accumulate | v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase |
adapt | v. make fit for; change to suit a new purpose |
adequate | a. sufficient; enough to meet a purpose |
adjacent | a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near |
analyze | v. discover or reveal something through detailed examination; diagnose; examine |
anticipate | v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict |
appropriate | v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use |
artifact | n. object made by human beings; inaccurate observation, effect, or result |
benefit | n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain |
calculate | v. compute; determine; estimate |
catastrophe | n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune |
chronological | a. arranged in order of time of occurrence |
citizen | n. a native or naturalized member of a state |
civilization | n. culture, the stage of human social development |
compose | v. write or create by putting together parts or elements |
conclusion | n. the last section of a communication |
congruent | a. possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding |
consequence | n. result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference |
construct | v. form by assembling or combining parts; build; create |
continuous | a. continuing in time or space without interruption; extending without break or irregularity |
contrast | n. act of distinguishing by comparing differences |
contribute | v. provide; bestow a quality on |
declare | v. state clearly; make known formally or officially |
democracy | n. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
dimension | n. measure of spatial extent, especially width, height, or length; size; aspect; element |
drastic | a. radical; taking effect violently or rapidly |
elaborate | a. marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail |
encourage | v. activate; stimulate |
equation | n. the act of regarding as equal |
evaluate | v. judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something |
exaggerate | v. represent as greater than is actually the case; do something to an excessive degree |
exhaust | n. gases ejected from an engine as waste products ; use up the whole supply of |
expression | n. the style of expressing yourself |
extend | v. add to something in order to make it bigger or longer |
extensive | a. widespread; far-reaching; wide |
factor | n. number, except 1, by which a large number can be divided exactly |
ferocious | a. fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty |
frequency | n. the number of occurrences within a given time period |
frequent | v. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of |
genuine | a. authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true |
government | n. the governing body of a nation, state, or community |
hypothesis | n. assumption; theory |
irrigate | v. supply land with water artificially; clean a wound with a fluid |
lofty | a. high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism |
manipulate | v. operate with one's hands; control or play upon people, forces artfully |
massive | a. enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter |
narrate | v. to give an account or tell the story of |
obedient | a. subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command |
oblivious | a. inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
origin | n. the first existence or beginning of anything |
peculiar | a. special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre |
persuade | v. advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince |
prediction | n. something foretold or predicted; prophecy |
priority | n. preceding in time, importance, or urgency |
quote | v. name the price of; state a price for securities, goods, or services |
realistic | a. representing what is real; not abstract or ideal |
recount | v. narrate or tell; count over again |
reinforce | v. give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance |
repetition | n. act of doing or performing again |
retrieve | v. recover; find and bring in; get back |
similar | a. like or alike; of the same kind |
solution | n. the act of solving a problem, question |
strategy | n. elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal |
substitute | v. exchange; use something or someone instead of another thing or person |
suspense | n. uncertain cognitive state; uncertainty |
tentative | a. hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive |
thesis | n. paper; dissertation; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument |
transfer | n. shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another |
unanimous | a. uniform; in complete agreement |
unique | a. without an equal; being the only one of its kind |
variable | n. factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant |
viewpoint | n. a place from where a person can see something, as natural beauty |
violate | v. treat in a violent manner; abuse; do violence to; disturb; interrupt |
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