Exam: Cambridge English: C1 Advanced (CAE)

Definition: The act of trapping someone or something, often used in legal contexts to describe a situation where a person is led to commit a crime by law enforcement.

Example: The police were accused of entrapment after they encouraged the suspect to commit the crime.

Definition: To make a serious and heartfelt request for something.

Example: She went to the king to entreat his help in the matter.

Definition: To ask someone earnestly or seriously for something; to request something with great urgency.

Example: She went to the king to entreat his help in the matter.

Definition: A serious and heartfelt request or plea for something.

Example: She made an entreaty for help during the difficult times.

Definition: To dig a trench or to establish a strong position, often in a way that is difficult to change or remove.

Example: The soldiers had to entrench themselves to prepare for the battle.

Definition: To establish something firmly and securely, often making it difficult to change or remove.

Example: The new policies are entrenched in the company's culture, making it hard to implement changes.

Definition: A situation or condition where something is firmly established or protected, often making it difficult to change or remove.

Example: The entrenchment of certain beliefs in society can make it hard to introduce new ideas.

Definition: Relating to the measure of disorder or randomness in a system, often used in the context of thermodynamics and information theory.

Example: The entropic nature of the universe suggests that systems tend to move towards greater disorder over time.

Definition: In a way that relates to the concept of entropy, which is a measure of disorder or randomness in a system.

Example: The system behaves entropically, leading to increased disorder over time.

Definition: A way to describe how disordered or random something is, especially in a closed system, or how much energy is unavailable to do work.

Example: The entropy of the system increased as the particles spread out and became more disordered.

Definition: Describing a cell or organism that does not have a nucleus.

Example: The enucleate cells were unable to perform certain functions that require a nucleus.

Definition: To remove the nucleus from a cell or to take out something completely from its surrounding area.

Example: The surgeon had to enucleate the tumor to ensure it was completely removed.

Definition: The process of removing the nucleus from a cell or the surgical removal of an organ, particularly the eye, along with cysts or tumors.

Example: The doctor performed an enucleation to treat the patient's eye condition.