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Making Connections 3
Unit 1, Reading 5
| adequate | enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose |
| capacity | the ability to be able to do something |
| commitment | a promise to do something |
| ensure | make sure |
| evident | easily seen; obvious |
| expansion | the increase in size, number, or amount of something |
| facility | a building or equipment used for a specific purpose |
| implement | put a plan or system into operation |
| incentive | something that encourages a person or organization to do something |
| invest | put money into something in order to make a profit or achieve a result |
| ongoing | continuing |
| priority | something that is given more importance than other things |
| affordable | not expensive |
| contaminated | become less pure or poisonous by the addition of something harmful |
| critical | urgent; very important |
| discrepancy | an unexpected difference that requires an explanation |
| efficiency | the quality of working well without wasting resources or time |
| expenditures | money paid out in exchange for goods or services |
| hinder | make it difficult for something to happen |
| immense | huge; enormous |
| patent | the legal right to be the sole producer of a new invention |
| plague | cause someone or something difficulty |
| prohibitive | too expensive to pay |
| sacrifice | give up something for something else considered more important |
| tend | be likely to happen |
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