Vocabular y and Linking Words - MCSE Degree 1 Units 4-6

This flashcard set covers essential academic and technical vocabulary, including nouns, verbs, and logical linking words from Units 4, 5, and 6 of the MCSE curriculum.

to dispose

To get rid of or throw away something.

acute

Sharp, intense, or severe.

an airstrip

A strip of ground on which aircraft land and take off.

to assume

To suppose or admit something to be the case.

life expectancy

the average period that a person may expect to live.

factory

A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled.

to flood

An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits.

a gap

A break, hole, or empty space.

a boundary

A line or limit marking the extent of something.

coal

A black or dark brown combustible mineral used as fuel.

to cope with

To face, deal with, or overcome a difficulty.

copper

A red-brown metal known as a good conductor of heat and electricity.

a drawback

A disadvantage or inconvenience.

a hazard

A danger, peril, or risk.

income

Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.

an outcome

A result or consequence of an action or process.

overcrowded

Filled with too many people or things; bondé.

sewage

Waste water and excrement conveyed in sewers.

the third world

A term referring to developing nations.

a threat

A statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, or damage; menace.

a yield

The amount of agricultural or industrial product produced; rendement.

hence

As a consequence; for this reason; de ce fait.

thereby

By that means; as a result of that; ainsi.

so as to

With the aim or purpose of doing something.

namely

That is to say; to be specific; à savoir.

accustomed to

Customary or usual; habitué à.

anticlockwise

Moving in the opposite direction to the hands of a clock.

to breed

To mate and then produce offspring, especially in animals.

to implement

To put a decision, plan, or agreement into effect; exécuter.

to melt

To make or become liquid by heat.

to set up

To install or configure something.

to withdraw

To remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

an achievement

A thing done successfully with effort, skill, or courage.

to acknowledge

To accept or admit the existence or truth of.

a census

An official count or survey of a population; recensement.

depleted

Used up or exhausted; épuisé.

to drill

To produce a hole in something by means of a rotating tool.

a forecast

A prediction or estimate of future events, especially the weather.

to reckon

To establish by calculation; to estimate.

renowned

Known or talked about by many people; famous.