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Social Studies
Academic Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abstract | expressing a quality or idea without reference to an actual thing |
| acquire | to get |
| advocate | to plead in favor of |
| aspects | parts |
| concrete | specific |
| contemporary | existing at the same time |
| criteria | rules for defining |
| distinct | separate |
| efficient | productive and not wasteful |
| element | part |
| execute | to perform, carry out |
| explicit | fully revealed without vagueness |
| facilitate | to bring about |
| factor | cause |
| implement | to put in place |
| implications | effects of a decision |
| implicit | understood though not clearly put into words |
| incentive | something that leads people to follow a certain course of action |
| innovations | a new idea or way of doing something |
| neutral | unbiased, not favoring either side |
| principle strategy | basic belief, rule, or law, a plan for fighting a battle or war |