UNIT 1: WHAT MAKES SOMEONE ADMIRABLE

WORD MEANING EXAMPLE

1. Achievement (n) Something very good and An Olympic gold medal is a
difficult that you have remarkable achievement for
succeded in doing. him.
2. Acknowledged for (adj) Known of accepted by The singer is acknowledged
many people. for her wonderful voice.
3. Confront (v) To face, to meet or deal As Tamara left the airport,
with a difficult situation she was confronted by crazy
or person. crowds who tried to get her
sign.
4. Constrained (adj) Forced to do something Our opportunities are
against your will. constrained by lack of
money.
5. Criteria (n) A standard by which you I fullfil all criteria of this
judge, decide about or company so they hire me.
deal with something.
6. Inclined (adj) Likely or wanting to do I’m inclined to sleep now.
something.
7. Inherently (adv) In a way that exists as a There’s nothing inherently
natural or basic part of wrong with his ideas.
something.
8. Initiative (v) A new plan or process to The business initiative was
achieve something or accepted by both
solve a problem. companies.

The ability to use your Candidates must be capable

own judgment to make of working on their
decisions without asking initiative.
for advice.
9. Pursue (v) To follow someone or The car was pursued by
something, usually to try helicopters.
to catch him, her, or it.

To try very hard to The company has been

persuade someone to pursuing him but he has
accept a job. rejected all their offers.

To try to discover We will not be pursuing this

information about a matter any further.
subject.

To try very hard to He's been pursuing her for

persuade someone to months and yet she's so
have a relationship with clearly not interested.
you.
If you pursue a plan, Michael Evans is leaving the
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activity, or situation, you
try to do it or achieve it,
usually over a long period
of time.
10. Resolve (n) Strong determination.
11. Version (n) A particular form of
something that
is slightly different from
other forms of the same
thing.
12. Adversity (n) A difficult or unlucky
situation or event.
13. Aspire to (phr.v) To want something very
much or hope to achieve
something or be
successful.
14. Embody (v) To represent a quality or
an idea exactly.
15. Bear witness (phr.v) To provide evidence of
the truth of something.
To experience something
and tell others about it.
16. Deconstruct (v) To break something
down into its separate
parts in order to
understand its meaning,
especially when this is
different from how it was
previously understood.
To examine a text in
detail in order to show
there is no fixed meaning
but that it can be
understood in a different
way by each reader.
17. Disrupt (v) To prevent something,
especially a system,
process, or event, from
continuing as usual or as
expected.
18. Drastic (adj) Severe and sudden or
company to pursue his own
business interests.
To weaken/strengthen/test
someone's resolve.
A special version of the
book is planned for next
year.
The road to happiness is
paved with adversities.
aspire to sth: Most of his
students aspired to a career
in business.
aspire to do sth: We aspire
to become full-service
providers to our clients.
She embodied good
sportsmanship on the
playing field.
His success bears witness to
the value of hard work.
She was asked to bear
witness at the trial.
We should deconstruct the
anime Attack on Titan again
to understand the ending.
He likes to deconstruct
obscure religious texts.
Heavy snow disrupted travel
into the city this morning.
Many employees have had
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having very noticeable
effects.
19. Inspirational (adj) Making you feel full of
hope or encouraged.
20. Navigate (v) To direct the way that a
ship, aircraft, etc. will
travel, or to find a
direction across, along, or
over an area of water or
land, often by using a
map.
21. Notorious (adj) Famous for something
bad.
22. Pressing (adj) Urgent or needing to be
dealt with immediately.
23. Reconciliation (n) A situation in which two
people or groups of
people become friendly
again after they have
argued.
24. Underprivileged (adj) Without the money,
possessions, education,
opportunities, etc. that
the average person has.
to take drastic cuts in pay.
He gave an inspirational
reading of his own poems.
Sailors have special
equipment to help them
navigate.
The company is notorious
for paying its bills late.
The most pressing question
is what do we do next?
It took hours of negotiations
to bring about a
reconciliation between the
two sides.
Children from an
underprivileged family
background are statistically
more likely to become
involved in crime.