Week 23

Analogous: -The report's findings are analogous with our own. Catastrophic: -The Black Sea is facing ecological catastrophe as a result of pollution. -Sudan requires food immediately to avert a humanitarian catastrophe. -If the contract is cancelled, it'll be a catastrophe for everyone concerned. -a catastrophic fall in the price of rice -The failure of the talks could have catastrophic consequences. Compensatory: -She was awarded a large sum in compensatory damages. -Workers are given a compensatory day off when a national holiday falls on a weekend. Enunciate: -ideas that he was to enunciate decades later Gamut: -College life opened up a whole gamut of new experiences. Her feelings that day ran the gamut of emotions (=included all the possibilities between two extremes). Heterogeneous: -a heterogeneous collection of buildings Inordinate: -Testing is taking up an inordinate amount of teachers' time.

-She's inordinately fond of her parrot. Introspective: -a shy and introspective person

Irascible: -an irascible old man Mandate: -mandated territories -These measures were mandated by the IMF. -Justice mandates that we should treat all candidates equally. -The committee was mandated to co-ordinate measures to help Poland. -The President was elected with a clear mandate to tackle violent crime. -a popular mandate for election reform -I sought a mandate from my constituents to oppose this tax. -Sometimes a President thinks he has more of a mandate than he really does. -Matters debated in meetings do not become a mandate Mortality: -Mortality from heart disease varies widely across the world. -an appallingly high infant mortality rate (=number of babies who die) -My mother's death forced me to face the fact of my own mortality. -mortalities from cancer Neurotic: -He seemed a neurotic, self-obsessed man. -neurotic disorders -She accused him of being a neurotic. Neutralize: -Rising prices neutralize increased wages. -a medicine that neutralizes the acid in the stomach

Perpetuate:

-an education system that perpetuates the divisions in our society Phenomenon: -the growing phenomenon of telecommuting -Homelessness is not a new phenomenon. -Language is a social and cultural phenomenon. Susceptible: -Older people are more susceptible to infections. -Soil on the mountain slopes is very susceptible to erosion. -A lot of TV advertising is aimed at susceptible young children. -She was very susceptible to flattery. -Working conditions are susceptible of improvement by legislation.