Academic Word List 8

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  1. abandon
    forsake; leave behind
  2. accompany
    go or travel along with
  3. accumulate
    get or gather together
  4. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  5. appendix
    a small sac attached to the large intestines of some animals
  6. appreciate
    be fully aware of; realize fully
  7. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  8. automate
    operate or make run by machines rather than human action
  9. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  10. chart
    a visual display of data or information
  11. clarify
    make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
  12. commodity
    any good that can be bought and sold
  13. complement
    something added to embellish or make perfect
  14. conform
    be similar, be in line with
  15. contemporary
    occurring in the same period of time
  16. contradict
    prove negative; show to be false
  17. currency
    the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
  18. denote
    have as a meaning
  19. detect
    discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  20. deviate
    turn aside; turn away from
  21. displace
    cause to move, usually with force or pressure
  22. drama
    a work intended for performance by actors on a stage
  23. eventual
    expected to follow in the indefinite future
  24. exhibit
    make visible or apparent
  25. exploit
    use or manipulate to one's advantage
  26. fluctuate
    move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
  27. guideline
    a rule that provides direction for appropriate behavior
  28. highlight
    an area of brightness in a picture
  29. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  30. induce
    cause to act in a specified manner
  31. inevitable
    incapable of being avoided or prevented
  32. infrastructure
    the basic features of a system or organization
  33. inspect
    look over carefully
  34. intense
    possessing a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
  35. manipulate
    influence or control shrewdly or deviously
  36. minimize
    make small or insignificant
  37. nuclear
    constituting the core or central part
  38. offset
    a compensating equivalent
  39. paragraph
    one of several distinct subdivisions of a text
  40. plus
    on the positive side or higher end of a scale
  41. practitioner
    someone who carries out a learned profession
  42. predominant
    having superior power or influence
  43. prospect
    the possibility of future success
  44. radical
    far beyond the norm
  45. random
    lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
  46. reinforce
    strengthen and support
  47. restore
    bring back into original existence, function, or position
  48. revise
    make changes to
  49. schedule
    a list of times at which things are planned to occur
  50. tense
    taut or rigid; stretched tight
  51. terminate
    bring to an end or halt
  52. theme
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  53. thereby
    by that means or because of that
  54. uniform
    clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a group
  55. vehicle
    a conveyance that transports people or objects
  56. virtual
    being actually such in almost every respect
  57. visual
    relating to or using sight
  58. widespread
    widely circulated or diffused
Created on 三月 29, 2012 (updated 三月 29, 2012)

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