Academic vocabulary 2

the principal field of study of a student at a university

• section

• major

• area

a belief that can guide behavior

• factor

• environment

• theory

one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer

• method

• formula

• factor

one of a series published periodically

• issue

• principle

• area

be at variance with; be out of line with; become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

• vary

• process

• involve

derive a gain or benefit from

• legislate

• benefit

• establish

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

• estimate

• labour

• data

a person who supplies information

• structure

• source

• role

Attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner

• process

• research

• establish

(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

• function

• process

• contract