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Academic Word List 5

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academy a school that teaches a particular subject or trains people for a particular job
adjust to move or change something slightly so that it has the desired fit or appearance
alter to change something, usually slightly, or to cause the characteristics of something to change
amend to change the words of a text, especially a law or a legal document
aware having knowledge or perception of a fact or situation
capacity the ability to do a particular thing / the total amount that can be contained or produced
challenge a difficult situation that needs to be overcome
clause a particular part of a written legal document
compound something that is composed of two or more elements
conflict a serious disagreement or argument which usually lasts a long time
consult to get advice or information from a person or book with specialist knowledge on something
contact communication with another person, usually regularly by speaking or writing / the state of touching another person
decline to refuse something / to become worse or lower
discrete the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offence or revealing confidential information / individually separate and distinct
draft a version of writing before the final piece
enable to make possible
energy the strength and power to be physically and mentally active / power derived from physical or chemical resources
enforce to make people follow a law, or make people accept a particular situation
entity something that exists separately from other things with an independent existence
equivalent equal in amount, purpose, value, meaning etc
evolve to develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually
expand . to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way
expose to remove what is covering something so that it can be seen
external of, on, for, or coming from the outside
facilitate to make something possible or easier
fundamental forming the base, from which everything else develops / more important than anything else
generate to cause something to exist
generation all the people of about the same age within a society or within a particular family
image a picture in your mind or an idea of how someone or something is
liberal respecting and allowing many different types of beliefs or behaviour
licence to give someone official permission to have or do something
logic a way of thinking and reasoning that is based on good judgement and validity
margin the amount by which one thing is different from another
medical relating to the science or practice of medicine
mental relating to the mind, or involving the process of thinking
modified make partial or minor changes to something, such as a plan, document, law or behaviour, to improve it
monitor to watch and check a situation carefully for a period of time in order to discover something about it
network a group or system of interconnected people or things
notion an idea or belief
objective aim or goal
orient to aim something at someone or something, or make something suitable for a particular group of people
perspective a particular way of considering or viewing something
precise exact / accurate
prime main or most important
psychology the scientific study of the human mind and its functions / the influence of a particular person's character on their behaviour
pursue to follow someone or something, usually to try to catch or kill them
ratio the quantitative relation between two amounts, which expresses how much bigger one is than the other
rejected to refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone
revenue the income that a government or company receives regularly
stable firmly fixed or not likely to move or change
styles typical way that something is done, especially by a person or group, or in a particular time or place
subsitute to replace someone or something with an alternative
sustain to continue for a long time / to suffer or experience some kind of danger or loss
symbol a sign, object, or shape which represents something else
target a specific level or situation someone aims to achieve
transit the movement of goods or people from one place to another
trend a general change or development in a situation or in the way that people are behaving
version a particular form of something that is slightly different from other forms of the same thing
welfare physical and mental health and happiness, especially of a person / assistance provided by the state for those who do not have enough money
whereas but; compared with the fact that
Created by: NoelleBordelon
 

 



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