Common Secondary Meanings & Additional Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering common secondary meanings and additional academic words from the lecture notes.

Affect (v.)

To take on, assume

Affected (adj.)

Behaving in an artificial or pretentious way

Afford

To grant; provide

Appreciate

To take into account OR to increase in value

Appropriate (v.)

To seize for one’s own use

Arrest

To put a stop to; halt

Assume

To take on responsibility

Basic

Fundamental; essential

Bent

A liking or preference for

Capacity

Ability

Chance (v.)

To attempt; risk

Check

To control; limit

Clear

Obvious; evident

Common

Widespread; ordinary

Compromise (v.)

To endanger or make vulnerable

Constitution

Physical or mental build; structure

Conviction

Strong belief

Currency

Widespread acceptance

Economy

Thrift; careful management of resources

Element

Component; aspect

Elevated

Lofty; high-minded; idealistic

Establish

To prove; validate

Execute

To carry out

Exercise

To put into use; apply

Exploit

To make use of

Facility

The ability to do something easily

Faculty

Ability or aptitude

Fancy (v.)

To take a liking to

Fine

(1) Narrow, thin; (2) Delicate, elegant; (3) Keen, highly attuned

Fundamental

Basic; essential

Grave (adj.)

Serious

Gravity (n.)

Seriousness

Nature

Character; personality

Observe

To follow (e.g., a law)

Plasticity

Ability to be shaped or changed

Poor

Inferior; substandard

Provoke

To elicit; bring about

Qualify

To provide more detail or make less extreme

Range

Scope

Raw

Unrefined; unfiltered

Realize

To achieve (a goal)

Reconcile

To bring together opposing ideas

Relate

To pass on information

Relay

To pass along information

Reservations

Doubts; misgivings

Reserve

To hold off on

Scale

Level or size

Scrap (v.)

To eliminate; discard

Sheer

Utter; complete

Sound

Stable; valid

Spare

Plain; unadorned

Severe

Plain; unadorned; harsh

Static

Unchanging

Store

Reserve; stockpile

Strength

Significance; importance

Sustain

To withstand; support

Temper

To moderate; make less harsh

Train (v.)

To fixate on; focus

Treat

To alter by processing

Uniform (adj.)

Constant; unvarying

Unqualified

Absolute; without limitations

Upset (v.)

To interfere with an expected outcome

Urge

To argue in favor of; advocate

Want (n.)

Lack; absence

Weight

Seriousness; importance

Yield

To reveal; produce

Arbitrary

Done randomly, without reason

Bolster

To provide support for

Comprehensive

Thorough; complete

Condone

To disregard or pardon an objectionable act

Deter

To discourage; prevent

Disparity

Difference; gap

Diverge

To separate from a path

Doctrine

Principle or set of teachings

Empirical

Derived from experiment or observation

Endeavor

An attempt; try

Esteem (v.)

To hold in high regard

Feasible

Doable; possible

Grievance

A wrong; grounds for complaint

Hypothesis

An educated guess

Idealistic

Cherishing noble, high-minded principles

Indifferent

Not caring; detached

Inevitable

Unavoidable

Innate

Inborn; natural

Innovation

A new invention or discovery

Legislation

Laws; lawmaking

Lofty

High-minded; elevated

Exalted

High-minded; elevated

Moral

Concerned with right and wrong

Paradox

Apparent contradiction

Partisan

Strong adherent to a party or idea

Phenomenon

An occurrence or event

Pragmatic

Practical

Prudent

Practical; careful; wise

Scrutinize

To examine closely

Skeptical

Questioning; doubtful

Stagnation

Failure to progress or grow

Stipulate

To specify a requirement

Subordinate

Lower ranking; secondary

Substantiate

To prove; support with evidence