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AVR unit 36
Practice the vocabulary
| Term | Definition | Fill in the Blank |
|---|---|---|
| Awareness | knowledge or perception of a situation or fact. | We need to raise public _______ of the issue |
| Barriers | something (such as a fence or natural obstacle) that prevents or blocks movement from one place to another | Both leaders are in favor of removing trade ___________s.. |
| Convince | to cause (someone) to believe that something is true | I was unable to _____________ her to stay. |
| Donate | to give (money, food, clothes, etc.) in order to help a person or organization | You can _____ at the blood bank every eight weeks. |
| Eventually | at some later time : in the end | __________, I did get better and returned to work. |
| Exchange | an occurrence in which people give things of similar value to each other : the act of giving or taking one thing in return for another thing | The interview is an _______ information for the headline news. |
| Identity | to know and say who someone is or what something is | The police often use fingerprints to ______________ suspects. |
| Inhibit | to keep (someone) from doing what he or she wants to do | Fear can ___________ people from expressing their opinions. |
| Isolated | separate from others | She felt___________ in her new school. |
| Latest | most recent | She's interested in all the _____________ fashions. |
| Location | a place | The ___ of your business is very important. You need to chose a place that has a lot of visibility. |
| Media | the radio stations, television stations, and newspapers through which information is communicated to the public | The event attracted a lot of ___________. |
| Prevent | : to stop (something) from happening or existing | Seat-belts in cars often ____ serious injuries. |
| Publicize | to cause (something) to be publicly known : to give information about (something) to the public | The company neglected to _____________ the side effects of the new drug. |
| Range | a group or collection of different things or people that are usually similar in some way : a series of numbers that includes the highest and lowest possible amounts : the total amount of ability, knowledge, experience, etc., that a person has | We were provided with wide ____ of data bases allowing us to better describe various vehicles. |
| Site | the place where something (such as a building) is, was, or will be located | They visited the _________ of their future house. |
| Spread | to open, arrange, or place (something) over a large area : to become larger or to affect a larger area : to move into more places | The cancer has _____ to her throat. |
| Valley | an area of low land between hills or mountains | She followed him across the _____ and up a steep slope. |
| Volunteer | : someone who does something without being forced to do it: such as | ___________s are needed to help with the bake sale |
| Access | to be able to use, enter, or get near (something) | A dirt road provides ____________ to the home. |