English Words 1

Economics

welfare

the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group; often associated with government support and services aimed at improving living conditions.

broadly

in a general way, without considering specific examples or all the details.

specialisation

a particular area of knowledge or the process of becoming an expert in a particular area

crise

a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering

allude to someone/something

mention someone or something without talking about him, her, or it directly

circumstance

a fact or event that makes a situation the way it is

scarcity

a situation in which something is not easy to find or get

assume

to accept something to be true without question or proof

relinquishment

the act of giving up something such as a responsibility, claim, or possession

prerequisite

something that must exist or happen before something else can exist or happen

doomed

certain to fail, die, or be destroyed

forfeit

the action of losing the right to do or have something because you have broken a rule

accordance

following or obeying a rule, law, wish, etc

authoritarian

someone who demands that people obey completely and refuses to allow them freedom to act as they wish

pose

To pose a question is to bring attention to a problem, often in the form of a question

absurd

stupid and unreasonable, or silly in a humorous way:

mutually

felt or done by two or more people or groups in the same way

bargain

something on sale at a lower price than its true value

better off

in a more satisfactory situation than you were before

presuppose

to accept that something is true before it has been proved

assumption

a willingness to accept something as true without question or proof

preconception

an idea or opinion formed before enough information is available to form it correctly

tractable

easily dealt with, controlled, or persuaded

isolate

to separate something from other things with which it is connected or mixed

constitute

to be the parts that form something

emergence

the fact of something becoming known or starting to exist

explicit

clear and exact

aggregate

something formed by adding together several amounts or things

distribution

the process of giving things out to several people, or spreading or supplying something:

pluralism

the existence of different types of people, who have different beliefs and opinions, within the same society

Monism

attributes oneness or singleness to a concept, such as existence

fundamental

forming the base, from which everything else develops

contradiction

the fact of something being the complete opposite of something else or very different from something else, so that one of them must be wrong

emphasis

special attention given to something because it is important or because you want it to be noticed, or an example of this

hence

that is the reason or explanation for

irrespective

without considering; not needing to allow for

thus

in this way, or with this result:

unveil

If you unveil something new, you show it or make it known for the first time

conception

an idea of what something or someone is like, or a basic understanding of a situation or a principle

agenda

a list of matters to be discussed at a meeting

prospects

the possibility of being successful, especially at work

conventionally

in a way that is traditional and ordinary:

sustain

to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time

prescription

a piece of paper or an electronic document on which a doctor writes the details of the medicine or other treatment that someone needs:

forecasting

the job or activity of judging what is likely to happen in the future, based on the information you have now

prominent

very noticeable, important, or famous:

inaugurate

to put something such as a service, system, etc. into action officially

world view

a way of thinking about the world:

capacity

the total amount that can be contained or produced:

consumption

the amount used or eaten

emerge

to appear by coming out of something or out from behind something:

merely

used to emphasize that you mean exactly what you are saying and nothing more

plurality

a large number of different types of something:

emanate

to express a quality or feeling through the way that you look and behave