ENGL 113 Academic Reading and Vocabulary II

Interactions 2 (Diamond Edition) ~ Chapter 5: Lifestyles Around the World

The following vocabulary words can be defined* in different ways, these are the ways they are defined in your textbook.
The list is only a definition guidei. Use a dictionary to find other definitions and synonyms for these words. Share and
discuss them with your teacher and classmates.

Synonyms
# Word POS Definition
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frankly, honestly,
1 actually adv. used to refer to what is true or real
truly

2 areas* n. a field of activity or study field

a state in which different things occur in equal or proper

coherence,
3 balance n. amounts or have an equal or proper amount of
proportion, unity
importance

4 catch on v. to learn or understand something; to become popular discover

adj. complicated
5 complex* not easy to understand or explain

element,
a part which combines with other parts to form
6 component* n. constituent
something bigger

7 concept* n. an idea of how something is notion, idea

a set of basic laws and principles that a country or establishment,

8 constitution* n.
organization is governed by formation

feeling or showing a lot of interest and excitement about

9 enthusiastically adv. eagerly
something

the conditions that surround someone or something: the

surroundings,
10 environment* n. conditions and influences that affect the growth, health,
atmosphere
progress, etc., of someone or something

relating to an economy : relating to the process or

profitable,
11 economic adj. system by which goods and services are produced, sold,
monetary
and bought

12 essence n. the most basic and important quality of something core, nature

the information that someone has discovered as a result

13 finding n. discovery
of their study, work etc.

a big difference between two situations, amounts,

14 gap n. break
groups of people etc.

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 15 income* n. the money that you earn from your work salary

the length of time that a living thing, especially a human

16 life expectancy n.
being, is likely to live

to find the size, length, or amount of something using

17 measure v. assess, evaluate
standard units

relating to the mind and thinking, or happening only in

18 mental* adj. intellectual
the mind
survey,
a study in which people are asked for their opinions
19 poll n. questionnaire
about a subject or person

relating to the way that your mind works and the way
20 psychological* adj. mental
that this affects your behavior

someone who studies a subject in detail in order to experimenter,

21 researcher* n.
discover new facts or test new ideas investigator

22 reasonable adj. fair and sensible logical, rational

a system or arrangement that exists to help you if you
20 safety net n phrase protection
have serious problems or get into a difficult situation

a feeling of unity between people who have the same unity,

21 solidarity n.
interests, goals, etc. commonality

22 sum total n phrase the whole of an amount : the entire total of something full, sum, whole

current,
a general direction of change : a way of behaving,
direction,
23 trend* n. proceeding, etc., that is developing and becoming more
movement,
common
tendency
happiness,
24 well-being n. a feeling of being comfortable, healthy, and happy
comfort

* These words are among the 2,000 most-frequently used words in English.
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These definitions were taken from the Merriam Webster Learner’s Dictionary at http://learnersdictionary.com and the Longman
Dictionary of Contemporary English. Look up more definitions yourself by clicking on the link.

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This list will be used to test your vocabulary learning in assessments (quizzes, midterms and finals). Vocabulary words may be used
as defined in list or based on other dictionary definitions or parts of speech.

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