eng 102 Flashcards
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What does ‘Advance’ mean?
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To move forward or make progress
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Define ‘Assess’.
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To evaluate or judge something
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What is meant by ‘Capable’?
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Having the ability to do something
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What does ‘Clarity’ refer to?
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The quality of being clear and easy to understand
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What is ‘Contact’?
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Communication or a person you communicate with
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What does ‘Effective’ mean?
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Producing the intended result
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Define ‘Enthusiasm’.
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Strong excitement or interest
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What is meant by ‘Ethical’?
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Morally right or acceptable
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Who is an ‘Executive’?
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A person with managerial or decision-making authority
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What is ‘Initiative’?
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A new plan or action to achieve something
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Define ‘Innovation’.
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A new idea, method, or invention
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What does ‘Motivation’ refer to?
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The reason for doing something or the desire to act
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What is ‘Perspective’?
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A point of view or way of thinking about something
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What does it mean to ‘Promote’?
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To support, advertise, or raise to a higher position
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Define ‘Realistic’.
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Accepting things as they are; practical
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What is ‘Responsibility’?
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A duty to deal with something or take care of someone
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What does ‘Role’ mean?
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The function or position a person has in a situation
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What is ‘Style’?
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A particular way of doing or expressing something
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Fill in the blank: To _______ means to accept a task or responsibility.
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Take on
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What is a ‘Title’?
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The name of a book, job, or position
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What does ‘Versus’ indicate?
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Used to compare or show opposition between two things
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Define ‘Achievement’.
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Something that has been done successfully, especially through hard work or skill
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What does ‘Acknowledged for’ mean?
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Recognized or shown appreciation for something
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What is ‘Adversity’?
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A difficult or unpleasant situation
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What does it mean to 'Aspire to'?
To have a strong desire to do or become something
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Define 'Confront'.
To deal with a problem or difficult situation
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What does 'Constrained' mean?
Limited by something or someone
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What does 'Embody' refer to?
To represent an idea or quality
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What does 'Inclined' mean?
Wanting to do something
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What does 'Inherently' mean?
Being a basic part of something that cannot be removed
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What does 'Pursue' mean?
To try to achieve something over a period of time
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Define 'Resolve'.
A strong determination to do something
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What is a 'Version'?
A form of something that is different from another form of the same thing
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What is an 'Advocate'?
A person who publicly supports a cause or idea
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Define 'Authenticity'.
The quality of being real, true, or genuine
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What does 'Cause' mean?
A principle or goal people support or fight for
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What does 'Diverse' refer to?
Showing a great deal of variety; very different
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What does 'Empower' mean?
To give someone the power or confidence to do something
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Define 'Exponential'.
Increasing very quickly at a constant rate
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What is 'Funding'?
Money provided for a specific purpose
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What does 'Humanitarian' refer to?
Concerned with helping to improve people’s lives and reduce suffering
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What does 'Humility' mean?
The quality of not thinking you are better than others
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What does it mean to 'Perceive'?
To become aware of or understand something in a particular way
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What does 'Personify' mean?
To represent a quality or idea in a human form
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Define 'Phenomenon'.
Something that happens or exists and is noticed, especially because it is unusual or interesting
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What is 'Bias'?
A preference or prejudice for or against something or someone
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What does 'Chaos' refer to?
A state of complete confusion and disorder
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What does 'Embrace' mean?
To accept something willingly or to hug
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What is a 'Feature'?
An important part or characteristic of something
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What does 'Grant' mean?
To officially give or allow something
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What does 'Imply' mean?
To suggest something without saying it directly
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Define 'Inflexible'.
Unwilling to change or adapt
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What does 'Legal' refer to?
Related to the law or allowed by law
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What does 'Manufacture' mean?
To make something using machines in a factory
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What does 'Moderately' mean?
To a reasonable degree; not extremely
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What is a 'Monopoly'?
Complete control of a product or service by one company
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What does 'Obtain' mean?
To get something, especially by effort
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What does 'Open-minded' mean?
Willing to consider different ideas or opinions
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Fill in the blank: To _______ means to highlight or mention something important.
Point out
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What is 'Purchase'?
The act of buying something
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What does 'Recognize' mean?
To identify something or accept its truth or value
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What does 'Revert' mean?
To return to a previous state or condition
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What is 'Shade'?
An area where direct sunlight is blocked or a slight variation in color
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What does 'Stifle' mean?
To suppress or hold back something, like a feeling or creativity
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Define 'Stimulating'.
Encouraging interest, enthusiasm, or activity
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What does 'Stumble upon' mean?
To find something by accident
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What is a 'Theme'?
The main subject or idea in a piece of work or discussion
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What is a 'Trademark'?
To legally protect a name or symbol for a product or company
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What does 'Turn out' mean?
To result in a particular way
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Define 'Allure'.
A strong and attractive quality or charm
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What does 'Assume' mean?
To think something is true without proof
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What does 'Distinct' refer to?
Clearly different or separate
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What does 'Disclose' mean?
To make something known or public
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What does 'Endorse' mean?
To publicly support or approve something
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Define 'Exaggerated'.
Made to seem larger or more important than it really is
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What is 'Insight'?
A clear understanding of a situation or problem
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What is 'Obsession'?
An idea or thought that completely fills someone's mind
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What does 'Put a premium on' mean?
To consider something especially important or valuable
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What does 'Resistance' mean?
Refusal to accept or comply with something
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What does 'Tolerant' mean?
Willing to accept behaviors or beliefs that are different from your own
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What is 'Transparency'?
The quality of being open, honest, and easy to understand
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What does 'Activation' refer to?
The act of making something start working or become active
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What does 'Align' mean?
To match or agree with something
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What does 'Broadly speaking' mean?
In general terms, without going into details
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What does 'Counter' mean?
To act against or respond to something with an opposite force
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What does 'Crave' mean?
To want something very much
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What does 'Escalate' mean?
To become more serious or intense
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What does 'Essentially' mean?
Used to emphasize the basic or most important quality of something
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What does 'Functional' refer to?
Designed to be useful rather than attractive
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What does 'Impulsive' mean?
Acting without thinking about the consequences
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What does 'Manipulate' mean?
To control or influence someone or something in a clever or unfair way
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What is a 'Metric'?
A standard of measurement
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What is a 'Tactic'?
A planned way to achieve a specific goal
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What is 'Credit'?
Money available to borrow or praise given for achievement
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What is a 'Gap'?
An empty space or a difference between two things
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What does 'Precisely' mean?
Exactly or accurately
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What is 'Debt'?
Money that is owed to someone
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What is 'Insurance'?
Protection against financial loss, usually through a policy
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What is 'Retirement'?
The time when someone stops working permanently, usually due to age
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Who is an 'Entrepreneur'?
A person who starts and runs a business, taking financial risks
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What is 'Interest'?
The cost of borrowing money or a feeling of curiosity or concern
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What does 'Sense' refer to?
A feeling, meaning, or understanding of something
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What is a 'Fee'?
An amount of money paid for a service
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What is a 'Loan'?
Money borrowed that must be paid back, usually with interest
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What does 'Set up' mean?
To start a business, organization, or system
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What does 'Balance' refer to?
To show that in a bank account the total money spent is equal to the total money received
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What does 'Tedious' mean?
Boring
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What is a 'Tool'?
A thing that helps you to do something
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What is a 'Pension'?
Money paid regularly to somebody who is considered to be too old or too ill to work
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What does 'Current' mean?
Of the present time
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What does 'Naturally' mean?
In a way that you would expect
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What does 'Truly' mean?
Used to emphasize a particular quality
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What is an 'Asset'?
A person or thing that is valuable
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What is an 'Agency'?
A government department
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What is a 'Series'?
Several events that happen one after the other
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What is a 'Mortgage'?
A legal agreement by which a bank or similar organization lends you money to buy a house
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What are 'Stocks'?
A share that somebody has bought in a company
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What is 'Anxiety'?
A feeling of worry or nervousness about something uncertain
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What is a 'Barrier'?
Something that blocks progress or makes things difficult
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What does 'Coping' refer to?
The process of dealing with stress or difficult situations
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What is 'Courage'?
The ability to face fear, danger, or pain
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What is 'Empathy'?
The ability to understand and share someone else’s feelings
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What does 'Extensive' mean?
Covering a large area or having a wide range
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What does 'Fit in' mean?
To feel accepted and part of a group
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What is a 'Foundation'?
The base or starting point of something important
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What does 'Negotiate' mean?
To discuss something in order to reach an agreement
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What is 'Self-fulfillment'?
The feeling of achieving your full potential or personal goals
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What is 'Shame'?
A painful feeling caused by guilt or embarrassment
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What does 'Attribute' mean?
To say something is the result of a particular thing
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What is 'Intervention'?
Action taken to improve or help a situation
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What does 'Tragic' mean?
Making you feel very sad, usually because someone has died
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What does 'Encounter' mean?
To meet, run into, especially someone or something unpleasant or difficult, or unexpected
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What does 'Petrified' mean?
Extremely frightened
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What is a 'Void'?
A large empty space
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What does 'Hesitation' refer to?
The act of being slow to speak or act because you feel uncertain or nervous
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What does 'Pitch in' mean?
To join in and help with an activity, by doing some of the work
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What is 'Work ethic'?
A belief in work as a moral good
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What is 'Interaction'?
The act of communicating with someone
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What is a 'Refrain'?
A comment or statement that is often repeated
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What does 'Wounded' mean?
Injured as in an accident
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What does 'Affordable' mean?
Cheap enough to be bought or used by most people
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What is an 'Alternative'?
Something you can choose instead of something else
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What does 'Force' refer to?
Physical power or strength
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What does 'Function' mean?
To work or operate in the correct way
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What is 'Gear'?
Equipment or the set of parts in a machine that control movement
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What does 'Hazardous' mean?
Dangerous, especially to health or safety
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What is 'Intention'?
A plan or aim; something you mean to do
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Who is an 'Inventor'?
A person who creates something for the first time
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What does 'Power' mean?
To supply energy to make something work
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What does 'Stream' refer to?
To play or watch media (like video or music) directly from the internet
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What does 'Summarize' mean?
To give a brief statement of the main points
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What does 'Throughout' mean?
In every part of or during the whole of something
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What does 'Dramatically' mean?
Very suddenly and to a very great and often surprising degree
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What does 'Hilarious' mean?
Very funny
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What does 'Sophisticated' mean?
Clever and complicated in the way that it works or is presented
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What does 'Noticeable' mean?
Easy to see or notice
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What does 'Double' mean?
To become or make something become twice as much or as many
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What does 'Astonishing' mean?
Very surprising; difficult to believe
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What does 'Rapidly' mean?
Very quickly
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What does 'Reflects' mean?
To show the nature of something or of someone’s attitude or feeling
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What is 'Capacity'?
The ability to understand or to do something
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What is a 'Target'?
A result that you try to achieve
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What does 'Extent' refer to?
How large, important, serious, etc., something is
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What does 'Alleviate' mean?
To reduce pain, suffering, or a problem
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What does 'Dedicated' mean?
Showing strong commitment to a task or purpose
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What does 'Developing' mean?
Growing or becoming more advanced
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What is an 'Enterprise'?
A business or organization, especially one that is new or involves risk
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What does 'Existence' mean?
The state of being real or living
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What does 'Generate' mean?
To produce or create something
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What is a 'Grid'?
A pattern of lines that cross to form squares; a system for organizing or connecting
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What does 'Innovative' mean?
Introducing new ideas, methods, or products
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What does 'Intuitively' mean?
In a way that feels natural or based on instinct, without reasoning
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What does 'Motion' refer to?
The act or process of moving
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What is a 'Replacement'?
A person or thing that takes the place of another
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What does 'Resemble' mean?
To look or be like someone or something
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What does 'Absorb' mean?
To take in a liquid, gas, or other substance from the surface or space around
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What does 'Caution' mean?
To warn somebody about the possible dangers or problems of something
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What is a 'Drought'?
A long period of time when there is little or no rain
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What does 'Extract' mean?
To remove or obtain a substance from something
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What is a 'Framework'?
The parts of an object that support its weight and give it shape
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What does 'Implication' mean?
A possible effect or result of an action or a decision
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What does 'Organic' mean?
Produced by or from living things
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What does 'Porous' mean?
Having many small holes that allow water or air to pass through slowly
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What does 'Potentially' mean?
Used to say that something may happen; possibly
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What is a 'Premise'?
A statement or an idea that forms the basis of an argument
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What is a 'Shortage'?
A situation when there is not enough of the people or things that are needed
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What does 'Yield' mean?
The total amount of crops, profits, etc., that are produced
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What does 'Precision' mean?
The quality of being exact, accurate, and careful
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What is a 'Load'?
The total amount that something can carry or contain
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What is a 'Revolution'?
A great change in conditions, ways of working, beliefs, etc., that affects large numbers of people
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What does 'Buzz' mean?
To make a sound like a bee
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What does 'Dominate' mean?
To control or have a lot of influence over somebody/something
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What is 'Productivity'?
The rate at which a worker, a company, or a country produces goods
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What is 'Ignorance'?
A lack of knowledge or information about something
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What is 'Infection'?
An illness that is caused by bacteria or a virus
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What does 'Suffer' mean?
To be badly affected by a disease, pain, sadness, a lack of something, etc.
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What does 'Distribute' mean?
To share between a number of people
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What is a 'Survey'?
A general study, view, or description of something
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What does 'Alter' mean?
To change something, usually slightly
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What does 'Compound' mean?
To make something more difficult by adding new elements
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Who is a 'Consumer'?
A person who buys and uses goods and services
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What is a 'Debate'?
A formal discussion on a particular topic, often involving opposing arguments
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What does 'Disturbing' mean?
Causing anxiety, worry, or concern
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What are 'Ethics'?
Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity
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What does 'Intense' mean?
Of extreme force, degree, or strength
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What is a 'Reaction'?
A response to a particular situation or stimulus
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What does 'Ultimate' mean?
Being the best or most important; final
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What does 'Modification' mean?
A change made to something to improve it or make it more suitable
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What does 'Access' mean?
The ability to enter, use, or get something
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What is an 'Approach'?
A way of dealing with a situation or problem
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What is a 'Benefit'?
An advantage or positive effect
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What does 'Challenge' mean?
To question or test someone’s ability or ideas
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What does 'Eliminate' mean?
To completely remove something
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What does 'Encourage' mean?
To give support or confidence to someone
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What is an 'Expert'?
Someone who has deep knowledge or skill in a subject
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What is a 'Finding'?
A piece of information discovered through research or investigation
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What is a 'Link'?
A connection or relationship between two or more things
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What does 'Participate' mean?
To take part in an activity or event
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What does 'Physical' refer to?
Relating to the body rather than the mind
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What does 'Practical' mean?
Relating to real situations rather than ideas or theories
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What is a 'Beverage'?
Any type of drink, except water
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What does 'Complexity' mean?
The state of being complicated or hard to understand
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What does 'Follow through with' mean?
To finish something that you have started or promised to do
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What does 'Genetic' refer to?
Related to genes or heredity
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What does 'Ingest' mean?
To take food, drink, or other substances into the body
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What does 'Initial' mean?
Happening at the beginning
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What does 'Metabolize' mean?
To process food in the body to produce energy
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Who is a 'Physician'?
A medical doctor
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What does 'Promising' mean?
Showing signs of future success
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What is a 'Series'?
A number of related things or events that happen one after another
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What does 'Thus' mean?
As a result of what was just mentioned
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What does 'Variation' mean?
A change or difference in condition, amount, or level
