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Day 18. Reading Passage 3 (The Ingenuity gap)



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30 DAY READING CHALLENGE

Day 18. Reading Passage 3 (The Ingenuity gap)
Word list
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Ingenuity (n) 
- the skill of thinking, performing, or using things in new ways, esp. to 
solve problems.
Example: With a little ingenuity, meals can be tasty as well as inexpensive.
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Abundance (n) 
- the situation in which there is more than enough of something: 
Example: There was an abundance o f food at the wedding.

Scarcity (n) 
(C2) - a situation in which something is not easy to find or get; a lack of 
something.
Example: A scarcity of flour makes bread, cake, and other baked goods more 
expensive.

Supply (n) 
(B2) - to provide something that is wanted or needed, often in large 
quantities and over a long period of time.
Example: Electrical power is supplied by underground cables.

Conventional (adj) 
(B2) - traditional and ordinary.
Example: conventional behaviour/attitudes/farming/wedding

Resolution (n) 
(C2) - the act of solving or ending a problem or difficulty.
Example: a successful resolution to the crisis.

Containment (n) 
- the act of controlling or limiting something or someone harmful. 
Example: Containment o f crowd violence was the police’s main goal.

Incremental (adj) 
- small; happening gradually, in a series of small amounts. 
Example: We plan to make incremental improvements to our existing products.

Profound (adj) 
(C2) - felt or experienced very strongly or in an extreme way. 
Example: The speech had a profound influence on her.
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Sweeping (adj) 
- making a big difference to a particular situation and affecting a lot 
of people.
Example: sweeping changes/cuts/reforms. The party has embarked on a series of
sweeping reforms.
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