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Vocabulary from TOEFL BOOK . ADDICTIVE . 1-If a substance, especially a drug, is addictive, your body starts to need it regularly and you are unable to stop taking it: Tobacco is highly addictive . 2- An activity that is addictive is so enjoyable that you do not want to stop :
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ADDICTIVE 1-If a substance, especially a drug, is addictive, your body starts to need it regularly and you are unable to stop taking it: • Tobacco is highly addictive. 2- An activity that is addictive is so enjoyable that you do not want to stop: • It started as a hobby, but it got so addictive I had to keep on doing it. • addictive arcade games.
amateurish not skillfully done or made [≠ professional] Uncountable. • His paintings are rather amateurish.
bribe 1-To illegally give someone, especially a public official, money or a gift in order to persuade them to do something for you: • The only way we could get into the country was by bribing the border officials. 2-To offer someone, especially a child, something special in order to persuade them to do something. • Sam wouldn't do her homework until I bribed her with ice cream.
condemn 1-disapprove/ to say very strongly that you do not approve of something or someone, especially because you think it is morally wrong. • Politicians were quick to condemn the bombing 2- punish/to give someone a severe punishment after deciding they are guilty of a crime. • He was found guilty and condemned to death.
Quiz • Amateurish ( ) • Bribe ( ) • Condemn ( ) • Addictive ( ) 1-Unable to stop doing something. 2-Disapprove/punish. 3-Unskillful persona. 4-Illegally give someone money or a gift in order to help you
Please write them down in your vocabulary log Thank you Halah