TEST 2 Passage 1

Anthropological

the scientific study of people, their societies, cultures, etc.

Wrestle with something

to try to understand or find a solution to a difficult problem

Enigma

mystery, puzzle

Puzzle

mystery, enigma

Take off

start out, begin

Drive

run

Urban

city, town, metropolitan

Labour

workforce, workers, employees

Criterion

standard, principle

Sufficient

adequate, enough

Coal

a hard black mineral which is dug from the ground and burned as fuel

Propose

suggest

Ingredient

element, part

Flourish

thrive, grow

Succumb

give in, surrender

Eccentric

unusual, weird, strange

Deduction

reasoning, conclusion, logic

Scepticism

an attitude of doubting that particular claims or statements are true or that something will happen

Strengthen

support, reinforce

Appraisal

assessment, evaluation, judgment, review

Notable

important, interesting, excellent, or unusual enough to be noticed or mentioned

Wonder

self-question

Alight on

to suddenly think of or notice something or someone

Static

constant, unchanging

Infant

newborn baby

Mortality

death

Wipe out

destroy, eliminate, remove

Sanitation

the protection of public health by removing and treating waste, dirty water, etc.

Statistics

data, information, figures

Incidence

frequency, occurrence, rate

Deduce

assume, reason, figure out

Regulate

control

Preserve

protect

Malt

grain, usually barley, that has been kept in water for a time and then dried; used for making beer, whisky, etc.

Prevalence

dominance

Extraordinary

strange, unusual, surprising

Coincidence

when two things happen at the same time, in the same place, or to the same people in a way that seems surprising or unusual

Dipping

plummeting, dropping, reducing

Purify

clean, get rid of impurities

Out of contention

no longer having a chance of winning something

Forge ahead

to make progress, especially quickly

Literacy

the state of being able to read and write

Abandoned

neglected