Articles for ielts the dangers of being over-confident

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27 August 2022 |NewScientist| 35 
 
New words 
Crude (adj)- simple and not very accurate but giving a general idea of something 
Exemplify (v)- to give an example in order to make something clearer 
Elicit (v)- to get information or a reaction from somebody, often with difficulty 
Perilous (adj)- very dangerous 
Crack (v)- to find the solution to a problem, etc; to find the way to do something 
difficult 
Pose (v)- to create a threat, problem, etc. that has to be dealt with 
Tweak (v)- to make slight changes to a machine, system, etc. to improve it 
Descendant (n)- a person’s descendants are their children, their children’s children, 
and all the people who live after them who are related to them 
Forecast (v)- to say what you think will happen in the future based on information 
that you have now 
Evolve (v)- to develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complicated 
form; to develop something in this way 

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Make someone's blood run cold (idiom) - a sound, sight or thought that makes 
your blood run cold frightens you very much 
Assumption (n)- a belief or feeling that something is true or that something will 
happen, although there is no proof 
Hindsight (n)- the understanding that you have of a situation only after it has 
happened and that means you would have done things in a different way 
Impose (v)- to force somebody/something to have to deal with something that is 
difficult or unpleasant 
Baseless (adj)- not supported by good reasons or facts 
Inherently (adv)- according to or because of the basic nature of 
somebody/something 
Streak (n)- a series of successes or failures, especially in a sport or in gambling