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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
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/ˈvælɪd/
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significantadjectiveLarge or important enough to have an effect.
stabiliseverbTo stop changing and stay at a steady level.
shed light onTo help people understand something better.
paraphraseverbTo say the same thing again using different words.
consequencenounA result of an action or situation.
advocatenounTo support something publicly.
back upPhrasal verbTo support a claim or to make a copy of data.
run out ofPhrasal verbTo use all of something so that none is left.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)