Karteikarten
TOEFL 5
Karten in diesem Stapel (10)
- 1CAVİTY (n) * The gold was hidden in a secret cavity.= a hole, or an empty space between two surfaces.
- 2DİSSOLVE (n) * Nitric acid will dissolve most animal tissue. * Their marriage was dissolved in 1968.= to be absorbed by a liquid, especially when mixed.
=to end an official organization or a legal arrangement. - 3HİNDER (v) * A poor diet can hinder mental and physical growth.=to limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something.
- 4ALLEVİATE (v) * The drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain/suffering.=to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe
SYN= mitigate, relieve, lessen.
- 5MİMİC (v) * She was mimicking the various people in our office.= to copy the way in which a particular person usually speaks and moves, usually in order to make people laugh:
- 6CONTEST (v) * We will certainly contest any claims made against the safety of our products.= If you contest a formal statement, a claim, a judge's decision, or a legal case, you say formally that it is wrong or unfair and try to have it changed.
= a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes are given.
- 7ASSİDUOUSLY (adv) * I assiduously avoid buying imported products.= in a way that involves great care and attention to detail.
SYN= Diligently. - 8LURE (v) *The university hopes to lure a new coach with an attractive salary package.= anything that attracts people or animals, or the qualities that make something attractive.
- 9SUCCUMB (v) *About 400,000 Americans succumb each year to smoking-related illnesses.=to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat.
=to die or suffer badly from an illness.
- 10DİLİGENTLY (adv) *She diligently completed each task she was given.= in a way that is careful and uses a lot of effort.
