Week 11

"Subway Breeding Program Successfully Creates Black Forest Ham–Meatball Marinara Hybrid"

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Word bank

zesty- having a strong, pleasant, and somewhat spicy flavor
eg. "I love spicy food with a zesty souce."
succulent- tender, juicy, and tasty
eg. "No flesh is more wholesome or succulent than beef"
cohesive- well-integrated, unified
eg, "Every family should be supportive and cohesive at all times."
husbandry- the care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals
eg. "Farmers used to have no money to invest in new methods of husbandry."
progeny- a descendant of a person, animal, or plant, offspring
eg. "Because the billionaire bachelor did not have a progeny, his entire estate went to charity when he died."

Week 10

"How to discover purpose and fulfillment"

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Word bank

incongruent- incompatible, not fitting well with something else

eg. "Violence is incongruent with the school's peace policy."

to envision- to to expect or imagine that something is a possibility in the future

eg. "He envisions his marriage with the girl from down the street."

to escribe something to something/someone- to consider something to be caused, triggered or owned by someone or something

eg. "To what do you ascribe the huge success of your movie?"

to cultivate- to acquire, refine, develop something from the beginning

eg. "Some of our personal traits have to be cultivated."

leap of faith- a trust in something incapable of being proved

eg. "It always requires a leap of faith to start a business of your own."

Week 9

Old habits die hard. Here's how to change your life in 2017

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to indulge in- to allow somebody or ourselves to enjoy something desired

eg. "I indulge in chocolate until I can't hold any more."

abundance- a plentiful, great amount of something

eg. "In Africa bananas grow in abundance."

accountability- the state of being liable, answerable

eg. "Many people need accountability before they start believing in something."

upholder- someone who maintains something

eg. "My grandma is the very last upholder of her family traditions."

obliger- someone who performs a service, help others, do a favour

eg. "There's very little born obligers this days as everyone focuses mainy on themselves."

to loathe- to dislike something or someone greatly

eg. "There are still countries in the world that loathe each other."  

Week 8

"Why Earth may someday look like Mars"

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Word bank

hydrogen- a colourless, highly flammable gas
eg. "In order to get rid of hydrogen, some oxygen is added to the helium."
tenuous- having little strengthor substence, not think or dense
eg. "The cinema has had a tenuous existence in recent years."
glimmer- to give off an unsteady reflection, to shine faintly
eg. "Candles glimmered in the windows of the inn.
exoplanet- a planet orbiting a star different than our sun
eg. "The news of another exoplanet discovery is nothing extraordinary."
to rust- to contract rust or become rust- colored
eg. "A bicycle will rust if you leave it in the rain"

Week 7

"Older people are happier"

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affirmatively-  used in order to express confirmation of something
eg. "I asked him if he's going for a ride and he answered affirmatively, nodding."

I asked Thomas if his mistress were going out for a ride, and he replied affirmatively
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I asked Thomas if his mistress were going out for a ride, and he replied affirmatively.
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compassion- sympathetic pity and concern for misfortunes and problems
eg. "With age we learn to look at difficult things with compassion."

I asked Thomas if his mistress were going out for a ride, and he replied affirmatively.
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despair- a complete loss of hope
eg. "After failing for the hundredth time, all we can feel is despair."
to savor- to enjoy something fully
eg. "We tend to  savor every victory for years."
to capitalize- to take chance in order to gain advantage from something
eg. " If we capitalize on our good qualities, we will improve our personality."

Week 6

"4 ways to build a human company in the age of machines"

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stakeholder- a person with an interest or concern in a business.
eg. "An example of a stakeholder is a person who has invested in a business"
to outsource- to obtain sth by contract from an outside supplier
eg. "There can be no question of outsourcing components from other countries"
to quit- to leave, usually permanently
eg. "She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house."
gamification- the act of turning an activity into a game or something similar to it
eg. "Teachers can use gamification to motivate their students."
inherently- in a natural or innate manner
eg. "Her work is inherently dangerous"

 

Week 5

"You can grow new brain cells. Here's how"

               

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Word bank

neurogenesis- the act of growing and developing nervous tissue

eg. "The diet modulates memory and mood in the same direction as it modulates neurogenesis"

hippocampus- a curved elongated ridge in the brain involved in forming and processing memory

eg. "Those who exercised, even those at high risk for Alzheimer’s, maintained the volume of their hippocampus."

efficacy- the ability to produce desired and intended results

eg. "The court depends on its public legitimacy for the efficacy of its decisions."

intermittent fasting- various diets that cycle between a period of fasting and non-fasting.

eg. "Intermittent fasting will increase neurogenesis."

flavonoid- an oxygen-containing antioxidant compounds that includes many common pigments

eg. "Research shows that compounds called flavonoid reduces the preliminary risk of heart disease."

resveratrol- a compound found in red grapes, mulberries, peanuts used as an antioxidant

eg. "Resveratrol, which is contained in red wine, has been shown to promote the survival of neurons."

mastication- the chewing or grinding of food.

eg. "Saliva production also reduces causing dry mouth and difficult mastication and swallowing."