Vocab-ability–242 (urb = city) – A More Powerful Vocabulary (earn UpVotes with “Vocab Practice” exercise)
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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
Voters for the Democrats tend to live in urban areas whereas voters for the Republicans tended to live in rural areas.
The politician's urbane manner made him a popular guest on talk shows.
Most people move to the surburbs when they start a family.
Menlo Park is an exurb of San Francisco where all the academics and tech professionals live.
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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
Urban living requires renting a flat close to a tube station, in order to be able to get to work quickly.
Cary Grant had a smooth urbane style.
The family moved to the suburbs because they couldn't afford a house in the city.
The SUV enthusiasts moved to the exurbs in order to have enough room to park their five cars.
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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
Urban areas often suffer from air pollution due to the high concentration of cars.
The Viennese ambassador and all his staff were as urbane as people in a Ferrero Rocher advert.
Wimbledon is a suburb of London.
Exurbs tend to have poor bus or train services, which means residents need to be able to drive in order to live there.
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Damn, I wish I were as urbane as actors in a chocolate ad. :-)
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Urban
In india only 20% population lives in urban areas rest 80% in rural areas.
Good work! But kinda short ...
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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
The urban lifestyle is pretty tiring for a mountain lover.
The way she was dressing was very urbane and that made her be special.
Coming from a suburb to a university from the capital might make you feel less protected.
Yesterday the Romanian Dream survived in the exurbs well outside of the major cities or suburbs.
MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
urban
The urban area tends to be full of noisy environment or has a heavy traffic.
urbane
Some of the urbane people are longing for moving to a small town after retiring.
suburb
It was unusual for the residences in the suburb pursuing a high-speed chase since that typically happens in the city.
exurb
It's interesting that most exurbs serve as commuter towns, but some commuter towns are not exurban.
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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
Many birds have been seen flying near the urban district of Northern Mississippi.
He’s very urbane in the manner that he behaves and speaks in front of the guests.
He lives in the suburb of Manhattan area.
One of his friends lives in one of the exurbs in Bellevue, WA.
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MY VOCAB PRACTICE
The urban areas in my country are much developed than the rural areas.
My homeland is an urbane place to live in.
Development need to spread to the suburbs of the city.
The exurb is still being constructed
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