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definitions of words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adapt/adaptation | the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
| Prohibit/prohibition/prohibitive | any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege |
| Innovation/innovate/innovative | introduction of something new |
| Priority/prioritise/prioritised | something important that must be done first or needs more attention than anything else |
| denial/denier/deny/denied | refusal to accept; refusal to believe; refusal to recognize |
| disposal/disposedisposable | the act or means of getting rid of something |
| equipment/equip/equipped /unequipped | a set of tools, devices used for a specific purpose |
| ideology/ideologue/ideological/ideologically | concerned with or suggestive of ideas |
| submission/submissiveness/submit/submissive | the act of giving something for a decision to be made by others, or a document formally given in this way |
| transmission/transmit/transmittable | the act of sending through or across |
| empirical/empirically | derived from experiment and observation rather than theory |
| mode | a particular way of doing something |
| phenomenon (plural: phenomena) | an event or happening |
| decade | periods of ten years |
| media | a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information |
| isolation | a lack o contact between persons, groups or whole societies |
| channel | systems of sending information |
| intervention | to become involved in a situation in order to help or improve |
| finite | having a limit or end |
| aid | help or support |
| couple | pair; group of two |
| paradigm | a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something |
| classical | traditional in style or form, or based on methods developed over a long period of time |