Vocabulary Recitation 2020/05/18

emphatic adj.

1. ADJ-GRADED An emphatic response or statement is one made in a forceful way, because the speaker feels very strongly about what they are saying.
2. ADJ-GRADED If you are emohatic about something, you are use forceful language which shows that you feel very strongly about what you are saying.
3. ADJ-GRADED An emphatic win or victory is one in which the winner has own by a large amount or sidtance.

attrition n.

1. N-UNCOUNT Attrition is a process in which you steadily reduce the strength of an enemy by continually attacking them.
2. N-UNCOUNT At a university or place of work, attrition is the decrease in the number of students or employees caused by people leaving and not being replaced.

baggage n.

1. N-UNCOUNT Your baggage consists of the bags that you take with you when you travel.
2. N-UNCOUNT You can use baggage to refer to someone's emotional problems, fixed ideas, or prejudices.

compulsive adj.

1. ADJ You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or uncessary.
2. ADJ-GRADED If a book or television programme is compulsive, it is so interesting that you do not want to stop reading or watching it.

anthropologist n.

1. N-UNCOUNT Anthropology is the scientific study of people, society, and culture.

accustomed adj.

threshold n.