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Quality
Destination C1 &C2 Vocabulary Unit 22
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aggravate | to make something bad become worse, especially a situation or a medical condition |
| better (v) | to achieve a better result than someone or something |
| better (v) | to improve something |
| blemish | a mark or spot that spoils the appearance of something |
| chaos | a situation in which everything is confused and in a mess |
| cheapen | to make someone or something seem less valuable or respected |
| contaminate | to make something dirty, polluted, or poisonous by adding a chemical, waste, or infection |
| decay | to make or become gradually worse in quality, or weaker in power or influence |
| decline | to become less or worse |
| defective | not made correctly, or not working correctly |
| detrimental | harmful or damaging |
| devastate | to seriously damage or completely destroy something |
| devastate | to make someone feel very shocked and upset |
| enhance | to improve something, or to make it more attractive or more valuable |
| evaluate | to think carefully about something before making a judgment about its value, importance, or quality |
| exacerbate | to make a problem become worse |
| exquisite | extremely beautiful and delicate |
| first-rate | of the highest quality |
| flaw | a mistake or fault in something that makes it useless, less effective or less beautiful |
| ideal | of the best or most suitable type |
| ideal | as good as you can imagine, and probably too good to be real |
| inadequate | not enough, or not good enough for a particular purpose |
| invaluable | extremely useful |
| optimum (adj) | best or most suitable within a range of possibilities |
| optimum (n) | the best or most suitable situation, level or amount |
| outclass | to be much better than someone or something else |
| prime | most important, most suitable or of the highest quality |
| redeeming feature | a positive quality which improves something that is not very good by including something that is good |
| refurbish | to improve a room or a building by cleaning and painting it, adding new furniture or equipment etc |
| reinforce | to make an idea, belief, or feeling stronger |
| reinforce | to make a building, structure, or object stronger |
| renovate | to make something old look new again by repairing and improving it, especially a building |
| rotten | something that is rotten has decayed |
| rotten | of a low quality, standard or ability |
| rusty | a rusty metal object is covered in rust |
| satisfactory | good enough to be accepted in a particular situation |
| satisfactory | enjoyable and pleasing |
| shambles | something that is very badly organized and that does not operate effectively |
| shoddy | shoddy work, services, or products are of a very low standard |
| sound | involving the use of good judgment, and therefore likely to be effective |
| sound | thorough |
| stale | stale food such as bread is old and no longer fresh |
| streamline | to improve a business, organization, process etc by making it more modern or simple |
| strengthen | to make something stronger |
| surpass | to be better or greater than something else, or better than what was expected or hoped for |
| ultimate | happening at the end of a process or activity |
| ultimate | as good or as bad as possible |
| worsen | to become worse, or to make something worse |
| wreck (v) | to severely damage |
| wreck (n) | something that has been badly damaged |
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patrick.d.a
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