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Cars 2011
VOCABULARY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| being able to pay for something without financial difficulties | affordability |
| thin sheet of material | laminate |
| perceptive, keen, sharp, discriminating | discerning |
| an acknowledgement of your error, “I’m sorry”, “my bad” | mea culpa |
| complaints, undesirable conditions | maladies |
| something succeeded or replaced by something else | redecessors |
| to divide into two opposite groups (like North and South Poles) | polarizing |
| shock of seeing the cost of a new car on the price sticker | sticker shock |
| emitting no harmful pollutants | zero-emission |
| for the most part; almost wholly; nearly all | virtually |