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Vocabulary

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Is London a metropolis?

Yes

Does frenetic mean something slow and very organized?

If you disembark a ship, what are you doing?

You go from a ship.

What does convoluted mean?

Complicated

What is the process called whereby the character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, often displacing current inhabitants in the process.

Gentrification

Give an example of an acronym.

Example: NASA

What does the word "aspiration" mean?

Ambition/hopes and dreams.

Explain the words "segregation" and "integration".

Segregation: separating people of different races. Integration: Mixing people who have been separated.

Does "degenerate" mean to get better or get worse?

To get worse.

What is the missing word? They received sentences of one year and eight months r___________.

respectively

What does "congressional opposition" mean?

The US Congress objected/was against sth.

What does "allegedly" mean in the following sentence: He was murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman.

Claimed to have happened, but there is no proof.

F ind the missing word: An official judgement made in court......The jury returned a ______ of not guilty".

verdict

The owner of a business is called a p_______.

proprietor

Show a face of an enraged person.

Now it's time to saunter (stand up and saunter!)

Walk in a slow relaxed way.