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Academic vocabulary
Academic
| Term | Definition | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| Fledgling | Adj. A young bird that has left the nest and has usually acquired flight feathers, but is often not yet able to fly. A young or inexperienced person | The fledgling researcher is trying to find out more accurate information about a difficult topic. |
| Bewilderment | N. The condition of being confused or disoriented. | It was lot of bewilderment among all the bus passengers. |
| Attained | V. To gain as an objective; achieve | The interns attained a high score in the final test. |
| Pivotal | Adj. Being of vital or central importance; crucial: | The intervention of the European Union was pivotal for the solution of the humanitarian crisis. |
| Grounding | ||
| embedded | ||
| bulk | ||
| forth | ||
| underpin | ||
| setting forth | ||
| fully - flesh out | ||
| fill-up | ||
| lacuna | ||
| scrappy | ||
| cumbersome | ||
| likelihood | ||
| eager | ||
| troublesome | ||
| Uneven | Adj. Not consistent or uniform | The Vocational and Educational System in Peru is quite uneven |
| Array | n. An orderly, often imposing arrangement | Peru has an array of VET Programs |
| Scaffold | V. To provide or support with a raised framework or platform. | The thesis was scaffolded by a series of theoretical perspectives. |