Cambridge Academic English Advanced Vocabulary - Unit 1
per capita (adj)
for each person
ills (n)
problems
qualitative (adj)
relating to how good something is and not how much of it there is
quantitative (adj)
relating to quantity (= the amount or number of something)
peer (n)
someone who is the same age, or who has the same social position or abilities as other members of a group
skepticism (n)
when you doubt that something is true or useful
ethical dilemma (phr)
a difficult choice relating to what you believe is right or wrong
empirical (adj)
based on experience or scientific experiments and not only on ideas
incontrovertible (adj)
certainly true
critical thinking (phr)
giving judgements and opinions on books, plays, films, etc.
supporting evidence (phr)
information which helps to show something to be true
collaborative (adj)
involving two or more people working together for a special purpose
working knowledge (phr)
knowledge about something which is good enough to be useful
grey area (phr)
something which people are not certain about, usually because there are no clear rules for it
corpus (n)
the collection of written and sometimes spoken material collected to show the sate of a language, or about a particular subject
target audience (n)
the particular group of people to which an advertisement, a product, a website, or a television or radio programme is directed
correlate (v)
to connect two or more things, often one in which one of them causes or influences the other
evaluate (v)
to consider something carefully and decide how good or bad it is
outline (v)
to describe only the most important ideas or facts about something
go hand in hand (phr)
to exist together and be connected with each other
break through (phr)
to force yourself through something difficult or that is holding you back
conceptualise (v)
to form an idea or principle in your mind
back up (phr)
to prove that something is true
contend (v)
to say that something is true
outright (adj)
total, clear, and certain
product placement (n)
when a company advertises a product by supplying it for use in films or television programmes