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Learning language useful for a-level history essay writing

Terms for Change

• Advanced

• Evolved

• Transformed

• Adapted

• Modified

• Transitioned

• Differed

• Reformed

• Shifted

• Replaced

Terms for continuity

• Persisted

• Prolonged

• Endured

• Upheld

• Preserved

• Retained

• Remained

• Maintained

• Expediated

• Perpetuated

Words for describing Impact

• Inconsequential

• Superficial

• Insignificant

• Ground-breaking

• Pivotal

• Symbolic

• Emblematic

• Profound

• Revolutionary

• Momentous

Terms for Balancing arguments

• Whilst

• Whereas

• Although

• But

• Similarly 

• Equally

• Conversely

• Contrastingly

Terms for describing success

• Prospered

• Mobilised

• Consolidated

• Boosted

• Unified

• Demoralised

• Destabilised

• Crippled

• Disastrous

Terms for got better

• Progress

• Improved

• Helped

• Advanced

• Developed

• Bettered

• Enhanced

• Modernised

• Reformed

• Gained

Terms for Got worse

• Regressed

• Declined

• Hindered

• Reversed

• Divided Deteriorated

• Impeded

• Inhibited

• Overturned

• Exhausted

Terms for control

• Censored

• Suppressed

• Halted

• Resisted

• Stemmed

• Contained

• Deterred

• Limited

• Oppressed Repressed

Terms for time

• Afterwards

• Previously

• Formerly

• Hitherto

• Thereafter

• Beforehand

• Subsequently

• Prior to

• Following

• Consequently

Terms for speed

• Gradual

• Uneven

• Erratic

• Steady

• Constant

• Consistent

• Ongoing

• Sustained

• Rapid

• Accelerated