2021-11-23 04:43:36
Essential advanced vocabularies. C1 level1.
Devastate (verb) C1 - to destroy a place or thing completely. Or to make someone feel very shocked and upset.
1) I was so devastated, and I was crying constantly.
2) The town was devastated by a hurricane in 1928.2.
Discharge (verb) C1 - to allow someone to leave.
1) Allen was discharged from the hospital yesterday.
2) Patients were discharged from the hospital because the beds were needed by other people.3.
Discourage (verb) B2 - to make someone feel less confident. Or try to prevent something happening or someone doing something
1) We tried to discourage him from spending so much money.
2) I don't want to discourage her, just keep going!4.
Domain (noun) C1 - The land that a ruler or a government controls. Or an area of knowledge or activity.
1) Nursing is no longer solely a female domain.
2) I don't do any gardening - that's my wife's domain.5.
Dignify (verb) C1 - to make something or someone seem more important than they really are
1) I cannot dignify him with the name ‘physician’.
2) I'm not even going to dignify that last comment with a response.6.
Dissolve (verb) C1 - to end an official organization or a legal arrangement.
1) They decided to dissolve the partnership.
2) Their marriage was dissolved in 1968.7.
Distort (verb) C1 - to change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, especially in a negative way.
1) They claim she deliberately distorted information and put families at risk.
2) These companies systematically distort the truth - by design.
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Debris (noun) C1 - pieces or remains from something that has been destroyed (rubbish)
1) After the tornado, debris from damaged trees and houses littered the town.
2) The crew cleaned up cigarette butts and other debris. [=trash, rubbish]
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Debute (noun, verb) C1 - the first time when someone performs something to the public. Or perform in public for the first time.
1) He started as an actor, making his debut as a director in 1990.
2) The company has recently debuted its new website.10.
Defy (verb) C2 - to refuse to obey a person, decision, law, etc.
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It is rare to see children openly defying their teachers.
2) A few workers defied the decision to strike and went in to work.Source from Oxford vocabulary books@Khusan57
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