General Vocabulary
Evocative- making you remember or imagine something pleasant.
Sentence- Those old toys are evocative of my boyhood.
Extravagant- costing too much money than you can afford or is necessary.
Sentence- She courts publicity by inviting journalists to extravagant parties.
Extraction- the act or process of removing something, especially using effort or force.
Sentence- Commercial peat extraction is destroying many threatened habitats.
Emulate- try to imitate with effort to equal or surpass someone who you admire.
Sentence- Fitzgerald is keen to emulate Martin’s record of three successive world titles.
Exclude-to prevent someone or something from taking part an activity or entering a place.
Sentence- She deliberately tried to exclude David from the conversation and show him how de trop he was.
Enlighten- provide someone with information so that they understand a subject or situation better.
Sentence- Nobody seemed to be anxious to enlighten me about the events that led up to the dispute.
Elaborate on –explain about.
Sentence- You can elaborate on this sampler idea by putting the words inside another design.
Ethnic minority- a group of people living in a country or area in which most people have a different culture and different traditions.
Sentence- A drive to attract more ethnic minority students to Longlands College, Middlesbrough, is showing good results.
(To) extend- to make something longer, wider or larger.
Sentence- We are very happy to extend to you our utmost congratulations on your finishing your college course so successfully. May you enter a more successful life and the future years bring you continued happiness.
To empower women-to give women the freedom to do something.
Sentence- Some feminists even claim that pornography can empower women by loosening them from the shackles of social prudery and restrictions.
For good- forever; permanently.
Sentence- The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
Forget all about- to forget completely.
Sentence- My philosophy is, I leave work at 5 o’clock and forget all about it till the next day.
From scratch- to start from the very beginning.
Sentence- They don’t have to build their stores from scratch.
Fully intend to- to have a definite objective or plan to do something.
Sentence- There are massive opportunities for a group like Emap in the digital environment and we fully intend to take them.
Fed up- bored, unhappy or disappointed, especially with a situation that has continued for a long time.
Sentence- I’m fed up with work, meetings, and all that jazz.
Faculty- a department within a university or college.
Sentence- It is also a myth that the faculty of hearing is greatly increased in blind people.
Fortunately- luckily; in a lucky manner.
Sentence- Fortunately, the passengers escaped serious injury.
Foremost- the most important (first in place, order).
Sentence- She ranks foremost among the country’s leading conductors.
To fall by the wayside- if something falls by the wayside, it fails to continue/ people stop doing it.
Sentence- In any event, the idea that Lazarsfeld had discovered a ubiquitous method of social research has to fall by the wayside..
Flawless- perfect, without defects or faults.
Sentence- Although his composition was flawless, the teacher was always cavilling at his handwriting.
Force- to use physical strength, or power to make somebody do something that they do not want to do.
Sentence- The investigation uncovered widespread corruption within the police force.
Far and wide- over a large area.
Sentence- He ranges far and wide in search of inspiration for his paintings.
Fierce competition- strong competition/ tough competition.
Sentence- Despite fierce competition she made a gallant effort to win the first medal of the championships.
Fake- not genuine; counterfeit (in order to trick people).
Sentence- Fake friends never betray in front of you. They always do it behind you.
