IELTS Essay: Neighbors in Large Cities

Vocabulary Answers

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increasingly common more pervasive

urban areas cities

neighbors people who live next to each other

interact communicate with

results in causes

a declining sense of community less of a feeling of being neighbors

individually motivated people doing it themselves

lack not have

connection link

less culturally unique neighborhoods places all the same

illustrative counter-example good example showing the opposite

shared similar values have the same ideas/beliefs

led to causes

flourishing doing really well

unique culture distinctive lifestyles

sense of community feeling of a culture

“Beat Poets” a specific style of poetry from the 1950s

related to this is also part of this is

fading distinctiveness less unique

value importance

alike the same

district neighborhood

major metropolis large city

sentiment feeling

inhabitants residents

derives comes from

in the way of opposing

singular shared identity same cultural values

remedies fixes

detailed above described before

initiative motivation

contrive try too hard

provoke backlash cause a reaction

heritage tradition

suits makes sense

join mass movements become part of what many are doing

gentrification moving to take neighborhoods

expatriate enclaves immigrant areas

preserve keep the same

cultural traditions heritage

entirely totally

represent symbolize

interests what you value

replicated on a larger scale repeated in other places

thoughtfully carefully

traditions heritage

any given community a random place

stemming from coming from

involvement engagement

at large all of it

dealt with handled

ramifications implications

in this way through this method

cultural integrity pureness of a group of people

preserved kept the same

globalized world world becoming all the same