Exam: Cambridge English: C1 Advanced (CAE)

Definition: Relating to a person's usual mood or behavior, often indicating their natural tendencies or characteristics.

Example: Her dispositional traits make her very friendly and approachable.

Definition: To take away someone's property or possessions, making them unable to own or occupy it.

Example: The government decided to dispossess the landowners to build a new highway.

Definition: Having lost one's possessions, home, or rights, often due to external forces or circumstances.

Example: The dispossessed families were forced to leave their homes and seek shelter elsewhere.

Definition: The act of taking away someone's property or rights.

Example: The dispossession of the land led to protests from the local community.

Definition: A person who takes away someone's property or rights.

Example: The dispossessor claimed the land after the previous owner failed to pay taxes.

Definition: Evidence or argument that shows something is not true or correct.

Example: The scientist presented a disproof of the previous theory, showing it was flawed.

Definition: A lack of balance or equality between two or more things, often resulting in an unfair or unequal situation.

Example: The disproportion in wealth between the rich and the poor is a major social issue.

Definition: To make something unequal or out of balance in size, amount, or degree compared to something else.

Example: The new policy may disproportion the resources allocated to different departments.

Definition: Not in correct or balanced proportion; unequal in size, amount, or degree.

Example: The funding for the project was disproportional to the number of people it would benefit.

Definition: Able to be shown to be false or incorrect.

Example: The theory was disprovable, which allowed scientists to test its validity.

Definition: To show that something is not true or correct by providing evidence or argument.

Example: The scientist was able to disprove the old theory with new data.