Academic Word ListSublist 1

References: www.dictionary.comby Nohora Escobar

PRONUNCIATION: conSIStent. DEFINITION: - Agreeing or accordant; compatible; not self

contradictory.- Constantly adhering to the same principles, course,

form, etc.- He’s Holding firmly together; cohering. SYNONYM(S): coherent; congruous, reliable;

consonant; conformable. ANTONYMS: disagreeing; erratic; incongruous,

inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, varying, irreproducible, incoherent, heterogeneous.

CONSISTENT (adj)

WORD FAMILY WORDS: - Quasiconsistent: adj - Consistently: adv. - Quasiconsistently: adv

SENTENCE(S): - His views and actions are CONSISTENT. - The evidence is CONSISTENT with the defendant’s

statement.- He’s one of the most CONSISTENT hitters in the league.

CONSISTENT (adj)

PRONUNCIATION: constiTUtion DEFINITION: - The way in which a thing is composed or made up; makeup;

composition.- The physical character of the body as to strength, health, etc. - The aggregate of a person's physical and psychological

characteristics.- The act or process of constituting; establishment. - The state of being constituted; formation. SYNONYM(S): architecture; build; character; composition;

construction; content; design; essence; form; habit; nature; structure.

ANTONYMS(S): Anticonstitution.

CONSTITUTION (n)

WORD FAMILY WORDS: - Anticonstitution: adj

SENTENCE(S): - The chemical CONSTITUTION of the cleanser.- He has a strong CONSTITUTION.- The CONSTITUTION of the United States, written in

1787 and put into effect in 1789.

CONSTITUTION (n)

PRONUNCIATION: CONtext DEFINITION: - The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede

or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect.

- The set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc.

SYNONYM(S): background, milieu, climate. WORD FAMILY WORDS: - Contextless: adj

CONTEXT (n)

SENTENCE(S): - You have misinterpreted my remark because you took it

out of CONTEXT.- The course places the history of medicine in a social and

cultural CONTEXT. - Then the teacher can move from that to a classroom

CONTEXT.

CONTEXT (n)