Cam16.2 Reading (Passage3). P1

thermometer (n) /dɪˈskʌvəri/

• a device used for measuring temperature, especially of the air or in a person's body
• the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments
• having or showing the ability to make good judgments, based on a deep understanding and experience of life
• a change, usually a slight change, in the appearance, character, or structure of something

wisdom (n) /ˈwɪzdəm/

• the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments
• having or showing the ability to make good judgments, based on a deep understanding and experience of life
• to make someone able to do something, or to make something possible
• to very much respect and admire someone or something

wise (a) /waɪz/

• having or showing the ability to make good judgments, based on a deep understanding and experience of life
• to make someone able to do something, or to make something possible
• a change, usually a slight change, in the appearance, character, or structure of something
• in a way that increases by one addition after another

enable (v) /ɪˈneɪbl/

• to make someone able to do something, or to make something possible
• a change, usually a slight change, in the appearance, character, or structure of something
• to very much respect and admire someone or something
• suddenly or obviously

alteration (n) /ˌɔːltəˈreɪʃn/

• a change, usually a slight change, in the appearance, character, or structure of something
• to very much respect and admire someone or something
• in a way that increases by one addition after another
• to provide or supply something

revere (v) /rɪˈvɪər/

• to very much respect and admire someone or something
• in a way that increases by one addition after another
• suddenly or obviously
• being the only existing one of its type or, more generally, unusual, or special in some way

cumulatively (adv) /ˈkjuːmjələtɪvli/

• in a way that increases by one addition after another
• suddenly or obviously
• to provide or supply something
• (the ability to have) a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation

dramatically (adv) /drəˈmætɪkli/

• suddenly or obviously
• to provide or supply something
• being the only existing one of its type or, more generally, unusual, or special in some way
• to improve the quality, amount, or strength of something

offer (v) /ˈɒfər/

• to provide or supply something
• being the only existing one of its type or, more generally, unusual, or special in some way
• (the ability to have) a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation
• the highest, strongest, or best point, value, or level of skill

unique (a) /juˈniːk/

• being the only existing one of its type or, more generally, unusual, or special in some way
• (the ability to have) a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation
• to improve the quality, amount, or strength of something
• a system of rules, ideas, or beliefs that is used to plan or decide something