GLOSSARY MENA CLIMACO MARVIN EDENILSON

1. Accuracy: the fact of being exact or correct.

2. Accent: the way in which people in a particular area, country, or social group
pronounce words.
3. Assess: to judge or decide the amount, value, quality, or importance of something.
4. Authentic: If something is authentic, it is real, true, or what people say it is.
5. Appropriacy: the fact that a word or phrase sounds natural and is acceptable when
used in a particular situation.
6. Deduce: to reach an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the known
facts.
7. Infer: to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information
that you have.
8. Autonomy: the right of an organization, country, or region to be independent and
govern itself.
9. Personalize: If you personalize an object, you change it or add to it so that it is
obvious that it belongs to or comes from you.
10. Portfolio: a large, thin case used for carrying drawings, documents, etc.
11. Denotation: the main meaning of a word, not including the feelings or ideas that
people may connect with the word.
12. Ultra-modern: using very modern styles or ideas.
13. Feature: a typical quality or an important part of something.
14. Stress: the way that a word or syllable is pronounced with greater force than other
words in the same sentence or other syllables in the same word.
15. Distinction: a difference between two similar things.
16. Exponent: a person who supports an idea or belief or performs an activity.
17. Speculation: the activity of guessing possible answers to a question without having
enough information to be certain.
18. Simply: completely or as much as possible.
19. Subskill: a skill that is part of a wider skill.
20. Scam: an illegal plan for making money, especially one that involves tricking people.
21. Skim: to move quickly just above a surface without touching it.
22. Simplify: to make something less complicated and therefore easier to do or
understand.
23. Pattern: a particular way in which something is done, is organized, or happens.
24. Varied: containing or changing between several different things or types.
25. Primary: more important than anything else; main.
26. Receptive: willing to listen to and accept new ideas and suggestions.
27. Detail: a single piece of information or fact about something.
28. Gist: the most important pieces of information about something, or general
information without details:
29. Pace: the speed at which someone or something moves, or with which something
happens or changes.
30. Lead-in: something that introduces something else, such as the words and music
that are used to introduce a television program.