Essential words for writing and speaking
1.
Broach
- to begin a discussion of something difficult:
At some point we've got to discuss money but I don't know how to broach the
subject with him.
2.
Stereotype
- a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like,
especially an idea that is wrong.
Adverts are full of stereotypes.
3.
Inundate
with
- to give someone so much work
or so many things that they
cannot deal with it all:
We have been inundated with requests for help.
4.
Depict
- to represent or show something in a picture or story:
Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.
5.
Disproportionately
- in a way that is too large
or too small in relation to
something else.
The disease disproportionately affects women.
6.
Diverse
- very different from each other.
We hold very diverse views on the topic.
7.
Maintain
- to continue to have; to keep in existence, or not allow to become less.
The film has maintained its position as the critics' favourite for another year.
8.
Conservative
- not usually liking or trusting change, especially sudden change:
Older people tend to be more conservative and a bit suspicious of anything
new.
9.
Shackle
- If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you
want to do.
The country is shackled by its own debts.
