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AWL Sublist #8
Academic Word List - Sublist #08 - 60 Entery
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abandon | give up with the intent of never claiming, doing or caring for again |
| accompanied | having companions or escort |
| accumulation | material collected or gathered by successive additions |
| ambiguous | unclear in meaning or application |
| appendix | supplementary material that is collected and added at the back of a book |
| appreciation | an expression of gratitude |
| arbitrary | based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse |
| automatically | gets done without a person's deliberate control |
| bias | a general assumption that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |
| chart | a visual display of information |
| clarity | free from obscurity and easy to understand |
| commodity | anything that is bought or sold |
| complement | something added to complete or make perfect |
| conformity | acting according to certain accepted standards |
| contemporary | belonging to the present time |
| contradiction | the assertion of the opposite of that which has been said |
| crucial | of extreme importance |
| currency | system of money |
| denote | have as a meaning |
| detected | perceived with the mind or a tool |
| deviation | a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) |
| displacement | to move something from its natural environment |
| dramatic | sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect |
| eventually | within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time |
| exhibit | something shown to the public |
| exploitation | an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) |
| fluctuations | changes-- often from highs to lows and back again |
| guidelines | rules |
| highlighted | indicated the most interesting or memorable part |
| implicit | implied though not directly expressed |
| induced | brought about or caused |
| inevitably | in such a manner as could not be otherwise |
| infrastructure | the basic structure or features of a system or organization |
| inspection | the act of examining or reviewing |
| intensity | high level or degree |
| manipulation | the action of touching or manipulating with the hands or mental powers |
| minimized | reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree |
| nuclear | of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom |
| offset | compensate for or counterbalance |
| paragraph | one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas |
| plus | the arithmetic operation of adding |
| practitioners | someone who practices a learned profession |
| predominantly | much greater in number or influence |
| prospect | belief about (or mental picture of) the future |
| radical | exhibiting extreme or very unusual ideas or behavior |
| random | lacking any definite plan or order or purpose |
| reinforced | given added strength or support |
| restore | give or bring back |
| revision | the act of rewriting something |
| schedule | an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur |
| tension | the condition of being stretched or strained |
| termination | the act of ending something |
| theme | a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in an artistic work or conversation |
| thereby | by that means or because of that |
| uniform | the same throughout in structure or composition |
| vehicle | a vehicle that transports people or objects |
| via | by way of; through |
| virtually | in essence or effect but not in fact |
| visual | able to be seen |
| widespread | widely circulated or diffused |
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