VOCABULARY

WORDS #4
WORD #1

RESTRICT
 RESTRICT
◦ VERB
To limit, to make some actions impossible.

◦ Example
This parking area is restricted: only university students may use it.
WORD #2

THEORY
 THEORY
◦ NOUN
An idea or belief about how something works.

Example
There are many theories about why we dream.
WORD #3

TREND
 TREND
◦ VERB
The direction or way in which something is changing.

Example:
Today’s computer culture is trending toward more touch-screen technology.
WORD #4

INVOLVE
 INVOLVE
◦ VERB
To include, to have as a part.

Example
The study of architecture involves both art and science.
WORD #5

METHOD
 METHOD
◦ NOUN
How to do something, a process.

Example:
The Spanish method of making chocolate created a completely new drink.
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CONSUME
 CONSUME
◦ VERB ◦ VERB
To eat. To use up (a resource).

Example: Example:
Yeast, which is used to make beer, consumes No country consumes more oil than the USA
sugars to create alcohol. does.
WORD #7

ESTABLISH
 ESTABLISH
◦ VERB
To build, to create (a system, organization, or idea).

Example:
The U.S. government was established in the late 1700’s
WORD #8

CONCEPT
 CONCEPT
◦ NOUN
An abstract idea.

Example:
Some concepts within advanced mathematics are hard to show in the real world.
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SIGNIFICANT
 SIGNIFICANT
◦ ADJECTIVE
Important or big enough that you should notice or pay attention.

Example:
Most animals spend a significant amount of their time looking for food.
WORD #10

STRESS

◦ VERB
To place extra importance on one
part.
Example:
If you stress the wrong words or
sounds when speaking English, you
may not be understood.
STRESS
◦ NOUN NOUN
Pressure, strain, tension; worry.
Extra importance placed on one
part.
Example:
Final exams are soon, so stress
Example: levels are high among students.
I believe we should place greater
stress on improving education.
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