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- Abbreviate
- Shorten, truncate, condense
- Abridge
- Curtail, condense, shorten, summarize
- Accessible
- Approachable, comprehensible
- Ambiguity
- Uncertainty, equivocalness, vagueness, obscurity
- Analogous
- Comparable, parallel, akin, similar,
- Anomaly
- Irregularity, aberration, outlier, exception
- Apartheid
- Racial segregation, racial discrimination, separatism
- Attractiveness
- Appeal, allure, charm
- Authoritative
- Reliable, credible
- Autonomy
- Self-rule, self-governance, sovereignty
- Beneficial
- Advantageous
- Brink
- Verge, edge
- Circumvent
- Evade, shun, eschew
- Citations
- References, quotations
- Complex
- Complicated, intricate, multifaceted, convoluted
- Comprehensible
- Understandable, intelligible, lucid
- Conspicuous
- Noticeable, prominent, salient, marked
- Copious Key Vocabulary for Academic and General English: Definitions and Syn-
- Abundant, profuse, plentiful, ample
- Critical
- Crucial, pivotal, vital, decisive
- Criticized
- Condemned, censured, rebuked
- Derived
- Originated, stemmed
- Detach
- Separate, remove, disengage, unfasten
- Diminishing
- Declining, waning, lessening, dwindling
- Disparity
- Inequality, imbalance, discrepancy, divergence
- Domesticated
- Tamed, cultivated, bred, house-trained
- Electorate
- Voters, constituency
- Embellished
- Ornamented, adorned, embroidered
- Emissaries
- Envoys, messengers, delegates, ambassadors
- Endemic
- Native, indigenous, local, characteristic
- Enmity
- Hostility, antagonism, animosity
- Ensemble
- Group, aggregate
- Enumerate
- List, itemize, catalogue, recount
- Equivocal
- Ambiguous, unclear dubious
- Estimated
- Approximated, gauged, calculated
- Evaluated Key Vocabulary for Academic and General English: Definitions and Syn-
- Assessed, appraised, judged, rated
- Exchange
- Swap, trade, interchange, barter
- Explain
- Clarify, elucidate, expound, account for
- Extemporaneous
- Impromptu, spontaneous, ad-lib
- Fearfully
- Timidly, nervously, anxiously, apprehensively
- Forecast
- Predict, anticipate, prognosticate
- Frailty
- Weakness, feebleness, infirmity, fragility
- Harbingers
- Forerunners, omens, precursors
- Hastily
- Rashly, hurriedly, impulsively
- Hypothesized
- Theorized, supposed, postulated, speculated, posited
- Imperceptibly
- Subtly, slightly, invisibly, gradually
- imposing
- Grand, formidable, awe-inspiring, majestic
- Inculcated
- Instilled, ingrained, indoctrinated
- Independent
- Autonomous, self-sufficient
- Indigenous
- Native, aboriginal, endemic, local
- Integral
- essential, indispensable
- Lauded
- Praised, extolled, acclaimed, celebrated
- Misused
- Abused, misapplied, misemployed
- Monitor Key Vocabulary for Academic and General English: Definitions and Syn-
- Track, observe, supervise, watch
- Observable
- Detectable, perceptible, noticeable, measurable
- Perceive
- Discern, recognize, sense, detect
- Persistent
- Enduring, tenacious
- Populated
- Filled, inhabited, occupied
- Precluded
- Prevented, ruled out, barred, excluded
- Preliminary
- Initial, preparatory
- Proxies
- Surrogates, substitutes, stand-ins
- Pterosaurs
- Flying reptiles
- Quintessential
- Classic, typical, archetypal
- Reacts
- Responds, acts, answers, counteracts
- Rectified
- Corrected, amended, remedied, adjusted
- Redeemable
- Exchangeable, refundable, recoverable, convertible
- Reinterpreted
- Reframed, reconceived, reanalyzed
- Reminiscent
- Evocative, suggestive
- Replicable
- Reproducible, repeatable
- Respectable
- Admirable, decent, honorable
- Restate
- Rephrase, reiterate, paraphrase
- Sanitized Key Vocabulary for Academic and General English: Definitions and Syn-
- Sterilized cleansed, purified
- Sporadic
- Intermittent, occasional, irregular, scattered
- Stratified
- Layered, hierarchical, tiered
- Subdued
- Dampened, restrained
- Subordinates
- Juniors, inferiors
- Subsequent
- Following, ensuing, later, successive
- Substantiated
- Validated, corroborated, confirmed, verified
- Synthesis
- Combination, integration, fusion, amalgamation
- Tangential
- Irrelevant, digressive, divergent
- Tendency
- Inclination, propensity, predisposition
- Transpose
- Swap, invert, rearrange, shift
- Ubiquitous
- Omnipresent, pervasive, widespread, universal
- Unprecedented
- Unparalleled, novel, unmatched
- Unsupported
- Unsubstantiated, unverified, baseless
- Untenable
- Indefensible, unsustainable, weak vulnerable
- Utility
- Usefulness, benefit, practicality
- Variable
- Changeable, fluctuating, inconstant
- Varies Key Vocabulary for Academic and General English: Definitions and Syn-
- Differs, changes, fluctuates, shifts
- Vexation
- Vein pattern, leaf veining, venation pattern