Exam: Cambridge English: C1 Advanced (CAE)

Definition: To speak one's thoughts aloud, often when alone, as if talking to oneself.

Example: In the play, the character begins to soliloquise about his feelings of loneliness.

Definition: A person who speaks their thoughts aloud, often when alone, as a way to express their inner feelings or thoughts.

Example: The soliloquist captivated the audience with his heartfelt monologue.

Definition: To speak one's thoughts aloud, often when alone, as if talking to oneself.

Example: In the play, the character begins to soliloquize about his inner struggles.

Definition: A type of speech in which a person speaks their thoughts aloud, usually while alone, without addressing anyone else.

Example: In his soliloquy, the character revealed his inner struggles and desires.

Definition: A type of wave that maintains its shape while traveling through a medium, often found in nonlinear systems, and does not lose energy when colliding with other waves.

Example: The researchers studied the behavior of a soliton in the laboratory to understand its unique properties.

Definition: Related to or happening at a solstice, which is the time when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon.

Example: The solstitial celebrations mark the longest day of the year.

Definition: The process of making a substance dissolve in a liquid, so it becomes part of that liquid.

Example: The solubilization of the drug in water improved its effectiveness.

Definition: To make a substance able to dissolve in a liquid, especially in water, often by using a special agent like a detergent.

Example: The scientist used a detergent to solubilize the fat in the experiment.

Definition: Able to be dissolved in a liquid, especially water.

Example: Salt is soluble in water, which means it can easily mix with it.

Definition: A complex made when solvent molecules attach to a solute, forming a new structure that includes both the solute and the solvent.

Example: The chemist studied the solvate to understand how the solvent interacted with the solute.

Definition: To form a complex with a solvent, usually involving the interaction of a solute with a solvent in a solution.

Example: When salt dissolves in water, it solvates, meaning it forms a complex with the water molecules.