Academic Word List: Group 1

the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships

• labour

• structure 

• estimate

Answer explanation

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

- estimate: a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

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

• labour

• principle

• process

Answer explanation

- principle: a rule or standard especially of good behavior

- process: a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

of greater importance or stature or rank

• major

• significant

• legal 

Answer explanation

- significant: rich in significance or implication

- legal: allowed by official rules

give a definition for the meaning of a word

• function

• define

• interpret

Answer explanation

- function: serve a purpose, role, or function

- interpret: restate (words) from one language into another language

the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations

• structure

• factor

• authority

Answer explanation

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

- authority: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets

• process

•  finance

• percent 

Answer explanation

- process: a mental process that you are not directly aware of

- percent: a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)

engage by written agreement

• involve

• factor

• contract

Answer explanation

- involve: have as a necessary feature

- factor: be a contributing factor

bring out an official document (such as a warrant)

• issue

• define

• major

Answer explanation

-define: give a definition for the meaning of a word

- major: have as one's principal field of study

come from

• approach

• interpret

• derive

Answer explanation

- approach: begin to deal with

- interpret: make sense of; assign a meaning to

inquire into

• define

• research

• create

Answer explanation

- define: give a definition for the meaning of a word

- create: create by artistic means