Changes in the global economy – vocabulary

By Rosamund Place | December 10, 2008

Can you match the words with their definitions?

Answers for Quiz [1].

1. power station (correct)
2. based on, centred on information technology (correct)
3. – verb – take (a position of power) illegally or by force; supplant (correct)
4. confusing and difficult problem or question (correct)
5. break a rule, convention or law, especially unintentionally (correct)
6. do wrong or be mistaken or incorrect (correct)
7. harming, damaging (correct)
8. deprived of a right or privilege (correct)
9. – informal – make a strong public complaint; make a fuss, a row (correct)
10. basic physical and organisational structures (such as roads and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise (correct)
11. a ludicrous or humiliating failure (correct)
12. get what you are entitled to, get what you have a right to (correct)
13. solid, heavy, and old-fashioned (correct)
14. add to in a way that improves or enhances (correct)
15. wait and see what actually happens (correct)
16. praise or congratulate politely (correct)