Meaning of ethnocentrism,down-to-earth,threshold,acrophobia,rehearse,amnesia,hierarchy,empathy,st...

Your English test package will help you learn new phrases, idioms, expressions and English grammar structures every single day.
And you won't even have to cram any grammar rules or vocabulary words into your head! Read more about it.

assuming that your group is superior to all others

The underlying disorder in many racist people is ethnocentrism.

that can be applied, practical

The down-to-earth proposal made by the new coordinator was highly appreciated.

the level at which something starts to happen

My anger threshold is very high.

irrational fear of high places

People with acrophobia cannot live on the upper floors of tall buildings.

practice a play, dance, etc in order to prepare for a performance

Actors have to rehearse their part many times before they are ready to appear before an audience.

a long or short term loss of memory

Causes of amnesia include injury, old age, illness, or mental disease.

the system in which everything is arranged according to their level of importance or power

In the army following the codes of hierarchy is very important, and those who break the chain are severely punished.

the ability to put yourself in other people's shoes, to try to think and feel like them

Empathy is the key to establishing good, long-lasting friendships.

Parents working at all levels in businesses can begin to establish empathy with the school work of their children and contribute to it in the workplace, or the school or at home.

a drug that causing people to feel more energetic and wide awake

People working overnight need stimulants like caffeine.

two things that happen at the same time without an evident reason

Seeing my ex-girlfriend at the hotel I was staying at was a great coincidence.

	back to top	copyright © 2003—2007 www.english-test.net

Meaning of ethnocentrism, down-to-earth, threshold, acrophobia, rehearse, amnesia, hierarchy...