Water has very strong hydrogen bonds (intermolecular forces) due the large difference in electronegavities of hydrogen (2.2) and oxygen (3.5). This means it would be unfavourable for water to break it's intermolecular forces and form intermolecular forces with another substances as the strength...
Listing is simply providing a set of terms about a certain topic, one after the other. For example:
Australia is coastal, urban, suburban, rural, mountainous and geographically-isolated.
Cumulative detail is similar to descriptive language. The difference is it concentrates on describing one thing in alot of detail, thus the imagery of a particular thing accumulates (is continually building up) in the responder's mind.
Correct me if I'm wrong english academics.
I can relate. I've been putting in heaps of work but I am severely under-prepared for my exams starting in 5 days (despite the fact I do ALL the work and more)! :( I think I'll fail chemistry and PDHPE.