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● *variable* (n)
● analysis (n)
● analyze (v)
● analyser (n)
● analyst (n)
● analytic (adj)
If we adopted the counting method, we should proceed in a different way, our method
being ___.
● analytical (adj)
● analytically (adv)
Tests that measure children's ability to think ___ are being introduced in several
schools.
● approach (n)
● approachable (adj)
● unapproachable (adj)
● approach (v)
Winter is ___
● *area (n)*
● assess (v)
(əˈses): to make a judgement about the nature or quality of somebody/something
● *assessment* (n)
Needs ____ is crucial if the hospital wants to deliver effective health care.
● assessable (adj)
● reassessment (n)
(ˌriːəˈsesmənt): the act of thinking again about something to decide if you need to
change your opinion of it
● unassessed (adj)
● *assume* (v)
(əˈsuːm): *to think or accept that something is true but without having proof of it*
● assuming (conj)
(əˈsjuːmɪŋ): used to suppose that something is true so that you can talk about what
the results might be
● assumption (n)
(əˈsʌmpʃn): a belief or feeling that something is true or that something will happen,
although there is no proof
We are working on the ___ that everyone invited will turn up.
● *authority* (n)
She now has ____ over the people who used to be her bosses.
● authoritative (adj)
(ɔːˈθɒrətətɪv): showing that you expect people to obey and respect you
● *available* (adj)
● availability (n)
● unavailable (adj)
● *benefit* (n)
● beneficial (adj)
● beneficiary (n)
(ˌbenɪˈfɪʃəri): a person who gains as a result of something
● benefit (v)
● *concept* (n)
● conception (n)
● conceptual (adj)
a ___ model
● conceptualization (n)
● conceptualize (v)
● conceptually (adv)
(kənˈseptʃuəli): (formal)
● *consistent* (adj)
(kənˈsɪstənt): *always behaving in the same way, or having the same opinions,
standards, etc.*
She's not very ____ in the way she treats her children.
● consist (v)
● consistent (adj)
(kənˈsɪstənt): always behaving in the same way, or having the same opinions,
standards, etc.
● consistently (adv)
● inconsistency (n)
● inconsistent (adj)
● constitute (v)
● constituency (n)
(kənˈstɪtʃuənsi): a district that elects its own representative to parliament
● constituent (n)
● constitution (n)
● *constitutional* (adj)
● constitutionally (adv)
● constitutive (adj)
● unconstitutional (adj)
● *context* (n)
(ˈkɑːntekst): *the situation in which something happens and that helps you to
understand it*
● contextual (adj)
● contextualize (v)
● *contract* (n)
These clauses form part of the ____ between buyer and seller.
● contractor (n)
● *create* (v)
● creation (n)
(kriˈeɪʃn): the act or process of making something that is new, or of causing something
to exist that did not exist before
Unaware that Frankenstein ___ would get him dead. He put all of his money into
creating dangerous things.
● creative (adj)
(kriˈeɪtɪv): involving the use of skill and the imagination to produce something new or a
work of art
● creatively (adv)
(kriˈeɪtɪvli): in a way that involves the use of skill and the imagination to produce
something new or a work of art
to think/work ___
● creativity (n)
(ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvəti): the use of skill and imagination to produce something new or to produce
art
● creator (n)
● recreate (v)
(ˌriːkriˈeɪt): to make something that existed in the past exist or seem to exist again
● *data* (n)
(ˈdeɪtə): *facts or information, especially when examined and used to find out things or
to make decisions*
● define (v)
● *definition* (n)
● definable (adj)
● *derive* (v)
● derivation (n)
● derivative (n)
(dɪˈrɪvətɪv): a word or thing that has been developed or produced from another word
or thing
● distribute (v)
● *distribution* (n)
(ˌdɪstrɪˈbjuːʃn): *the way that something is shared or exists over a particular area or
among a particular group of people*
● distributional (adj)
(ˌdɪstrɪˈbjuːʃənl): connected with the way that something is shared or exists over a
particular area or among a particular group of people
the ___ pattern of bird species
● distributive (adj)
● distributor (n)
● *economic* (adj)
(ˌiːkəˈnɑːmɪk): *connected with the trade, industry and development of the wealth of a
country, an area or society*
● economy (n)
(ɪˈkɒnəmi): the relationship between production, trade and the supply of money in a
particular country or region
● economical (adj)
● economically (adv)
(ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪkli): in a way connected with the trade, industry and development of the
wealth of a country, an area or a society
● economist (n)
● environmental (adj)
(ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmentl): connected with the natural conditions in which people, animals and
plants live; connected with the environment
● environmentalist (n)
● environmentally (adv)
● *establish* (v)
(ɪˈstæblɪʃ): *to start or create an organization, a system, etc. that is meant to last for a
long time*
● disestablish (v)
● disestablishment (n)
(ˈestɪmeɪt): *to form an idea of the cost, size, value etc. of something, but without
calculating it exactly*
● estimation (n)
● overestimate (v)
● underestimate (v)
● *evidence* (n)
(ˈevɪdəns): *the facts, signs or objects that make you believe that something is true*
● evident (adj)
● evidential (adj)
● *export* (v)
● exporter (n)
● *factor* (n)
● *financial* (adj)
● financially (adv)
● finance (n)
The project will only go ahead if they can raise the necessary ___.
● *formula* (n)
This new kitchen cleaner is ___ to cut through grease and dirt.
● formulation (n)
● *function* (n)
● functional (adj)
● functionally (adv)
● *identify* (v)
● identifiable (adj)
___ characteristics
● identification (n)
(aɪˌdentɪfɪˈkeɪʃn): the process of showing, proving or recognizing who or what
somebody/something is (abbreviation ID)
The ___ of the crash victims was a long and difficult task.
● unidentifiable (adj)
*income* (n)
(ˈɪnkəm): *the money that a person, a region, a country, etc. earns from work, from
investing money, from business, etc.*
They receive a part of their ____ from the sale of goods and services.
● *indicate* (v)
● indication (n)
All the ___ are that the deal will go ahead as planned.
● indicative (adj)
● indicator (n)
(ˈɪndɪkeɪtər): a sign that shows you what something is like or how a situation is
changing
● *individual* (adj)
(ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəl): *(often used after each) considered separately rather than as part of a
group*
● individualize (v)
● individuality (n)
● individualism (n)
(ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəlɪzəm): the quality of being different from other people and doing things
in your own way
● individualist (n)
(ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəlɪst): a person who is different from other people and does things in their
own way
● individualistic (adj)
(ˌɪndɪˌvɪdʒuəˈlɪstɪk): different from other people or things; doing things in your own
way
● individually (adv)
● interpret (v)
(ɪnˈtɜːprət): to explain the meaning of something
● *interpretation* (n)
Her evidence suggests a different ____ of the events leading to his death.
● interpretative (adj)
an ___ problem
● interpretive (adj)
an ___ problem
● misinterpret (v)
● misinterpretation (n)
● *involve* (v)
(ɪnˈvɑːlv): *include*
● involvement (n)
(ɪnˈvɒlvmənt): the act of taking part in something or dealing with somebody
● *issue* (n)
● *labour* (n)
(ˈleɪbər): *the people who work or are available for work in a country or company*
● laboured (adj)
● labour (v)
● *legal* (adj)
The driver was more than three times over the ___ limit.
● illegal (adj)
● legality (n)
● legally (adv)
● illegality (n)
No ___ is suspected.
● illegally (adv)
● legislate (v)
● *legislation* (n)
● legislative (adj)
___ powers
● legislator (n)
(ˈledʒɪsleɪtər): a member of a group of people that has the power to make laws
● legislature (n)
(ˈledʒɪsleɪtʃər): a group of people who have the power to make and change laws
● *major* (adj)
● majority (n)
● *method* (n)
● methodical (adj)
(məˈθɒdɪkl): done in a careful and logical way; doing things in a careful and logical way
● methodological (adj)
___ problems
● methodology (n)
● *occur* (v)
The program counts the number of ___ of any word within the text.
● *percent* (n)
● percentage (n)
(pəˈsentɪdʒ): the number, amount or rate of sth, part of a total that is 100
● *period* (n)
● periodic (adj)
● periodical (n)
(ˌpɪəriˈɒdɪkl): a magazine that is published every week, month, etc., especially one
that is about an academic subject
● periodically (adv)
● *policy* (n)
● *principle* (n)
● proceed (v)
(prəˈsiːd): to continue doing something that has already been started; to continue
being done
● *procedure* (n)
● procedural (adj)
___ rules
● *process* (n)
(ˈprɑːses): *a series of things that are done in order to achieve a particular result*
As part of the registration ____, the applicant will report certain information.
● *require* (v)
● requirement (n)
● *research* (n)
(ˈriːsɜːrtʃ): *a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts or
information about it*
● research (v)
(rɪˈsɜːtʃ): to study something carefully and try to discover new facts about it
● researcher (n)
(ˈriːsɜːrtʃər): a person who studies something carefully and tries to discover new facts
about it
● *response* (n)
● respondent (n)
● respond (v)
● responsive (adj)
● responsiveness (n)
● unresponsive (adj)
(ˌʌnrɪˈspɒnsɪv): not reacting to somebody/something; not giving the response that you
would expect or hope for
● *role* (n)
● *section* (n)
● *sector* (n)
● *significant* (adj)
● significantly (adv)
The high school dropout rate has ___ decreased since then.
● signify (v)
The new drug has great ___for the treatment of the disease.
● insignificant (adj)
● insignificantly (adv)
● *similar* (adj)
● similarity (n)
(ˌsɪməˈlærəti): the state of being similar to somebody/something but not exactly the
same
They are both doctors but that is where the ___ ends.
● dissimilar (adj)
● *source* (n)
● *specific* (adj)
(spəˈsɪfɪk): *detailed and exact*
● specificity (n)
● specification (n)
● specifically (adv)
● *structure* (n)
(ˈstrʌktʃər): *the way in which the parts of something are connected together*
● structural (adj)
● structurally (adv)
● structure (v)
● unstructured (adj)
an ___ interview
● *theory* (n)
According to the ____ of relativity, nothing can travel faster than light.
● theoretical (adj)
(ˌθɪəˈretɪkl): connected with the ideas and principles on which a particular subject is
based, rather than with practice and experiment
a ___ approach
● theoretically (adv)
(ˌθɪəˈretɪkli): in a way that is connected with the ideas and principles on which a
particular subject is based, rather than with practice and experiment
● theorist (n)
(ˈθɪərɪst): a person who develops ideas and principles about a particular subject in
order to explain why things happen or exist
a political ___
● vary (v)
(ˈveəri): (of a group of similar things) to be different from each other in size, shape,
etc.
Since the early '80s, her work has been ___ classified as new wave, prog or art rock
● variance (n)
___ in temperature
● variant (n)
● variation (n)
● variability (n)
● invariably (adv)
(ɪnˈveəriəbli): always
● invariable (adj)
-establishment (n)
● *variable* (n)