QSkills 4 R&W Unit 4 Rdg 2 Vocabulary Definitions

(v.) to agree that you will do something; to carry out

• undertake

• advocate

• encounter

• distinguish

(adj.) unlike anything else; being the only one of its type

• innate

• inclined

• unique

• proficient

(n.) a thing that goes together well with something else

• intervention

• complement

• individual

• phenomenon

(adv.) basically; when you consider the most important part of something

• accurately

• mentally

• essentially

• theoretically

(n.) an activity involving a special skill at making things with your hands

• craft

• hesitation

• residence

• competence

(v.) to show that you think something that someone has done is good

• attribute

• pursue

• nurture

• recognize

(n.) the use of descriptions and comparisons in language in order to have a strong effect on people's imagination and emotions

• imagery

• refrain

• investment

• humility

(v.) to give someone the desire or enthusiasm to do well

• confront

• select

• inspire

• perceive

(n.) the continuation of something even though it is difficult or people say you cannot do it

• determination

• intervention

• priority

• funding

(v.) to show something to the public

• liberate

• exhibit

• evolve

• empower