Met Gold Vocabulary Unit 3 set 1

Read and choose the correct word.

• attachment

• a strong desire to achieve something

• alien

• a feeling that you like or love someone or something and that you would be unhappy without them

• appropriate

• the lack of something or the fact that it does not exist

• absence

• very different from what you are used to, especially in a way that is difficult to understand or accept

• ambition

• correct or suitable for a particular time, situation, or purpose

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• bargain

• to not feel confident about what to do or how to behave

• boredom

• something you buy cheaply or for less than its usual price

• bury

• the feeling you have when you are bored, or the quality of being boring

• be involved in

• to take part in an activity or event, or be connected with it in some way

• be lost without

• to cover or hide something

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• claim

• the people who live in the same area, town, etc.

• cause

• to become less sad, or to make someone feel less sad

• cheer (sb) up

• by a great deal, very much

• by far

• to make something happen, especially something bad

• community

• to state that something is true, even though it has not been proved

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• comparison

• an idea of how something is, or how something should be done

• compare

• to consider two or more things or people, in order to show how they are similar or different

• confused

• the process of comparing two or more people or things

• concept

• unable to understand or think clearly about what someone is saying or what is happening

• considerate

• always thinking of what other people need or want and being careful not to upset them

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• construction

• something that is crucial is extremely important, because everything else depends on it

• contrasting

• happy and satisfied

• control

• to have the power to make the decisions about how a country, place, company, etc., is organized or what it does

• content

• the process of building things such as houses, bridges, roads, etc.

• crucial

• two or more things that are contrasting are different from each other, especially in a way that is interesting or attractive

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• debt

• slightly wet, often in an unpleasant way

• damp

• willing to do anything to change a very bad situation, and not caring about danger

• desperate

• a sum of money that a person or organization owes

• dedicated

• someone who is dedicated works very hard at what they do because they care a lot about it

• designer brand

• a make of clothing or a product which is popular and fashionable, relating to a particular designer/company

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• directly

• with no other person, action, process, etc., between

• distraction

• having social problems, such as a lack of money or education, which make it difficult for you to succeed

• disadvantaged

• feeling uncomfortable or nervous and worrying about what people think of you, for example because you have made a silly mistake, or because you have to talk or sing in public

• embarrassed

• something that stops you paying attention to what you are doing

• embrace

• to eagerly accept a new idea, opinion, religion, etc.

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• fascinated

• a strong feeling of interest and enjoyment about something and a keeness to be involved in it

• enthusiasm

• something or someone who is powerful and has a lot of influence on the way things happen

• forces

• to attract someone's attention and keep them interested

• engage

• to provide money, especially a lot of money, to pay for something

• financing

• extremely interested by something or someone

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• get your hands on

• to try very hard or do whatever is necessary to achieve something that is important (to you)

• grab

• to take hold of someone or something with a sudden or violent movement

• go to almost any lengths

• if you happen to do something, you do it by chance

• happen to do (st)

• to get something that you really want or that you have a lot of time looking for

• generation

• all people of about the same age

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• highs and lows

• to make someone feel admiration and respect

• impress 

• with a feeling of success of victory at completing or achieving something

• in triumph

• feelings of great happiness or excitement and ones of great sadness and disappointment

• incapable

• not able to do something

• in public

• if you do something in public, you do it where anyone can see