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AWL Sublist #7
Academic Word List - Sublist #07 - 60 Entery
Question | Answer |
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adaptation | the process of changing as a result of something |
adults | physically mature organisms |
advocate | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
aid | the work of caring for or attending to someone or something |
channel | a television station and its programs |
chemical | relating to chemistry |
classical | of or characteristic of a form or system felt to be of first significance before modern times |
comprehensive | including all or everything |
comprise | include or contain |
confirmed | verified or ratified |
contrary | a relation of direct opposition |
converted | changed to something new or different |
couple | a pair who associate with one another; two of the same objects |
decades | periods of ten years |
definite | known for certain, precise |
deny | refuse to accept or believe, declare untrue |
differentiation | a discrimination between things as different and distinct |
disposal | the act or means of getting rid of something |
dynamic | characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality |
eliminate | terminate or take out |
empirical | derived from experiment and observation rather than theory |
equipment | tools needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |
extract | obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action |
file | a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together |
finite | bounded or limited in size or volume |
foundation | lowest support of a structure |
global | involving the entire earth |
grade | assign a rank or rating to |
guarantee | a pledge that something will happen or that something is true |
hierarchical | in order of rank or authority |
identical | exactly alike |
ideology | system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture |
inferred | derived by reasoning; implied as a conclusion |
innovation | a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation |
insert | put or introduce into something |
intervention | to interfere in order to alter a specific behavior |
isolated | remote and separate physically or socially |
media | term applied to agencies of mass communication, such as newspapers, magazines, and telecommunications |
mode | how something is done or how it happens |
paradigm | the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time |
phenomenon | Any unusual occurrence |
priority | status established in order of importance or urgency |
prohibited | forbidden by law |
publication | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution |
quotation | a passage or expression that is quoted or cited |
release | the act of liberating someone or something |
reverse | turning in the opposite direction |
simulation | an imitation of a possible situation |
solely | without any others being included or involved |
somewhat | to a small degree or extent |
submitted | presented for approval |
successive | in regular succession without gaps |
survive | continue to live |
thesis | an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument |
topic | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion |
transmission | something that is transmitted; the assembled parts in a vehicle that transfer power from the engine to axles |
ultimately | in the end |
unique | the single one of its kind |
visible | perceptible especially by the eye |
voluntary | of your own free will or design |