IELTS suburban living

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  1. noise pollution
    annoying and potentially harmful environmental noise
    Even if we exclude the more obvious sources of noise pollution such as jet plane engines, road works, power tools, loud music at dance parties and so on, it is clear that noise is a constant and often unwelcome companion.
  2. intersperse
    introduce into one's writing or speech (certain expressions)
    Because of the accumulative nature of noise abuse, constant noise is worse than noisy periods interspersed with silence.
  3. accumulative
    increasing by successive addition
    Because of the accumulative nature of noise abuse, constant noise is worse than noisy periods interspersed with silence.
  4. dweller
    a person who inhabits a particular place
    City and urban dwellers exist in an increasingly noise-ridden environment, and it is now almost impossible to escape exposure to high noise levels.
  5. exclude
    prevent from entering; shut out
    Even if we exclude the more obvious sources of noise pollution such as jet plane engines, road works, power tools, loud music at dance parties and so on, it is clear that noise is a constant and often unwelcome companion.
  6. pollution
    contamination of the natural environment
    Even if we exclude the more obvious sources of noise pollution such as jet plane engines, road works, power tools, loud music at dance parties and so on, it is clear that noise is a constant and often unwelcome companion.
  7. endurance
    a state of surviving; remaining alive
    We have only to walk through a suburban shopping mall or department store, or catch a bus or train to be subjected to noise levels that a few decades ago would have been considered beyond human endurance.
  8. compound
    a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
    The popular practice of 'layering' sound, by adding a louder source of noise to that which already exists in order to mask it, merely compounds the problem.
  9. exposure
    the state of being exposed to harm
    City and urban dwellers exist in an increasingly noise-ridden environment, and it is now almost impossible to escape exposure to high noise levels.
  10. constant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
    Even if we exclude the more obvious sources of noise pollution such as jet plane engines, road works, power tools, loud music at dance parties and so on, it is clear that noise is a constant and often unwelcome companion.
  11. decade
    a period of 10 years
    We have only to walk through a suburban shopping mall or department store, or catch a bus or train to be subjected to noise levels that a few decades ago would have been considered beyond human endurance.
  12. abuse
    cruel or inhumane treatment
    Because of the accumulative nature of noise abuse, constant noise is worse than noisy periods interspersed with silence.
  13. obvious
    easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
    Even if we exclude the more obvious sources of noise pollution such as jet plane engines, road works, power tools, loud music at dance parties and so on, it is clear that noise is a constant and often unwelcome companion.
  14. companion
    a friend who is frequently with another
    Even if we exclude the more obvious sources of noise pollution such as jet plane engines, road works, power tools, loud music at dance parties and so on, it is clear that noise is a constant and often unwelcome companion.
  15. considered
    carefully weighed
    We have only to walk through a suburban shopping mall or department store, or catch a bus or train to be subjected to noise levels that a few decades ago would have been considered beyond human endurance.
  16. merely
    and nothing more
    The popular practice of 'layering' sound, by adding a louder source of noise to that which already exists in order to mask it, merely compounds the problem.
Created on Wed Apr 18 05:42:43 EDT 2012

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