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Aspect

A part of something.

Punctuality

On time; not late or early.

Biased

Like/dislike someone based on personal opinion.

Prejudiced

Dislike something or someone.

Dubious

Feeling doubt or uncertain.

Cynical

Not trusting other people and doubt their goodness.

Skeptical

Doubting that something is true or useful.

Ingenious

Very intelligent and skillful.

Baffle

Make someone confused.

Discriminate

To exclude someone or make them left out.

Assume

Accept something to be true.

Deduce

To reach an answer.

Presume

Believe something to be true because it’s very likely.

Justify

Explain a good reason.

Reflect

To think carefully.

Brush up on

To practice or improve something.

Come around to

Change your opinion or be persuaded.

Face up to

To accept something and try to deal with it.

Figure out

To be able to understand.

Come up with

To create or suggest an idea.

Hit upon

To suddenly have an idea.

Mull over

To think carefully.

Piece together

Learn the truth behind evidence.

Puzzle out

To solve a problem.

Read up on

Get information by reading a lot.

Conscientious

Putting effort into work.

Plagiarise

To copy.

Colleague

Someone who you work with or a classmate.

Employer

A boss who hires employees.

Spouse

Married to somebody.

Autonomous

Not depending on someone’s decision.

Consist

To include.

Conventional

Hardly change personality.

Cooperative

Willing to do something.

Efficient

Doing well, not good or bad.

Tolerant

Ability to endure.

Vulnerable

Easily hurt or soft.

Idealistic

Having a positive outlook.

Abundant

More than enough.

Batch

Group of things.

Bulk

Large size.

Considerable

Significant.

Diminish

To reduce or be reduced.

Equidistant

Having the same distance.

Extent

An amount or length.

Finite

Having an end.

Force

In large numbers.

Imbalance

Not balanced.

Immense

Extremely large in size.

Magnitude

Large size or importance.

Major

Important.

Meagre

Not enough or small.

Minute

Extremely small.

Proportion

Part of a whole.

Quantify

To measure.

Ratio

A comparison of numbers.

Ration

A limited amount of something.

Minor

Not important.

Benefit

An advantage.

Compensation

Payment for damages.

Deduct

Money taken automatically.

Withdraw

Take money from your bank account.

Deposit

Put money in your bank account.

Finance

Management of money.

Interest

Money earned from a bank account.

Investment

Putting money into something to make profit.

Profit

Money earned.

Lump sum

A one large amount payment.

Mortgage

An agreement that allows you to borrow money.

Pension

Money paid to old or ill people by the government.