Unit 5: Lesson 1

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  1. debate
    discuss the pros and cons of an issue
  2. deduce
    reason from the general to the particular
  3. license
    a legal document giving official permission to do something
  4. sufficient
    of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement
  5. trend
    the popular taste at a given time
  6. contrast
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
  7. contradiction
    opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
  8. statistic
    a datum that can be represented numerically
  9. informational
    relating to or conveying facts and knowledge
  10. structure
    the building of something and the arrangement of its parts
  11. heading
    a line of text indicating what the passage below it is about
  12. cause
    any entity that produces an effect
  13. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  14. compare
    consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
  15. purpose
    what something is used for
  16. message
    a communication that is written or spoken or signaled
  17. pronoun
    a function word that is used in place of a noun
  18. antecedent
    the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
  19. agreement
    in grammar, the correspondence between two words
  20. adaptable
    capable of fitting a particular situation or use
  21. insulate
    surround with material to protect from heat, cold, or noise
  22. lethal
    of an instrument of certain death
  23. dependent
    relying on or requiring a person or thing for support
  24. deplete
    use up, as resources or materials
  25. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
Created on Fri Sep 11 12:13:08 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Sep 14 11:43:25 EDT 2020)

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