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ENG Vocab Lesson 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ambitious | having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: |
| compounds | a fenced or walled-in area containing a group of buildings and especially residences |
| cope | to struggle or deal, especially on fairly even terms or with some degree of success (usually followed by with |
| knobbed | a rounded lump or protuberance on the surface or at the end of something, as a knot on a tree trunk |
| legalized | to make legal; authorize |
| migrated | to go from one country, region, or place to another |
| pensions | a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc. |
| sanitary facilities | restroom |
| sprawling | to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner |
| surge | a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep |