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AVID Academic Words
Academic Word List (AWL) SUblist 9
| Answer | |
|---|---|
| Duration | Continuance or persistence in time. WTR: Span; value; period; length |
| Erode | To wear (something) away by or as if by abrasion; to eat into WTR: CORRODE; DIMINISH; DETERIORATE; DECAY |
| Format | plan for the organization and arrangement of a specified production. WTR: Appearance; style; design |
| Ethic | A set of principles of right conduct (moral values) WTR: value system; system of rules |
| Found | To establish or set up, especially with provision for continuing existence: WTR: create; establish;institute; organize |
| Converse | 1) To engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts, ideas, or feelings; talk: 2) reverse in order or action; opposite WTR:discourse; debate, antonymous; backwards |
| Device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; a plan or plot WTR: gimmick, design; emblem |
| Devote | to apply or dedicate (oneself, time, money, etc.) to some pursuit, cause, etc. WTR: dedicate; commit; pledge, consecrate |
| Diminish | To make smaller or less or to cause to appear so. WTR: decrease; taper; shrivel; abate |
| Distort | To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent; twisted or in a disorderly manner WTR: Pervert; deform ; warp; falsify |
| Commence | to enter upon : begin WTR: Start; initiate |
| Confine | something (as borders or walls) that encloses or restrains WTR: Scope; limit; restriction; prison |
| Compatible | homogeneous; designed to work with another device or system without modification; in harmony WTR: agreeable, amicable; unanimous |
| Controversy | a discussion marked especially by the expression of opposing views WTR: dispute; quarrel, strife |
| Concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time; meeting or intersecting in a point WTR: convergent; parallel; coexistent |
| Preliminary | Prior to or preparing for the main matter, action, or business; introductory or prefatory; WTR: Introduction, initiatory, first, opening |
| Protocol | A code of correct conduct: The plan for a course of medical treatment or for a scientific experiment. WTR: rule, etiquette; manner; procedures |
| Qualitative | involving or relating to distinctions based on quality or qualities WTR: Quality; observations; Practical |
| Refine | To become free of impurities; To acquire polish or elegance; To use precise distinctions and subtlety in thought or speech. WTR: fine-tune; polish; improve; educate |
| Relax | To take one's ease; rest; To become lax or loose; To become less severe or strict; To become less restrained or tense. WTR: loosen up; unwind; vegetate |
| Behalf | in the interest of; also : as a representative of WTR: interest; benefit |
| Bulk | not divided into parts or packaged in separate units; in large quantities WTR: Magnitude; body; preponderance |
| Cease | to cause to come to an end especially gradually : no longer continue WTR: discontinue; die out; quit |
| Coherent | logically or aesthetically ordered or integrated : having clarity or intelligibility WTR: understandable; coordinated; valid; reasonable |
| Coincide | to correspond in nature, character, or function; to be in accord or agreement WTR: concur; synchronize |
| Accommodate | making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances; WTR: Modification; alteration; habituation |
| Analogy | |
| Anticipate | to foresee and deal with in advance WTR: forestall; expect |
| Assure | to make certain the coming or attainment of; to give confidence WTR: reassure, convince, guarantee |
| Attain | to come into possession of; WTR: gain, obtain, achieve |
| Inherent | two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others WTR: Inference, similarities, correspondence |
| Insight | The act or outcome of grasping the inward or hidden nature of things or of perceiving in an intuitive manner. WTR: intuition; perception; understanding; |
| Integral | Possessing everything essential; entire; a whole; WTR: calculation (fx); built-in; intrisic |
| Intermediate | One that is in a middle position or state; To act as an intermediary; mediate. WTR: medium; average; arbitrate; intercede |
| Manual | A small reference book, especially one giving instructions; of or relating to a hand or hands WTR: handbook; hand-operating machines; |
| Mature | Having reached full natural growth or development; desired or final condition WTR: Developed, ripen, grow up; change |
| Mediate | To resolve or settle (differences) by working with all the conflicting parties; being in the middle position WTR: Negotiate; intercede; arbitrate |
| Medium | An intervening substance (biology), agency, form through which something is transmitted or carried on WTR: vehicle; instrument; solvent; transmission |
| Military | of or relating to the armed forces (esp the army), warlike matters, about soldiers WTR: civilians; soldiers; service |
| Minimal | Smallest in amount or degree; barely adequate WTR: minimum; smallest; least; littlest |
| Mutual | experienced or expressed by each of two or more people or groups about the other; reciprocal WTR: common; shared; joint |
| Norm | a standard of achievement or behaviour that is required, desired, or designated as normal: In math, means a mode, average, or length of a vector. WTR: criterion, standard, rule, type; benchmark |
| Overlap | To lie or extend over and cover part of. WTR: intersection; crossroads; coincide; share |
| Passive | Accepting or submitting without objection or resistance; submissive: 2. Chemistry (inert) English ( verb used to indicate subject is the verb) The glass was broken by the boy. Chemistry (inert) WTR: in active; peaceful; docile; acquiescent |
| Portion | A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole. WTR: to divide; share out; components |
| Restrain | To deprive of freedom or liberty; To hold back or keep in check; control WTR: To limit; restrict; prevent; inhibit |
| Revolution | A sudden or momentous change in a situation; the overthrow or repudiation of a regime or political system by the governed WTR: drastic change; axial motion |
| Rigid | 1. Not flexible or pliant; stiff. 2. Not moving; fixed. WTR: strict; intolerant; inflexible |
| Route | 1. A means of reaching a goal; 2. customary line of travel. (way) (dosage) WTR: path; track; road; direct |
| Sphere | 1.A three-dimensional geometric surface having all of its points the same distance from a given point; 2. a particular aspect of life or activity; WTR: globe, sector/facet; round shape |
| Subordinate | 1. Belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary; 2. Subject to the authority or control of another. WTR: rank; subdue; submissive |
| Supplement | 1.Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole; 2. Math: The angle or arc that when added to a given angle or arc makes 180° or a semicircle. WTR: sequel; continuation; complement; augment |
| Suspend | 1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: WTR: to alter; expel; append (remove) |
| Medium | An intervening substance (biology), agency, form through which something is transmitted or carried on WTR: vehicle; instrument; solvent; transmission |
| Military | of or relating to the armed forces (esp the army), warlike matters, about soldiers WTR: civilians; soldiers; service |
| Minimal | Smallest in amount or degree; barely adequate WTR: minimum; smallest; least; littlest |
| Mutual | experienced or expressed by each of two or more people or groups about the other; reciprocal WTR: common; shared; joint |
| Norm | a standard of achievement or behaviour that is required, desired, or designated as normal: In math, means a mode, average, or length of a vector. WTR: criterion, standard, rule, type; benchmark |
| Overlap | To lie or extend over and cover part of. WTR: intersection; crossroads; coincide; share |
| Passive | Accepting or submitting without objection or resistance; submissive: 2. Chemistry (inert) English ( verb used to indicate subject is the verb) The glass was broken by the boy. Chemistry (inert) WTR: in active; peaceful; docile; acquiescent |
| Portion | A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole. WTR: to divide; share out; components |
| Restrain | To deprive of freedom or liberty; To hold back or keep in check; control WTR: To limit; restrict; prevent; inhibit |
| Revolution | A sudden or momentous change in a situation; the overthrow or repudiation of a regime or political system by the governed WTR: drastic change; axial motion |
| Rigid | 1. Not flexible or pliant; stiff. 2. Not moving; fixed. WTR: strict; intolerant; inflexible |
| Route | 1. A means of reaching a goal; 2. customary line of travel. (way) (dosage) WTR: path; track; road; direct |
| Sphere | 1.A three-dimensional geometric surface having all of its points the same distance from a given point; 2. a particular aspect of life or activity; WTR: globe, sector/facet; round shape |
| Subordinate | 1. Belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary; 2. Subject to the authority or control of another. WTR: rank; subdue; submissive |
| Supplement | 1.Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole; 2. Math: The angle or arc that when added to a given angle or arc makes 180° or a semicircle. WTR: sequel; continuation; complement; augment |
| Suspend | 1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: WTR: to alter; expel; append (remove) |
| Temporary | Lasting, used, serving, or enjoyed for a limited time; not permanent WTR: interim; provisional, temp, brief |
| Trigger | a. The lever pressed by the finger to discharge a firearm b. To set off; initiate WTR: device; activate; |
| Unify | To make into or become a unit; consolidate. WTR: combine; merge; converge; intermix; bond |
| Violate | a)To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example) b) assault (a person) sexually WTR: breach; trespass; rape; molest |
| Vision | a) a field of view; vista b) To dream WTR: concept; glance; glimpse; image; perception |
| Adjacent | 1. Close to; lying near; next to 2. (Mathematics) A pair of edges in a graph, meeting at a common vertex WTR: connected; adjoining; neighboring |
| Albeit | Even though; although; notwithstanding (conjunction) WTR: though, even if |
| Assemble | 1.to come or bring together; collect or congregate 2. to fit or join together (the parts of something, such as a machine) WTR: coverge; gather; configure |
| Collapse | 1. To fall down or inward suddenly; cave in. 2. An abrupt failure of function, strength, or health; a breakdown. 3. An abrupt loss of perceived value or of effect: WTR: natural event; crumble; disintegration; illness; deflate |
| Colleague | A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate. WTR: co-worker; associate; companion; comrade |
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