IELTS simulation reading t6-t7

post- (in nouns, verbs and adjectives)

after

customary

=usual

undemocratic

ko có dân chủ

rigid  (of rules, methods, etc.)

very strict and difficult to change

• The curriculum was too narrow and too rigid.

• electorate /ɪˈlektərət/

the people in a country or an area who have the right to vote, thought of as a group

party(n)

a political organization that you can vote for in elections and whose members have the same aims and ideas

• Three of Australia's four main political parties supported the change.

sideline (v)

to prevent somebody from having an important part in something that other people are doing

The player has been sidelined by a knee injury.

disproportionate (to something)

too large or too small when compared with something else

disillusioned (by/with somebody/something)

disappointed because the person you admired or the idea you believed to be good and true now seems without value

• I soon became disillusioned with the job.

state-wide referendum (n)

một cuộc trưng cầu dân ý toàn tiểu bang

referendum

an occasion when all the people of a country can vote on an important issue

• **ensued after

= followed by**

procreation /ˌprəʊkriˈeɪʃn/

the act or process of producing children or baby animal

• marginalize somebody

to make somebody feel as if they are not important and cannot influence decisions or events; to put somebody in a position in which they have no power