Lesson 15

22 of 72 Vocabulary

wasteful ②too good ③impious
exercise ②appeal ③motion
common ②to be common (to) ③-wide
betterment ②kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
farmer ②farmhouse ③School of Agrarianism (China)
destruction ②(application) crash
poor ②lacking (quantity and quality-wise)
protection ②preservation
to plant ②to insert ③to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent) ④to instill (idea, value, etc.)
fundraising ②donating
free (of charge)
contribution
green ②greenery
surface ②face (i.e. the visible side of an object) ③front (of a building, etc.) ④outside
opposite side ②rear ③lining ④in the shadows
cool ②all right
to lick ②to taste ③to experience (esp. a hardship) ④to underestimate
Note: In order to match dictionary entries, some of the words listed here are shown in simpler forms than what you see in the book, and compound words may be split into multiple entries.