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AWL #21-30
Academic Word List #21-30
Term | Definition |
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criteria | (n) a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something. |
critique | (n) an article or essay criticizing a literary or other work; detailed evaluation; review. |
cumulative | (adj.) increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions: |
define | (v) to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.) |
demonstrate | (v) to describe, explain, or illustrate by examples, specimens, experiments, or the like |
depict | (v) to represent or characterize in words; describe |
differentiate | (v) to perceive the difference in or between |
diminish | (v) to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce |
discipline | (n) 1. activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training; 2. punishment inflicted by way of correction and training |
discriminate | (v) to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality or prejudice |