Vocabulary from A Resource for Reading & Words

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and definitions from Passages 1 to 110.

mentality

mind

to conceal

to hide

generation gap

failure of the younger and older generations to understand each other

to enhance

to develop

mourner

person who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead person

detrimental

harmful

discrepancy

difference

conspiracy

secret plan

landmark

familiar sign, attraction

bay

part of a coastline where the land curves inward

color-blind

unable to see certain colors

childminder

someone whose job is to look after children

slave driver

someone who urges to work harder

walks of life

positions or occupations in society

scuba diving

diving with air tubes

crime

an illegal action for which a person can be punished by law

suburb

residential district round the outside of a town

hectic

confused, chaotic

to prevail

to be widespread, to be generally seen

dweller

resident, inhabitant

incoherently

unintelligibly, incomprehensibly

phenomenon (plural: phenomena)

remarkable or unusual happening

to be contingent upon

to be dependent upon

deviant

abnormal, unusual

congenital

existing from birth

co-educational

having both male and female students

affluence

wealth, riches

deprivation

lack, loss

slum

poor residential area

divergent

different, varying, separating

crater

hollow area, large hole

hamlet

very small village

global warming

increase in world temperature

altitude

height above sea level

exhaustion

extreme tiredness, fatigue

intoxicated

drunk, under the influence

phobia

extreme fear, aversion

captivity

being kept in an enclosure/ cage

harpoon

weapon used to hunt whales

nostalgia

longing for the past

voyage

long journey by sea

corrosive

damaging, destructive by chemical action

deforestation

clearing of forests

fortress

stronghold, secure castle

cognition

mental process of knowing/ learning