English Flashcards
(30 cards)
Consult
When you ask for a advice from someone
Enrich
Reading good literature will enrich, or add to, your understanding of human nature
Foundation
Is a base, or basis, on which something rests
Institution
Is a organization, such as a school
Motivation
Is an incentive for doing something
Annotate
If you annotate a work of literature, you include notes
Characteristics
A characteristic is a feature
Derive
Derive means “to come from a certain source”
Literal
A literal meaning reflects exactly what a word means
Stress
To stress is to accent
critique
A critique is a review
Effective
Effective means “having the intended purpose”
Plausible
If something is plausible, it seems likely
Thesis
A thesis is a proposition supported by an argument
Transition
A transition is a change from one thing to another
Articulate
If you articulate something, you express it clearly
Contradict
If you contradict something, you say the opposite
Disclose
Disclose means “to expose”
Media
Media refers to forms of mass communication such as newspapers
Speculate
To speculate is to think deeply about something
Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system with a free market
Financial
A financial transaction has to do with money
Proportion
Proportion is a part in relation to the whole
Revenue
Revenue is income