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VOCABULARY U7

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  • A generalized belief about a group of people
    stereotypes
  • The external form, contours, or appearance of someone or something.
    shape
  • To accumulate, let a bill get longer without paying.
    run up
  • Tending to emphasize ideals and principles over practical concerns.
    idealistic
  • Agree in part, when you want to express that you agree with something, but not entirely.
    agree to some extent
  • characteristics
    traits
  • openly resist or refuse to obey; boldly challenge authority.
    defy
  • To look for, to try to find or get something, especially something that is not a physical object
    seek
  • Buildings for people to live in
    Housing
  • Essentially; completely; extremely, fundamentally.
    radically
  • To understand wrongly
    misunderstand
  • Forces made by one thing against another
    pressures
  • Very wide
    broad
  • Catch up with and pass while traveling in the same direction. (Especially of misfortune) come suddenly or unexpectedly upon.
    overtake
  • A situation in which people are not allowed to enter or leave a building or area freely because of an emergency.
    lockdown
  • implacable, inexorable, intransigent, obstinate, recalcitrant.
    stubborn
  • Not friendly, forthcoming or willing to take part in things; cool and distant, reserved, detached.
    aloof
  • (Business) to cancel a debt; to recognize that something is a failure, has no value, etc.
    write off
  • Believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment. To give someone the right to have or do something.
    entitled
  • Suitable, proper
    appropriate
  • finish paying for something; a positive result brought about by hard work.
    pay off
  • Start doing something unplanned
    fall into
  • Topics or problems under discussion
    issues
  • Hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something.
    optimism
  • Feeling annoyed and upset because you cannot do something you are trying to do
    frustrated
  • implacable, inexorable, intransigent, obstinate, recalcitrant.
    stubborn
  • looking ahead or beyond; prospect for the future
    outlook
  • Practical, as opposed to idealistic
    pragmatic
  • Something, typically money, that is owed or due
    debt
  • Facts and conditions that affect a situation
    circumstances