CHANGES Vocabulary

Imminent = coming or likely to happen very soon

Sentence – Gossip columnists often bracket them together, so a wedding may be imminent.

Gradual = happening or changing slowly over a long period of time or distance.

Sentence – There is a gradual build-up of suspense throughout the film, until it comes to an unexpected ending.

Endure = to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful.

Sentence – The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

Temporary = not lasting or needed for very long.

Sentence – The permanent collection is displayed on the first floor, whilst the ground floor houses temporary exhibitions.

Moderate = neither small nor large in size, amount, degree, or strength.

Sentence – If you have great talents, industry will improve them. If you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.

Retrospect = a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time.

Sentence – In retrospect, we should have insisted on checking his calculations, but it’s easy to be wise after the event.

Shift = to (cause something or someone to) move or change from one position or direction to another, especially slightly.

Sentence – There has been a shift from smokestack industries into high-tech ones.

Preceding = to be or go before something or someone in time or space.

Sentence – During the preceding fifty or sixty years Christians were often seen as outsiders, especially in Western aristocratic circles.

Abrupt = sudden and unexpected, and often unpleasant.

Sentence – Buyers have withdrawn from the market in view of the abrupt turn of the trend of prices.

Turbulent = involving a lot of sudden changes, arguments, or violence.

Sentence – This is a consequence of the fact that turbulent flows normally occur at high Reynolds number.

Instantly = immediately.

Sentence – Bank customers can access their checking accounts instantly through the electronic system.

Minute = one of the 60 parts that an hour is divided into, consisting of 60 seconds.

Sentence – It is possible to learn more of a human being in one minute of love than in months of observation.

Topical = of interest at the present time; relating to things that are happening at present.

Sentence – They were advised to use topical steroids only on severely affected areas of skin in accordance with our usual practice.

Imperceptible = unable to be noticed or felt because of being very slight.

Sentence – Nodules containing single worms are almost imperceptible, and the visible ones enclose several of the tiny worms as well as eggs and larvae.

Insignificant = small or not noticeable, and therefore not considered important.

Sentence – Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and can’t make a change.

Subtle = not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious in any way.

Sentence – Contemporary Hollywood movies often make subtle genuflections to the great film-makers of the past.

Remnant = a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount.

Sentence – As possibly the sole surviving remnant of the Dragon empire it surely deserves some backing from the industry.

Persist = If an unpleasant feeling or situation persists, it continues to exist.

Sentence – Environmental pressures encourage genes with certain mutations to persist and others to die out.

Considerable = large or of noticeable importance.

Sentence – The number of students at a college can be subject to considerable fluctuation.

Consistently = in a constant or unchanged way.

Sentence – In newspaper articles she consistently upbraided those in authority who overstepped their limits.