All AA English Vocabulary

Giver chapter 1-16 + Money + Utopia + Summer Work + sigma

account

an arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to allow you to take it out when you need to

accountant

a person who inspects a business's financial records and prepares reports

associate

connect (someone or something) with something else in one's mind.

borrow

To receive for temporary use

budget

the amount of money you have available to spend, to plan how much money you will spend on something

cash

Money in the form of bills or coins

complex

complicated

concentration

the ability to think carefully about something you are doing and nothing else

considerable

large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree

contribute

To give along with others who are giving

contribution

an individual efforts in a common set purpose

currency

a system of money in general use in a particular country.

data

Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.

decrease

to become or make less or smaller

donate

To give to those in need, often through an organization

donation

money or goods that are given to help a person or organization, or the act of giving them

emergency

a serious or dangerous situation that needs immediate action

finance

Provide funding for a person or enterprise., management of money

increase

make bigger or more, to go up

intense

very strong

lend

to give something to someone, expecting it to be given back

limited

restricted

loan

An amount of money given to the borrower for a set period of time. After the set time has passed, the money must be paid back plus the lending fee, called interest. Payments are normally made over a series of months.

mortgage

a specific type of loan that is used to buy real estate

previous

coming before in time or order

profit

A financial gain, benefit (from something)

publish

to make a document available to the general public

raise

to collect (money)

reliance

dependence

rely

depend

remote

distant

require

need something

salary

A fixed amount of money paid to an employee for each pay period.

savings

Portion of income not spent on consumption

set

a group of similar things that belong together in some way

valuable

worth a lot of money, precious

value

worth

vast

Enormous, Immense

by a long shot

by far, by a big difference

coin a term

to create a name for sth

Dystopia

an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.

flaw

a slight fault; a defect (in a plan, a design, a story, a character)

foresight

the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future.

hindsight

understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed

ideal

perfect

lofty

(adj.) very high; noble, of imposing height

not by a long shot

Not at all! Definitely not!

pun

a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings - word play

society

A community of people who share a common culture

Utopia

an ideal society

abolition

the act of ending an activity or custom officially

absorb

to soak up or take in

addressing

tackling a problem

adoption

the action or fact of choosing to take up, follow, or use something.

aid

help

alert

to warn to be ready / able to answer questions; responsive; interactive

alarm

an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

apply

to put into practical use; to put into effect

assembly line

Production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks

attain

to achieve

attribute

characteristic

attune(d)

make receptive or aware.

award

to give money or a prize following an official decision

ban(ned)

not allowed

bear

carry

bind

to fasten loose pages together inside a cover to make a book

brittle

easily broken

captured

to seize and hold, as by force or skill

cells

smallest unit of life

chaste

morally pure

civilian

a person not in the armed services or the police force

codified

arranged and recorded systematically

combination

the mixture you get when two or more things are put together

compressed

squeezed together

conform

to follow rules or customs

conscious

aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake.

contagious

Able to be passed easily from one person to another.

contemporary

modern, up to date

cope

to deal with

coveted

greedily desired or wished for

craft

made by hand and with much skill

crucial

extremely important

dainty

delicately small and pretty

dash

a tiny amount

debilitating

to make weak or feeble

decrease

to become smaller or less

defer

To put aside until later

demonstrates

shows

detect

notice

determine(d)

cause (something) to occur in a particular way; be the decisive factor in / firmly decide.

detrimental

harmful; damaging

devout

deeply religious

differentiates

recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different.

diminished

made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

discipline

a branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education.

disfigured

marked by an injury

disparate

fundamentally different; entirely unlike

dissolve

to make or become liquid

diverse

different; varied

dominance

power and influence over others