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223 Glossary abortion əˈbɔrʃn n an operation on a pregnant woman so that she will not have a baby actor æktərn a person who acts on the stage, on television or in À lms. against əˈgɛnst n touching or leaning on sbsth for support argument ˈargyumənt: n an angry discussion between two or more people who disagree with each other ban bæn v: to prohibit especially by legal means ban discrimination; also : to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of ban a book; ban a pesticide biodiversity baɪəʊdaɪˈvɜ:sɪti n: biological diversity in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals catastrophe ˈkə:tæstrəfi n: a terrible event in which there is a lot of destruction or many people are injured or die chorus kɔ:rəs n : a part of asong that is sung after each verse. climate ˈklaɪmɪt n: the average course or condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of years as exhibited by temperature, wind velocity, and precipitation clone kləʊn ɳ: to make an exact copy of an animal or plant by taking a cell rom it and developing it arti À cially excerpt eksɜ:pt ɳ a passage or extract from abook, À lm, plece of music, etc. exciting ɪkˈsaɪ̺ ɪŋ adj causing strong feelings of pleasure and interest that’s very exciting news fate feɪt n: force predetermining events fragile ˈfrædʒaɪl adj: easy to break, damage, or harm, usually because delicate or brittle fragrance ˈfreɪgrəns n: a pleasant smell genetic engineering dʒənetik, endʒɪˈnɪərɪn n the delioberate changing of inherited features by altering the structure or position of individual genes. gender ˈdʒendə n: the sex of a person or organism, or of a whole category of people or organisms global warming ̩gləʊbl ˈwɔ:mɪŋ n: an increase in the world’s temperatures, believed to be caused in part by the greenhouse effect and depletion of the ozone layer hail heɪl n: frozen rain that falls in small hard balls harmful ˈhɑ:mfʊl adj: causing damage or injury horrible ˈhɒrəbl adj: very bad, very unpleasant, or caused by anxiety or fear about something bad incite ɪnˈsaɪt v: to stir up feelings in or provoke action by somebody instruction ɪnˈstrʌkʃn n teaching or being taught: we offer instructions in all styles of dance issue ˈɪʃu: n: a topic for discussion or of general concern judge dʒʌdʒ n to act as a judge in court of law he said it was the hardest case he had ever had to judge judgement ˈdʒʌdʒmənt n the ability to form sensible opinions or to make wise decisions lesson ˈlɛsn n a period of time when you learn or teach sth, ussualy not in school she teaches piano lesson legalise ˈlɪˈgəlaɪz v: to make an activity legal by making or changing a law lofty ˈlɒfti adj: behaving in a falsely superior or haughty manner metaphor ˈmetəfə n the imaginatif use of word or pharese to describe somebody something as another object in order to show that they have the same qualities and to make the description more forceful. motive ˈməʊtɪv n: the reason for doing something or behaving in a particular way neglect nɪˈglekt n: the failure to give proper care or attention to somebody or something 224 Developing English Competencies f or Grade XII of Language Programme pattern ˈpætn n: a regular or repetitive form, order, or arrangement phenomenon fɪ:nɒmɪnən n: a fact or occurrence that can be observed platform plætfɔ:m n: the publicly plotline plɒtlaɪn n: the plot or storyline in a book or dramatic presentation, or the dialogue needed to develop the plot plot plɒt n: events in the story of À lm, novel, etc. purpose ˈpərpəs n having an aim or plan and acting according to it: A good leader inspires people with a sense of quit kwɪt v: to give up, leave, or resign from a position or organization rainfall ˈreɪnfɔ:l n: the amount of rain that falls in a particular location over a particular period of time require rɪˈkwaɪə v: to be in need of something or somebody for a particular purpose restriction rɪˈstrɪkʃən n: something that limits or controls something else revive rɪˈvaɪv v: to come, or bring somebody, back to life, consciousness, or full strength rhyme raɪm n the quality shared by words or syllables that have or end with at the end with the same sound as each other, especially when such words,etc are used at the ends of lines of poetry. romance rəʊˈmæns n: a love affair, especially a brief and intense one scary ˈskeəri adj.: causing fear or alarm scene si:n n: a view of a place or an activity, especially one presented in a painting or photograph script skrɪpt n a written text of a play, À lm, broadcast, talk,etc. setting ˈsetɪŋ n a set of surroundings; the place at whigh something happens severe sɪˈvɪə adj: very harsh or strict shift ʃɪft n: a change in position, direction, makeup, or circumstances short-list ˈʃɔ:tlɪst v.: to put somebody or something on a À nal list of candidates for a position or award speech spi:tʃ n: the ability to speak splendid ˈspɪendɪd adj: impressive because of quality or size split splɪt v: to divide something or be divided lengthwise into two or more parts, usually by force statue ˈstætʃu: n: a three-dimensional image of a human being or animal that is sculpted, modelled, cast, or carved stuff stʌf v: to À ll something by pushing things into it tempting ˈtemtɪŋ adj: causing craving or desire to arise terrestrial təˈrestriəl adj: relating to Earth rather than other planets theme ɵi:m n the subject of a talk, a piece of writing or persons thoughts; a topic; unborn ̩ʌnˈbɔ:n adj: not yet born, but usually already conceived and gestating veil veɪl n: a length of fabric, usually sheer, worn by women over the head and face as a concealment or for protection vein veɪn n: any of the blood vessels that carry blood to the heart wander ˈwɒndə v: to move from place to place, either without a purpose or without a known destination wonderful ˈwʌndərfl adj very good giving great pleasure what wandeful weather it’s a wondeful opportunity wisdom ˈwɪzdəm n: the knowledge and experience needed to make sensible decisions and judgments, or the good sense shown by the decisions and judgments made