Day - 5 - Vocabulary ============= ✓ outrage (noun) ••• a feeling of anger and shock: # Many politicians and members of the public expressed outrage at the verdict. ••• a shocking, morally unacceptable, and usually violent action: # The…devamıDay - 5 - Vocabulary =============
✓ outrage (noun)
••• a feeling of anger and shock:
# Many politicians and members of the public expressed outrage at the verdict.
••• a shocking, morally unacceptable, and usually violent action:
# The bomb, which killed 15 people, was the worst of a series of terrorist outrages.
••• [ + that ] It's an outrage (= it is shocking and morally unacceptable) that so much public money should have been wasted in this way.
=== SYNONYM => anger, scandal
✓ outrage (verb)
••• (especially of an unfair action or statement) to cause someone to feel very angry, shocked, or upset:
# Local people were outraged at the bombing.
# A proposed five percent cut in pay has outraged staff at the warehouse.
=== SYNONYM => scandalize
••• to cause someone to feel very angry, shocked, or upset:
# The proposed pay cut outraged the staff.
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✓ cognitive (adjective) [before noun]
••• connected with thinking or conscious mental processes:
# Some of her cognitive functions have been impaired.
••• cognitive behaviour/development
••• cognitive psychology
••• relating to or involving the processes of thinking and reasoning:
# Studies show a connection between aerobic exercise and cognitive ability.
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✓ verify (verb)
••• to check that something is true or accurate
••• verify something.
# We have no way of verifying his story.
••• verify that…
# Please verify that there is sufficient memory available before loading the program.
# Please verify that your password was entered correctly.
••• verify whether, what, etc…
# I'll leave you to verify whether these claims are true.
••• verify something | verify that… to show or say that something is true or accurate
# Her version of events was verified by neighbours.
# Several witnesses verified his story.
=== SYNONYM => confirm