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Regine L. (Taiwan)
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  1. analyse
    break down into components or essential features
  2. analysis
    abstract separation of something into its various parts
  3. analyst
    someone who is skilled at interpreting data
  4. analytic
    using or skilled in using analysis
  5. analytical
    using or skilled in using reasoning
  6. analytically
    by virtue of analysis
  7. analyze
    break down into components or essential features
  8. approach
    move towards
  9. approachable
    easy to reach
  10. area
    the extent of a two-dimensional surface within a boundary
  11. assess
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  12. assessable
    capable of being considered carefully
  13. assessment
    the act of judging a person or situation or event
  14. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  15. assumed
    adopted in order to deceive
  16. assuming
    excessively forward or presumptuous
  17. assumption
    the act of taking something for granted
  18. authoritative
    of recognized power or excellence
  19. authoritatively
    in an authoritative and magisterial manner
  20. authority
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  21. availability
    the quality of being at hand when needed
  22. available
    obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
  23. beneficial
    promoting or enhancing well-being
  24. beneficiary
    the recipient of funds or other advantages
  25. benefit
    something that aids or promotes well-being
  26. blinker
    a light that flashes on and off
  27. concept
    an abstract or general idea inferred from specific instances
  28. conception
    the creation of something in the mind
  29. conceptual
    being or characterized by ideas or their formation
  30. conceptualize
    have the idea for
  31. conceptually
    in a conceptual manner
  32. consist
    have its essential character
  33. consistency
    uniformity or stability in arrangement, behavior, or quality
  34. consistent
    the same throughout in structure or composition
  35. consistently
    in a systematic or steady manner
  36. constituency
    the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
  37. constituent
    one of the individual parts making up a composite entity
  38. constitute
    form or compose
  39. constitution
    the act of forming or establishing something
  40. constitutional
    existing as an essential characteristic
  41. constitutionally
    according to the constitution
  42. constitutive
    essential in the structure of something
  43. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  44. contextual
    relating to the set of facts surrounding a situation
  45. contextually
    in a manner dependent on context
  46. contract
    a binding agreement that is enforceable by law
  47. contractor
    someone who is hired to build things
  48. create
    bring into existence
  49. creation
    the act of starting something for the first time
  50. creative
    having the ability or power to invent or make something
  51. creatively
    in a creative manner
  52. creativity
    the ability to bring something into existence
  53. creator
    a person who grows or makes or invents things
  54. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  55. definable
    capable of being limited or explained
  56. define
    show the form or outline of
  57. definition
    a brief explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase
  58. derivation
    the source or origin from which something comes
  59. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  60. derive
    come from
  61. disestablish
    deprive (a constituted church) of its status
  62. disestablishment
    the act terminating an established state of affairs
  63. dissimilar
    not alike
  64. dissimilarity
    the quality of being dissimilar
  65. distribute
    give to several people
  66. distribution
    the act of spreading or apportioning
  67. distributional
    relating to the spatial property of being scattered about
  68. distributive
    serving to allot or disperse
  69. distributor
    a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
  70. economic
    of or relating to production and management of wealth
  71. economical
    using the minimum of time or resources for effectiveness
  72. economically
    in a manner using the minimum of time or resources
  73. economics
    science dealing with the circulation of goods and services
  74. economist
    an expert in the circulation of goods and services
  75. economy
    the system of production and distribution and consumption
  76. environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions
  77. environmental
    of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings
  78. environmentalism
    the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth
  79. environmentalist
    someone who works to protect nature from destruction
  80. environmentally
    for the environment
  81. establish
    set up or found
  82. established
    brought about or set up or accepted
  83. establishment
    the act of forming something
  84. estimate
    judge tentatively
  85. estimation
    an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
  86. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  87. evident
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  88. evidential
    serving as or based on proof
  89. evidently
    in a manner that is obvious or unmistakable
  90. export
    sell or transfer abroad
  91. exporter
    a businessperson who transports goods abroad
  92. factor
    anything that contributes causally to a result
  93. finance
    the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
  94. financial
    involving fiscal matters
  95. financially
    from a financial point of view
  96. financier
    a person skilled in large-scale monetary transactions
  97. finance
    the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
  98. formula
    a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
  99. formulate
    prepare according to instructions
  100. formulation
    the act of inventing or contriving an idea or explanation
  101. period
    an amount of time
  102. function
    what something is used for
  103. functional
    designed for or capable of a particular use
  104. functionally
    with respect to function
  105. ID
    a card or badge used to identify the bearer
  106. identifiable
    capable of being recognized
  107. identification
    the act of designating something
  108. identify
    recognize as being
  109. identity
    the characteristics by which a thing or person is known
  110. illegal
    prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
  111. illegality
    unlawfulness by virtue of violating some statute
  112. illegally
    in an manner that violates the law
  113. income
    the amount of money one makes over a period of time
  114. inconsistency
    the quality of lacking a harmonious uniformity among parts
  115. inconsistent
    displaying a lack of regularity
  116. inconsistently
    without showing consistency
  117. indicate
    designate a place, direction, person, or thing
  118. indication
    the act of pointing out by name
  119. indicative
    pointing out or revealing clearly
  120. indicator
    a device for showing the operating condition of some system
  121. indiscreet
    lacking discretion; injudicious
  122. indiscreetly
    without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint
  123. individual
    being or characteristic of a single thing or person
  124. individualism
    the quality of being a single thing or person
  125. individualist
    a person who pursues independent thought or action
  126. individualistic
    marked by or expressing a distinct personality
  127. individuality
    the quality of being a single thing or person
  128. individually
    apart from others
  129. insignificance
    the quality of having little or no significance
  130. insignificant
    conveying nothing
  131. insignificantly
    in an insignificant manner
  132. interpret
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  133. interpretable
    capable of being understood
  134. interpretation
    the act of expressing something in an artistic performance
  135. interpretative
    providing explanation
  136. interpretive
    providing explanation
  137. invariable
    not liable to or capable of change
  138. invariably
    without change, in every case
  139. involve
    contain as a part
  140. involved
    connected by participation or association or use
  141. involvement
    the act of sharing in the activities of a group
  142. isolating
    relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles
  143. issue
    some situation or event that is thought about
  144. issuer
    an institution that issues something
  145. labor
    any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  146. labour
    productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
  147. legal
    established by or founded upon law or official rules
  148. legality
    lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a statute
  149. legally
    by law; conforming to the law
  150. legislate
    make laws or bills
  151. legislation
    the act of making or enacting laws
  152. legislative
    relating to a lawmaking assembly
  153. legislator
    someone who makes or enacts laws
  154. legislature
    an assembly that makes, amends, or repeals laws
  155. major
    greater in scope or effect
  156. majority
    the main part
  157. method
    a way of doing something, especially a systematic way
  158. methodical
    characterized by orderliness
  159. methodically
    in a methodical manner
  160. methodological
    relating to the systematic techniques of some discipline
  161. methodologically
    in a methodical manner
  162. methodology
    the techniques followed in a particular discipline
  163. misinterpret
    construe wrongly
  164. misinterpretation
    the act of incorrectly understanding something
  165. occur
    come to pass
  166. occurrence
    an instance of something happening
  167. overestimate
    make too high an approximation of
  168. overestimation
    an appraisal that is too high
  169. percentage
    a proportion in relation to a whole
  170. period
    an amount of time
  171. periodic
    happening or recurring at regular intervals
  172. periodical
    happening or recurring at regular intervals
  173. periodically
    in a sporadic manner
  174. policy
    a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
  175. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
  176. principled
    based on or demonstrating morality or rightness
  177. procedural
    of or relating to processes
  178. procedure
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  179. proceed
    move ahead; travel onward in time or space
  180. proceeding
    a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
  181. proceeds
    the income or profit arising from a transaction
  182. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  183. processing
    preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure
  184. reassess
    revise or renew one's appraisal
  185. reassessment
    a new appraisal or evaluation
  186. recreate
    make anew
  187. recreation
    an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
  188. redefine
    give a new or different meaning to
  189. redefinition
    the act of giving a new definition
  190. redistribute
    disperse anew
  191. redistribution
    dispersing again
  192. reformulate
    develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis
  193. reinterpret
    understand from a different viewpoint
  194. reinterpretation
    a new or different reading
  195. require
    have need of
  196. requirement
    necessary activity
  197. research
    a seeking for knowledge
  198. researcher
    a scientist devoted to systematic investigation
  199. research
    a seeking for knowledge
  200. respond
    show a reaction to something
  201. respondent
    replying
  202. response
    the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
  203. responsive
    reacting to a stimulus
  204. responsiveness
    the quality of reacting quickly
  205. restructure
    construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
  206. role
    the actions and activities assigned to a person or group
  207. section
    one of several parts or pieces that fit with others
  208. sector
    a particular aspect of life or activity
  209. significance
    the quality of being important
  210. significant
    rich in implication
  211. significantly
    in an important manner
  212. signify
    denote or connote
  213. similar
    having the same or nearly the same characteristics
  214. similarity
    the quality of being alike
  215. similarly
    in like manner
  216. source
    the place where something begins
  217. specific
    stated explicitly or in detail
  218. specifically
    in distinction from others
  219. specification
    the act of naming explicitly
  220. specificity
    the quality of being particular rather than general
  221. structural
    relating to the composition of something
  222. structurally
    with respect to structure
  223. structure
    a complex entity made of many parts
  224. theoretical
    concerned with hypotheses and not practical considerations
  225. theoretically
    in theory; according to the assumed facts
  226. theoretician
    someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
  227. theorist
    someone who constructs hypotheses
  228. theory
    a belief that can guide behavior
  229. turn signal
    a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn
  230. unapproachable
    reserved and discouraging intimacies
  231. unavailability
    the quality of not being available when needed
  232. unavailable
    not accessible or at hand
  233. unconstitutional
    not consistent with or according to fundamental laws
  234. unconstitutionally
    in an unconstitutional manner
  235. undefined
    not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
  236. underestimate
    make too low an approximation of
  237. underestimate
    make too low an approximation of
  238. uneconomic
    wasteful of resources
  239. uneconomical
    wasteful of resources
  240. unidentifiable
    impossible to recognize
  241. uninvolved
    not engaged or taking part
  242. unprincipled
    lacking moral scruples
  243. unresponsive
    not reacting to some influence or stimulus
  244. unstructured
    lacking definite organization
  245. variability
    the quality of being subject to change
  246. variable
    something that is likely to change
  247. variably
    with variation; in a variable manner or to a variable degree
  248. variance
    the quality of being subject to change
  249. variant
    something a little different from others of the same type
  250. variation
    the process of being or becoming different
  251. varied
    characterized by diversity
  252. vary
    become different in some particular way
Created on Fri Jun 28 05:25:12 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Feb 22 04:34:03 EST 2016)

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