READING 2-REview Vocab U1_2_5

(n) an idea or set of ideas that tries to explain something

• responsibility

• factor

• theory

• witness

(v) to use facts and evidence to show that something is true

• apply to

• responsibility

• witness

• prove

(adj) made up of several connected parts and often difficult to understand

• impressive

• complex

• concept

• offensive

(n) a person who sees something happen and who can tell other people about it later

• witness

• impression

• factor

• demonstration

(adj) happening at the beginning; first

• initial

• compassionate

• barely

• altruistic

(v) to give a possible but not yet proved explanation for something:

• barely

• rely on

• hypothesize

• apply to

(adj) feeling or showing sympathy for people or animals who are suffering

• subject

• rely on

• compassionate

• barely

(adj) easily hurt or damaged b something

• ba;anced

• recognize

• typically

• sensitive

(v) to show or explain how to do something

• demonstrate

• standards

• impress

• maintain

(v) to choose somebody/something from a group of people or things, usually according to a system

• appreciate

• select

• confidence

• maintain