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  1. access
    the right to enter
  2. accessibility
    the quality of being at hand when needed
  3. accessible
    capable of being reached
  4. inaccessible
    capable of being reached with great difficulty or not at all
  5. adequate
    having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  6. adequacy
    the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily
  7. adequately
    in a sufficient manner
  8. inadequacy
    a lack of competence
  9. inadequate
    lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  10. inadequately
    in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree
  11. annual
    occurring every year
  12. annually
    by the year; every year
  13. apparent
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  14. apparently
    seemingly; as far as one can tell
  15. approximate
    not quite exact or correct
  16. approximately
    imprecise but fairly close to correct
  17. approximation
    a rough calculation of quantity or degree or worth
  18. attitude
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings
  19. attribute
    a quality belonging to or characteristic of an entity
  20. attributable
    indicating the source or cause of something
  21. attribution
    assigning to a cause or source
  22. civil
    of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
  23. code
    a set of rules or principles or laws
  24. coding
    act of writing in code or cipher
  25. commit
    engage in or perform
  26. commitment
    the act of binding yourself to a course of action
  27. committed
    bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a cause or action
  28. communicate
    transfer to another
  29. communicable
    readily transmitted
  30. communicating
    the activity of conveying information
  31. communication
    the activity of conveying information
  32. communications
    the discipline that studies transmitting information
  33. communicative
    able or tending to transmit a message
  34. uncommunicative
    not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
  35. concentrate
    make denser, stronger, or purer
  36. concentrated
    gathered together or made less diffuse
  37. concentration
    the spatial property of being crowded together
  38. confer
    present
  39. conference
    a prearranged meeting for consultation or discussion
  40. contrast
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
  41. contrasting
    strikingly different
  42. contrastive
    strikingly different
  43. cycle
    a periodically repeated sequence of events
  44. cyclic
    marked by repeated series of events
  45. cyclical
    recurring in a repeated sequence of events
  46. cycling
    the sport of traveling on a two-wheeled vehicle
  47. debate
    a discussion with reasons for and against some proposal
  48. debatable
    open to doubt or argument
  49. despite
    contemptuous disregard
  50. dimension
    a construct distinguishing objects or individuals
  51. dimensional
    relating to coordinates that determine a position in space
  52. multidimensional
    having or involving or marked by several aspects
  53. domestic
    of or relating to the home
  54. domestically
    with respect to home or family
  55. domesticate
    make fit for cultivation and service to humans
  56. domesticated
    converted or adapted to use in the home
  57. emerge
    come out into view, as from concealment
  58. emergence
    the act of coming out into view
  59. emergent
    coming into existence
  60. emerging
    coming into existence
  61. error
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance
  62. erroneous
    containing or characterized by mistakes
  63. erroneously
    in a mistaken manner
  64. ethnic
    distinctive of the ways of living of a group of people
  65. ethnicity
    an affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
  66. goal
    the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve
  67. grant
    let have
  68. granted
    acknowledged as a supposition
  69. hence
    from that fact or reason or as a result
  70. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  71. hypothesise
    to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  72. hypothetical
    a conjectural possibility or circumstance
  73. hypothetically
    by hypothesis
  74. implement
    a piece of equipment or a tool used for a specific purpose
  75. implementation
    the act of providing a means for accomplishing something
  76. implemented
    forced or compelled or put in force
  77. implicate
    bring into intimate and incriminating connection
  78. implicated
    culpably involved
  79. implication
    something that is inferred
  80. impose
    charge and collect payment
  81. imposed
    set forth authoritatively as obligatory
  82. imposing
    befitting an important, distinguished, or powerful person
  83. imposition
    the act of enforcing something
  84. integrate
    make into a whole or make part of a whole
  85. integrated
    formed or united into a whole
  86. integrating
    the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
  87. integration
    the act of combining into a whole
  88. internal
    located inward
  89. internalise
    incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal
  90. internally
    on or from the inside
  91. investigate
    conduct an inquiry of
  92. investigating
    the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
  93. investigation
    an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
  94. investigative
    designed to find information or ascertain facts
  95. investigator
    someone who inquires carefully
  96. job
    a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty
  97. label
    a brief description given for purposes of identification
  98. labeled
    bearing or marked with a label or tag
  99. labelled
    bearing or marked with a label or tag
  100. mechanism
    device consisting of a piece of machinery
  101. obvious
    easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
  102. obviously
    unmistakably
  103. occupy
    live in (a certain place)
  104. occupancy
    an act of being a tenant
  105. occupant
    someone who lives at a particular place for a long period
  106. occupation
    the principal activity in one's life to earn money
  107. occupational
    relating to an activity or job for which you are trained
  108. occupied
    held or filled or in use
  109. occupier
    someone who lives at a particular place for a long period
  110. option
    one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
  111. optional
    possible but not necessary; left to personal choice
  112. output
    production of a certain amount
  113. overall
    involving only main features
  114. parallel
    being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
  115. unparalleled
    radically distinctive and without equal
  116. parameter
    a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied
  117. phase
    any distinct time period in a sequence of events
  118. predict
    make a guess about what will happen in the future
  119. predictability
    the capacity to be known or expected in advance
  120. predictable
    capable of being foretold
  121. predictably
    in a predictable manner or to a predictable degree
  122. prediction
    a statement made about the future
  123. unpredictability
    the quality of being without a certain outcome
  124. unpredictable
    unknown in advance
  125. principal
    main or most important
  126. principally
    for the most part
  127. prior
    earlier in time
  128. professional
    of or relating to or suitable as an occupation
  129. professionally
    in a professional manner
  130. professionalism
    the expertness characteristic of a business person
  131. project
    a planned undertaking
  132. projected
    predicted in advance; probable
  133. projecting
    extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
  134. projection
    the act of expelling or ejecting
  135. promote
    assign to a higher position
  136. promoter
    someone who is an active supporter and advocate
  137. promotion
    the act of raising in rank or position
  138. regime
    the governing authority of a political unit
  139. resolve
    find a solution or answer
  140. resolution
    a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
  141. resolved
    explained or answered
  142. resolving
    analysis into clear-cut components
  143. unresolved
    not explained or answered
  144. retain
    secure and keep for possible future use or application
  145. retained
    continued in your keeping or use or memory
  146. retainer
    an appliance that holds teeth in position after treatment
  147. retention
    the act of keeping something
  148. retentive
    having the capacity to hold something
  149. series
    similar things placed in order or one after another
  150. statistic
    a datum that can be represented numerically
  151. statistician
    someone versed in the interpretation of numerical data
  152. statistical
    of or relating to the interpretation of quantitative data
  153. statistically
    with respect to statistics
  154. statistics
    a branch of mathematics concerned with quantitative data
  155. status
    the condition or someone or something at a particular time
  156. stress
    special emphasis attached to something
  157. stressed
    suffering severe physical strain
  158. stressful
    extremely irritating to the nerves
  159. unstressed
    not bearing an accent
  160. subsequent
    following in time or order
  161. subsequently
    happening at a time later than another time
  162. sum
    a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
  163. summation
    calculating the total of two or more numbers
  164. summary
    a brief statement that presents the main points
  165. summarise
    give a summary (of)
  166. summarisation
    the act of preparing a summary
  167. undertake
    enter upon an activity or enterprise
  168. undertaking
    any piece of work that is attempted
Created on Tue Nov 13 06:08:03 EST 2012

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