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 |