Academic word list Overseas - Whereby Flashcards
in another country
overseas
to go before something
Hint: proceed
to precede something.
The older person will precede the younger person in the ceremony.
Synonym for assume, noun of presumption
to presume something
I presumed that they would come to London soon.
the space to do something or enact a plan
the area of study
scope
There is little scope to make improvements with the current leadership
opposite
on the —
on the contrary
A: ‘Our system of government, constitutional monarchy, works well’.
B: ‘On the contrary, this system has many flaws’.
- to use or throw away
2. to incline someone to something
to dispose of something
I disposed of my old clothes at the charity shop
This hormone will dispose you to sleep.
Limited
Opposite of infinite
finite
‘The earth’s precious resources are finite’.
Order of importance
hierarchy
Suffix for ‘between’
inter
International
intergenerational
to put something into something else
to insert something
Stents were inserted into the artery
to do something to change a situation or improve it
verb: intervention
to intervene
- In Maths: the most popular
- a way of doing something
- fashionable
mode
a conceptual model, a framework
a paradigm
One paradigm for medicine is ‘First, do no harm’.
The Popperian paradigm of science is falsification, eg. proving a hypothesis wrong through experiment.
to ban
to prohibit something
Smoking is prohibited
to set free
to release
to some extent
somewhat
the next person/thing to be in a position
a successor
Prince Charles is the successor to Queen Elizabeth.
to throw something away or give something up
to abandon something
I abandoned that project
Many pets were abandoned after lockdown
vague
ambiguous
to add on a clause or piece of text.
to append
The codicil was appended to the will.
For example, coal, steel, wheat
commodity
to meet a standard
to be the same as others
to follow the rules
Hint: conformity
to conform
It is important to conform to rules of behaviour
modern
contemporary
to represent something on a piece of writing or graph or equation
to denote
Often in the passive
The level of output per firm is denoted by X”
- to go away from an established route
Opposite of conform - Old English, considered unacceptable because different
Verb of deviation
to deviate
Do not deviate from the plan!
In the past, homosexuals were described as sexual deviants.
to be put in a place that you do not want to be
Often: Refugees are — people
Hint: dis +
To be inadvertently removed from your position in a hierarch
to displace
There are many displaced people in the Sahel
The Chief Operating Officer was displaced by their deputy.
the final, sometimes inevitable thing
eventual
The affair led to a disciplinary action and eventual dismissal.
to profit unfairly from someone else
to use another person
Verb: exploitation
Many workers in garment factories are exploited.
to exploit someone
to go up and down in intensity or frequency
to fluctuate
My mood fluctuates with the weather. When it is warm, I’m happier.
opposite of explicit
implicit
