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AWL Sublist #2
Academic Word List - Sublist #02 - 60 Entery
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |