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DAY 6 PASSAGE 3 – WORDLIST

indisputable – C2 true, and impossible to doubt:


- an artist of indisputable skill
- One fact is indisputable - this must never be allowed to happen again.
pre-eminent (formal) – more important or better than others:
- She is the pre-eminent authority in her subject.
make sth up – to make an amount of something complete or correct:
- I have £20,000 and I need £25,000 but my parents have promised to make up the
difference.
hold something/somebody dear (formal) – to care about something or someone a lot:
- We were facing the loss of everything we held dear.
a passing resemblance – a slightly similar appearance:
- He bears more than a passing resemblance to (= he is noticeably similar to) the young
Marlon Brando.
you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours (informal) – used to tell someone that if they help
you, you will help them

diversity – C1 the fact of many different types of things or people being included in something:
- Does television adequately reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the country?
- There is a wide diversity of opinion on the question of unilateral disarmament.
graze – to (cause animals to) eat grass:
- The cows were grazing.
- The farmer grazes cattle on this land in the summer months.
munch – to eat something, especially noisily:
- He was munching on an apple.
myriad – a very large number of something:
- a myriad of choices
- And now myriads of bars and hotels are opening up along the coast.
implausible – difficult to believe, or unlikely:
- The whole plot of the film is ridiculously implausible.
extol – to praise something or someone very much:
- His book extolling the benefits of vegetarianism sold thousands of copies.
- She is forever extolling the virtues of her children.
looming – (of something unwanted or unpleasant) happening soon and causing worry:
- the looming crisis
abundance (formal) – situation in which there is more than enough of something:
- There was an abundance of food at the wedding.
prodigious (formal) – extremely great in ability, amount, or strength:
- She wrote a truly prodigious number of novels.
take its/a toll – C2 If something takes its/a toll, it causes suffering, deaths, or damage:
- The problems of the past few months have taken their toll on her health and there are
shadows beneath her eyes.
pesticide – a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants, and
other unwanted organisms:
- The pesticides that farmers spray on their crops kill pests but they can also damage
people's health.
frayed – describes someone's mood when they are feeling worried, upset, or annoyed:
- The whole experience left me with frayed nerves (= feeling worried).
extant (formal) – describes something very old that is still existing:
- We have some extant parish records from the 16th century.
fell – to cut down a tree:
- A great number of trees were felled to provide space for grazing.
degrade – to spoil or destroy the beauty or quality of something:
- Every day the environment is further degraded by toxic wastes.
inescapable – If a fact or a situation is inescapable, it cannot be ignored or avoided.
abyss (literary) – a very deep hole that seems to have no bottom
probe – to try to discover information that other people do not want you to know, by asking
questions carefully and not directly:
- The interviewer probed deep into her private life.
infinitesimal (formal) – extremely small:
- The amounts of radioactivity present were infinitesimal.
astronomically (informal) – by a very large amount:
- Oil prices have risen astronomically since the early 70s.

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