Group 16 - Day 17 Flashcards
(36 cards)
anchorwoman
woman who presents a TV news program
topless
(of a woman) only wearing clothes on the bottom half of the body
exploitation
treating someone unfairly to benefit from their work
exploration
travelling through an unfamiliar area to learn about it
stanza
a verse in a poem
MP
Minister of Parliament
to brag
to talk about your achievements or abilities with excessive self-satisfaction
to boast
to talk about your achievements or abilities with excessive self-satisfaction
healthcare
provision of medical services
thinner
less thick or fat
sexism
discrimination on the basis of sex
to bring about change
to effect change
stereotype
a fixed, widely held idea about a type of person or thing
treatment
the manner in which someone behaves towards another person
chauvinism
excessive support of one’s own cause, group or gender
manual labor
physical work
sawmill
factory in which logs of wood are cut by a machine
stack
a group of things lying one on top of the other
pile
a group of things lying one on top of the other
childhood
period during which a person was a child
puberty
period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity
vulnerable
susceptible to physical or emotional harm
hook
a curved piece of metal for hanging things
work-related illness
illness resulting from work
