not based on a particular instance; theoretical
Love is an abstract concept for many people.
aspects
a component part or quality
What aspect of her personality do you like?
bare
scarcely or just sufficient
She lived simply by only purchasing the bare necessities.
components
a part of a whole of something
The English course has three components: literature analysis, grammar and writing.
considerations
A factor to be considered in forming a judgment or decision
The amount of scholarship offered was the most important consideration in choosing a university.
context
the text or speech that comes immediately before and after a particular phrase or piece of text and helps to explain its meaning
Although she did not understand the word, she was guess the meaning from the context.
essentials
something fundamental
Water is essential to human survival.
glean
to collect information in small amounts and often with difficulty
I was not able to glean much information from the police.
govern
to influence the action or conduct of
They were not sure what governs public opinion of the presidential candidates.
inflections
a change in or addition to the form of a word which shows a change in the way it is used in sentences
If you add the plural inflection '-s' to 'cat' you get 'cats'.
intimately
showing a close union or combination
Language acquisition and intelligence are intimately associated with each other.
medium
a way of expressing something
She represented the tragedy through the medium of dance.
prefixes
a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word
In the word 'submarine', 'sub-' is the prefix.
retain
to continue to have something; to keep something
Even by the afternoon, the day had retained the morning’s freshness.
reverse
to change the direction, order or position
She purchased a lottery ticket; she hoped to reverse her luck.
specifics
exact details
He could not discuss the specifics of the investigation.
structure
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized
The grammatical structure of the two languages is quite different.
suffixes
a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new word
The suffix of a word can change the function of the word.
syntax
the grammatical arrangement of words in a sentence
Research of the two languages revealed their syntax to be very similar.
word order
the way in which words are arranged in sequence in a sentence
Latin is an inflected language where word order is not as important as the English language.
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