Word List
Year 11 Vocabulary List
Year 11 brings denser texts, more independent thinking, and stronger expectations around interpretation and evidence. This list supports the language students need to discuss complex ideas with confidence.
Good for
Year 11 students, teachers, and families preparing for senior secondary reading and writing demands.
Focus
Abstract concepts, evaluative language, academic reasoning, and disciplined critical vocabulary.
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001
Word
abstract
noun
Meaning
An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
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002
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academic
noun
Meaning
(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
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003
Word
access
noun
Meaning
A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
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004
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accurate
adjective
Meaning
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
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005
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acknowledged
verb
Meaning
To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
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006
Word
adequate
verb
Meaning
To equalize; to make adequate.
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007
Word
adjustment
noun
Meaning
The action of adjusting something
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008
Word
aggregate
noun
Meaning
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
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009
Word
allocation
noun
Meaning
The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
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010
Word
alter
verb
Meaning
To change the form or structure of.
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011
Word
amendment
noun
Meaning
An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
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012
Word
annual
noun
Meaning
An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication.
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013
Word
apparent
adjective
Meaning
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye, eyely; within sight or view.
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014
Word
approximate
verb
Meaning
To estimate.
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015
Word
assigned
verb
Meaning
To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
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016
Word
attached
verb
Meaning
To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
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017
Word
attitudes
noun
Meaning
The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
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018
Word
attributed
verb
Meaning
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
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019
Word
author
noun
Meaning
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
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020
Word
aware
adjective
Meaning
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
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021
Word
bond
noun
Meaning
Evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
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022
Word
brief
noun
Meaning
A writ summoning one to answer to any action.
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023
Word
capable
adjective
Meaning
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
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024
Word
capacity
noun
Meaning
The ability to hold, receive or absorb
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025
Word
challenge
noun
Meaning
A confrontation; a dare.
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026
Word
channel
noun
Meaning
The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
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027
Word
chemical
noun
Meaning
Any specific chemical element or chemical compound or alloy.
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028
Word
cited
verb
Meaning
To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
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029
Word
civil
adjective
Meaning
Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
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030
Word
classical
noun
Meaning
One that is classical in some way; for example, a classical economist.
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031
Word
clause
noun
Meaning
(grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.
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032
Word
code
noun
Meaning
A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
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033
Word
commitment
noun
Meaning
The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
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034
Word
communication
noun
Meaning
The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
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035
Word
compounds
noun
Meaning
An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
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036
Word
concentration
noun
Meaning
The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
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037
Word
conference
noun
Meaning
The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
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038
Word
confirmed
verb
Meaning
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
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039
Word
conflict
noun
Meaning
A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
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040
Word
consultation
noun
Meaning
The act of consulting.
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041
Word
contact
noun
Meaning
The act of touching physically; being in close association.
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042
Word
contrast
noun
Meaning
A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
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043
Word
cooperative
noun
Meaning
A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
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044
Word
corroborate
verb
Meaning
To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
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045
Word
cycle
noun
Meaning
An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
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046
Word
debate
noun
Meaning
An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
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047
Word
decline
noun
Meaning
Downward movement, fall.
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048
Word
definite
noun
Meaning
(grammar) A word or phrase that designates a specified or identified person or entity.
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049
Word
deny
verb
Meaning
To disallow or reject.
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050
Word
despite
noun
Meaning
Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
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051
Word
dialectic
noun
Meaning
Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
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052
Word
dimensions
noun
Meaning
A single aspect of a given thing.
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053
Word
discretion
noun
Meaning
The quality of being discreet or circumspect.
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054
Word
discrimination
noun
Meaning
Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions.
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055
Word
display
noun
Meaning
A show or spectacle.
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056
Word
disposal
noun
Meaning
An arrangement, categorization or classification of things.
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057
Word
diversity
noun
Meaning
The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
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058
Word
domain
noun
Meaning
A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
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059
Word
domestic
noun
Meaning
A house servant; a maid; a household worker.
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060
Word
draft
noun
Meaning
A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
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061
Word
edition
noun
Meaning
A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner.
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062
Word
enable
verb
Meaning
To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
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063
Word
energy
noun
Meaning
The impetus behind all motion and all activity.
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064
Word
enforcement
noun
Meaning
The act of enforcing; compulsion.
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065
Word
enhanced
verb
Meaning
To lift, raise up.
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066
Word
entities
noun
Meaning
That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.
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067
Word
epistemology
noun
Meaning
The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?".
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068
Word
equipment
noun
Meaning
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
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069
Word
equivalent
noun
Meaning
Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
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070
Word
error
noun
Meaning
The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
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071
Word
estate
noun
Meaning
The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
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072
Word
ethnic
noun
Meaning
An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
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073
Word
evolution
noun
Meaning
A change of position.
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074
Word
exceed
verb
Meaning
To be larger, greater than (something).
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075
Word
expansion
noun
Meaning
The act or process of expanding.
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076
Word
expert
noun
Meaning
A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
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077
Word
explicit
adjective
Meaning
Very specific, clear, or detailed.
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078
Word
exposure
noun
Meaning
The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.
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079
Word
external
noun
Meaning
(chiefly in the plural) The exterior; outward features or appearances.
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080
Word
facilitate
verb
Meaning
To make easy or easier.
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081
Word
federal
noun
Meaning
A law-enforcement official of the FBI; a federal agent.
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082
Word
fees
noun
Meaning
(feudal law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.
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083
Word
file
noun
Meaning
A collection of papers collated and archived together.
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084
Word
finite
adjective
Meaning
Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
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085
Word
flexibility
noun
Meaning
The quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability.
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086
Word
fundamental
noun
Meaning
(usually in the plural) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; an essential part
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087
Word
furthermore
adverb
Meaning
In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information.
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088
Word
gender
noun
Meaning
Class; kind.
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089
Word
generated
verb
Meaning
To bring into being; give rise to.
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090
Word
generation
noun
Meaning
The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation.
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091
Word
grade
noun
Meaning
A rating.
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092
Word
granted
verb
Meaning
(ditransitive) to give (permission or wish)
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093
Word
hypothesis
noun
Meaning
Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.
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094
Word
identical
noun
Meaning
(usually pluralized) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.
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095
Word
ignored
verb
Meaning
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
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096
Word
image
noun
Meaning
An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
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097
Word
implications
noun
Meaning
The act of implicating.
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098
Word
imposed
verb
Meaning
To establish or apply by authority.
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099
Word
incentive
noun
Meaning
Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
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100
Word
incidence
noun
Meaning
The act of something happening; occurrence.
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101
Word
incorporated
verb
Meaning
To include (something) as a part.
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102
Word
index
noun
Meaning
An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
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103
Word
inhibition
noun
Meaning
The act of inhibiting.
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104
Word
initiatives
noun
Meaning
A beginning; a first move.
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105
Word
input
noun
Meaning
The act or process of putting in; infusion.
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106
Word
instructions
noun
Meaning
The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.
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107
Word
integration
noun
Meaning
The act or process of making whole or entire.
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108
Word
intelligence
noun
Meaning
Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn.
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109
Word
interrogate
verb
Meaning
To question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner
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110
Word
interval
noun
Meaning
A distance in space.
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111
Word
intervention
noun
Meaning
The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
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112
Word
investigation
noun
Meaning
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination
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113
Word
job
noun
Meaning
A task.
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114
Word
label
noun
Meaning
A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
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115
Word
lecture
noun
Meaning
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
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116
Word
liberal
noun
Meaning
One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).
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117
Word
licence
noun
Meaning
A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
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118
Word
logic
noun
Meaning
A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method.
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119
Word
marginal
noun
Meaning
Something that is marginal.
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120
Word
mechanism
noun
Meaning
(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
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121
Word
medical
noun
Meaning
A medical examination.
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122
Word
mental
adjective
Meaning
Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
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123
Word
methodology
noun
Meaning
(originally science) The study of methods used in a field.
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124
Word
migration
noun
Meaning
An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
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125
Word
minimum
noun
Meaning
The lowest limit.
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126
Word
ministry
noun
Meaning
Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity
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127
Word
modified
noun
Meaning
Any vehicle used in modified racing.
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128
Word
monitoring
verb
Meaning
To watch over; to guard.
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129
Word
motivation
noun
Meaning
Willingness of action especially in behavior.
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130
Word
network
noun
Meaning
A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals.
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131
Word
neutral
noun
Meaning
A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state.
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132
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nevertheless
adverb
Meaning
In spite of what preceded; yet.
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133
Word
notion
noun
Meaning
Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
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134
Word
objective
noun
Meaning
A material object that physically exists.
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135
Word
obvious
adjective
Meaning
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
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136
Word
option
noun
Meaning
One of a set of choices that can be made.
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137
Word
orientation
noun
Meaning
The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
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138
Word
output
noun
Meaning
Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.
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139
Word
overseas
adjective
Meaning
Abroad.
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140
Word
parallel
noun
Meaning
One of a set of parallel lines.
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141
Word
parameters
noun
Meaning
A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
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142
Word
perspective
noun
Meaning
A view, vista or outlook.
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143
Word
phase
noun
Meaning
an academic term used in formal writing and discussion
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144
Word
preceding
verb
Meaning
To go before, go in front of.
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145
Word
precise
verb
Meaning
(NNES or European Union documents) To make or render precise; to specify.
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146
Word
predicted
verb
Meaning
To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
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147
Word
presumption
noun
Meaning
The act of presuming, or something presumed
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148
Word
prime
noun
Meaning
The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
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149
Word
principal
noun
Meaning
The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
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150
Word
prior
noun
Meaning
A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
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151
Word
professional
noun
Meaning
A person who belongs to a profession
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152
Word
promote
verb
Meaning
To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
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153
Word
provisional
noun
Meaning
A postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released.
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154
Word
psychology
noun
Meaning
The study of the human mind.
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155
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publication
noun
Meaning
The act of publishing printed or other matter.
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156
Word
pursue
verb
Meaning
To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
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157
Word
ratio
noun
Meaning
A number representing a comparison between two named things.
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158
Word
rational
noun
Meaning
A rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers.
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159
Word
recovery
noun
Meaning
The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
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160
Word
rejected
verb
Meaning
To refuse to accept.
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161
Word
release
noun
Meaning
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
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162
Word
resolution
noun
Meaning
A strong will, determination.
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163
Word
revealed
verb
Meaning
To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
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164
Word
revenue
noun
Meaning
The income returned by an investment.
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165
Word
scope
noun
Meaning
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
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166
Word
scrutinise
verb
Meaning
To examine something with great care.
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167
Word
series
noun
Meaning
A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
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168
Word
solely
adverb
Meaning
Alone; exclusively.
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169
Word
speculative
adjective
Meaning
Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
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170
Word
stability
noun
Meaning
The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.
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171
Word
statistics
noun
Meaning
A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation.
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172
Word
status
noun
Meaning
A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
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173
Word
stress
noun
Meaning
(Cause of) discomfort.
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174
Word
styles
noun
Meaning
Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
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175
Word
submitted
verb
Meaning
To yield or give way to another.
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176
Word
subsequent
adjective
Meaning
Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
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177
Word
subsidiary
noun
Meaning
A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.
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178
Word
substitution
noun
Meaning
The act of substituting or the state of being substituted.
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179
Word
sum
noun
Meaning
A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
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180
Word
summary
noun
Meaning
An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
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181
Word
sustainable
adjective
Meaning
Able to be sustained.
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182
Word
symbolic
adjective
Meaning
Pertaining to a symbol.
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183
Word
tapes
noun
Meaning
Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
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184
Word
target
noun
Meaning
A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
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185
Word
theoretical
adjective
Meaning
Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.
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186
Word
thesis
noun
Meaning
Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.
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187
Word
trace
noun
Meaning
An act of tracing.
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188
Word
transformation
noun
Meaning
The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
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189
Word
transition
noun
Meaning
The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
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190
Word
transport
noun
Meaning
An act of transporting; conveyance.
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191
Word
trend
noun
Meaning
An inclination in a particular direction.
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192
Word
underlying
verb
Meaning
To lie in a position directly beneath.
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193
Word
undertaken
verb
Meaning
To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
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194
Word
utility
noun
Meaning
The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
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195
Word
validate
verb
Meaning
To render valid.
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196
Word
version
noun
Meaning
A specific form or variation of something.
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197
Word
visible
adjective
Meaning
Able to be seen.
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198
Word
voluntary
noun
Meaning
A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.
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199
Word
welfare
noun
Meaning
Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
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200
Word
whereas
noun
Meaning
A clause, as in legal documents, stating whereas.
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