The superb way of learning new words is to repeat them and finding associations to these words, and also by making up sentences


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958 words

Partially

not completely

582

Appreciate

to recognize or understand that something is valuable, important or as described

583

Likewise

in the same way

Just water these plants twice a week, and likewise the ones in the bedroom.

584

Marginal

very small in amount or effect

585

Deprive of

to take something, especially something necessary or pleasant, away from someone eg: He claimed that he had been deprived of his freedom/rights.

586

Logically

using reason Eg:Students need the ability to construct a logical argument

587

Decline

to gradually become less, worse, or lower


588

Hastily

describes something that is done in a hurry, sometimes without the necessary care or thought

589

Suspend

to stop or to cause to be not active, either temporarily or permanently

590

Revive

to come or bring something back to life, health, existence, or use

591

Extract

to remove or take out something

592

Verify

to prove that something exists or is true, or to make certain that something is correct

593

Wary of

not completely trusting or certain about something or someone

eg: I'm a bit wary of/about giving people my address when I don't know them very well.

594

Conspicuous

very noticeable or attracting attention, often in a way that is not wanted

595

Disillusioned with

disappointed and unhappy because of discovering the truth about something or someone that you liked or respected

eg: All the other teachers are thoroughly disillusioned with their colleague.

596

Blessed with

to be lucky in having a particular thing

eg; She is blessed with both beauty and brains.

597

Repulsive

extremely unpleasant or unacceptable

eg :I think rats and snakes are repulsive

598

Imminent

coming or likely to happen very soon

599

Upset

to make someone worried, unhappy or angry

600

Conversely

in an opposite way

601

Fund

to provide the money to pay for an event, activity or organization

602

Lecture

to give a formal talk to a group of people, often at a university

603

Shun

1. to avoid something

Eg:She has shunned publicity since she retired from the theatre.

2. to ignore someone and not speak to them because you cannot accept their behaviour, beliefs, etc.

Eg:After the trial he was shunned by friends and family alike

604

Privilege

an advantage that only one person or group of people has, usually because of their position or because they are rich

605

Primitive

relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system

606

Instinctive

Instinctive behaviour or reactions are not thought about, planned or developed by training

607

Disparity

a state in which there is no equality and similarity, especially in a way that is not fair; difference

the growing disparity between rich and poor

608

Obscene

offensive, rude or shocking, usually because too obviously related to sex or showing sex

609

Sheer

used to emphasize how very great, important or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except eg: The suggestion is sheer nonsense .

2)to change direction suddenly

610

Lethal

able to cause or causing death; extremely dangerous

Three minutes after the fire started, the house was full of lethal fumes.

611

Inhale

to breathe air, smoke, or gas into your lungs

612

Phase

any stage in a series of events or in a process of development

613

Lucrative

(especially of a business, job or activity) producing a lot of money

614

Mutual

(of two or more people or groups) feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for each other

615

Coordinate

to make various different things work effectively as a whole

eg:We need someone to coordinate the whole campaign.

616

Determined

wanting to do something very much and not allowing anyone or any difficulties to stop you

617

Approve of

to have a positive opinion of someone or something

He doesn't approve of smoking .

618

Commonplace

happening often or often seen or experienced and so not considered to be special

Home computers are increasingly commonplace.

619

Non-existent

describes something that does not exist or is not present in a particular place

620

Embrace

1)to accept something enthusiastically

2)to hold someone tightly with both arms to express love, liking or sympathy, or when greeting or leaving someone

3)to include something, often as one of a number of things

Eg: Linguistics embraces a diverse range of subjects such as phonetics and stylistics.

621

Surface

1)the outer or top part or layer of something

2)to rise to the surface of water

622

Eventuate

To happen as a result

Eg: virus may eventuate a large amount of deaths

623

Albeit

although Eg; The evening was very pleasant, albeit a little quiet.

624

Influx

the arrival of a large number of people or things at the same time

eg: Turkey is expecting an influx of several thousand refugees over the next few days.

625

Solitary

A solitary person or thing is the only person or thing in a place

626

Prosperous

successful, usually by earning a lot of money

627

Dread

to feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might happen

He's dreading his driving test - he's sure he's going to fail.

628

Flawed

not perfect, or containing mistakes

629

Individual

a single person or thing, especially when compared to the group or set to which they belong

630

Fiercely

in a frightening, violent or powerful way

631

Subjective

influenced by or based on personal beliefs or feelings, rather than based on facts Eg: I think my husband is the most handsome man in the world, but I realize my judgment is rather subjective.

632

Ineffective

not producing the effects or results that are wanted

633


Condition


to train or influence a person or animal mentally so that they do or expect a particular thing without thinking about it

a conditioned reflex/response

Pavlov conditioned dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell.

634

Minor

having little importance, influence or effect, especially when compared with other things of the same type

635

Major

more important, bigger or more serious than others of the same type

636

Erroneous

wrong or false

637

Precede

to be or go before something or someone in time or space

eg:It would be helpful if you were to precede the report with an introduction.

638

Excel

to be extremely good at something

eg: Rebecca always excelled in languages at school.

639

Reciprocate

to share the same feelings as someone else, or to behave in the same way as someone else

We invited them to dinner and a week later they reciprocated.

640

Manipulate

to control something or someone to your advantage, often unfairly or dishonestly

641

Relay

to repeat something you have heard, or to broadcast a signal, message or programme on television or radio

642

Polarize

to cause something, especially something that contains different people or opinions, to divide into two completely opposing groups

The debate is becoming polarized and there seems to be no middle ground

643

Abandon

to leave a place, thing or person forever

644

Ratio

the relationship between two groups or amounts, which expresses how much bigger one is than the other

eg: The ratio of men to women at the conference was ten to one/10:1.

645

Infer

to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have eg: What do you infer from her refusal?

646

Hierarchy

a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance eg:Some monkeys have a very complex social hierarchy.

647

Ongoing

continuing to exist or develop, or happening at the present moment

648

Participate

to take part in or become involved in an activity

650

Core

the basic and most important part of something

651

Enforce

to make people obey a law, or to make a particular situation happen or be accepted

652

Distinct

clearly noticeable; that certainly exists

eg: There's a distinct smell of cigarettes in here.


653

Differentiate between/from

to make someone or something different

eg:The slate roof differentiates this house from others in the area.

2)to show or find the difference between things which are compared

Eg:We do not differentiate between our workers on the basis of their background or ethnic origin.

654

Deduce

to reach an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the known facts

eg:We cannot deduce very much from these figures.

655

Terminate

to (cause something to) end or stop

656

Arbitrary

based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason

657

Preliminary

coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing for it Eg: Preliminary results show that the vaccine is effective, but this has to be confirmed by further medical trials.

658

Progress

to improve or develop in skills, knowledge, etc

659

Equate with

to consider one thing to be the same as or equal to another thing

eg: He complained that there was a tendency to equate right-wing politics with self-interest.

660

Displace

to force something or someone out of its usual or original position

661

Rigid

stiff or fixed; not able to be bent, moved, changed or persuaded

662

Straightforward

easy to understand or simple

663

Concurrent

happening or existing at the same time Eg:The judge imposed concurrent sentences totalling 14 years for the attacks on the girls.

664

Bias

often supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way by allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment

eg:There has always been a slight bias in favour of/towards employing arts graduates in the company.

665

Labeled as

to fasten a label to Eg:If you spend any time in prison, you're labelled as a criminal for the rest of your life.

666

Motive

a reason for doing something

667

So-called

used to introduce a new word or phrase which is not yet known by many people eg: It isn't yet clear how destructive this so-called 'super virus' is.

668

Adjacent to

very near, next to, or touching

eg: They lived in a house adjacent to the railway.

669

Adapt to

to change something to suit different conditions or uses

eg: Many software companies have adapted popular programs to the new operating system.

670

Insert

to put something inside something else, or to add something, especially words, to something else

671

Orientate

to aim something at someone or something, or make something suitable for a particular group of people

672

Recover

to get back something lost, especially health, ability, possessions, etc

673

Passive

not acting to influence or change a situation; allowing other people to be in control

674

Scope

the range of a subject covered by a book, programme, discussion, class, etc.

I'm afraid that problem is beyond/outside the scope of my lecture.

675

insights into

(the ability to have) a clear, deep and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation

It was an interesting book, full of fascinating insights into human relationships.

676

Communicate

to share information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body or using other signals

2)to pass a disease from one person or animal to another

677

Entity

something which exists apart from other things, having its own independent existence

The museums work closely together, but are separate legal entities.

678

Flexible

able to change or be changed easily according to the situation

679

Inhibit

to prevent someone from doing something, or to slow down a process or the growth of something

This drug inhibits the growth of tumours.

680

Inspect

to look at something or someone carefully in order to discover information, especially about their quality or condition

681

Agenda

a list of matters to be discussed at a meeting

682

Integral

necessary and important as a part of, or contained within, a whole

eg: He's an integral

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