Q: Skills for Success–Reading & Writing, Unit 2 – Flashcards
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to adapt; to adopt the ways of another culture; to become part of a country or community rather than remaining in a separate group
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assimilate (v)
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to keep something within the limits of an activity, subject, or area; to restrict
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confine (v)
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to remove or separate completely; appearing not to be affected by something; separate from
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divorced from (vp)
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racial, national, or cutural heritage; belonging to different ethnic groups
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ethnicity (n)
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a new plan for dealing with a particular problem or for achieving a goal; a beginning or an introductory step; the ability or wish to start something;
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initiative (n)
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necessary to complete something; essential
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integral (adj)
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to force someone to do something, sometimes by law
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oblige (v)
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to continue to do something despite difficulties; to continue to exist
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persist (v)
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more powerful, more common, or more easily noticed than others
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predominant (adj)
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when something becomes popular again
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revival (n)
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to slow or stop the growth, development, or normal functioning of (something); to prevent something from growing, developing, or continuing
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suppress (v)
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to choose or single out a particular person or place to do something to
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target (v)
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to stop; discontinue; quit
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cease (v)
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a feeling of stress and worry
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strain (n)
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to state or declare (something) more strongly or clearly; to state again that (something) is true
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reassert (v)
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to say that (someone or something) will definitely do something
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commit to (v)
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a growth or increase that occurs after a period without growth or increase
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resurgence (n)
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a medical treatment or medicine for an illness
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cure (n)
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to use something in order to gain as much from it as possible; to take advantage of (a person, situation, etc.), especially unethically or unjustly for one's own ends
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exploit (v)
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native; belonging to a certain place or environment
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indigenous (adj)
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keep; continue to have, hold, or use
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retain (v)
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despite; when confronted with; when encountering
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in the face of
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in danger
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in jeopardy
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to leave someone or something, especially someone/something you are responsible for; to stop supporting or believing in something
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abandon (v)
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to replace; to use in place of
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substitute (v)
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a change or move in position or direction
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shift (n)
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a warning; an experience or event that shocks you and makes you realize that you must do something to change a situation
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wake-up call (np)
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a situation that could possibly happen; a description of how things might happen in the future
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scenario (n)
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the natural home of a plant or animal; a place where a particular type of animal or plant is normally found
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habitat (n)
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the condition when a particular type of animal or plant stops existing
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extinction (n)
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a situation in which something is prevented from continuing in its usual way; interruption; disorder
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disruption (n)
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suggested or understood without being stated directly
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implicit (adj)
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the process by which something is gradually reduced or destroyed
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erosion (n)
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determination to do something even though it is difficult or other people oppose it
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persistence (n)
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received from an ancestor, often with problems that have to be dealt with
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inherited (adj)
