Unit 7 Vocabulary, Upper Intermediate Level Students

to cut off someone’s arm, leg, finger etc during a medical operation

• Resolve

• pros‧the‧sis

• Amputate

• re‧sid‧u‧al

someone who has had an arm or a leg amputated

• pros‧the‧sis

• re‧sid‧u‧al

• amputee

• blis‧ter

an arm or leg

• in‧ter‧face

• limb

• strain

• blis‧ter

the production of a sound as a result of vibration (= shaking) of another object

• in‧ter‧face

• strain

• res‧o‧nance

• blis‧ter

new and original, not like anything seen or known before

• novel

• strain

• fi‧nite

• re‧sid‧u‧al

to solve or end a problem or difficulty

• sock‧et

• pros‧the‧sis

• amputate

• resolve

an artificial leg, tooth, or other parts of the body which takes the place of a missing part

• re‧sid‧u‧al

• in‧ter‧face

• limb

• pros‧the‧sis

a hollow part of a structure into which something fits

• sock‧et

• limb

• blis‧ter

• strain

having an end or a limit

• sock‧et

• blister

• fi‧nite

• interface

a connection between two pieces of electronic equipment, or between a person and a computer

• interface

• strain

• resonance

• socket