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Vocabulary Today

Definition of mislead

misled play \-ˈled\; misleading

transitive verb

: : to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief often by deliberate deceit 

• His comments were a deliberate attempt to misleadthe public.

intransitive verb

: to lead astray : give a wrong impression

Definition of deceptive

: tending or having power to cause someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : tending or having power to deceive 

• a deceptiveappearance

 

• a pitcher with a deceptive windup
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Vocabulary Today

euthanasia:: the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy

Definition of absurd

1: ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous 

• an absurdargument

 : extremely silly or ridiculous 

• absurd humor

2: having no rational or orderly relationship to human life : meaningless 

• an absurd universe

; also : lacking order or value 

• anabsurd existence

3: dealing with the absurd (see 2absurd) or with absurdism 

• absurdtheater

Definition of reticence

1: the quality or state of being reticent : reserve, restraint

: an instance of being reticent

: reluctance 1

lucrative: Producing wealth: profitable

Vocabulary from Reading IELTS 12 Test 6

Common beliefe = wide acceptance
Superior to = better than
Tramatic= Causing people to carefully listen= ever presented= unbelieveable
accout of = talking about
companion = simalar
theory= term= make a name

Vocabulary Today for Listening

Already = Not new
Reduce= cut
Need # eliminate
Fist time # Reconnecting
Construction= Manufacture
take into account = owing to (because, due to)

Vocabulary Today from listening

Lead the class= teacher 
One on one = individule
Employee= the people who work
acquire by someboy = learn from somebody

Vocabulary Today

alienation noun [ U ] SEPARATION

1. the feeling that you have no connection with the people around you

Depressed people frequently feel a sense of alienation from those around them.

extensive adjective

covering a large area; having a great range

a school with extensive grounds

extensive repairs to the motorway

Her knowledge of music is extensive (= she knows a lot about music) .

The wedding received extensive coverage in the newspapers.

folk noun PEOPLE

1. [ plural ] ( mainly US folks ) people, especially those of a particular group or type

old folk

Ordinary folk can't afford cars like that.

2. folks

a. [ as form of address ] informal used when speaking informally to a group of people

All right, folks, dinner's ready!

b. mainly US someone's parents

I'm going home to see my folks.

inimitable adjective

very unusual or of very high quality and therefore impossible to copy

He was describing, in his own inimitable style/way , how to write a best-selling novel.

She appeared at the Oscar's wearing one of Versace's inimitable creations.

lieu noun formal

in lieu (of)

instead (of)

The paintings were left to the nation by the Duke of Norfolk in lieu of inheritance taxes. 

overarching adjective [ before noun ] formal

most important, because including or affecting all other areas

a grand overarching strategy

The overarching theme of the election campaign was tax cuts.

Vocabulary Today

- I consider that = I am considering
- It should depend on the age of the child = the age of the child should be taken into consideration
- Motivate = encourage = drive
- Excel = to do well = to perform well
- essential = critical = vital
- Indespensible = conot do without