Academic Word List, families, Sublist 5

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  1. academy
    a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
  2. academia
    the world of higher learning
  3. academic
    associated with an educational institution
  4. academically
    in regard to academic matters
  5. adjust
    alter or regulate so as to conform to a standard
  6. adjusted
    altered to accommodate to certain requirements
  7. adjustment
    the act of making something different
  8. readjust
    adapt anew
  9. readjustment
    the act of correcting again
  10. alter
    cause to change; make different
  11. alterable
    capable of being changed in some characteristic
  12. alteration
    the act of revising
  13. altered
    changed in form or character without becoming something else
  14. altering
    the sterilization of an animal
  15. alternate
    go back and forth
  16. alternating
    occurring by turns; first one and then the other
  17. unalterable
    not capable of being changed
  18. unaltered
    remaining in an original state
  19. amend
    make revisions to
  20. amended
    modified for the better
  21. amendment
    a statement that is added to a proposal or document
  22. amends
    something done or paid to make up for a wrong
  23. aware
    having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
  24. awareness
    state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
  25. unaware
    not having or showing knowledge or understanding
  26. capacity
    capability to perform or produce
  27. incapacitate
    make unable to perform a certain action
  28. incapacitated
    lacking in or deprived of strength or power
  29. challenge
    a call to engage in a contest or fight
  30. challenger
    the contestant you hope to defeat
  31. challenging
    requiring full use of your abilities or resources
  32. clause
    a separate section of a legal document
  33. compound
    a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
  34. compounded
    combined into or constituting a chemical compound
  35. compounding
    the act of combining things to form a new whole
  36. conflict
    an open clash between two opposing groups
  37. conflicting
    in disagreement
  38. consult
    seek information from
  39. consultancy
    the practice of giving expert advice within a field
  40. consultant
    an expert who gives advice
  41. consultation
    the act of referring to something to find information
  42. consultative
    giving advice
  43. contact
    the act of touching physically
  44. decline
    grow worse
  45. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
  46. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  47. discretionary
    having the ability to act according to your own judgment
  48. indiscrete
    not divided or divisible into parts
  49. indiscretion
    the trait of lacking good judgment or tact
  50. draft
    a current of air
  51. drafting
    the craft of drawing blueprints
  52. redraft
    a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again
  53. enable
    provide the means to perform some task
  54. enabling
    providing legal power or sanction
  55. energy
    forceful exertion
  56. energetic
    possessing or displaying forceful exertion
  57. energetically
    in an energetic manner
  58. enforce
    compel to behave in a certain way
  59. enforced
    compelled to behave in a certain way
  60. enforcement
    ensuring observance of or obedience to
  61. entity
    that which is perceived to have its own distinct existence
  62. equivalent
    being essentially comparable to something
  63. equivalence
    essential comparability and interchangeability
  64. evolve
    undergo development
  65. evolution
    sequence of events involved in the development of a species
  66. evolutionary
    relating to the development of a species
  67. evolutionist
    a person who believes in Darwinian theory
  68. expand
    extend in one or more directions
  69. expanded
    increased in extent or size or bulk or scope
  70. expansion
    the act of increasing in size or volume or quantity or scope
  71. expansionism
    the doctrine of extending the territory of a country
  72. expansive
    able or tending to extend in one or more directions
  73. expose
    make visible or apparent
  74. exposed
    with no protection or shield
  75. exposure
    the state of being exposed to harm
  76. external
    happening or arising outside some limits or surface
  77. externalisation
    attributing to outside causes
  78. externalise
    give reality to; represent in concrete form
  79. externality
    the quality or state of being outside
  80. externally
    on or from the outside
  81. facilitate
    make easier
  82. facilitation
    act of assisting the progress or improvement of something
  83. facilitator
    someone who makes progress easier
  84. facility
    a building or place that provides a particular service
  85. fundamental
    serving as an essential component
  86. fundamentally
    in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature
  87. generate
    bring into existence
  88. generation
    group of genetically related organisms in a line of descent
  89. image
    a visual representation produced on a surface
  90. imagery
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  91. liberal
    showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
  92. liberalise
    become more liberal
  93. liberalism
    a political orientation favoring social progress by reform
  94. liberalisation
    the act of making less strict
  95. liberate
    grant freedom to; free from confinement
  96. liberated
    free from traditional social restraints
  97. liberation
    the act of freeing someone or something
  98. liberator
    someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
  99. liberally
    in a free or giving manner
  100. licence
    a legal document giving official permission to do something
  101. licenced
    given official approval to act
  102. unlicenced
    lacking official approval
  103. logic
    the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
  104. illogical
    lacking in a correct relation of reason
  105. illogically
    in an illogical manner
  106. logical
    based on known statements or events or conditions
  107. logically
    according to logical reasoning
  108. logician
    a person skilled at symbolic reasoning
  109. margin
    the boundary line or area immediately inside the boundary
  110. marginal
    at or constituting a border or edge
  111. marginally
    in a marginal manner
  112. medical
    relating to the study or practice of medicine
  113. medically
    involving medical practice
  114. mental
    involving the mind or an intellectual process
  115. mentality
    a habitual or characteristic attitude of the mind
  116. mentally
    in your mind
  117. modify
    cause to change; make different
  118. modification
    the act of making something different
  119. modified
    changed in form or character
  120. unmodified
    not changed in form or character
  121. monitor
    someone who observes to ensure fairness or prevent mistakes
  122. monitoring
    the act of observing something
  123. network
    an open fabric woven together at regular intervals
  124. notion
    a general inclusive concept
  125. objective
    the goal intended to be attained
  126. objectively
    in a manner not influenced by emotion
  127. objectivity
    judgment based on observable phenomena
  128. orient
    the eastern hemisphere
  129. orientate
    determine one's position with reference to another point
  130. orientated
    adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination
  131. orientation
    the act of determining one's position
  132. orientating
    positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
  133. oriented
    adjusted or located in relation to surroundings
  134. orienting
    positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
  135. reorient
    determine one's position once again
  136. reorientation
    a changed set of attitudes and beliefs
  137. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  138. precise
    sharply exact or accurate or delimited
  139. imprecise
    not sharply exact or accurate
  140. precisely
    in a sharply exact manner
  141. precision
    the quality of being exact
  142. prime
    of or relating to the first or originating agent
  143. primacy
    the state of being first in importance
  144. psychology
    the science of mental life
  145. psychological
    mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature
  146. psychologically
    with regard to psychology
  147. psychologist
    a specialist in the science of mental life
  148. pursue
    follow in an effort to capture
  149. pursued
    followed with enmity as if to harm
  150. pursuing
    following in order to overtake or capture
  151. pursuit
    the act of following in an effort to overtake or capture
  152. ratio
    relation with respect to comparative quantity or magnitude
  153. reject
    refuse to accept or acknowledge
  154. rejected
    rebuffed (by a lover) without warning
  155. rejection
    the act of turning something down
  156. revenue
    the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
  157. stable
    resistant to change of position or condition
  158. instability
    a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
  159. stabilisation
    the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable
  160. stabilise
    support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
  161. stabilised
    made stable or firm
  162. stabilising
    causing to become stable
  163. stability
    the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast
  164. unstable
    subject to change; variable
  165. style
    how something is done or how it happens
  166. stylish
    having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  167. stylise
    represent according to a conventional style
  168. stylised
    using artistic forms and conventions to create effects
  169. substitute
    a person or thing that can take the place of another
  170. substituting
    working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence
  171. substitution
    putting one thing or person in the place of another
  172. sustain
    lengthen or extend in duration or space
  173. sustainable
    capable of being prolonged
  174. sustainability
    the capacity of being prolonged
  175. sustained
    continued at length without interruption or weakening
  176. sustenance
    the act of providing a means of subsistence or survival
  177. symbol
    something visible that represents something invisible
  178. symbolic
    relating to or using arbitrary signs
  179. symbolically
    in a symbolic manner
  180. symbolise
    represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
  181. symbolising
    the act of representing something with a symbol
  182. symbolism
    the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning
  183. target
    a reference point to shoot at
  184. transit
    a journey
  185. transition
    the act of passing from one state or place to the next
  186. transitional
    of or relating to change from one state to another
  187. transitory
    lasting a very short time
  188. trend
    a general tendency to change, as of opinion
  189. version
    something a little different from others of the same type
  190. welfare
    something that aids or promotes well-being
Created on Tue Nov 13 04:47:45 EST 2012 (updated Tue Nov 13 04:56:35 EST 2012)

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