No pain, No gain

Week 5:
CITY LIFE
VOCABULARY/ COLLOCATIONS/
IDIOMS
Vocabulary Syn Meaning Family word Example
Creator Inventor, architect, a person who has (n) creation creativity Walt Disney, the
designer, initiator made or invented a creator creativeness creator of Mickey
#: destroyer particular thing (adj) creative ≠ Mouse
uncreative
(v) create recreate
(adv) creatively
Factor Issue, influence, one of several things Obesity is a major risk
feature, aspect, that cause or factor for heart
reason, cause, influence something disease.
component,…
Politic Tactful, diplomatic, based on good (n) politician politics It seemed politic to say
prudent, expedient, judgement politicization politicking nothing.
sensible, discreet,…. politico (adj) political
politicized apolitical
politic
(v) politicize
(adv) politically
attract Bring together, make someone (n) attraction She finds herself
magnetize, .. interested in attractiveness increasingly attracted
#repel something, or make (adj) attractive ≠ to them and their
them want to take unattractive lifestyle.
part in something (v) attract
attract somebody to (adv) attractively
something
Resident Occupant, tenant, a person who lives in (n) resident residence a resident of the
dweller, denizen,…. a particular place or residency United States.
who has their home (adj) resident
there residential
(v) reside
Source Basis, foundation, a place, person or For me, music is a
cause, font,… thing that you get great source of
something from enjoyment.
Access the opportunity or (n) access Cats should always
right to use accessibility ≠ have access to fresh,
something or to see inaccessibility clean water.
somebody/something (adj) accessible ≠
inaccessible
(v) access
(adv) accessibly ≠
inaccessibly
Embassies a group of officials the American
led by an Embassy in Paris
ambassador who
represent their
government in a
foreign country
Predict to say that something (n) prediction Every step in the
will happen in the predictability ≠ movie is easily
future unpredictability predicted.
 predictor
(adj) predictable ≠
unpredictable
predictive
(v) predict
(adv) predictably ≠
unpredictably
Potential that can develop into (n) potential A dirty kitchen is a
something or be potentiality potential source of
developed in the (adj) potential (adv) infection.
future potentially
Influence the effect that He had a profound
somebody/something influence on modern
has on the way a poets.
person thinks or
behaves or on the
way that something
works or develops
Celebration a special event that (n) celebration They held a special
people organize in celebrity celebration in his
order to celebrate (adj) celebrated honour.
something celebratory
(v) celebrate
Favela a poor area in or near
a Brazilian city, with
many small houses
that are close
together and in bad
condition
Poverty the state of being Most of the population
poor lives in grinding
poverty.
Government the group of people (n) government A new government
who are responsible governor governess was formed in
for controlling a governorship September of that
country or a state (adj) governmental year.
governing
gubernatorial
(v) govern
(adv) governmentally
Assistance help or support (n) government She had no one to turn
governor governess to for assistance.
(adj) governmental
governing
gubernatorial
(v) govern
(adv) governmentally
Common happening often; Stomach pain is very
existing in large common in children.
numbers or in many
places
Architect a person whose job is The house was
designing buildings designed by architect
Louis Kahn.
Separate forming a unit by (n) separation That’s a separate
itself; not joined to separates separatist issue.
something else separatism separator
inseperability
(adj) separable ≠
inseparable separate
separated (v) separate
(adv) inseparably
separately
Skyrocket to rise quickly to a Wages and prices
very high level have skyrocketed.
If it were easy, everyone could do it.