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WORD LIST Acknowledge Annex Cognitive Concurrent Desperate Embargo Exotic Flora Hygiene

Inherent

Levy

Martial

Motto

Parish

Prominent

Sheer

Velocity

ACKNOWLEDGE VERB: declare to be true or admit the existence or

reality of truth of SYNONYM: admit “I lowered my head quickly, as if to acknowledge

the truth spoken by the old woman Khadija when she heard of my decision to travel to London.”

ANNEX

NOUN: an addition that extends a main building

SYNONYMS: extension, wing

“He had been working for the Cyrenians at an annex to the Simon House Hostel for the Homeless in Rectory Road Oxford.”

COGNITIVE

ADJECTIVE: of or being or relating to or involving thought or mental activity

“Finally, I want to move from cognitive models of word recognition to cognitive models of face recognition.”

CONCURRENT

ADJECTIVE: occurring or operating at the same time

SYNONYMS: coinciding, simultaneous

“A further source of friction and confusion is found where authorities have concurrent powers; that is, an equal share in providing services.”

DESPERATE

ADJECTIVE: showing extreme urgency or intensity, especially because of great need or desire

“No wonder she’d been desperate to have contact with the Foundling hospital.”

EMBARGO NOUN: a government order imposing a trade

barrier SYNONYM: trade stoppage “Rabies had reached southern Finland and there

was an embargo on cross-border dog movements.”

EXOTIC

ADJECTIVE: from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

“Win a holiday to exotic Thailand!”

FLORA

NOUN: all the plant life in a particular region or period

SYNONYMS: vegetation, botany

“For example, the density and diversity of ground flora will vary according to the rotation cycle and the tree species which comprise the canopy.”

HYGIENE

NOUN: a condition promoting sanitary practices

“Hygiene becomes a matter of social distinction: polite people always wear clean linen.”

INHERENT ADJECTIVE: existing as an essential constituent or

characteristic SYNONYMS: built-in, integral “Since there are some fifty thousand genes in each

chromosome, you can imagine the difficulty inherent in recognizing differences in such microscopic structures.”

LEVY

NOUN: a charge imposed and collected

“The introduction of a levy on milk producers 12 years ago was supposed to end dairy surpluses: ‘A new start for the CAP’, said a European Commission document at the time.”

MARTIAL

ADJECTIVE: suggesting war or military life

SYNONYM: warlike

“There will be no massacre; there will be no martial law.”

MOTTO

NOUN: a favourite or emblematic saying of a person or group

SYNONYMS: slogan, catchword

“’If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail’, might be his motto.”

PARISH

NOUN: a local church community

“During his years as a farmer in Frensham, Mr. Abbott had been vice-chairman of the parish council and was closely involved in the sports clubs.”

PROMINENT

ADJECTIVE: important or noticeable

SYNONYMS: outstanding, salient, spectacular, striking

“On moving to Kent, Wedd began to explore the countryside and kept coming across trees occupying prominent positions on or near hilltops.”

SHEER

ADJECTIVE: complete and without restriction or qualification

SYNONYMS: absolute, downright

“The father says: ‘It was just sheer luck that that was a toad, not a nuclear train.’”

VELOCITY NOUN: distance travelled per unit of time SYNONYM: speed “Both of these velocities are greater than the speed

of a real cannonball, but they are much smaller than the velocity of light, which is 186,000 miles a second.”

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