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Indicate
to point out or point to something

• The president indicated his willingness to use force against the rebels
• The soil samples indicate that she’s been buried for thirty years.

Individual
a single person or thing

• His accomplishment was an individual effort.

• The desired result is that the individual will feel those effects.

Interpret
to explain or tell the meaning of something

• The evidence is difficult to interpret.

• How are we to interpret that?

Interpretation
the action of explaining the meaning of something

• He specializes in the interpretation of data.

• They’re just an interpretation. They’re not a record.

Involve
have or include something or someone as an important part

• Her job involves a lot of travelling.

• John, I tried not to involve you.

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Issue
an important topic or problem for debate or discussion

• I have issues with his behavior

• Immigration was not an issue on which we fought.

Labor
work, especially physical work

• Industry needs labor for production

• They need us to work in the factories, in the labor camps.

Legal
relating to the law

• They claimed that it had all been legal.

• You›re referring to your recent legal problems.

Legislate
to make or enact laws

• They are attempting to legislate morality.

• It seems to me an intelligent country would legislate a second such gift giving holiday.

Legislation
laws, considered collectively or the act of enacting laws

• The main function of Congress is legislation.

• Our legislation favours divorce, but our social customs don’t.

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Major
important, serious, or significant

• The use of drugs is a major problem.

• That would be a major mistake.

Method
a particular way of doing something

• Their teaching method tries to adapt lessons to each student.

• This is why no one can detect his method.

Choose the correct answer

1- A single person or thing 4- To explain or tell the meaning of

a) Individual something
b) Involve a) Interpret
c) Labour b) Indicate
c) Method
2- A particular way of doing something
a) Interpret 5- A subject or problem which people
are thinking and talking about / to
b) Labour produce or provide something official
c) Method
a) Legislation
3- Laws, considered collectively or the b) Method
act of enacting laws c) Issue
a) Legal
6- To include someone or something in
b) Legislation something
c) Major
a) Involve
b) Indicate
c) Legal

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7- More important, bigger or more 9- Practical work involving physical

serious effort / workers
a) Interpret a) Individual
b) Major b) Involve
c) Issue c) Labour

8- To point out or point to something 10- Relating to the law.

a) Indicate a) Legal
b) Major b) Legislation
c) Method c) Legislate

Academic Word List

Indicate Individualistic Misinterpreting Issue

Indicated Individually Misinterprets Issued
Indicates Individuals Reinterpret Issues
Indicating Reinterpreted Issuing
Interpret
Indication Reinterprets
Interpretation Labour
Indications Reinterpreting
Interpretations Labor
Indicative Reinterpretation
Interpretative Labored
Indicator Reinterpretations
Interpreted Labors
Indicators
Interpreting Involve Laboured
Individual Interpretive Involved Labouring
Individualised Interprets Involvement Labours
Individuality Misinterpret Involves
Individualism Misinterpretation Involving
Individualist Misinterpretations Uninvolved
Individualists Misinterpreted

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Legal Legislate Major Method

Illegal Legislated Majorities Methodical
Illegality Legislates Majority Methodological
Illegally Legislating Methodologies
Legality Legislation Methodology
Legally Legislative Methods
Legislator
Legislators
Legislature

The Answer

1- Individual 6- Involve
2- Method 7- Major
3- Legislation 8- Indicate
4- Interpret 9- Labour
5- Issue 10- Legal

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