GE L12 Unit 3 (vocabulary part 1)

Global English
Level 12
Unit 3

Vocabulary part 1

• Meaning: A negative or harmful result.

• Use: Used when describing harmful consequences of an action, event, or condition.

• Example: Too much screen time can have an adverse effect on students’ sleep patterns.

Adverse Effect

• Meaning: Damage or harm caused by something.

• Use: Commonly used in formal/academic contexts.

• Example: Air pollution has a detrimental effect on people’s health.

Determental effect

• Meaning: To cause something to happen.

• Use: Often used when talking about changes, improvements, or problems.

• Example: The new law will bring about major changes in education.

Bring about

• Meaning: An indirect result caused by something else.

• Use: Often used in economics, science, or daily life to show chain reactions.

• Example: The pandemic had a knock-on effect on businesses and employment.

Knock-on effect

• Meaning: Showing or relating to the cause of something.

• Use: Mostly used in academic writing to explain cause-and-effect.

• Example: Researchers are studying the causal link between stress and heart disease.

Causal

• Meaning: To collect and arrange information in order to study or compare.

• Use: Used when organizing research, data, or documents.

• Example: The teacher asked students to collate information from different articles before writing the report.

Collate

• Meaning: Very great, strong, or difficult to deal with.

• Use: Can describe feelings, numbers, or situations.

• Example: She felt an overwhelming sense of relief after the exam was over.

Overwhelming

• Meaning: Related to a connection or relationship between two things (but not necessarily causal).

• Use: Often used in research or data analysis.

• Example: There is a correlational relationship between sleep and academic performance.

Correlational

• Meaning: To start or cause something to happen suddenly.

• Use: Can describe alarms, explosions, or sudden reactions.

• Example: The loud noise set off the car alarm.

Set Off

• Meaning: To cause a strong reaction or start something quickly.

• Use: Used for emotional reactions, events, or medical conditions.

• Example: Stress can trigger headaches in some people.

Trigger