Academic English - Unit 1 Gender Equality vocabulary

a system of accepted beliefs that control behaviour, especially a system based on moral standards for good or bad character and behaviour

• motive (n)

• dominant (adj.)

• distribution (n)

• ethical (adj.)

a description of possible events

• unstable (adj.)

• scenario (n)

• traditionally (adv)

• justification (n)

more important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the same type

• dominant

• authority

• motive

• distribution

to show that something is reasonable, right, or true

• scenario

• motive

• justification

• dominant

the moral or legal right or ability to control

• ethical

• authority

• distribution

• motive

a way of behaving that has existed for a long time

• unstable

• motive

• traditionally

• scenario

the act of dividing something among people, or spreading or supplying something

• distribution

• discrimination

• justification

• authority

the treatment of a person or group of people in a worse way than they are usually treated

• dominant

• ethical

• unstable

• discrimination

not firm and therefore not strong, safe, or likely to last

• scenario

• justification

• unstable

• motive

a reason for doing something

• ethical

• motive

• unstable

• traditionally