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 |
history
n. past events |
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 |