Does education fuel economic growth?

database

databank, folder, file

compile

collect, accumulate, compose

court

law court, court of law

guild

association, union

ledger

journal, book, record

parish

church

register

an official list of names of people, companies etc, or a book that has this list

census

an official process of counting and finding out about the people

handwritten

written by hand, not printed

inventory

list, record, account

possession

property, belongings

ordinary

normal, common, usual

archive

a place where a large number of historical records are stored

conundrum

mystery, puzzle, challenge

puzzle

confuse, bewilder, baffle

causal link

a link between two things in which one causes the other

productively

effectively, successfully

invent

create, discover, formulate

critical

significant, important, vital

literacy

reading ability, knowledge, learning

industrialise

if a country or area industrializes, it develops a lot of industry for the first time

mediocre

middling, average, unexceptional

industrialise

if a country or area industrializes, it develops a lot of industry for the first time

belongings

possession, propertie

sewing

embroidery, stitching

badger

an animal that has black and white fur, lives in holes in the ground

scarlet

bright red

bodice

the upper part of a woman's dress

worldly

relating to physical things and ordinary life

asset

possession, property, holding

signature

name, mark, autograph

guild

an organization of people who do the same job or have the same interests

slate

in the past, a small, thin, rectangular piece of rock, usually in a wooden frame, used for writing on

stifle

stop, prevent, hamper

printing press

an old printing machine

indicator

marker, guide, pointer

industriousness

hard work, diligence, productiveness

vast

great, massive, enormous

demographic

relating to the population and groups of people in it

reconstruction

model, recreation

descendant

child, inheritor, offspring

sermon

talk, lecture, lesson

unfold

If a situation or story unfolds, it becomes clear to other people

chastise

penalize, scold, punish

spinster

an unmarried woman, usually one who is no longer young and seems unlikely to marry

reprimand

tell off, scold, rebuke

counter

dispute, argue against, oppose

ordinance

order, rule, regulation

summon

to order someone to come to or be present at a particular place

equivalent

the same as, equal, corresponding

servant

a person who is employed in another person's house, doing housework, especially in the past

defiance

disobedience, insolence, rebelliousness

reflect

reveal, expose, display

regulate

control, adjust, order

dominance

supremacy, power, preeminence

held back

to stop someone or something developing or doing as well as they should

phase

stage, time, period

constant

steady, stable, invariable

cultivation

farming, agricultural, gardening

adoption

acceptance, implementation, application

threshold

line, limit, base

tipping point

the time at which a change or an effect cannot be stopped

straightforward

simple, clear-cut, uncomplicated

merchant

wholesaler, dealer, trader

association

union, organization, group

legislate

If a government legislates, it makes a new law

undermine

weaken, destabilize, threaten

monopoly

domination, supremacy, authority

block

prevent, stop, deter

migration

relocation, passage, movement

resist

fight, battle, struggle

barrier

blockade, obstacle, difficulty

deliver

to achieve or produce something that has been promised

restriction

limit, border, margin

poorly

badly, inadequately