Academic vocabulary: Group 16

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agent - aspect - aware - combine - consent - constant - desire - eliminate - exceed - factor - illustrate - immediate - incorporate - integrate - organize - outline - repeat - reverse - typical - verify

constant	1.	There was a ........... noise coming from the classroom above.
organize	2.	You need to ........... your ideas a little better. It's difficult to follow what you are trying to say.
agent	3.	Most people employ an ........... when they want to buy or sell a house.
combine	4.	When two atoms of hydrogen ........... with one of oxygen, then the result is H₂O, water.
aware	5.	I am ........... of her problems at home, but this doesn't mean that she can be rude and disruptive in school.
reverse	6.	If you ........... the page, you will see the map I would like you to copy.
illustrate	7.	You may have learned the steps of the scientific method but, in your preparation, failed to ........... each step with an example.
outline	8.	Before doing a longer piece of writing it is usually a good idea to make an ........... to organize your main ideas.
typical	9.	Headaches and sleeplessness are ........... problems of a student who has just moved here from a different country.
aspect	10.	An ........... of English that many learners find difficult is verb grammar.
exceed	11.	Your good grades in the report ........... my expectations. Well done!
repeat	12.	Could you please ........... the question. I didn't understand what you said.
eliminate	13.	If you could ........... some of the unnecessary spelling and punctuation errors, your work would be even better.
immediate	14.	My ........... reaction was that something had happened to him on the way to school.
integrate	15.	The school does a lot to ........... new families, with information meetings, translation services, etc.
verify	16.	My parents will ........... that I did this work without help.
consent	17.	In most school parents are asked to ........... to their child participating in sex education lessons.
desire	18.	Which do you ........... the more: health or wealth?
factor	19.	A major ........... in our decision is how long it will take.
incorporate	20.	Most language lessons ........... the chance for the students to practise speaking.

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