AWL Sublist 1

Question 1

analyse

Answer 1

to examine or think about something carefully, in order to understand it

Question 2

approach

Answer 2

a method of doing something or dealing with a problem

Question 3

area

Answer 3

a particular subject, range of activities, or group of related subjects

Question 4

assess

Answer 4

To make a judgment about something after thinking carefully about it

Question 5

assume

Answer 5

to think that something is true, although you do not have definite proof

Question 6

authority

Answer 6

1. the power you have because of your official position 2. an official organization or a government department that has the power to make decisions, and has particular responsibilities 3. someone who knows a lot about a subject and whose knowledge and opinions are greatly respected

Question 7

available

Answer 7

something that is able to be used or can easily be bought or found

Question 8

benefit

Answer 8

an advantage, improvement, or help that you get from something

Question 9

concept

Answer 9

an idea of how something is, or how something should be done

Question 10

consist

Answer 10

be composed or made up of

Question 11

constitute

Answer 11

if several people or things constitute something, they are the parts that form it

Question 12

context

Answer 12

1. the situation, events, or information that are related to something and that help you to understand it 2. the words that come just before and after a word or sentence and that help you understand its meaning

Question 13

contract

Answer 13

1. an official agreement between two or more people, stating what each will do 2.

Question 14

create

Answer 14

to make something exist that did not exist before

Question 15

data

Answer 15

information or facts

Question 16

define

Answer 16

to describe something correctly and thoroughly, and to say what standards, limits, qualities etc it has that make it different from other things

Question 17

derive

Answer 17

to develop or come from something else

Question 18

distribute

Answer 18

to spread something over a large area

Question 19

economy

Answer 19

the system by which a country’s money and goods are produced and used, or a country considered in this way

Question 20

environment

Answer 20

the people and things that are around you in your life, for example the buildings you use, the natural world around you, the people you live or work with, and the general situation you are in

Question 21

establish

Answer 21

to start a company, organization, system, etc that is intended to exist or continue for a long time

Question 22

estimate

Answer 22

a calculation or guess of the value, size, amount etc of something made using the information that you have, which may not be complete

Question 23

evident

Answer 23

easy to see, notice, or understand

Question 24

export

Answer 24

1. the business of selling and sending goods to other countries 2. to introduce an activity, idea etc to another place or country

Question 25

factor

Answer 25

one of several things that influence or cause a situation

Question 26

finance

Answer 26

1. the management of money by governments, large organizations etc 2. to provide money, especially a lot of money, to pay for something

Question 27

formula

Answer 27

a method or set of principles that you use to solve a problem or to make sure that something is successful

Question 28

function

Answer 28

the purpose that something has, or the job that someone or something does

Question 29

identify

Answer 29

to recognize and correctly name someone or something

Question 30

income

Answer 30

the money that you earn from your work or that you receive from investments, the government etc

Question 31

indicate

Answer 31

to show that a particular situation exists, or that something is likely to be true

Question 32

individual

Answer 32

considered separately from other people or things in the same group

Question 33

interpret

Answer 33

to attempt to explain the meaning of something

Question 34

involve

Answer 34

to include or affect someone or something

Question 35

issue

Answer 35

a subject or problem that is often discussed or argued about, especially a social or political matter that affects the interests of a lot of people

Question 36

labour

Answer 36

work, especially physical work

Question 37

legal

Answer 37

1. concerned with or relating to the law 2. allowed by law

Question 38

legislate

Answer 38

to make a law about something

Question 39

major

Answer 39

very large or important, when compared to other things or people of a similar kind

Question 40

method

Answer 40

a planned way of doing something, especially one that a lot of people know about and use

Question 41

occur

Answer 41

to happen

Question 42

percent

Answer 42

per one hundred; %

Question 43

period

Answer 43

a particular length of time with a beginning and an end

Question 44

policy

Answer 44

a way of doing something that has been officially agreed and chosen by a political party, a business, or another organization

Question 45

principle

Answer 45

1. the basic idea that a plan or system is based on 2. a personal rule or belief about what is right and wrong, that influences how you behave

Question 46

proceed

Answer 46

to continue to do something that has already been planned or started

Question 47

process

Answer 47

a series of actions that are done in order to achieve a particular result

Question 48

require

Answer 48

to need something

Question 49

research

Answer 49

serious study of a subject, in order to discover new facts or test new ideas

Question 50

respond

Answer 50

to do something as a reaction to something that has been said or done

Question 51

role

Answer 51

the way in which someone or something is involved in an activity or situation, and how much influence they have on it

Question 52

section

Answer 52

one of the parts that something such as an object or place is divided into

Question 53

sector

Answer 53

a part of an area of activity, especially of business, trade etc

Question 54

significant

Answer 54

having an important effect or influence, especially on what will happen in the future

Question 55

similar

Answer 55

almost the same

Question 56

source

Answer 56

a thing, place, activity etc that you get something from

Question 57

specific

Answer 57

a specific thing, person, or group is one particular thing, person, or group

Question 58

structure

Answer 58

1. the way in which the parts of something are connected with each other and form a whole, or the thing that these parts make up 2. something that has been built

Question 59

theory

Answer 59

an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain something about life or the world, especially an idea that has not yet been proved to be true

Question 60

vary

Answer 60

if several things of the same type vary, they are all different from each other