Practice Day 20

enamoured of something

prophesy 

prophecy

imminent death

doomsayers

cater to

niche audiences

radio – most inexpensive and portable medium

surmount barriers

unlettered

incurred on producing visuals

calamity

TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains

curating playlists

relegated to

reluctance

policymakers

final run of an ancient technology

radio is losing its relevance to the youth

exorbitant

detrimental to

aspire to

disguise

astonishment

faux pas ( pronunciation )

let out the flat

stagnation

mortgage (pronunciation)

tenure

dominion

breathing over your shoulder

tempt 

allure of open-plan kitchens and flexible living spaces

avidly

gorged ourselves on property

affluent

trifling details

tenants

rented accommodation

ingrain

resentment towards

landlord

munitions factories

a blatant example

profiteering

armistice

latch on to

untenable

timid

such a prospect seems a long way off

hanker after

idyll

a white picket fence

anecdotal evidence

misgivings about

obsolete

a career that won’t be made obsolete by technology

automation

luddite

dispiriting

reasons that we can barely articulate

outsmart

a nub of truth

excruciating

empathic

cue

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