03: Eiken Grade 1 Vocabularies Lesson 3

__________ 1. having refined tastes or habits; having acquired worldly knowledge that was brought about by compelling

__________ 2. exceeding a normal, usual, or reasonable beauty, charm or appeal; astonishingly admirable

__________ 3. refined or delicate in meaning or intent; not immediately noticeable or understandable

__________ 4. majestic; regarded with nobility; impressive; supreme; veneration or inspiring awe

__________ 5. inadequate to meet or satisfy a need, a demand or a requirement

__________ 6. susceptible to being hurt, injured or wounded, both physical and emotional; prone to attack; likely to succumb to persuasion or temptation

__________ 7. severely critical or derisive or sardonic; stinging or biting, bitter

__________ 8. likely to be affected emotionally or with a disease, infection or condition; easily influenced; sensitive; especially subject to some influence

__________ 9. severe, strict or stern in manner, disposition or appearance; serious or grave

__________ 10. deficient in quantity or quality, fullness, richness, vigor or extent; scanty 　　　

It is one of the most advanced and most expensive schools in the country. They offer ________, modern facilities for teaching, learning and research, even cutting-edge equipment in their experimental laboratories.

2) Doctors from four U.S. cities reported that homosexuals with AIDS are also ____________ to a rare form of fast-growing cancer that attacks the bone marrow, brain, and abdomen. Their weak immune system makes them easily affected by this so-called non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

3) That episode of the phenomenal sitcom was deceptively __________. It appears delicate on the surface but it actually contains disguised aggression. That’s precisely the reason why it has continuously been on watch by the censorship group.

4) Grand Villa L’Imperiale Picasso is certainly a/an ____________ house for it has almost three acres outside the existing buildings and one-half the remaining land has been made into a stunning garden with views of the countryside as the landscape. Its beauty is just astoundingly admirable.

5) Being a comedian and an activist at the same time, he expressed his contempt for the leader’s foolish decision through ____________ humor, which put his show under close watch of the government.

6) Miyamoto Musashi was a swordsman in the Edo period. He devised what is called ‘Nitouryo’, the two-sword style. He not only wrote about the techniques of the sword but also about the spirit of a swordsman as well. His contribution to Japanese history is considered _____________.

7) Lack of power, both socially and economically, makes young people ____________ to exploitation with the absence of strong support at home or in their community. This is why the social welfare group of their town is increasing families’ awareness on this to empower their youths.

8) Please make securing a water supply your top priority this year. Water is becoming increasingly _________, such that the schedule of water supply, most especially in rural areas, is becoming more and more infrequent each day.

9) The main provider for impoverished families doesn’t earn enough for their daily living. With such a/an ___________ budget, they can barely eat three times a day, which leads to the children being under nourished.

10) The earliest practitioners of asceticism lived exceptionally __________ lifestyles, renouncing sensual pleasures and the accumulation of material wealth—a kind of life that is impossible to be lived by people of the 21st century.