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Academic English Vocabulary Unit 1 Review

Review exercises for Unit 1 of Academic English Vocabulary for International Students, by Bill Walker.

AB
analysisa careful examination of something in order to understand it better;separation of a whole into its component parts
approachrer to move towards or nearer to someone or something
areaa particular part of a country, town etc
assessmenta process in which you make a judgment about a person or situation, or the judgment you make
assumptionsomething that you think is true although you have no definite proof
authoritythe power you have because of your official position
availablesomething that is able to be used or can easily be bought or found
benefitan advantage, improvement, or help that you get from something
conceptan idea of how something is, or how something should be done
consistto be based on or depend on something
constituteto be made of; to form or compose
contextthe situation, events, or information that are related to something and that help you to understand it
contractan official agreement between two or more people, stating what each will do
creationthe act of making, inventing, or producing; the act of causing something to exist
datainformation or facts
defineto determine the limits or extent of something; to describe something correctly and thoroughly, and to say what standards, limits, qualities etc it has that make it different from other things
deriveto get, obtain, or extract something, especially an advantage or a pleasant feeling, from something
distributeto share things among a group of people, especially in a planned way
environmentthe air, water, and land on Earth; the people and things that are around you in your life
establishto found or bring into being on a firm or stable basis; to start a company, organization, system, etc that is intended to exist or continue for a long time
evidenteasy to see, notice, or understand; clear; manifest; obvious
exportto send or transport abroad, usually for sale or trade
factorsomething that has an influence on or is a partial cause of something that happens
financethe management of money by governments, large organizations etc
formulaa list of ingredients or steps; recipe; a method or set of principles that you use to solve a problem or to make sure that something is successful
functionthe purpose that something has, or the job that someone or something does
identitythe qualities and attitudes that a person or group of people have, that make them different from other people
incomethe money that you earn from your work or that you receive from investments, the government etc
indicateto show that a particular situation exists, or that something is likely to be true; to say or do something to make your wishes, intentions etc clear
individualsingle, distinct, or separate; a person, considered separately from the rest of the group or society that they live in
interpretto determine or explain the meaning of
issuea subject or problem that is often discussed or argued about, especially a social or political matter that affects the interests of a lot of people
laborwork, especially physical work; the expenditure of physical and mental effort in the performance of work
legalof or relating to law; something you are allowed to do or have to do by law
legislateto make a law about something; to put into law; enact
majorvery large or important, when compared to other things or people of a similar kind
methoda planned way of doing something, especially one that a lot of people know about and use
occurto happen or exist in a particular place or situation
percentan amount equal to five, ten etc parts out of a total of 100 parts
perioda particular length of time with a beginning and an end
policya set of principles that is used as a guide for action, esp. in a government or business; a way of doing something that has been officially agreed and chosen by a political party, business, or other organization
proceedto continue on after an interruption; to continue to do something that has already been planned or started
processa series of actions that are done in order to achieve a particular result
requireto need something; to demand or insist upon
researchserious study of a subject, in order to discover new facts or test new ideas
rolea part played by a person or thing; the way in which someone or something is involved in an activity or situation, and how much influence they have on it
sectionone of the parts that something such as an object or place is divided into
sectoran identifiable segment or part of a landscape, area, society, political system, or the like; a part of an area of activity, especially of business, trade etc
significanthaving meaning; meaningful; having an important effect or influence, especially on what will happen in the future
similaralmost the same
sourcethe start or cause of something; a thing, place, activity etc that you get something from
specificpertaining to a particular thing or person and to nothing else of the same kind; one particular thing, person, or group
structurethe way in which the parts of something are connected with each other and form a whole, or the thing that these parts make up
theoryan idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain something about life or the world, especially an idea that has not yet been proved to be true
varyto change something to make it different; to change from time to time or as a result of some other change


Instructor - Academic English for International Students
American English Institute
Eugene, OR

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