Changes Vocabulary
Imminent = coming or likely to happen very soon
Sentence – Gossip columnists often bracket them together, so a wedding may be imminent.
Gradual = happening or changing slowly over a long period of time or distance.
Sentence – There is a gradual build-up of suspense throughout the film, until it comes to an unexpected ending.
Endure = to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful.
Sentence – The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
Temporary = not lasting or needed for very long.
Sentence – The permanent collection is displayed on the first floor, whilst the ground floor houses temporary exhibitions.
Moderate = neither small nor large in size, amount, degree, or strength.
Sentence –If you have great talents, industry will improve them. If you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
Retrospect = a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time.
Sentence – In retrospect, we should have insisted on checking his calculations, but it’s easy to be wise after the event.
Shift = to (cause something or someone to) move or change from one position or direction to another, especially slightly.
Sentence – There has been a shift from smokestack industries into high-tech ones.
Preceding = to be or go before something or someone in time or space.
Sentence – During the preceding fifty or sixty years Christians were often seen as outsiders, especially in Western aristocratic circles.
Abrupt = sudden and unexpected, and often unpleasant.
Sentence – Buyers have withdrawn from the market in view of the abrupt turn of the trend of prices.
Turbulent = involving a lot of sudden changes, arguments, or violence.
Sentence – This is a consequence of the fact that turbulent flows normally occur at high Reynolds number.
Instantly = immediately.
Sentence – Bank customers can access their checking accounts instantly through the electronic system.
Minute = one of the 60 parts that an hour is divided into, consisting of 60 seconds.
Sentence – It is possible to learn more of a human being in one minute of love than in months of observation.
Topical = of interest at the present time; relating to things that are happening at present.
Sentence – They were advised to use topical steroids only on severely affected areas of skin in accordance with our usual practice.
Imperceptible = unable to be noticed or felt because of being very slight.
Sentence – Nodules containing single worms are almost imperceptible, and the visible ones enclose several of the tiny worms as well as eggs and larvae.
Insignificant = small or not noticeable, and therefore not considered important.
Sentence – Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and can’t make a change.
Subtle = not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious in any way.
Sentence – Contemporary Hollywood movies often make subtle genuflections to the great film-makers of the past.
Remnant = a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount.
Sentence – As possibly the sole surviving remnant of the Dragon empire it surely deserves some backing from the industry.
Persist = If an unpleasant feeling or situation persists, it continues to exist.
Sentence – Environmental pressures encourage genes with certain mutations to persist and others to die out.
Considerable = large or of noticeable importance.
Sentence –The number of students at a college can be subject to considerable fluctuation.
Consistently = in a constant or unchanged way.
Sentence – In newspaper articles she consistently upbraided those in authority who overstepped their limits.
