| A | B |
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| access | the right to enter a place, use something, see someone etc; the way you use to enter a building or reach a place |
| adequate | enough for the situation or need; fairly good but not excellent |
| annual | happening once a year |
| apparent | easily seen or plain; clear to one's understanding; obvious |
| approximate | a number, amount, or time that is close to the exact number, amount etc, but could be a little bit more or less than it |
| attitude | the opinions and feelings that you usually have about something |
| attribute | to view as the result of; to view as a quality belonging to |
| civil | relating to the people who live in a country; polite in a formal but not very friendly way |
| code | a set of rules or laws |
| commit | to do; perform; to dedicate, devote or pledge; to decide to use money, time, people etc for a particular purpose |
| communicate | to exchange thoughts, ideas, or information;to pass along or carry to another |
| concentrate | to think very carefully about something that you are doing; to bring together; focus |
| conference | a meeting to discuss a particular matter; a large formal meeting where a lot of people discuss important matters such as business, politics, or science, especially for several days |
| contrast | a difference between people, ideas, situations, things etc that are being compared |
| cycle | a circle of events that repeats in a regular pattern |
| debate | a discussion between two people or groups who disagree on an important subject |
| despite | used to say that something happens or is true even though something else might have prevented it |
| dimension | size as measured in length, width, or depth |
| domestic | relating to or happening in one particular country and not involving any other countries |
| emerge | to appear or come out from somewhere |
| error | a mistake in thought or action; something that is wrong |
| ethnic | relating to a particular race, nation, or tribe and their customs and traditions; of or relating to a group of people who share the same culture, race, or nationality |
| goal | a result or end that a person wants and works for; aim or purpose |
| grant | to give someone something or allow them to have something that they have asked for; to admit or accept |
| hence | for this reason |
| hypothesis | an idea that is suggested as an explanation for something, but that has not yet been proved to be true |
| implement | to take action or make changes that you have officially decided should happen |
| implicate | to show or suggest that someone is involved in a crime or dishonest act; to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events |
| impose | to set as something that needs to be followed, done, or obeyed |
| integrate | to bring together and mix into a whole |
| internal | within a particular country, company or organization rather than outside it |
| investigate | to look at closely so as to get information and learn the facts |
| label | a piece of paper or another material that is attached to something and gives information about it |
| mechanism | the whole or parts of a machine, mechanical system, or device |
| obvious | easy to notice or understand |
| occupy | to fill or use space or time |
| option | the right, power, or freedom to choose |
| output | the amount of goods or work produced by a person, machine, factory etc |
| parallel | a relationship or similarity between two things, especially things that exist or happen in different places or at different times |
| parameter | a set of fixed limits that control the way that something should be done |
| phase | one of the stages of a process of development or change |
| predict | to say ahead of time that something will happen |
| principal | most important |
| prior | existing or arranged before something else or before the present situation; earlier in time or order; previous |
| professional | relating to a job that needs special education and training |
| project | any activity that takes great effort or planning |
| promote | to help something grow, increase, or move forward |
| regime | a system of rule or government; a ruling government |
| resolve | to find a satisfactory way of dealing with a problem or difficulty |
| retain | to keep something or continue to have something |
| series | several events or actions of a similar type that happen one after the other |
| statistic | a piece of numerical information |
| status | a person's position or level in comparison with the position of other people; a person's condition in the view of the law |
| stress | continuous feelings of worry about your work or personal life, that prevent you from relaxing |
| subsequent | happening or coming after something else |
| sum | an amount of money; the number or amount that comes from adding two or more numbers |
| summarize | to make a short statement giving only the main information and not the details of a plan, event, report etc |
| undertake | to accept that you are responsible for a piece of work, and start to do it |
