Academic Vocaublary One Flashcards
(147 cards)
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discipline
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area of study
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underline
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gives emphasis to
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solid
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certain or safe; of a good standard
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in short, breifly, basically
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in sum , to sum up
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only
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sole(y)
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almost/ more or less
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virtually
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try
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attemp
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mainly/ mostly
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primarly
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typical of
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characteristic of
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accident (adjective, adverb)
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accidental, accidentally
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quantity/ quantification (Iverb, adjective, adverb)
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quantify, quantitative, quantitively/ quiantifably
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on the subject of
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thing which is being discussed, considered or studied
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the theme of
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main subject of a talk, book, etc.
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eassay topic
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used to refer to what one is studying or writing about
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the issue of
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subject/ problem which poeple are thinking/ talking about
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theory (of)
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statement of the rules on which a subject of study is bases or: more gerenerally, an opinion or explanationd
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model of
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a respresentation of something as a simple description which might be used in calculations
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The Nature of
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main characteristic of something
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the principle of
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basic idea or rule that explains howw something happens or works
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aspect of
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on individual part of a situation, problem, subject, etc.
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feature of
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a typical quality of something
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byond the scope of
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range of a subject covered by a book, discussion
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revealed a pattern of f
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showed a regulary repeated arrangemente
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number of
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amount or level
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significance
importance
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identififcation
ability to establish the identity of something
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assesment
judgement of the amount, value, qualitry or importance
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The Case for
arguments, facts and reasons in support of or against something
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approach
way of considering something
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perspectives on
different particular opr indivcidual ways of considering something
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awareness of
having special interest in or experience of something, and so ´being well informed
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research
research is often also used wiht the preposition on
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methodology
a system of ways of studying something
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involved
which are part of/ included in
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conduct
organise and do
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illustrate
draw something in order to explain something
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assuming
acceepting something to be true
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find
discover by calculating
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callculate
judge the number or amouint of something and adding, multiplying, subtracting or dividing numbers
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demonstrate
show, make clear
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identitfy
recognise someone or something and say or prove who or what they are
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challanges
question wheter it is true
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examine
llook at or consider carefully and in detail
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provide
give
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classify
divide things into groups according to their type
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establishing
discorver or get proof of
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account for
explain
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was seen
see is often used in the passive in aacademic style
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presented
given
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showed
proved
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attempts
tries
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explain (noun form)
give/ provide/ offer and explanation
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explore (noun form)
carry ou t an exploration
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emphasise (noun form)
place / put emphasis (on)
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describe (noun form)
give / opreivde a description of
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affect
to influence
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effect
make somethng happen/ to bring about
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relative to
true to a particular degree when it is being compared with other things
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relevant
connected with what is happening or being discussed
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characteristic
(rather formal) typical of
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specific
only found in
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common
belonging to or
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appropriate
suitable or right for a particular situation or occasion
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abstract
existing as an idea, not as material object; opposite: concrete
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concrete
existing in a form that can be seen or felt; opposite: abstract
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simple
having or made of only one or a few part; opposite complex
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complex
having or made of many part; opposite simple
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quantitative
based on numbers and statistics; opposite: qualitative
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qualitative
usually research using non-number-based methods such as interviews, focus groups, etc.
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significant
important noticable; opposite: insignificant
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rough
fairly correct but not exact or detailed
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precise
exact and accurate
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apparent
seeming to exist to be true
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potential
possible when the neccessary conditions exist
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principal
first in order of importance
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rgiorous
careful to look at or consisder every part of something to make certain it is correct
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put forward (an idea/view/ opinion/...)
present
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carry out ( an experiment/ research)
conduct
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make up
constitute
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be made of
consist of
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point out
observe
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point up
highlight
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set out ( to do something)
aim
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set out
describe
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go into
discuss
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go/ look back over
revise, review
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go through
check
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went on to
do something after doing something else
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to work on
study, work in the field of
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set up
prepared, arranged
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worked out
come to a conclusion about
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go against
not be in agreement with
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write up
(of an important document) write in a final form
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reasonable
acceptamble
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fair
quite a lot
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total
in all
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couple
two or three, a few
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bulk
the majority
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as a whole
considered as a group rather than individually
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exceeding
(formal) higher than
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in excess of
means over, used mainly in official or legal writing
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fewer and fewer/ less and less
a steadily decreasing amount of, decrisingly
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more and more
a steadly increasing amount of increasing
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more or less
mostly, approximately
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no feweer than
used to suggest the number was unexpectedly large
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set to zero
get something ready so it can be operated
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set some ground rules
establish
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set a number of changes
caused to be in astated condition
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set a time
arrange
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sets as it cool
becomes solid
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set to work
started work
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set of symptoms
group
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set books to study
that muss be studied
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accomodate
change to allow something to fit in
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contract
shorten, become smaller
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occur
exist
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refrence
author or book mentioned in apiece of writing to show where inforomation was found
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volution
complete turn
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structure
way in which parts of a system or object are organised or arranged
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important
significanr
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significant
large size
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major
oppposite minor
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enormous
very large or very important
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considerable
means large or of noticable importance
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particular
means special
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inevitable
unavoidable
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explicit
clear and exact, communicated directly
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relevant
connected with what is being discussed
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base (on) reasearch,
nouns: theory, story, hypothesis
adverbs: mainly, partly, loosely
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associate
nouns: word, idea, theory, term
adverbs: generally, commonly, invariably
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discuss
nound: idea, problem, issue, question, topic, theme
at length, briefly, thoroughly
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establish
noun: relationship, connection
adverb: firmly, clearly, conclusively
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examine
noun: fatcs, evidence, effects, aspects
adverb:briefly, critically, thorughly
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demonstrate
noun: existence, need, effects, importance
adverb: clearly, convincingly
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identify
nouns: causes, factora, issues, properties, needs, approach, origin
adverb: correctly, clearly, closely
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assigned
give a particular job or piece of work to somone
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attributed to
say or think that something is the reult of something
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attend to
deal with, give one's attention to
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amounts to
be the same as something or have the same effect as something
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be traced to
discover the origin of something by examining how it has developed
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with
associate, provide, coulpe, euqip
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from
depart, benefit, emerge, exclude
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of
write, speak, convince, dispose
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for
account, search, call, argue
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