predicted
Fulfillment
A reversal or check in progress
Setback
Make enthusiasm less lively or intense
Dampen spirit
Aptitude (opossite)
Ineptitude
Backbone (opossite)
Irresolution
Failure (opossite)
Attainment
Hope (opossite)
Anguish
Initiative (opossite)
Lethargy
Recognition (opossite)
Criticism
