The truth about telly

vocabulary revision


WARNING many lists are of dubious usefulness. Vocabulary should be learnt in context. What follows is just a quick revision list and is no substitute for careful dictionary work and your own notetaking.

Match the key words with their definitions:


1. relentless
2. verge
3. to prompt
4. emaciated
5. crawl
6. footage
7. ratings
8. brute
a. extremely thin from hunger
b. a piece of film
c. never ending
d. to cause
e. numbers giving the popularity of TV programmes
f. crude, unsophisticated
g. moving on many legs or on both arms and legs
h. edge, limit, border



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