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AWL Sublist #9
Academic Word List - Sublist #09 - 60 Entery
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accommodation | the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need |
| analogous | similar or correspondent in some ways though otherwise different |
| anticipated | expected hopefully |
| assurance | freedom from doubt |
| attained | achieved or reached |
| behalf | as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of") |
| bulk | the property of something that is great in magnitude |
| ceases | stops |
| coherence | logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts |
| coincide | happen simultaneously |
| commenced | started |
| concurrent | occurring or operating at the same time |
| confined | not free to move about |
| controversy | a public dispute that arouses strong feelings |
| conversely | In an opposite manner; in an altogether different way |
| device | an tool invented for a particular purpose |
| devoted | committed in devotion or affection |
| diminished | made to seem smaller or less |
| distortion | the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean |
| duration | the period of time during which something continues |
| erosion | a gradual decline of something |
| ethical | conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior |
| format | the general appearance of a publication |
| founded | set up or laid the groundwork for |
| incompatible | incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification |
| inherent | in the nature of something though not readily apparent |
| insights | the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation |
| integral | existing as an essential constituent or characteristic |
| intermediate | lying between two extremes in time or space or degree |
| manual | a small handbook |
| mature | having reached full natural growth or development |
| mediation | negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party |
| medium | a state that is intermediate between extremes |
| military | characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military |
| minimal | the least possible |
| mutual | common to or shared by two or more parties |
| norms | rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members |
| overlap | extend over and cover a part of |
| passive | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb |
| portion | an individual quantity that is part of a larger whole |
| preliminary | something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows |
| protocol | code of correct conduct |
| qualitative | involving distinctions based on qualities |
| refine | make more complex, intricate, or precise |
| relaxed | without strain or anxiety |
| restraints | a device that stops or slows something's motion |
| revolution | a sudden, radical or complete change; the movement of a body around another body |
| rigid | fixed and unmoving; incapable of or resistant to bending |
| route | an established line of travel or access |
| scenario | a suggested sequence of possible events |
| sphere | any ball-shaped thing |
| subordinate | a rank or order that is less important |
| supplementary | added to complete or make up a deficiency |
| suspended | temporarily inactive |
| team | a cooperative unit |
| temporary | not permanent |
| trigger | a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen |
| unified | formed or united into a whole |
| violation | an act that disregards an agreement or a right |
| vision | the ability to see |
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