CAE 1 (OW) | U1p19: Vocabulary (Dunbar's Number)

anthropologist

• A scientist who specializes in the classification of plants and animals.

• A person who studies human societies, cultures, and their development.

• An expert in analyzing weather patterns and natural phenomena.

wide-ranging

• Extremely detailed and precise in one narrow field.

• Difficult to measure or calculate because it has no clear limits.

• Covering a large variety of subjects or areas.

to exceed

• To remove or reduce something gradually over time.

• To explain or make something clearer in detail.

• To go beyond a set limit, standard, or expectation.

compelling

• Something officially required or legally binding.

• Something confusing or hard to understand fully.

• So strong, interesting, or persuasive that it holds your attention.

finite

• Having limits or an end; not infinite.

• Too abstract to be measured or explained clearly.

• Continuing forever without interruption or end.

acquaintance

• A person you know slightly but not well.

• A very close and long-term friend.

• A formal agreement or contract between two people.

glance

• A sudden change in direction or opinion.

• A quick or brief look.

• A deep and detailed examination of something.

far off the mark

• Almost impossible to achieve or accomplish.

• Extremely close to the correct answer.

• Completely wrong or inaccurate.

to predate

• To cause something to become outdated or irrelevant.

• To reduce the importance of something after it occurs.

• To exist or happen before something else in time.

to be onto something

• To pretend to understand something without actually knowing it.

• To have an idea, discovery, or piece of information that seems promising or important.

• To give up on something because it has no value.