Academic vocabulary: Group 15
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appeal - argument - arise - chief - consist - coordinate - except - fundamental - innovation - mechanism - mental - modify - outstanding - prefer - random - ratio - sum - suppose - tradition - unless
consist | 1. | The cakes ........... of flour, sugar, eggs and milk. |
coordinate | 2. | If we want this plan to be a success, we need to ........... our resources very carefully. |
outstanding | 3. | This is an ........... piece of work. Well done! |
prefer | 4. | What would you ........... to do today? Write a dictation or watch a video? |
arise | 5. | His problems at school started to ........... when he began spending hours on the internet every evening. |
mechanism | 6. | There is a very clear ........... in the school for expelling students who do not follow the rules. |
except | 7. | You can take any book ........... this one. I'm reading it. |
argument | 8. | His ........... is that if we don't cut taxes, then unemployment will rise. |
chief | 9. | Our ........... problem is how to convince the governors that we are right. |
mental | 10. | The student was suffering from ........... and physical problems as a result of taking drugs for several months. |
sum | 11. | The school had to pay a small ........... to the parents of the boy who hurt his arm on the ski trip. |
unless | 12. | You will fail the course ........... you start working harder. |
appeal | 13. | The parents decided to ........... against the school's expulsion their son. |
tradition | 14. | It is a ........... in my family for everyone to get together for Sunday lunch. |
modify | 15. | The government decided to ........... their plans after thousands of people demonstrated on the streets of the capital city. |
fundamental | 16. | It is of ........... importance that you learn academic vocabulary. |
ratio | 17. | The ........... of native-English speakers and non-native-English speakers at the school is about 40% : 60%. |
innovation | 18. | Requiring students to leave the school building at lunchtime is not a very popular ........... from the new principal. |
random | 19. | When you are doing the lottery, do you pick numbers at ........... , or do you have a system? |
suppose | 20. | I ........... we are going to have a test on this. - You are right! |
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