IELTS Academic Word List, Group 4

Mr. Herring (Turkey)
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  1. access
    the right to enter
  2. adequate
    having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  3. annual
    occurring every year
  4. apparent
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  5. approximate
    not quite exact or correct
  6. attitude
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings
  7. attribute
    a quality belonging to or characteristic of an entity
  8. civil
    of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
  9. code
    a set of rules or principles or laws
  10. commitment
    the act of binding yourself to a course of action
  11. communication
    a connection allowing access between persons or places
  12. concentration
    the spatial property of being crowded together
  13. conference
    a prearranged meeting for consultation or discussion
  14. contrast
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
  15. cycle
    a periodically repeated sequence of events
  16. debate
    the formal presentation of a proposition and its opposition
  17. dimension
    indicate the magnitude or extent
  18. domestic
    of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
  19. emerge
    become known or apparent
  20. error
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance
  21. ethnic
    distinctive of the ways of living of a group of people
  22. goal
    the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve
  23. granted
    acknowledged as a supposition
    Granted, the missing start button is frustrating but it can be replaced using third party tools.
  24. hence
    from that fact or reason or as a result
    Hence social scientists—more than any other scientists—should be humble, or at least modest, in making claims. Scientific American (Apr 5, 2013)
  25. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  26. implementation
    the act of providing a means for accomplishing something
  27. implication
    something that is inferred
  28. impose
    compel to behave in a certain way
  29. imposed
    set forth authoritatively as obligatory
  30. integration
    the act of combining into a whole
  31. internal
    located inward
  32. investigation
    an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
  33. job
    an object worked on; a result produced by working
    He's looking for his team to do a better job making the routine plays. Seattle Times (May 14, 2013)
  34. label
    a brief description given for purposes of identification
  35. mechanism
    device consisting of a piece of machinery
  36. obvious
    easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
  37. occupational
    relating to an activity or job for which you are trained
  38. option
    one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
  39. output
    production of a certain amount
  40. overall
    involving only main features
  41. parallel
    something analogous to something else
  42. parameter
    any factor defining a system and determining its performance
  43. phase
    a particular point in the time of a cycle
  44. predict
    make a guess about what will happen in the future
  45. principal
    main or most important
  46. principal
    the educator who has executive authority for a school
  47. prior
    earlier in time
  48. professional
    of or relating to or suitable as an occupation
  49. project
    a planned undertaking
  50. promote
    assign to a higher position
  51. promote
    make publicity for; try to sell
  52. promote
    contribute to the progress or growth of
  53. regime
    the governing authority of a political unit
  54. resolution
    a formal expression by a meeting, agreed to by a vote
  55. resolution
    the trait of being firm in purpose or belief
  56. resolution
    a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
  57. retained
    continued in your keeping or use or memory
    Elsewhere, Malaysian stocks surged after the ruling party retained power. Wall Street Journal (May 6, 2013)
  58. series
    similar things placed in order or one after another
  59. series
    a set of television programs presented in order
  60. series
    a periodical that appears at scheduled times
  61. statistics
    a branch of mathematics concerned with quantitative data
  62. status
    the condition or someone or something at a particular time
  63. stress
    special emphasis attached to something
  64. subsequent
    following in time or order
  65. sum
    a quantity of money
    The firms spend big sums on “thought leadership”: ie, papers, books and conferences.
  66. sum
    be a summary of
    This strategy can best be summed up by one, simple line: “It’s not me. Scientific American (May 10, 2013)
  67. summary
    a brief statement that presents the main points
  68. trial and error
    experimenting until a solution is found
    It is acquired, unfortunately, by trial and error, and with meaningful advance research.
  69. undertake
    enter upon an activity or enterprise
  70. vicious cycle
    one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
    “It’s a vicious cycle that’s only getting worse.”
Created on Sun May 19 13:41:02 EDT 2013 (updated Sun May 19 14:57:09 EDT 2013)

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