Vocabulary List #5 Time Efficiency

1. Vocabulary List #5 Time Efficiency ESL 201/202 Week #3

2. Adjust (v) • To change; to get accustomed to something • Adjustment; adjustable • When you move abroad you must adjust to life in your new country.

3. Arbitrary (adj) • Chosen simply by whim or chance, not for any specific reason • Arbitrate (v); arbitrator (n); arbitrarily (adj) • You must not pick your university arbitrarily.

4. Denominator (n) • The number written below the line in a fraction • Denominate (v); denomination (n); denominational (adj) • Catholicism is a denomination of Christianity.

5. Exponentially (adv) • At a very fast rate • Exponent (n); exponential (adj) • Your English will improve exponentially if you study very hard.

6. Infinitesimal (adj) • Immeasurably small • Infinitesimally (adv) • It was important to the factory to get make sure the levels of pollutants in their reservoir was infinitesimally small.

7. Maximize (v) • To increase or make as great as possible • Maximum (n); maximum (adj) • University in America will allow you to maximize your potential.

8. Parallel (adj) • Being an equal distance apart everywhere • Parallel (adj); parallel (n) • The opposite of parallel is perpendicular.

9. Proportion (n) • A part in relation to the whole • Proportionate (adj); proportionally (adv) • A portion of every day must be used for studying English.

10. Rate (n) • The cost per unit of a good or service; the motion or change that happens in a certain time • Rate (v); rating (n) • The rate at which you will learn English in this course will be very quick.

11. Sequence (v) • To organize or arrange in succession • Sequence (n); sequentially (adv) • It is important to learn a new skill in the proper sequence.