Enrich vocabulary

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essential academic vocabulary

'Essential Academic Vocabulary- Mastering the Complete Academic Word List'-Helen Huntley, West Virginia University (2006)

Chapter 1: Learning Styles (page 3)
Choose the best meaning according to the context in which the word is used in the reading
1. approach: situation method movement
2. evidence : research proof crime
3. benefits : advantages insurance social events
4. concepts : ideas meanings generalizations
5. interpretation : version translation explanation
6. structure : arrangement building schedule
7. involves : invites participates include
8. role : wheel movement part
9. period: century duration punctuation mark
10. significant: obvious important similar
11. variables : quantities varieties variations


issue:
(n)
1. subject being discussed, question under debate
2. something is distribute
3. a. the act of flowing out, a place of outflow
b. the act of distributing/ release/ put out
(v)
1. to publish
2. to give something out, distribute
3. to cause something to flow out.
at issue: being discussed or questioned
take issue with: to disagree with somebody/something
insurance (n)