Vocabulary Word
Perform
Definition
Synonyms
carry out, accomplish, or fulfil (an action, task, or function):I have my duties to perform
accomplish, achieve, act, act up to, behave, bow, bring about, carry out, commit, complete, comply with, declaim, discharge, do, effect, enact, enforce, execute, fill, follow, fulfil, fulfill, function, give, go, hold, implement, keep, keep to, live up to, make, obey, observe, occupy, operate, perpetrate, play, present, produce, put into effect, put on, read out, recite, redeem, render, represent, show, stage, transact, work
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first in order of importance;
main:the country’s principal cities
Principal
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2denoting an original sum invested or lent:the principal amount of your investment
administrator, administratrix, best, boss, capital, cardinal, central, chief, director, first, foremost, grand, great, head, head teacher, headmaster, headmistress, highest, lead, leader, leading, main, manager, managing director, master, most important, paramount, president, primary, prime, rector, school principal, sovereign, star, top, vicechancellor corpus, principal sum , dealer, dean , minor , taskmaster , taskmistress
forming a necessary base or core; of central importance:the protection of fundamental
Fundamental
human rightsinterpretation of evidence is fundamental to the historian’s craft
axiomatic , basal, base, basic, cardinal, central, crucial, elemental, elementary, essential, important, indispensable, ingrained, inherent, intrinsic, key, material, necessary, necessity, organic, primal, primary, prime, rudimentary, staple, underlying, vital , basic principle, principle first harmonic, fundamental frequency profound
Conflict
Precise
a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one:the eternal conflict between the sexes
Clearly expressed or delineated; definite: The victim gave a precise description of the suspect.
action, antagonism, battle, brush, clash, collide, collision, combat, confrontation, contend, contention, contest, contradict, contradiction, contrariety, contravene, differ, difference, difference of opinion, disagree, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, dispute, dissension, encounter, engagement, faction, fight, fray, friction, hostility, incompatibility, infringe, interfere, oppose, opposition, quarrel, repugnace, run afoul, skirmish, strife, struggle, war, warfare accurate, careful, ceremonious, certain, clearcut, correct, critical, definite, delicate, exact, explicit, express, factual, faithful, fastidious, fixed, formal, methodical, meticulous, minute, particular, perfect, prim, proper, punctilious,
puritanical, right, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, special, specific, strict, sure, systematic, true punctual
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1the state or fact of having
a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone:women bear children and take responsibility for childcare
Responsibility
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2the state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something:the group has claimed responsibility for a
accountability, affair, amenability, answerability, assignment, blame, burden, care, charge, commitment, duty, involvement, liability, obligation, office, onus, province, trust dependability, reliability, trustworthiness responsibleness stability
string of murders
Predict
Approximate
say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something:it is too early to predict a result[with clause]:he predicts that the trend will continue
anticipate, augur, bode, call, divine, forebode, forecast, foresee, foretell, prognosticate, promise, prophesy
close to the actual, but not
approach, approximate to, close, close together, come close, near
completely accurate or exact :the
approximative, broad, inexact, rough
approximate time of death estimate, gauge, guess, judge similar
Component
a part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine or vehicle:an assembly plant for imported components
component part, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, member, part, piece, portion, unit
a principle or standard by which something may be judged or
Criteria ( singular : criterion )
decided:they award a green label to products that meet certain environmental criteria
ethics
[usually treated as plural] moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity:medical ethics also enter into the question
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canon, gauge, measure, norm, principle, proof, rule, standard, test, touchstone, yardstick parameter precedent
ethical motive, moral philosophy, morality, morals, principles, standards .
1of or situated on the
inside:the tube had an internal diameter of 1.1 mm
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inside the
body:internal bleeding civil, domestic, home, inner, inside, interior, intimate, inward, national, private
Internal
intragroup
make certain that (something) will occur or be the case:[with
ensure
clause]:the client must ensure that accurate records are kept
Client
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1a person or organization
using the services of a lawyer or other professional person or company:insurance tailor-made
ascertain, assure, check, control, guarantee, guard, insure, protect, safeguard, secure, see, see to it, warrant
buyer, customer, guest, habitue, node, patron, purchaser, shopper
to a client’s specific requirements
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a person being
dealt with by social or medical services:a client referred for counselling
Centre, center, centre, concentrate, converge, focal point, hub, join, meet, nucleus, pore, rivet bring into focus
Focus
the centre of interest or activity:this generation has made the environment a focus of attention
centering, focusing, focusing , concenter nidus sharpen , stress
fail to care for properly:the old
neglect
churchyard has been sadly neglected
abandonment, carelessness, cold-shoulder, default, dereliction, desertion, discrimination, disdain, disregard, disuse, drop, fail, fail to, failure, forget, heedlessness, ignore, inattention, indifference, laxity, laxness, leave out, miss, neglectfulness, negligence, nonperformance, omission, omit, overleap, overlook, oversight, pass, rebuff, reneging, reneguing, renunciation, scorn, slight, spurn fail in slack
injury
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1an instance of being
injured:she suffered an injury to her back
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[mass noun] the fact of being injured;
accidental injury affront, combat injury, damage, detriment, disadvantage, disservice, grievance, harm, hurt, ill, ill-treatment, impairment, indignity, injustice, laceration, lesion, loss, mischief, offence, offense, ruin, scar, trauma, wound, wrong
harm or damage:all escaped without serious injury
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damage to a person’s
feelings:compensation for injury to feelings
strain
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of chief importance;
principal:the government’s
primary
primary aim is to see significant
abecedarian, aboriginal, basal, base, basic, beginning, capital, chief, dominant, earliest, elementary, first, foremost, fundamental, highest, initial, lead, main, original, overriding, paramount, preliminary, primaeval, primaevally, primal, prime, primeval, primevally, primitive, primitively, primordial, primordially, principal, pristine, rudimentary, uppermost
reductions in unemployment primary coil, primary winding primary election primary feather, primary quill ultimate
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occurring continuously over a period of time:the
constant background noise of the city
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remaining the
same over a period of
Constant
time:these discs rotate at a constant speed
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(of a person)
unchangingly faithful
assiduous, attached, ceaseless, certain, changeless, consistent, continual, continuous, dependable, determined, devoted, diligent, durable, endless, eternal, even, everlasting, faithful, firm, fixed, frequent, habitual, immutable, incessant, interminable, invariable, invariant, loyal, never-ending, non-stop, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persevering, persistent, regular, reliable, resolute, settled, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, true, trustworthy, trusty, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, unending, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, uniform, uninterrupted, unremitting, untiring, unvarying, unwavering constant quantity
and dependable:a constant friend
Sufficient
enough; adequate:[as adjective]:he had a small private income which
adequate, ample, competent, enough, equal,
was sufficient for her needs
good, plenty, satisfactory
appreciate, apprehend, catch, comprehend, descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, experience, feel, get, grasp, know, make out, note, notice, observe, recognise, remark, see, sense, spy, take, take in, taste, understand, witness
Perceive
Complex
become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand: his mouth fell open as he perceived the truth
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consisting of many
different and connected parts:a complex network of water channels
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not easy to
analyse or understand; complicated or
abstract, abstruse, complicated, composite, compound, convoluted, difficult, elaborate, hard, heavy, heterogeneous, intricate, involved, knotty, mingled, mixed, perplexing, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous building complex coordination compound
intricate:a complex personalitythe situation is more complex than it appears
fixation, hang-up, obsession, phobia manifold, multifarious, multiple network, structure, system
a piece of work to be done or undertaken:a new manager was
Task
given the task of developing the club’s talent
the way a thing turns out; a
outcomes
Maximum
consequence :it is the outcome of the vote that counts
the greatest amount, extent, or intensity possible, permitted, or recorded:the school takes a maximum of 32 pupils
assignment, chore, commission, duty, job, labor, mission, project, tax, undertaking, work.
aftermath, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, end, event, fate, fruit, issue, outgrowth, product, resolution, result, sequel, upshot greatest, height, highest, level best, limit, maximal, peak, pinnacle, summit, supreme, top, topmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost upper limit