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AWL Sublist #2
Academic Word List - Sublist #02 - 60 Entery
Question | Answer |
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achieve | to do what one sets out to do |
acquire | gain through experience |
administrate | Supervise; carry out decisions |
affect | to influence |
appropriate | suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc |
aspect | a part, feature, or characteristic |
assist | to help |
category | a group of people or things having something in common; type |
chapter | a part of a book or any distinct period in history or in a person's life |
commission | A committee officially in charge of something; in working order; an amount paid to an employee based on a percentage of the employee's sales |
community | all of the populations of different species that live and interact in an area |
complex | having varied interrelated parts, and therefore hard to understand; complicated |
compute | to calculate |
conclude | reach agreement on; to bring to a close |
conduct | the way a person behaves toward other people |
consequent | happening as a result of something |
construct | put together out of different components or parts |
consume | to use up or eat up resources or materials |
credit | Belief, faith, trust; an arrangement to receive cash, goods, or services now and pay for them in the future. |
culture | the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization |
design | plan |
distinct | recognizable and clear |
element | one part or feature of a whole system, plan, piece of work etc, especially one that is basic or important |
equate | to make equal or uniform |
evaluate | to place a value on |
feature | an important part of something, a characteristic |
final | last, end |
focus | give attention to something |
impact | an effect or influence on someone or something |
injure | hurt |
institute | v: to introduce or start; n: an organization that has a particular purpose such as scientific research |
invest | to buy shares, property, or goods because you hope that the value will increase |
item | thing |
journal | a written record; a professional magazine or publication |
maintain | keep |
normal | regular |
obtain | to get, to acquire |
participate | to take part in an activity or event |
perceive | to understand or think of something or someone in a particular way |
positive | if you are positive about things, you are hopeful and confident, and think about what is good in a situation rather than what is bad; good or useful |
potential | possibility |
previous | prior; before |
primary | most important |
purchase | to buy |
range | variety of things or people |
region | geographic area |
regulate | to make and enforce rules |
relevant | directly relating to the subject or topic |
reside | to live in a particular place |
resource | something such as useful land, or minerals such as oil or coal, that exists in a country and can be used to increase its wealth: |
restrict | to keep within set limits; to confine |
secure | safe from harm |
seek | to look for |
select | choose |
site | place, location |
strategy | a plan of action |
survey | a set of questions that you ask a large number of people in order to find out about their opinions;a general description or report about a particular area or subject |
text | written words |
tradition | values and beliefs passed from generation to generation |
transfer | move from one place to another |