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assess | n. - to make a judgment about a person or situation after thinking carefully about it [= judge] |
attain | v- 1. to succeed in achieving something after trying for a long time 2. to reach a particular level, age, size etc: |
comprehensive | adj - including all the necessary facts, details, or problems that need to be dealt with [= thorough] |
contemporary | adj- 1. belonging to the present time [= modern] 2. happening or done in the same period of time |
controversy | n - a serious argument about something that involves many people and continues for a long time |
diverse | adj- very different from each other |
establish | v-to start a company, organization, system, etc that is intended to exist or continue for a long time [= found] |
ethics | n-moral rules or principles of behaviour for deciding what is right and wrong: |
foundation | n- 1. a basic idea, principle, situation etc that something develops from 2. the solid layer of cement, bricks, stones etc that is put under a building to support it |
hierarchy | n- a system of organization in which people or things are divided into levels of importance |
impose | v - if someone in authority imposes a rule, punishment, tax etc, they force people to accept it |
incorporate | v - to include something as part of a group, system, plan etc |
indicate | v- to show that a particular situation exists, or that something is likely to be true |
insight | n -a sudden clear understanding of something or part of something, especially a complicated situation or idea |
primarily | adv- mainly; used to mention the main part or cause of something, the main reason for something etc |
proceed | v-to continue to do something that has already been planned or started |
reinforce | v-to give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling, building or group and make it stronger |
rely | v - to trust or depend on someone or something to do what you need or expect them to do |
superior | adj, n-better, more powerful, more effective etc than a similar person or thing, especially one that you are competing against [≠ inferior] |
tentative | adj- not definite or certain, and may be changed later |
transmit | v-1. to send or pass something from one person, place or thing to another 2.to send out electronic signals, messages etc using radio, television, or other similar equipment |