QSkills 4 R&W Unit 4 - Rdg 1 Vocabulary Definitions

(v.) to support something publicly

• advocate

• attribute

• distinguish

• confront

(adj.) ​important, pleasant, interesting, etc.; worth spending time, money or effort on

• extracurricular

• sophisticated

• worthwhile

• diverse

(n.) any of the long fibres that carry messages between the brain and parts of the body, enabling you to move, feel pain, etc.

• refrain

• nerve

• concept

• adversity

(v.) to keep stating that something is true, even though other people do not agree or do not believe it

• nurture

• evolve

• embody

• maintain

(adj.) having a quality or characteristic that makes something different and easily noticed

• tragic

• petrified

• distinctive

• urban

(v.) ​to make sure that something happens or is definite

• select

• minimize

• ensure

• perceive

(adj.) ​(of written or printed words) clear enough to read

• legible

• innate

• neutral

• humanitarian

(adj.) ​able to do something well because of training and practice

• inclined

• proficient

• potential

• exponential

(n.) ​a thing that you can choose to do or have out of two or more possibilities

• alternative

• void

• pedestrian

• authenticity

(v.) to make something develop or become more active; to encourage something

• attribute

• remove

• visualize

• stimulate