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Question | Answer |
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Adjacent | Having a common endpoint or border;next to |
approach | to move or become near or nearer to something or someone |
assert | to state something in a strong and define way |
chapter | one of the main sections of book |
complicated | complex,intricate |
comprehend | to grasp or understand the nature, significance,or meaning of something |
consist | to be composed or made up |
consult | to talk about something with someone in order to make a decision |
contribute | to give something, such as money, goods, or time to help a person, group, cause, or organizathion |
Criterion/criteria | Something that is used as a reason for making judgement or decision. |
Define | To explain the meaning of a word, phrasse, ect |
derive | to have something as a source; to come from something |
devote | to commit by a solemn act |
distort | to change the natural, normal, or original shape,appearance, or sound of something in a way that is usually not attractive or pleasing |
empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
environment | conditions that surround someone or something that influence or affect the growth, health, progress, etc, of someone or something |
establish | to cause someone or something to be widely known and accecpted |
expend | to increase in size, range, or amount; to become bigger |
feasible | possible to do |
formulate | to put into a systematized statement or expression |
guarantee | to make a promise that whatever you are selling, doing, etc., is what you say it is |
ignore | to refuse to show that you hear or see something or someone |
implicit | understood even though its not clearly stated |
individual | of, relating to, or existing as just one member of part of a larger group |
intense | having or showing a characteristic in extreme degree |
involve | to have or include someone or something as a part of something |
magnitude | the size , extent, or importance of something |
mathematics | the science and relationships between numbers, quantities, and shapes |
modify | to change some parts of something while not changing other parts |
obtain | to gain attain usually by planned action or effort |
passive | acted upon by an external agency; receptive |
pertinent | relating to the thing that is being thought about or discussed |
portion | a part something that is shared with other people |