Vocabulary (Plastic surgery-Para 5&6)

regret (n.) /rɪˈɡret/

e.g., My greatest regret is that I did not make a thorough career plan when I was a secondary student.

• to feel sorry about something you have done or about something that you have not been able to do

• to get pleasure from something

• enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose

despair (n.) /dɪˈspeə(r)/

e.g., I felt a sense of despair when I received my exam paper.

• the feeling of having lost all hope

• a belief that something will happen because it is likely

• a feeling of great pleasure

distress (n.) /dɪˈstres/

e.g., Her busy work has caused her extreme emotional and psychological distress.

• a feeling of great worry or unhappiness; great mental pain

• the state of not being worried or disturbed in any way

• peaceful, quiet, and without worry

adequate (adj.) /ˈæd.ə.kwət/

e.g., They'll need an adequate supply of hot water.

• enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose

• not enough; not good enough

• the (large) size or quantity of something

permanent (adj.) /ˈpɜːmənənt/

e.g., You are a permanent resident of Macau.

• existing all the time

• lasting or intended to last or be used only for a short time

• happening immediately

embrace (v.) /ɪmˈbreɪs/

e.g., The government should embrace different residents' voices.

• to accept something enthusiastically

• to refuse to accept or consider something

• have a different opinion about something

diversity (n.) /daɪˈvɜːsəti/

e.g., We should respect different racial diversity including White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

• a range of many people or things that are very different from each other

• the fact of being the same; a lack of variety

• like somebody/something but not exactly the same

nurture (v.) /ˈnɜːtʃə(r)/

e.g., Her teacher recognized and nurtured her musical talent from an early age.

• to help somebody/something to develop and be successful

• to fail to take care of somebody/something

• to make it difficult for somebody to do something or for something to happen

vanity (n.) /ˈvæn.ə.ti/

e.g., He wants the job purely for reasons of vanity and ambition.

• the fact of being too proud of your own appearance, abilities or achievements

• showing you do not think that you are as important as other people

• the fact of having no effect or of achieving nothing

content (adj.) /kənˈtent/

e.g., He is content with the third place of the speech contest.

• happy and satisfied with what you have

• not pleased with your situation

• not satisfactory