JO12: English 5 - JO - Academic Vocabulary

Essential vocabulary for the fifth semester bachelor′s degree in journalism and organizational communication at the ZHAW.

Essential vocabulary for the fifth semester bachelor′s degree in journalism and organizational communication at the ZHAW.

Pascal Wiederkehr

Pascal Wiederkehr

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framework (noun)

a system of rules, ideas or beliefs that is used to plan or decide something

scope (noun)

The things that a particular activity or organization or subject deals with

acquire (verb) / acquisition (noun)

obtain something

consume (verb) / consumption (noun)

use something (time, energy) in large amounts

comprise (verb)

be made up of

comprehensive (adj)

including many details or aspects of something

retain (verb) / retention (noun)

keep / remember facts and figures

deter (verb) / deterrent (noun)

stop/prevent someone from doing something

assimilate (verb) / assimilation (noun)

take in, fit in

comply (with) (verb) / compliance (noun)

act according to rules

gather (verb)

collect

specify (verb) / specific (adj) / specification (noun)

state something clearly

purpose (noun)

aim/the reason for something

involve (verb) / involvement (noun)

contain as a part

fluctuate (verb) / fluctuation (noun)

change or vary

essential (adj) / essentially (adv)

important

constraint (noun) / constrain (verb)

something that restricts action

(in)sufficient (adj) / (in)sufficiently (adv)

enough for a particular purpose

enhance (verb) / enhancement (noun)

improve

(un)reliable (adj) / reliability (noun) / rely (on) (verb)

the journal is a reliable source of information

predict (verb) / predictor (noun) / prediction (noun) / predictable (adj)

say that something will happen based on knowledge or experience

derive (from) (verb) (often used in passive form)

come from

initiate (verb)

cause something to begin

ambiguity (noun) / ambigous (adj)

having one or more possible meanings

design (verb / noun)

plan

(un)available (adj) / availability (noun)

able to be obtained, used or reached

emerge (verb) / emergence (noun)

become known / appear

distinguish (verb) / distinguishable (adj)

mark as different

expose someone to sth. (verb) / exposure (noun)

allow them to experience something (sometimes unpleasant)

credible (adj) / credibility (noun)

able to be believed or trusted

deviate (verb) / deviation (noun)

a difference in the usual or expected way of doing something

cumulative (adj)

increasing by one addition after another

address (verb) (an issue/problem)

deal with a matter or problem

claim (verb/noun)

say sth. is true or a fact

advocate (verb)

support (usuall publicly)

parameter (noun)

a limit that affects how something can be done

exclude (verb) / exclusion (noun)

keep something out or omit

cease (verb)

stop

access (verb, noun)

the right to have or use something

prevent (verb) / prevention (noun) / preventive (adj)

stop something from happening