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VOCAB 4 english

Terms in this set (20)

Achieve
v. to get or reach (something) by working hard; to become successful : to reach a goal
Acquire
v. to get (come to own) something, or to gain a new skill or ability, usually by your own effort
Administrate
v. to manage the operation or use of something, to provide or apply something, or to put something into effect. Also, administer
Affect
v. to produce an effect, to alter or influence someone or something, to cause someone or something to change or to respond; n. facial or bodily response to an emotion.
Appropriate
v. to get or save money for a specific purpose, or to take or use something in a way that is illegal or unfair; Adj. right or suitable for some purpose or situation.
Aspect
n. a part of something (a particular set of traits or way in which it may be seen), or the direction that something faces
Assist v.
to give support or help, to make something easier; n. an action that helps someone (often used in sports)
Category
n. a group of people or things that are alike in some way
Chapter
n. one of the main sections of a book; a period of time that is very different from the period of time before it; the people in a certain area who make up one section of a large organization
Commission
n. a group of people who have been given the official job of finding information about something or controlling something; an amount of money paid to an employee for selling something; the act of committing a crime
Community
n. a group of people who live in the same area (such as a city, town, or neighborhood; a group of people who have the same interests, religion, race, etc.
Complex
n. a group of buildings, apartments, etc., that are located near each other and used for a particular purpose; an emotional problem that causes someone to think or worry too much about something; adj. having parts that connect or go together in complicated ways; not easy to understand or explain : not simple
Compute
V (trans). to find out (something) by using mathematical processes; v.(intrans): to make a calculation; to use a computer
Conclude
v. to stop or finish; to cause something to stop or finish; to form or state an opinion, to decide after thought or research
Conduct
n. the way that a person behaves in a particular place or situation, the way something is managed or directed. v. to plan and do something, to direct the performance of something, to guide or lead a person or a group through or around a place
Consequent
Adj. following as a result of a particular action or set of conditions
Construct v.
to build or make something, to create something; n. something (like an idea or theory) that is formed in people's minds, or something created through synthesis (not a natural process)
Consume
v. to eat or drink (something); to use (fuel, time, resources, etc.); to destroy (something) with fire
Credit
n. money that a bank or business will allow a person to use and then pay back, an amount of money added to an account; acceptance of the truth or value of something, acknowledgment or recognition for an action (honor); v. to add (money to a total), to trust in the truth of, to give honor or recognition to
Culture
n. the beliefs, customs, and arts of a specific society, or the society itself that has a particular set of customs and beliefs; v. to grow something in controlled conditions; or to educate about the beliefs, customs, and arts of a society or social group (develop intellectual and moral faculties)
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