Day 1 (Reading Passage 1: William Kamkwamba) Word list: Drop out of (V)



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Vocabulary

4. Uphill struggle (n) – something that is very difficult to do and needs a lot of efforts and determination
Example: Rehabilitation will be an uphill struggle
5. Lure (n) – the quality or power that something or someone has that make it, him, or her attractive (C2)
Example: The lure of fame/power/money
6. Hop into (v) – to go somewhere quickly or to go into or out of a vehicle quickly (C1)
Example: We hopped over to Bruges for the weekend
7. Stack (v) – a pile of things arranged one on top of another
Example: He chose a cartoon from the stack of DVDs on the shelf
8. Status quo (n) – the present situation
Example: Certain people always want to maintain the status quo
9. Doomed (adj) – certain to fail, die, or be destroyed
Example: This is a doomed city
10. Envisage (v) - to imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good (C1)
Example: Train fare of 15 percent are envisaged for the next year
11. Incentive (n) – something that encourages a person to do something (C2)
Example: Tax incentives have been very effective in encouraging people to save and invest more of their income

Day 17 (Reading Passage 2: Bird Migration)
Word list:
1.Superior (adj) – better than average or better than other people or things of the same type (C1)
Example: This is clearly the work od a superior artist
2. Ingenious (adj) – very clever and skillful, or cleverly made and involving new ideas and methods
Example: An ingenious solution
3. Plentiful (adj) – if something is plentiful, there is a lot of it available
Example: Strawberries are plentiful in the summer
4. Accumulate (v) – to collect a large number of things over a long period of time (C2)
Example: As people accumulate more wealth, they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes

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