essay vocabulary

• augment: to make larger, increase
• appeal: an urgent or serious request to the public
• adjacent: next to or adjoining something else
• accumulate: gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of
• adapt: to make something suitable for a new use or purpose; modify
• adequate: sufficient in quantity or quality; enough
• analyse: to examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something
• anticipate: regard as probable; expect or predit
• apparent: clear, obvious, or easily seen or understood
• articulate: expressing oneself clearly and effectively
• aspect: one part or feature of something considered separately from other parts or features
• authenticity: the state of being authentic; genuineness
• attribute: an action or process that is characteristic of someone or something
• appropriate: suitable or proper in circumstances
• benefit: an advantage or profit gained from something
• catastrophe: an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster
• chronological: arranged in the order it happened
• citizen: a legally recognised subject or national of a state or commonwealth
• civilisation: the society, culture, and way of life of a particular area
• compose: to create or write
• conclusion: a judgement or decision reached by reasoning
• congruent: in agreement or harmony
• consequence: a result of effect of an action or condition
• construct: to build
• contribute: to give something in order to help achieve something
• declare: solemnly and formally announce or proclaim something; to state
• drastic: likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect
• elaborate: involving many carefully arranged parts or details
• encourage: to give support, confidence or hope
• evaluate: to form an idea; assess; judgement
• exaggerate: to represent something as being larger, better, or worse
• genuine: truly what something is said to be; authentic
• factor: a circumstance, fact or influence that contributes to a result or outcome
• assert: to state something with confidence and firmness