S5 Vocab Quiz 2
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Bobby LoS5 Vocab Quiz 2
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Bobby LoUnited Christian College (Kowloon East)
S.5 English Language Spring Session 2022-2023
Vocab List
Themes: Social Issues
Test Date – 30/5 (Tue)
Bear in mind the following vocab / expressions will be included in the Vocab and Grammar Test 2 of
Spring Session. Different parts of speech may be involved in the quiz too.
Bklet 4 Poverty Article 1
Disruptive (adj) Prospect (n) Eradication (n) 根除
引起混亂/顛覆性的 前景/好事情的機會 -eradicate (v)
- disruption (n)颠覆
Article 2
Induced (PV) 導致 Impoverish (v) Retention (n) 保留/維持 Longstanding (adj)
-induce (AV) 使某人窮困 由來已久的
-impoverished(adj)
-impoverishment(n)
[condition of being very poor]
Cornerstone (n) Empowering (adj) 增強自信的 Implement (v) 實施 Be faced with
奠基石/基礎 -empower 授權 -implementation (n)
Article 3
Disproportionately(adj) Plight (n) 困境 Exacerbate (v) Underprivileged (adj) Welfare (n) 福利
不成比例地 使…惡化 貧困的
-disproportionate(adj)
-disproportion(n)
Fell further down the Pay cheque to pay A hammer blow to To stay afloat Agonise (v)
social ladder cheque 想清楚
Staples (adj) 主要的/ Humanitarian (adj/n)
標準常規的 involved in improving ppl’s lives & reducing suffering
-staple (n) 主要部分
Bklet 3 Consumerism Article 1
Overexpose (v) Consumeristic Arbitrary (adj) Flaunt (v) Emulating (n) 模仿
使曝光過度 (adj) 任意/隨心的 炫耀 -amulate(v)
- consumerism(n) -emulation(n)
Contentment (n) Abundant (adj) Longing(n) +(for)
滿足 充足的 渴望/嚮往
-content(adj)滿足的
Article 2
Manipulative (adj) Excessive (adj) Mindful (adj) Engrained Nurture (n / v)
試圖控制他人的 過多的 小心的/覺察的 促進/培育
- manipulate 操縱 -excessively(adv)
- manipulation 操縱
Pressure sb into Instill sth into sb’s Engagement (n) (be)+Perceived(v) Affluent (adj)
doing sth brain 訂婚/約定 被看待 富足的
-put a feeling, idea -affluence(n)
into sb's mind
(Be)+bombarded(Pv) Unrelenting (adj) Conflate sth with sth Cost an arm and a leg
with… 堅定不移的 合併(v) (idiom)
連續轟炸 conflation(n) -extremely expensive