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Reading PLUS
Unit 7 Dishonesty
Term | Definition |
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punishment | a penalty, what you get for doing something bad (N) |
threatening | promising that something bad will happen to someone (I'm going to beat you up or I'm going to tell if you don't do this) (N, Adj) |
vague | very unclear, not precise, uncertain (Adj) |
mentality | a way of thinking; the way a person's mind works (N) |
subconsciously | without being aware of something; unknowingly, you know it without knowing it (Adv) |
challenge | to question, demand to know if really true or not, to push for an answer, or to push yourself to do more (V, N) |
regulate | to make rules for, to control through rules and policies (V) |
impression | an idea, an imprint in your mind, a lasting feeling, can be a good or bad one (N) |
upside down | when the top part is at the bottom (Adj) |
widespread | very common everywhere (Adj) |
hardly | certainly not, not much, barely, slightly, scarcely, almost nothing, just a little before, with great difficulty (Adv) |
monitor | to watch and check, or one who does that (V, N) |