Vocabulary from the 'Word of the Year' blog post

How do you call the child of an actor, musician, producer or other industry insider who has likely benefitted from their parents’ fame or connections?

(a)  

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does deinfluencing mean?

• to influence less

• to influence people not to buy certain products

• to influence people to make better decisions

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The opposite of minimally processed is ...

(a)  

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Artificial intelligence in Estonian is ...

(a)  

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

How do you call a controversial issue or situation which is awkward to deal with (and no one really wants to)?

(a)  

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The term debanking means ...

• to lessen the importance of banking

• to merge traditional banking with crytocurrency platforms

• to close a customer's accounts at a bank

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Write a synonym starting with c for the word contentious.

(a)  

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

David gets angry at every little thing. He is rather ...

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The idea of exploiting inflation to create excessive profits is called ...

(a)  

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

ULEZ stands for ...

• ultra-low emission zone
• ultra-light emission zone

• unlimited emission zone

• ultra emission zone

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4