Words - 111 | Quizlet

0.0(0)
studied byStudied by 0 people
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
Card Sorting

1/9

encourage image

There's no tags or description

Looks like no tags are added yet.

Study Analytics
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced

No study sessions yet.

10 Terms

1
New cards

detour ( You'd be wise to make a detour to avoid the roadworks )

a different tour or less direct route to a place that is used to avoid a problem or to visit somewhere

2
New cards

end up ( They're travelling across Europe by train and are planning to end up in Moscow

to finally be in a particular place or situation

3
New cards

retrospect ( I'm sure my university days seem happier in retrorespect than they really were )

thinking now about something in the past

4
New cards

peer ( Do you think it's true that teenage girls are less self - confident than their male peers ? )

A person who is equal to another in social standing or age

5
New cards

tether ( Do not tether the goats and do not keep them indoors ? )

a rope or chain used to tie, especially ab animal, to a post or other fixed place

6
New cards

unification ( The unification of East and West Germany )

the process of being united or made into a whole.

7
New cards

cohesion ( National cohesion )

the situation when the members of a group or society are united

8
New cards

evenly ("We are not terrorists," he said evenly. "We are freedom fighters.")

equally

9
New cards

resort ( He got hold of the money legally, without resort to violance )

the fact that you have to do something because there is no other way of achieving something )

10
New cards

all walks of life

all social, economic, and ethnic groups