Education Vocabulary

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accountable

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responsible for what you do and willing to explain it

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allude to

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to talk about something in a way that is not direct

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ambition

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a strong desire to do or achieve something

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avid

Back 4

doing something as much as possible

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buckle down

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to start working seriously

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come to mind

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be remembered

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competency

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skill or knowledge

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conceive

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to think of a new idea, plan etc and develop it in your mind:

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consultation

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a meeting with a professional person, especially a doctor, for advice or treatment:

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count on

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to depend on someone or something, especially in a difficult situation

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criteria

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standards that you use to judge something or make a decision about something

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cumulative

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increasing gradually as more of something is added or happens

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decipher

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to find the meaning of something that is difficult to read or understand

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demanding

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needing a lot of ability, effort, or skill

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dictate

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to tell someone exactly what they must do or how they must behave

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distraught

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so upset and worried that you cannot think clearly

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dynamics

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the way in which things or people behave, react, and affect each other

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eclectic

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including a mixture of many different things or people, especially so that you can use the best of all of them

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fall into place

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start to happen in the way that you want

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fluctuate

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changing and becoming higher and lower

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govern

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to officially and legally control a country and make all the decisions about taxes, laws, public services, etc.

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harmonious

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having parts combined in a proportionate, orderly, or pleasing way

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hemisphere

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half of your brain, or half of the earth

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hypothesis

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an idea that is suggested as an explanation for something, but that has not yet been proved to be true

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illusion

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something that seems to be different from what it really is

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impel

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makes someone feel very strongly that he must do something

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intellectual

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relating to the ability to understand things and think intelligently

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interpersonal

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relating to relationships between people

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isolation

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when one group, person, or thing is separate from others

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linger

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to continue to exist, be noticeable, etc. for longer than is usual or desirable

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lingo

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words or expressions used only by a particular group of people, or at a particular period of time

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linguistic

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related to language, words, or linguistics

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merge

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to combine, or to join things together to form one thing

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misconception

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an idea which is wrong or untrue, but which people believe because they do not understand the subject properly

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monitor

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to carefully watch and check a situation in order to see how it changes over a period of time

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outlaw

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to completely stop something by making it illegal

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over the top

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so extreme or unreasonable as to seem stupid or offensive

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pay off

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successful or having a good result

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persistence

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determination to do something even though it is difficult or other people oppose it

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postulate

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to suggest that something might have happened or be true

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promising

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showing signs of being successful or good in the future

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pull one’s weight

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to do your share of the work

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ritual

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something that you do regularly and in the same way each time

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stimulating

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exciting or full of new ideas

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stunned

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too surprised or shocked to speak

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take after

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to look or behave like another member of your family

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take the plunge

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to decide to do something important or risky, especially after thinking about it for a long time

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tangible

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clear enough or definite enough to be easily seen or noticed

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tantalizing

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making you feel a desire to have or do something

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task

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a piece of work that must be done, especially one that is difficult or unpleasant or that must be done regularly

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torment

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to make someone suffer a lot, especially mentally

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unbearable

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too unpleasant, painful, or annoying to deal with

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viable

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able to exist or succeed

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willpower

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the ability to make yourself do something even if it is difficult or unpleasant