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Vocab Quiz
Vocab Quiz
(noun)-a long narrow passage in a building, with doors that open into rooms on either side
His room is along the corridor.
-a long narrow piece of land belonging to one country that passes through the land of another
country; a part of the sky over a country that planes, for example from another country, can fly
through UN troops will secure the land corridor so that food supplies can reach the trapped civilians.
-a long narrow piece of land that follows the course of an important road or river the electronics
industry in the M4 corridor
-a passage along the side of some railway trains, from which doors lead into separate compartments
Diehard (noun) a person who strongly opposes change and new ideas A few diehards are trying to
stop the reforms.
exaggeration (noun) a statement or description that makes something seem larger, better, worse or
more important than it really is; the act of making a statement like this a slight/gross/wild
exaggeration
Extinct (adjective) (of a type of plant, animal, etc.) no longer in existence an extinct species -
(of a type of person, job or way of life) no longer in existence in society Servants are now almost
extinct in modern society.
-(of a volcano) no longer active
Fabrication (noun) (formal) false information that is invented in order to trick people; the act of
inventing such information Her story was a complete fabrication from start to finish. -
(specialist) the process of making or producing goods, equipment, etc. from various different
materials silicon chip fabrication
fantasist (noun) a person who likes to imagine that they are doing something they would like to do,
or that something they would like to happen is happening, even though this is very unlikely Billy is a
fantasist, trying to escape his dull everyday existence.