Pronunciation
PROJECTILE
e.g:"Someone threw a projectile at her car"
PRUH-JEK-TL(US/prəˈdʒek.təl/)
PRUH-JEK-TILE(UK/prəˈdʒek.taɪl/)
I study and predict the future.
Futurist or Futurologist
People are trying to.............the senator.(to cause to lose power or leave office)
People are trying to bring down the senator.
Many animal species……………………be extinct by the end of the century. (likely)
Many animal species will most likely be extinct by the end of the century.
SUCCESSFULLY
e.g:" She successfully passed the test"
SUHK-SES-FUH-LEE(/səkˈses.fəl.i/)
SUHK-SEH-SFUH-LEE(/səkˈses.fəl.i/)
I forecast the weather.
Meteorologist
He had some money in an account that he had............for his kids.(to save something for later use)
He had some money in an account that he had set aside for his kids.
In a hundred years time, many countries …………………………. from the map due to rising sea levels. (disappear/ future perfect)
In a hundred years time, many countries will have disappeared from the map due to rising sea levels.
FUTUROLOGY
e.g:"He likes to write about plenty of things such as futurology"
FYOO-CHUH-ROL-UH-JEE(/ˌfjuː.tʃɚˈɑː.lə.dʒi/)
I study planets, stars and galaxies
Astronomer
The heat wave will.................many changes in our way of living.(to make something happen)
The heat wave will bring about many changes in our way of living.
At some point, humanity ………………….. other planets. (colonize/ future continuous)
At some point, humanity will be colonizing other planets.
ENVISAGE
e.g:"The Roman Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers"
IN-VI-ZIJ(/ɪnˈvɪz.ɪdʒ/)
I explore the fundamental properties and laws that rule space, time, energy and matter.
Physicist
I did not know this would..............,she seemed calm before this topic came up in the conversation.(to make someone start doing something, for instance laughing or crying)
I did not know this would set her off, she seemed calm before this topic came up in the conversation.
………………………..that the sun explodes, all of us will have already died. (time)
By the time that the sun explodes, all of us will have already died.
BUREAUCRACY
e.g:"I had to deal with the university's bureaucracy before I could change courses"
BYOO-RAA-KRUH-SEE(US/bjʊˈrɑː.krə.si/)
BYUOR-RO-KRUH-SEE(UK/bjʊəˈrɒk.rə.si/)
I take bets on sporting events and determine how much money people should win if their bet is correct.
Bookmaker
His parents............to be independent and responsible.(to raise a child)
His parents brought him up to be independent and responsible.
We will be able to travel to mars in………………………(foreseeable)
We will be able to travel to mars in a foreseeable future.