The period of time in a person's life when they are developing into an adult


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1047 WORD with DEFINITION

Planet

An extremely large round mass of rock and metal, such as Earth, or of gas, such as Jupiter, which moves in a circular path around the Sun or another star

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Undergo

To experience something which is unpleasant or which involves a change

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Sustain

To cause or allow something to continue for a period of time

Eg: The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year.



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Rotate

To (cause to) turn in a circle, especially around a fixed point

Eg: Rotate the handle by 180° to open the door.



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Propel

To push or move something somewhere, often with a lot of force

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Float

To stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink

Eg: An empty bottle will float



429

Colonize

To send people to live in and govern another country

Eg: Peru was colonized by the Spanish in the sixteenth century.



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Acclimatize

O (cause to) change to suit different conditions of life, weather, etc

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Unmanned

Describes a spacecraft, or a place where military guards work, that has no people present to operate or be in charge of it

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Toxic

Poisonous

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Terrestrial

Relating to the planet Earth

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Solar

Of or from the sun, or using the energy from the sun to produce electric power

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Uninhabitable

Not habitable (= suitable to live in)

Eg: If there's no roof then the house is uninhabitable.



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Balcony

An area with a wall or bars around it that is joined to the outside wall of a building on an upper level

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Brick

A rectangular block of hard material used for building walls and houses

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Building

A structure with walls and a roof such as a house or factory, or the business of making these

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Ceiling

The inside surface of a room which you can see when you look above you

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Concrete

A very hard building material made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones and water

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Construction

The work of building or making something, especially buildings, bridges, etc.

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Cottage

A small house, usually in the countryside

Eg: They live in an idyllic country/thatched cottage, with roses round the door.



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Design

To make or draw plans for something, for example clothes or buildings

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Device

An object or machine which has been invented for a particular purpose

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Elevator

A small room which carries people or goods up and down in tall buildingsstairs and liftsmachinery and machineshousehold equipment and domestic chores2. A moving

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Engineering

The work of an engineer, or the study of this work

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Frame

A border which surrounds and supports a picture, door or window

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Gadget

A small device or machine with a particular purpose

Eg: Have you seen this handy little gadget - it's for separating egg yolks from whites.



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Housing

Buildings for people to live in

Eg: There's a shortage of cheap housing in the region.



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Innovation

(the use of) a new idea or method

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Invention

Something which has never been made before, or the process of creating something which has never been made before

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Landmark

A building or place that is easily recognized, especially one which you can use to judge where you are

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Occupant

1. A person who lives or works in a room or building

2. A person who is in a car, room, seat, place or position



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Platform

1. [C]a flat raised area or structure

2. [C]a long flat raised structure at a railway station, where people get on and off trains



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Quarry

A large artificial hole in the ground where stone, sand, etc. Is dug for use as building material

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Residental areas

A residential road, area, etc. Has only private houses, not offices and factories.

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Domestic

Relating to a person's own country

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Disposable

Describes a product that is intended to be thrown away after use

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Curved

A line which bends continuously and has no straight parts

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Airy

With a lot of light and space

Eg: The new offices are light and airy



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Cozy

Comfortable and pleasant, especially (of a building) because small and warm

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Cramped

Not having enough space or time

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Timber

Trees that are grown so that the wood from them can be used for building

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Logging

The activity of cutting down trees for wood

Eg: logging companies.



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Tension

A feeling of nervousness before an important or difficult event

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Structure

The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way

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Storage

The putting and keeping of things in a special place for use in the future

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Steel

A strong metal which is a mixture of iron and carbon, and which is used for making things which need a strong structure, especially vehicles and buildings

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Staircase

A set of stairs inside a building usually with a bar fixed on the wall or onto vertical poles at the side for you to hold on to

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Skyscraper

A very tall modern building, usually in a city

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Exterior

Outer; on or from the outside

Eg: In some of the villages the exterior walls of the houses are painted pink.



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Functional

Designed to be practical and useful rather than attractive

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Futuristic

Strange and very modern, or intended or seeming to come from some imagined time in the future

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High

Greater than the usual level or amount

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Innovative

Using new methods or ideas

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Internal

Existing or happening inside a person, object, organization, place or country

Eg: The government warned its neighbours not to interfere in its internal affairs.



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Mass-produced

To produce a lot of goods cheaply using machines in a factory

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Modern

Designed and made using the most recent ideas and methods

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Multi-storey

Describes a building with several floors

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Old-fashioned

Not modern, belonging to or typical of a time in the past

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Ornate

Having a lot of complicated decoration

Eg: a room with an ornate ceiling and gold mirrors



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Prefabricated

Describes buildings or objects built from parts which have been made in a factory and can be put together quickly

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Spacious

Large and with a lot of space

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State-of-the-art

Very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods

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Traditional

Following or belonging to the customs or ways of behaving that have continued in a group of people or society for a long time without changing

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Typical

Showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things

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Ultra

Modern

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Activate

  1. To cause something to start

  2. To make a chemical reaction happen more quickly, especially by heating

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Automate

To make a process in a factory or office operate by machines or computers, in order to reduce the amount of work done by humans and the time taken to do the work

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Condemn

To criticize something or someone strongly,

Eg: The film was condemned for its sexism.



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Decorate

To add something to an object or place, especially in order to make it more attractive

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Demolish

To completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for something else

Eg: A number of houses were demolished so that the supermarket could be built.



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Design

To make or draw plans for something, for example clothes or buildings

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Develop

To (cause something to) grow or change into a more advanced, larger or stronger form

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Devise

An object or machine which has been invented for a particular purpose

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Haul


To pull something heavy slowly and with difficulty

Eg: They hauled the boat out of the water.



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Hoist

To lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine

Eg: A helicopter hoisted the final section of the bridge into place.



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Invent

To design and/or create something which has never been made before

Eg: The first safety razor was invented by company founder King C. Gillette in 1903.



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Reconstruct

To build or create again something that has been damaged or destroyed

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Renovate

To repair and improve something, especially a building

Eg: He renovates old houses and sells them at a profit.



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Support

To agree with and give encouragement to someone or something because you want them to succeed

Eg: The majority of people in the town strongly support the plans to build a by-pass



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Computerization

To use a computer to do something that was done by people or other machines before

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Data

Information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and processed by a computer

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Keyboard

The set of keys on a computer or typewriter that you press in order to make it work, or the row of keys on a musical instrument such as a piano

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Keypad

A small set of keys with numbers on them used to operate a television, telephone, calculator, etc., or the keys with numbers on them usually found on the right side of a computer keyboard

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Laptop

A computer which is small enough to be carried around easily and is designed for use outside an office

Eg: A laptop would be really useful for when I'm working on the train.



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Memory

The ability to remember information, experiences and people

Eg: She has an excellent memory for names (= She can remember names easily).



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Monitor

A person who has the job of watching or noticing particular things

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Patent

The official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years

510

Program

A series of instructions which can be put into a computer in order to make it perform an operation

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