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This document defines and provides examples for 20 vocabulary words: adopt, audience, beat, clarify, close shave, consistent, court, dismount, diverse, elite, emphasize, heritage, incorporate, indicate, indigenous, intensity, occurrence, passion, pride, renowned, sequential, simultaneous, and world-class.

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Unit 1 Lesson 1

This document defines and provides examples for 20 vocabulary words: adopt, audience, beat, clarify, close shave, consistent, court, dismount, diverse, elite, emphasize, heritage, incorporate, indicate, indigenous, intensity, occurrence, passion, pride, renowned, sequential, simultaneous, and world-class.

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Summit 2 Unit 1 Lesson 1

adopt verb TAKE CHILD


1. [I or T] to take another person's child into your own family and legally look
after him or her as your own child
They've adopted a baby girl.
She had the child adopted (= She gave her baby to someone
else to look after).

audience noun [C ] GROUP OF PEOPLE


1. [+ singular or plural verb] the group of people together in one place to
watch or listen to a play, film, someone speaking, etc.
She lectures to audiences all over the world.
The secret to public speaking is to get the audience on your side.

beat verb (beat, beaten or US ALSO beat) DEFEAT


1. [T] to defeat or do better than Simon always beats me at tennis.
Holland beat Belgium (by) 3-1.
Our team was comfortably/easily/soundly beaten in the first round of the
competition.

clarify verb [T ] EXPLAIN


1. to make something clear or easier to understand by giving more details or a
simpler explanation
Could you clarify the first point please? I don't understand it completely.
The position of all shareholders will be clarified next month when we finalize
our proposals.

ˌclose ˈshave noun [C ] (ALSO close call)


when you come extremely close to a dangerous or unpleasant situation or only
just manage to avoid it
I had a close shave this morning, - some idiot almost knocked me off my bike.

consistent adjective NOT CHANGING


1. always behaving or happening in a similar, especially positive, way
There has been a consistent improvement in her attitude.
Her work is sometimes good, but the problem is she's not consistent.

court noun SPORT


4. [C] an area drawn out on the ground which is used for playing sports
such as tennis and basketball
a tennis/volleyball/basketball/squash court
They were penalized for having too many players on the court.

dismount verb [I ]
to get off a horse, bicycle or motorcycle
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diverse adjective
varied or different
Students from countries as diverse as Colombia and Lithuania use
Cambridge textbooks. New York is a very culturally/ethnically diverse
city.

elite adjective [before noun ]


an elite group contains the best, most skilled or most experienced people or
members of a larger group:

an elite group of artist


elite universities

emphasize , UK USUALLY emphasise verb [T ]


1. to show or state that something is very important or worth giving attention to
I'd just like to emphasize how important it is for people to learn foreign
languages.

heritage noun [U ]
features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions,
languages or buildings, which still exist from the past and which have a
historical importance
These monuments are a vital part of the cultural heritage of South America.

incorporate verb [T ]
to include something as part of something larger
Suggestions from the survey have been incorporated into/in the final design.
This aircraft incorporates several new safety features.

indicate verb SHOW


1. [T] to show, point or make clear in another way
Please indicate which free gift you would like to receive.
She indicated to me (that) she didn't want me to say anything.

indigenous adjective

naturally existing in a place or country rather than arriving from another place
Are there any species of frog indigenous to the area?
So who are the indigenous people of this land?

intensity noun
3. [U] the quality of being very serious and having strong emotions or opinions
The intensity of their relationship was causing problems.
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occurrence noun HAPPENING
1. [C] something that happens
Street-fights are an everyday occurrence in this area of the city.

passion noun [C or U ]
2. a passion for sth
an extreme interest in or wish for doing something, such as a hobby, activity,
etc
Anton has a consuming passion for science fiction.

pride noun RESPECT FOR YOURSELF


3. [U] your feelings of your own worth and respect for yourself
She has too much pride to accept any help.
The country's national pride has been dented (= damaged) by its sporting
failures.

renowned adjective
famous for something
The region is renowned for its outstanding natural beauty.
Marco Polo i s a renowned explorer/is renowned as an explorer.

sequential adjective FORMAL


following a particular order

simultaneous adjective
happening or being done at exactly the same time
There were several simultaneous explosions in different cities.

world-class adjective
Someone or something world-class is one of the best that there are of that type in
the world

a world-class athlete/performance

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