List M Flashcards
aware
having knowledge of a situation or fact
concerned and well-informed about a particular situation
capacity
the maximum amount that something can contain
fully occupying the available area or space
challenge
a call to take part in a contest or competition
to invite someone to engage in a contest
clause
a grammatical structure containing a subject and predicate (verb)
a distinct article in a legal written document
compound
a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements
an area enclosed by a fence
made up or consisting of several parts
conflict
a serious disagreement or argument
to be incompatible; to clash
consult
to seek information or advice from someone with expertise
to have discussions with someone before undertaking a course of action
decline
to decrease
a gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, or quality
discrete
apart or detached from others
consisting of distinct or individual parts
enable
to give (someone or something) the authority to do something to make possible
entity
a thing with distinct and independent existence
existence; being
equivalent
equal in value
corresponding in position
evolve
to develop gradually
to develop over successive generations
expose
to make something visible by uncovering it
to leave something uncovered, esp. from the weather
external
forming the outer surface of something
the outward features of something
