Assignment #2 Vocabulary Exercise

➤tentative (adj.)

   1. not definite or certain, because you may want to change things.
      e.g. I passed on my tentative conclusions to the police.

   2.done without confidence
      e.g. Evan's writing is very tentative.


➤summit (n.)

   1.an important meeting or set of meetings between the leaders of several governments.
      e.g. The two presidents agreed to hold a summit in the spring.

   2.the top of a mountain.
      e.g. Many people have now reached the summit of Mount Everest.


➤leverage (n.)

   1. influence that you can use to make people do what you want.
      e.g. The national brewers' leverage has been intensified as a result of the rise of lager.

   2. the action, power, or use of a lever.
      e.g. The consequent leverage is the most distinctive feature of our financial era.


➤regime (n.)

   1.a government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of for some other reason.
      e.g. The regime got rid of most of its opponents.

   2.a particular system – used especially when talking about a previous system, or one that has just been introduced.
      e.g. Under the new regime, all sheep and cattle will be regularly tested for disease.

   3.a special plan of food, exercise etc that is intended to improve your health.
      e.g. The doctor enforced a strict dietary regime.

➤dispute (n.)

   1.a serious argument or disagreement.
      e.g. The firm is involved in a legal dispute with a rival company.