Vocabulary is the fast-track to improving all your language skills! The more vocab you know, the more you can read, listen, speak and write.
The examiner will give you higher marks for using and understanding the more academic style of vocabulary. My experience with learning vocab in another language is this: don’t try to learn very long lists everyday, you will forget most of them. 6-8 words a day, but really learn how to use them in sentences is best. Imagine the improvement in your vocabulary and ability to speak English after doing this for a few months!
constitute, verb
form or compose
This money is my only income
create and charge with a task or function
to compose or represent:
set up or lay the groundwork for
context, noun
discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
the historical context
contract, verb
enter into a contractual arrangement
engage by written agreement
squeeze or press together
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
He got AIDS
become smaller or draw together
assist, verb
give help or assistance; be of service
act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
work for or be a servant to
assist, noun
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
(sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
bias, noun
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
bias, verb
influence in an unfair way
you are biasing my choice by telling me yours
cause to be biased
bias, adj
slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
a bias fold
chart, verb
make a chart of
chart the territory
plan in detail
Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein
represent by means of a graph
chart, noun
a visual display of information
a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
medium, noun
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
the surrounding environment
fish require an aqueous medium
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
medium, adj
around the middle of a scale of evaluation
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside