Busid Upper-Intermediate Word List Unit 2

Front 1

Access (V)
Accessibility (N)
Access (N)
Accessible (Adj)
Inaccessible (Adj)
To have access to
To access smthg

Back 1

permission, liberty, or ability to enter, approach, communicate with, or pass to and from

freedom or ability to obtain or make use of

Front 2

Appropriacy (N)
Appropriateness (N)
Inappropriacy (N)
Appropriate (Adj)
Inappropriate (Adj)
Appropriately (Adv)
Inappropriately (Adv)
Appropriate language

Back 2

especially suitable or compatible
FITTING

Front 3

Balance (V) (N)
Balanced (Adj)
Unbalanced (Adj)
A balanced diet

Back 3

a means of judging or deciding

a counterbalancing weight, force, or influence

Front 4

Compute (V)
Computation (N)
Computer (N)

Back 4

to make calculation : RECKON

to use a computer

Front 5

Connect (V)
Connection (N)
Connect with

Back 5

to become joined

<the two rooms connect by a hallway>

<ideas that connect easily to form a theory>

Front 6

Contact (V) (N) (Adj)
Connect with

Back 6

an establishing of communication with some other person or object

<radar contact with Mars>

Front 7

Dine
Dine at a restaurant

Back 7

to take dinner

Front 8

Domestic (Adj)
Domestic flights
Domestic animals

Back 8

of, relating to, or originating within a country and especially one's own country

<domestic politics>

<domestic wines>

Front 9

Equip (V)
Equipment (N)
Equipped (Adj)
Equip with

Back 9

to make ready : PREPARE

the set of articles serving to equip a person or thing

Front 10

Erode (V)
Erosion (N)

Back 10

to diminish or destroy by degrees:

to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance
(as by acid, infection, or cancer)

Front 11

Essentials (N)
Essential (Adj)
Essentially (Adv)

Back 11

something basic

<the essentials of astronomy>

something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable

Front 12

Expand (V)
Expansion (N)

Back 12

to express at length or in greater detail

to write out in full
<expand all abbreviations>

Front 13

Explode (V)
Explosion (N)
Explosive (Adj)

Back 13

to cause to explode or burst noisily
<explode a bomb>

to burst forth with sudden violence or noise from internal energy:

Front 14

Include (V)
Inslucsion (N)
Inclusive (Adj)
Inclusion of

Back 14

to take in or comprise as a part of a whole

to contain between or within <two sides and the included angle>

Front 15

Modernize (V)
Modernization (N)

Back 15

to make modern (as in taste, style, or usage)

to adopt modern ways

Front 16

Praise (V)

Back 16

to glorify (a god or saint) especially by the attribution of perfections

Front 17

Predict (V)
Prediction (N)
Predicatable (Adj)
Unpredictable (Adj)
Predict the future

Back 17

an act of predicting

something that is predicted : FORECAST

Front 18

Profesionalism (N)
Professional (Adj)
Professionally (Adv)

Back 18

(1) : characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession

(2) : exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace

Front 19

Require (V)
Requirement (N)

Back 19

to claim or ask for by right and authority

to call for as suitable or appropriate
<the occasion requires formal dress>

have a compelling need for
<all living beings require food>

Front 20

Resident (N)
Residence (N)
Residential (Adj)
Local residents

Back 20

one who resides in a place

Front 21

Sacrifice (V) (N)

Back 21

an act of offering to a deity something precious;

the killing of a victim on an altar

Front 22

Technology (N)
Technological (Adj)
Technologically (Adv)

Back 22

the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area: ENGINEERING

<medical technology>

Front 23

Wisdom (N)
Wise , Unwise (Adj)

Back 23

a wise attitude or course of action

the teachings of the ancient wise men

synonym see SENSE