N1 Vocabulary

to load (a gun, etc.), to charge

to follow (a road, path, etc.), to trace

quick, fast, rapid, swift

nearsightedness, shortsightedness, myopia

myopia, shortsightedness, nearsightedness

outskirts, environs (of a city), surrounding area, surroundings

repayment, reimbursement, refund, redemption

return, restoration

persecution, oppression

to expel, to drive out

to herd, to drive, to chase, to corral

exile, banishment, eviction, deportation, purge, expulsion, ousting

chase, pursuit, tracing

to step back, to move back, to retreat

to refuse, to reject, to turn down, to dismiss

degeneration, retrogression, atrophy

dropping out of school, withdrawal from school

extermination, elimination, eradication, destruction, suppression, subjugation, getting rid of, stamping out, wiping out, rooting out

remittance, sending money

to run away, to flee, to make off, to take to one's heels, to escape