PNJA COM VOCAB LIST YEAR ONE
SORTED BY ARTICLES
TEACHING HUMANITY
anxiety assignment blind spot bureaucrats citizen; citizen of the world community complex understanding copious counterproductive critical capacity crucially; crucial curriculum; curricula decent defensiveness ethnicity faculty feedback on flurry fraught with fear gender
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haste idiosyncratic ignorant imaginative inner eyes insight into instruction in interaction interactivity irrational; irrationality issue liberal arts local loyalties multiple-choice nonhierarchical; hierarchical; hierarchy obtuse; obtusely; obtuseness parochialism; parochial perception pluralized society predicament
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prejudice profit motive profitability raft rational; rationality; responsiveness scientific selfishness sheer fun sloppiness; sloppy snag suspicion the humanities to approach to attract philanthropic support to be at risk to be treated; to treat to carry sth over into to craft to cripple
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to cultivate to cultivate sympathy to foster to hold a chair to imagine sympathetically to participate to promote dialogue to put on sth together to refine to strive to do sth to think critically to transcend undergraduate urban venue for vice-chancellor; chancellor vision of the unseen vital whirlpool
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WHERE FREE IS A CROWD
ad, advert, advertisement as good as it gets at the mercy of brand brethren bright spot challenger circular ad circulation dominance drop in entertainment news entrant executives foe free newspapers free papers gambit genuine |
gossip hard-nosed hefty in great shape income from in-depth comment lengthy lighthearted content longevity mature mischievous newsstand niche market numerous opening print run opinionated parent company read readership reviews |
ripple sheet skinny spoiler steep stockbrokers storied subway tabloid to accommodate to aim for to assert to blend to buck to cannibalise to cater to to challenge sth to deprive sb/sth of to dip to fight off |
to guarantee to head for to lure to match to poach to publish to pull the launch to rely on; reliance on to share to smack in to strive to to suffer from to turn a profit to walk off top headline coverage tricky urbanite walkout |
WHY GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS
amygdala anterior cingulated cortex at first glance auburn backlash behavioural brain chemistry brain chemistry brushoff (to get a) bunk case meeting civil-right activist clinical experience cognitive behavioural therapy common sense cortisol decade dopamine drive to early-onset empathy estrogen extramarital affair facial expression female-centred fluctuation frustrated gender difference
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gender stereotype gender-specific gender-specific psychiatry genetic wiring genetically superior gland gut instinct hard-wiring heresy high-functioning hippocampus hormonal imperative hormone fluctuations hormone-replacement therapy hype alert hypothalamus immunology in the same breath inferiority =/= superiority innumerable insight insula internship interplay (between X and Y) intuition lab test marital marriage counselling
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meaningless medical specialty member memory loss mental health meta-analysis minefield missionary mood mood centre neuroimaging neuropsychiatrist nonverbal nonverbal cue nothing short of nurturing behaviour off-colour overall health owner's manual oxytocin persistent anxiety PMS premenstrual syndrome political correction; politically correct postmenopoausal pregnancy prolactin prone to psychiatry
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psychopharmacology puberty resident routine severe sex-specific sex-specific behaviour short-term memory strain supportive teachable text messaging to affect to attend to be awash to be baffled to be obsessed with to bewilder; bewildering to breast-feed to come in to complain of to debase to dial up to expand to focus on to forgo to gravitate to sth to imply
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to make a reputation for to measure; measurable to meld to mess up to nurture to nurture; nurture to open sth up to to oppress to outrage to perceive to pinpoint to prompt to spark controversy to suppress to take the/some heat to tick off to track to trigger to undercutto reinforce to work in concert underpinning unfazed wakeful working mother
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SEGWAY RIDDLE
acceptable; -ly adopter battery powered breakthrough carless cautious chasm chicken-or-egg-problem congested; congestion control shaft display module downtown =/= uptown etiquette
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feat of engineering gap in synch with intuitive inveterate managing director market penetration marvel mere minor =/= major mission-critical multiplicative niche
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niche market paltry pavement public security agency Segway personal transporter (PT) self-balancing steering grip the hard way to banish sb/sth from to establish oneself in the market to expect to leap to make a leap
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to roll out to shape; shape to snap up to solve; solution to soup up to spring for to temper to unveil to win over sb treacherous unique wireless wrist
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EATING BY NUMBERS
a range of foods a staggering (number) acceptable daily intake (ADI) saccharin accurate representation acesulfame-K acute adverse reaction additive additive studies adverse effect adverse reaction allergen allergic reaction to sth allergic skin rash allergy alongside amount animal studies anti-oxidant artificial ingredient aspartame asthma asthmatic azorubine bacon benzoate benzoic acid bladder cancer cancer-causing carcinogen chemical chronic headache colouring agent colouring compound compound conclusive; conclusively confidential congestion |
consumer contaminants corned beef dermatitis difficulty breathing discolouration dye eczema emulsifier E-number evaluation process evidence expert panel exposure to sth flavour flavouring (n) flavouring compound flushed skin food additive food additives industry food packet food poisoning food scare foodstuff frankfurter ham hazard; hazardous health and safety officer health official hives hyperactive child in the public domain incidence inconsistent independent laboratory inflammation ingredients intense studies itching legitimate link between luncheon meat manufacture |
monosodium glutamate mould nasal apssage nettle nettle rash offender opportunistic over a life-time polyphosphate porpyl galate potassium sorbate preservative rancid ready meal relevance; relevant respiratory system rhinitis safety level sausage selective shelf-life significant risk to sth smoked fish sneezing sodium nitrite soft drink squash drink stabiliser sufferer sugar substitute suitable sulphite sweetener sweetening compound tartrazine testicular testing system texture the premises therefore thyroid to acknowledge widely |
to affect sb to aggravate to ban to be confronted by to be consumed to be declared safe to be exposed to be financially beholden to sth to be triggered in sb to bewilder; bewildering to boil down to sth to bring on to carry out a study on sth to collect evidence to come under scrutiny to conduct studies to erupt in rash to establish to exacerbate to fund sth to have a sensitivity to sth to have an effect on sth to have one's reservations to have relevance to to link sth to sth to list to move off to permit to pose toxic hazard to provide a model to question one's relevance to raise doubts to regulate tightly; tightly regulated to report headache, nausea to suffer from to turn over to vest trade unions tumour up-to-date study urticaria wheezing yeast |
THE NEW SPACE RACE
a few and far between air traffic annual revenue Arctic Circle astronaut-training facility backdrop base billionaire entrepreneur boom centrifuge ride commercial firm commercial space tourism consulting firm crown prince demand for developers headquarters high-altitude jet ride |
hub hype industrial firm interactive visitor-centre investor; investment; to invest launchpad market-research firm missile range mogul outer space private player public education rocket range rocket-bound tourist runway satellite launcher |
space nut space simulation spaceport spaceport spectacular staright upward starry-eyed stratosphere suborbital flight superrich thrill seeker to approve a license to be bent on to be underway to break ground to catch a fever to catch rocket fever to fill a demand |
to fund to generate to line up to open up for to partner with to release to soar to soar to vie tourist boom training facility underway waiting area weightlessness white-knuckle ride within reach zero-gravity flight |
MADONNA FINDS A CAUSE
act of publicity advocacy affiliation agricultural productivity agricultural supply aid organization A-list star argot aroma bits and bobs camaraderie celanthropist (celebrity + philanthropist) community coordinated crop developing world development expert dilettante drought economic guru
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facial deformity fatigue feeling of fatigue folk full-blown good will hunt hard sell in abundance in excess initially Kabbalah life-changing light bulb limelight=spotlight low-cost lucrative malaria mentally ill mistress millennium village
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modest mysticism on a fling orphan-care center orphans philantropist piped water plight poverty practice precept pungent rarity robust simultaneously skepticism spirituality tabloids thatched roof to adapt
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to attribute to back sth up to covet to enforce by law to faze to feed to finance to fund to get in touch to get someone interested in to have a passport stamped to look blank to make a difference to nudge to recognize and opportunity to sink one's teeth into to the tune of tobacco unacceptable well
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HOW TO KILL A TIGER
affluent bill bleak bleak future bullet hole cash register conservation debate core tiger reserve demand ecological extinction emergence expose extinction feline fence government agency greed grim grim future ground bones in the act ineffective informant insomnia ire
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jagged jewelry lame luxury park ranger paw pelt pelt dealer pelt showing penis poacher poaching boom powdered bones preservation effort promising idea rheumatism ruthless sanctuary showcase significant swatch (sample of pelt) tendonitis tip-off to be poised to disappear to condense
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to convene to crowd off to dwindle (population dwindles) to electrocute to empty to hawk to howl to nab to nail sb in the act to plunge (population plunges) to plunge a spear down the throat to poison to pounce to recruit staff to relieve fever to revel to rouse to shrink (population shrinks, a piece of fabric does too) to slaughter to slip through one's fingers to smuggle; smuggling to snare to set a trap to sniff to streamline to take the burden away from
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to take w wrong step to tear out tribal group unbelievable unblemished undercover undercover visit under-funded understaffed unfurl unique up for a debate vendor virility virtual shopping mall wall hanging watering hole well-funded whiskers wild tiger population wildlife expert wildlife-crime bureau
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BRING THEM BACK
accountancy African disease alongside amendment antideportations group asylum applications average bureaucratic limbo busload butter tub by a majority of x% citizen citizenship collective mind construction crew cream of sth departure depressingly detention centre economic migrants election rally enthusiasm European Court of Human Rights familiar foreign labourer formidable fraction government rations government-funded grim gross domestic product gunshot |
hairdresser homogenous hostel illegal immigrants midlands migrant newborns officialdom on the outskirts of out of fear petition plea plight principal processing time property value referendum refugee application refugees religious violence residency status resident shattering sleepy town slum tale think-tank to approve an amendment to await a verdict to be at peace to be civil about sth to be fiercely determined |
to be granted permission to be undaunted to be unheard of to befriend sb to boost to bribe to champion the cause to come to to command attention to declare support to deny to embrace to escort to evaporate to expand to face deportation to face obstacles to fear to feel sympathy for to flee sth to get a warning to give in on sth to go into hiding to grant asylum to sb to grant citizenship to house asylum seekers to house sb to immigrate to integrate to keep foreigners out to leave behind; to be left behind to live on government rations to live on sth |
to pass a motion to plod across to raid a religious event to reconsider to redefine rules to refuse to do sth to request asylum to reside legally to restrict immigrants to rise crime rate to scrounge to seek refuge to sent shivers through sb to settle to take a case to court to take to the streets to turn around trade unions trailer park twist umbrella group unanimous under the constitution underpaid uphill battle upset vaccination against verdict on one's appeal vocational classes |
NATURAL HEALING
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