Focus Words
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Civic-(adj) related to citizenship
Apathy- (n) lack of interest
Enforce- (v) to put into effect
Decline- (n) a drop, lessening
Evidently – (adv) apparently
Unit 20:
Amnesty- (n) forgiveness
Undocumented (adj) without legal papers
Orient (v) to adjust, to align
Exclude- (v) to leave out
Compound – (v) to add to
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- standardized- (adj) the same for everyone
- assess- (v)- judge the quality of; evaluate
- criteria- (n)- standards or rules to make a decision
- correspond- (v)- match
- formulate- (v)- invent by thinking about
Unit 2:
- affirmative- (adj) positive
- discrimination- (n) prejudice toward a particular group of people
- aspect- (n)- a part of something, a characteristic
- retain- (v) to keep; to hold in place
- relevant- (adj) connected
Unit 3:
- capacity- (n)- an ability
- distribute- (v) to give out
- method- (n) a way of doing something
- morality- (n) a sense of right and wrong; values
- abstain- (v) to choose not to do something
Unit 4:
- guarantee- (v) promise
- contrast- (n) a comparison to show difference
- parallel- (v) to match; to equal
- industry- (n) general business activity
- logical- (adj) reasonable; based on clear thinking
Unit 5:
- implement- (v) to put a plan into action
- motivate- (v) to make something want to take action
- undertake- (v) to accept as a challenge
- incentive- (n) a reward that leads someone to take action
- enables- (v) make something possible
Unit 6:
- Inequality- (n) lack of equality
- Resources- (n) supplies of money or helpful items
- Adequate- (adj) as much as necessary
- Illustrate- (v) demonstrate
- Disproportionate – (adj) too large or too small in comparison to other things
Unit 7:
- Embryo- new organism in a mother’s womb
- Paralyzed- unable to move
- Theory- an explanation for a set of related facts
- Investigate- trying to learn about
- Obtain- to get
Unit 8:
- Obesity- (n) state of being extremely overweight
- Primary- (adj) most important most influential
- Emphasize- (v) show the importance of
- Restrict- (v) keep within limits
- Multidimensional- (adj) having many different sides or characteristics
Unit 9:
- Generate- to produce
- Derives- comes from
- Advantage- helpful quantity
- Consume- to use up
- Contaminate- poison, pollute
Unit 10:
- Recite- (v) to speak from memory
- Allegiance- (n) loyalty
- Signify- (v) to mean or stand for
- Principle- (n) a most important belief
- Conclusion- (n) a judgment or decision
Unit 11:
- Specify- (v) to clearly define
- Establish- (v) to cause to be recognized and accepted
- Cohesive- (adj) unified
- Constrain- (v) to hold back
- Xenophobia- (n) a fear of foreign people
Unit 12:
- Amending: (v) changing; adding to
- Equity- (n) equality; equal status
- Constitutes: (v) forms, creates
- Resolve: (v) solves a problem
- Legislate: (v) to create or control by making laws or rules
Unit 13:
- Prevention-avoidance
- Critical- against, not supporting
- Pursue- to follow, to engage
- Alter- to change
- Approach- method
Unit 14:
- Economic- adj- financial, related to money
- Multicultural- adj- related to more than one culture
- Attribute- n- skill, feature
- Facilitate- v- to make easy or possible
- Distinct – adj- different
Unit 15:
- Conserve- v- to protect from loss
- Renewable- adj- can be replaced
- Invest- v- to spend; expecting future benefit
- Proceed- v- to move on
- Maximize- v- to increase to the greatest possible amount
Unit 16:
- Rating- (n)- a classification, an ordering
- Ban (v)- to forbid
- Interact (v)- to communicate, to have social contact with
- Occur (v)- to happen
- Complex (adj) complicated; of many parts
Unit 17:
- Design – (n) plan
- Creationism – (n)the belief that the world was made by an intelligent force
- Concept – (n) an idea
- Evolve – (v) to change over time
- Perspective – (n) a point of view
Unit 18:
- Disclaimer – (n) denial of responsibility
- Prescribe – (v) to order medicine or treatment
- Potential – (n) possibility
- Assume– (v) to describe without much evidence
- Rely – (v) to depend on
Unit 19:
Civic-(adj) related to citizenship
Apathy- (n) lack of interest
Enforce- (v) to put into effect
Decline- (n) a drop, lessening
Evidently – (adv) apparently
Unit 20:
Amnesty- (n) forgiveness
Undocumented (adj) without legal papers
Orient (v) to adjust, to align
Exclude- (v) to leave out
Compound – (v) to add to
Unit 21:
- Privacy – (n) freedom from the attention of others
- Invasion – (n) unwanted interference
- Consists – (v) to be made up of
- Secure – (adv) safe
- Corporal – (adv) related to the body
Unit 22:
- Eligible-(adj) qualified for
- Affect- (v) to have an effect on
- Maintain- (v) to keep
- Prerequisite- (n) requirement that must be met before moving on
- Previous- (adj) earlier