TED Speakers
Key Words Unit 8
Key Words Unit 9
Synonyms -able/-ible Unit 8
Collocations with Intensifying Adverbs Unit 9
100

TRUE or FALSE: Unit 8's TEDSpeaker, Dan Barber, is a chef

True 
100

An organic compound that is rich in the ingredients necessary for a healthy diet, often found in meat sources

Protein

100

A new version of a song or video made by changing certain elements of it

Remix

100

UNAVOIDABLE:

inevitable OR unalterable

inevitable 

100

SINCERELY/ QUITE believe that

SINCERELY 

200

TRUE or FALSE: In Unit 9, Internet Sensation, Kevin Alloca is Head of Culture and Trends at TikTok.

FALSE: He is Head of Culture and Trends at YouTube

200

An animal that preys on or kills other animals for food

Predator

200

Put on a cycle where the music or video is repeated again and again 


Looped

200

PLAUSIBLE:

acceptable OR credible 

credible

200

DESPERATELY/ IMMENSELY in need of

DESPERATELY

300

In Unit 8, Food and Sustainability, which animal did Dan Barber "fall in love with"?!

A fish!

300

An area of land that is permanently wet

Marshland

300
People who influence others in their likes and dislikes 

Tastemakers / Influencers 

300

AMENABLE:

agreeable OR reasonable 

AGREEABLE


300
SEVERELY/ PAINFULLY disadvantaged by 

SEVERELY 

400

In Unit 8, Food and Sustainability, what was Dan Barber's idea worth spreading?

If we abandon the current large-scale, wasteful agribusiness model, our food will be more sustainable and more delicious as well.

400

Your moral sense of what is right and wrong (noun)

Conscience 

400

Sudden increases (plural noun)

Spikes

400

ATTAINABLE 

ACHIEVABLE 

400

? admit that

READILY


500

In Unit 9, Internet Sensation, what was Kevin Alloca's idea worth spreading?

That the future of entertainment is one where everyone plays a part in shaping pop culture - not only its popularity, but also creating the content itself.

500
(of a bird) to sit on eggs until they hatch

Brood

500

Appeared from nowhere (phrasal verb)

Sprouted Up

500

LAUDABLE 

COMMENDABLE 

500

? committed to

DEEPLY

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