Ch8 Part 1 TOEFL MAP Listening Intermediate Definitions

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dramatically​

Answer 1

very suddenly and to a very great and often surprising degree​

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upheaval​

Answer 2

a big change that causes a lot of worry and problems​

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depressed​

Answer 3

very sad and without hope; without enough economic activity or jobs for people​

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migrate​

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tomovefrom oneplaceto another​

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influx​

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aflowingin; a mass arrival or incoming​

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spark​

Answer 6

tostartafire​

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journalist​

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a person whose job is to collect and write news stories for newspapers, magazines, radio, television or online news sites​

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prominent​

Answer 8

important or well known​

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discriminate​

Answer 9

to treat one person or group worse/better than another in an unfair way​

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explore​

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to travel to or around an area or a country in order to learn about it​

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montage​

Answer 11

apieceofworkproducedbycombiningsmallerparts, or theprocessof making such awork​

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continuous​

Answer 12

without apauseorinterruption​

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height​

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thedistancefrom thetopto thebottomof something, or thequalityof beingtall​

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incite​

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to encourage somebody to do something violent, illegal or unpleasant, especially by making them angry or excited​

Question 15

convey​

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to take, carry or transport somebody or something from one place to another​

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massacre​

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the killing of a large number of people especially in a cruel way​

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slaughter​

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to kill a large number of people or animals violently​

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murder​

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to kill somebody deliberately and illegally​

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suspense​

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afeelingofexcitementoranxietywhilewaitingfor somethinguncertaintohappen​

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note​

Answer 20

asinglesoundat aparticularlevel, usually inmusic, or a writtensymbolthatrepresentsthissound​

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electronically​

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using orinvolvinganelectronicdevice​

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sound wave​

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theformthatsoundtakeswhen itpassesthroughair,water, etc.​

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put ~ together​

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to put thepartsof something in thecorrectplaces​ and join them to each other​

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combine​

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to come together to form a single thing or group​

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mimic ​

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to copy the way somebody speaks, moves, behaves, etc., especially in order to make other people laugh​

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generate ​

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to cause something to exist​

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manipulate ​

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to control something using the hands​

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flick ​

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to move or hit something with a short sudden movement​

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potential ​

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someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed​

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do the trick ​

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to achieve the desired result​

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reserve ​

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to keep something for a particular purpose or time​

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full-time student ​

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a person who takes more than 12 credit hours, or the equivalent, at a post-secondary institution in a school term​

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contest ​

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a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes are given​

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padded ​

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covered with a layer of soft material, for comfort or protection​

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automatically ​

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without human control; independently​

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cancel ​

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to decide that something that has been arranged will not now take place​

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architect ​

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a person whose job is designing buildings​

Question 38

immigrate ​

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to come and live permanently in a country after leaving your own country​

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draftsman ​

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a person who draws plans or designs, as of ​ structures to be built​

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industrialist ​

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a person who owns or runs a large factory or industrial company​

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specialize​

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to do something very often, to that you are known for doing it​

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commission ​

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a request to do a special piece of work​

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overspend ​

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to spend too much money or more than you planned​

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reputation ​

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the general opinion that people have about someone or something​

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reinforce ​

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to make something stronger​

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consort with ​

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to spend time with someone​