A1 Fall Vocabulary Set #1

Question 1

LIKELIHOOD

Answer 1

LIKELIHOOD means the degree to which something can reasonably be expected to happen. (noun)

As people get older, the LIKELIHOOD of illness increases.

Question 2

MOLECULAR

Answer 2

Something related to the simplest unit of a chemical substance is MOLECULAR. (adjective)

Researchers are beginning to understand the MOLECULAR basis for their findings.

Question 3

ABSORB

Answer 3

ABSORB means to take in and soak up a liquid or gas. (verb)

Plants ABSORB carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the atmosphere.

Question 4

ACCOMMODATE

Answer 4

ACCOMMODATE means to make something or someone fit into a space. (verb)

The new elevator can ACCOMMODATE 17 people.

Question 5

ENCOMPASS

Answer 5

ENCOMPASS means to include a wide range of ideas or things. (verb)

The report ENCOMPASSES a variety of opinions.

Question 6

EXEMPLIFY

Answer 6

EXEMPLIFY means to show or be a typical example of something. (verb)

Temples and shrines EXEMPLIFY traditional Japanese buildings.

Question 7

COGNITIVE

Answer 7

COGNITIVE means related to the process of learning or understanding something. (adjective)

Does COGNITIVE ability really decline as we become older and, if so, by how much?

Question 8

DIMINISH

Answer 8

DIMINISH means to become smaller. (verb)

Restaurant customers DIMINISHED during the COVID pandemic.

Question 9

INQUIRY

Answer 9

INQUIRY is a question that you ask in order to get some information. (noun)

Local people are asking for an INQUIRY into the accident

Question 10

JUSTIFY

Answer 10

To JUSTIFY means to give an explanation for something that other people think is unreasonable. (verb)

It is difficult to JUSTIFY spending so much money on luxury goods when children do not have enough food to eat.

Question 11

GENRE

Answer 11

GENRE is a particular type or category of art (literature, painting, music, film, etc.) which shares a common set of special characteristics. (noun)

The spy action story was a popular genre in the Cold War period.

Question 12

HYPOTHESIS

Answer 12

A HYPOTHESIS is an idea that suggests something may be true. (noun)

The researcher’s data did not support her hypothesis, so the study was not published in a journal.

Question 13

CORRELATION

Answer 13

A CORRELATION is a direct connection between two ideas or facts.

There is a strong CORRELATION between unemployment and poverty.

Question 14

REGIME

Answer 14

A REGIME is a system of rule or government. (noun)

The military REGIME cancelled elections after taking control of the government.

Question 15

SIMULTANEOUS

Answer 15

Things that happen at the same time are SIMULTANEOUS. (verb)

The new university network will allow SIMULTANEOUS access to the data set.

Question 16

THRESHOLD

Answer 16

A THRESHOLD is the level at which something will begin to produce an effect. (noun)

If the temperature falls below a particular THRESHOLD, the warning light will come on.

Question 17

UTILITY

Answer 17

Something that is useful has UTILITY. (noun)

Critics questioned the UTILITY raising taxes in an economic recession.

Question 18

OBJECTION

Answer 18

An OBJECTION is a reason for opposing or disapproving of something. (noun)

Her OBJECTION to killing animals led her to become a vegetarian.

Question 19

PERCEPTION

Answer 19

PERCEPTION is the way you notice and think about something. (noun)

There is a common PERCEPTION that smoking is bad for your health.

Question 20

AFFAIR

Answer 20

An AFFAIR is an event or serious of related events that are important or shocking. (noun)

The politician was forced to resign after the AFFAIR became public.

Question 21

AUTONOMY

Answer 21

AUTONOMY is the freedom to act independently. (noun)

Regional managers are given wide AUTONOMY in choosing the members of their sales team.

Question 22

VICTIM

Answer 22

Someone who has been attacked, robbed, or murdered is a VICTIM. (noun)

He was a VICTIM of racial prejudice.

Question 23

MANIFEST

Answer 23

Something that is easily noticed or perceived by the eye is MANIFEST. (adjective)

The anger on his face was MANIFEST for everyone to see.

Question 24

PRESUMABLY

Answer 24

PRESUMABLY is used to express something that is probably true. (adverb)

PRESUMABLY the man will return to pick up his luggage.

Question 25

QUANTITATIVE

Answer 25

QUANTITATIVE refers to considerations of different size or amounts of things. (adjective)

The researchers found QUANTITATIVE differences in the students’ language ability.

Question 26

IMPERATIVE

Answer 26

Something that is extremely important and needing to be dealt with immediately. is IMPERATIVE. (adjective)

It is IMPERATIVE that we avoid going to war.

Question 27

IMPLICIT

Answer 27

Something that is understood without being stated directly is IMPLICIT. (adjective)

The man’s words contained an IMPLICIT threat

Question 28

GENUINE

Answer 28

GENUINE describes people and things that are exactly what they appear to be. Not fake.

The diamond was GENIUNE, but not the best quality.

Question 29

CAPITALISM

Answer 29

CAPITALISM is an economic and political system in which businesses are owned and run by private individuals and not the government. (noun)

CAPITALISM has led to both economic prosperity and environmental destruction.

Question 30

CONSENSUS

Answer 30

An opinion that everyone in a group agrees with or accepts is a CONSENSUS. (noun)

After much debate, the group finally reached a CONSENSUS on the policy.