Academic vocabulary: Group 18
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accomplish - acquire - compete - constitute - distinguish - efficient - eligible - extremely - highlight - permanent - preserve - publish - reasonable - remote - respectively - retain - reveal - succeed - sufficient - truth
| reasonable | 1. | You have made ........... progress in English this trimester. |
| respectively | 2. | John and Mary gained test scores of 75% and 79% ........... . |
| eligible | 3. | Any student who is at least 13 years old on September 30 is ........... to enter the mathematics competition. |
| constitute | 4. | Two grade B's and three grade A's ........... an excellent set of scores for the trimester. |
| acquire | 5. | Where did you ........... your knowledge of ocean ecology? |
| permanent | 6. | Do not write on the board with ........... ink. It cannot be erased. |
| reveal | 7. | She finally was able to ........... her true ability with an excellent score in the end of year test. |
| succeed | 8. | If you want to ........... in school you will have to study hard! |
| accomplish | 9. | It is surprising what you can ........... if you make an effort. |
| efficient | 10. | Your vocabulary test scores are good but you take twice as long to learn the words as the other students. You need to use a more ........... method. |
| publish | 11. | The school has decided from now on to ........... its Teacher-Parent newsletter on the website, and not on paper. |
| distinguish | 12. | Exam question: ........... between the function of the iris and the function of the cornea. |
| compete | 13. | This is an activity in which I expect you to work together. Do not try to ........... with each other. |
| highlight | 14. | Teachers often ........... student grammar errors with a yellow marker pen. |
| truth | 15. | I would like to know the ........... of what happened in the computer lab at lunchtime. |
| sufficient | 16. | The school does not have ........... money to build a new cafeteria. |
| remote | 17. | There is only a ........... chance that she will pass her examinations. She has not been working well at in recent weeks. |
| retain | 18. | You can ........... this book until the end of the school year. |
| preserve | 19. | It's difficult to ........... your good mood if it's hot and loud in the classroom, you have a headache, and the work is very boring. |
| extremely | 20. | Global warming is an ........... serious problem facing today's word. |
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