Vocabulary lesson 49
Definitions and samples
- The environment is a popular topic these days.
- The debate between the two candidates was heated.
- The police have assured the public that the escaped prisoners will not evade recapture for long.
- Only laws that force companies to reform will clear the dangerous vapors from our air.
- They marched in procession to the Capitol building.
- topic (n.) subject that people think, write, or talk about
- The environment is a popular topic these days.
- debate (n.) a discussion in which reasons for and against something are brought out
- The debate between the two candidates was heated.
- evade (v.) get away from by trickery or cleverness
- The police have assured the public that the escaped prisoners will not evade recapture for long.
- reform (v.) make better; improve by removing faults
- Only laws that force companies to reform will clear the dangerous vapors from our air.
- procession (n.) a line of people or vehicles moving as part of a ceremony
- They marched in procession to the Capitol building.