Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-22

primate
A primate is a member of the group of mammals which includes humans, monkeys, and apes.

The Primate of a particular country or region is the most important priest in that country or region.


prototype
A prototype is a new type of machine or device which is not yet ready to be made in large numbers and sold.

If you say that someone or something is a prototype of a type of person or thing, you mean that they are the first or most typical one of that type.


embassy
: oft the adj N
An embassy is a group of government officials, headed by an ambassador, who represent their government in a foreign country. The building in which they work is also called an embassy.


expedition
An expedition is an organized journey that is made for a particular purpose such as exploration.

You can refer to a group of people who are going on an expedition as an expedition.

An expedition is a short journey or trip that you make for pleasure.
= trip

stumble
If you stumble, you put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running and nearly fall over.

: usu sing
Stumble is also a noun.

If you stumble while you are reading aloud or speaking, you make a mistake, and have to pause before saying the words properly.


abandon
If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.

If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished.
If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.
= give up
If you say that someone does something with abandon, you mean that they behave in a wild, uncontrolled way and do not think or care about how they should behave.




If people abandon ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking.