Advanced English Learning - Expressive Words

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  1. aggressive
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  2. ambitious
    having a strong desire for success or achievement
  3. analytical
    using or skilled in using reasoning
  4. fantastic
    extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance
  5. manipulative
    skillful in influencing others to one's own advantage
  6. marvelous
    extraordinarily good or great
  7. marvelous
    extraordinarily good or great
  8. competent
    properly or sufficiently qualified, capable, or efficient
  9. incompetent
    not qualified or suited for a purpose
  10. acknowledged
    recognized or made known or admitted
  11. resourceful
    adroit or imaginative
  12. essential
    basic and fundamental
  13. absentminded
    lost in thought; showing preoccupation
  14. infamous
    known widely and usually unfavorably
  15. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  16. operations
    financial transactions at a brokerage
  17. logistics
    supplying an operation with labor and materials as needed
  18. production
    the act or process of making something
  19. implementation
    the act of providing a means for accomplishing something
  20. services
    performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others
  21. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  22. circumnavigate
    travel completely around something
  23. epiphany
    a usually sudden insight, perception, or understanding of something
  24. incognito
    without revealing one's identity
  25. incontrovertible
    impossible to deny or disprove
  26. infrastructure
    the basic features of a system or organization
  27. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  28. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  29. plagiarize
    take without referencing from someone's writing or speech
  30. subjugate
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  31. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  32. usurp
    seize and take control without authority
  33. analysis
    abstract separation of something into its various parts
  34. approach
    move towards
  35. area
    the extent of a two-dimensional surface within a boundary
  36. assessment
    the act of judging a person or situation or event
  37. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  38. authority
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  39. available
    obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
  40. benefit
    something that aids or promotes well-being
  41. concept
    an abstract or general idea inferred from specific instances
  42. consistent
    the same throughout in structure or composition
  43. constitutional
    existing as an essential characteristic
  44. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  45. contract
    a binding agreement that is enforceable by law
  46. create
    bring into existence
  47. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  48. definition
    a brief explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase
  49. derived
    formed or developed from something else; not original
  50. distribution
    the act of spreading or apportioning
  51. economic
    of or relating to production and management of wealth
  52. environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions
  53. established
    brought about or set up or accepted
  54. estimate
    judge tentatively
  55. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  56. export
    sell or transfer abroad
  57. factor
    anything that contributes causally to a result
  58. financial
    involving fiscal matters
  59. formula
    a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
  60. function
    what something is used for
  61. identified
    having the identity known or established
  62. income
    the amount of money one makes over a period of time
  63. indicate
    designate a place, direction, person, or thing
  64. individual
    being or characteristic of a single thing or person
  65. interpretation
    the act of expressing something in an artistic performance
  66. involved
    connected by participation or association or use
  67. issue
    some situation or event that is thought about
  68. labour
    productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
  69. legal
    established by or founded upon law or official rules
  70. legislation
    the act of making or enacting laws
  71. major
    greater in scope or effect
  72. method
    a way of doing something, especially a systematic way
  73. occur
    come to pass
  74. percent
    a proportion in relation to a whole
  75. period
    an amount of time
  76. policy
    a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
  77. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
  78. procedure
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  79. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  80. required
    necessary by rule
  81. research
    a seeking for knowledge
  82. response
    the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
  83. role
    the actions and activities assigned to a person or group
  84. section
    one of several parts or pieces that fit with others
  85. sector
    a particular aspect of life or activity
  86. significant
    rich in implication
  87. similar
    having the same or nearly the same characteristics
  88. source
    the place where something begins
  89. specific
    stated explicitly or in detail
  90. structure
    a complex entity made of many parts
  91. theory
    a belief that can guide behavior
  92. variable
    something that is likely to change
Created on Thu Oct 10 06:29:30 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Oct 10 06:59:07 EDT 2013)

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