Unlock 5 / Unit 9 L2

a strong feeling of sympathy for someone or something suffering and a wish to help them.

• illegible

• compassion

• implausible

to explain or give more detail about something that you have said.

• elaborate

• impair

• constitute

in science , to copy or imitate another living thing or the way that they are or behave

• determine

• mimic

• excel

in a situation where something valuable may be lost

• at stake

• frown upon

• start out

the ability to understand or know something immediately , based on your feelings rather than facts

• warrant

• intuition

• discrepancy

the ability to perform an action or actions skillfully with your hands

• option

• scope

• dexterity

present and noticeable everywhere

• impersonal

• pervasive

• reluctant

very ordinary and therefore not interesting

• dominant

• competent

• mundane