Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• have to: Must do
• write out: To write something in full instead of using abbreviations or symbols.
• such as: For example; like
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• procrastination: Act of putting off something you ought to do
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• implement: To start to do something you plan to do
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• conduct: Your behavior
• passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• concise: Being brief and to the point; short
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
• formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• verbal: Concerning verbs
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• investigation: Search for information about something
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• usage: Amount something is used
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• point: An item to be discussed
• assistance: Act of helping someone
• academically: In regard to teaching or learning
• participle: Nonfinite form of the verb, e.g. -ing or -ed forms
• countable: (Of nouns) that can exist in the plural
• toefl: Test Of English as a Foreign Language
• keyword: Significant or descriptive word used in searches