Inside Reading Academic WordsAccumulate to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up
Adequate as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient
Author a writer of a book, article, or report
Debate a formal discussion on a particular topic; argue about
Depress to make (someone) feel sad : to decrease the activity or strength of (something); to press (something) down
Indicate To show the way to or the direction of; point out:
Invest To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return; To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit
Persist continue firmly or obstinately in an opinion or a course of action in spite of difficulty, opposition, or failure
Precede come before (something) in time
Protocol the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions
Reluctance unwillingness or disinclination to do something
Sustain to provide what is needed for (something or someone) to exist, continue
Text a book or other written or printed work
Volume the level at which something is heard or the amount of space that something takes up.
Deviate domain
Gender guaranteed
Inevitable instituted
So called intervene
Affect accomodated
Compiled aided
Coordination community
Mental displacement
Overall evolving
Paradigm fluctuated
Promote an intermediate period
Prospect restrain
Reacted
Adjacent consequent
Analyze controversy
Anticipate data
Device equip
Involve justify
Modify monitor
undertake
Descriptive Adj
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Idioms
about to- to be on the point of doing something
I was about to leave when the phone rang
all of a sudden- suddenly, without advance warning
All of a sudden, it became cloudy and began to rain.
back and forth- backwards and forwards, first one way and then the other way
The argument with the lawyer went back and forth before the judge made a decision.
better off- to be in a better situation than before
My friend would be better off if he sold his old car and bought a new one.
carry out- to put something into action, to accomplish something, to do something
The scientist wanted to carry out more experiments before discussing the new medicine
. come up- to happen unexpectedly
I will not be able to go to the party if something else comes up
deal with (something)- to be concerned with something, to take action about something
We will deal with the boxes tomorrow.
end up- to do something that one had not planned to do, to go somewhere one had not planned to go
We ended up watching a movie last night. We ended up going to a restaurant after the movie last night
for good- permanently
The city plans to close the public swimming pool for good
get rid of (something)- to give or throw something away, to sell or destroy something,
I bought a new television so I want to get rid of my old one.
go over (something)- to examine or review something
The accountant will go over our books tomorrow. We plan to go over that question tomorrow.
go with (something)- to choose one thing rather than another
We decided to go with the small rental car rather than the large one.
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