Academic vocabulary: Group 27
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apart - attitude - bias - clarify - collaborate - consequence - counsel - denote - justify - proportion - recover - reliable - simultaneously - struggle - substitute - superior - suspect - sustain - trace - victory
| reliable | 1. | My friend is very ........... ; if she says she will do something she never forgets it. |
| substitute | 2. | My regular mathematics teacher is sick so we have had a ........... for the last 2 weeks. |
| justify | 3. | She was unable to ........... her poor behaviour, but promised never to repeat it. |
| victory | 4. | Thanks to his ........... in the last Grand Prix of the season, Michael Schumacher won the World Championship. |
| attitude | 5. | The government has changed its ........... to nuclear power now that the cost of oil has been so high for the past few years. |
| bias | 6. | Her family were persecuted by the Nazis, so it's no surprise that she shows ........... against the Germans. |
| struggle | 7. | It was a real ........... at first, but now I've learned some English, everything has got much easier. |
| consequence | 8. | The ........... of all your hard work is an excellent exam score. Well done! |
| simultaneously | 9. | Some students claim that they can ........... watch TV and do their homework. |
| recover | 10. | Did you ........... the book that was taken from your bag? |
| collaborate | 11. | Some new students to the school find it unusual that teachers expect them to ........... with other students to complete homework assignments. |
| denote | 12. | It is not clear what these symbols at the end of the webpage ........... . |
| clarify | 13. | Could you please ........... the homework for me? I'm not sure I understand. |
| sustain | 14. | If you ........... your efforts you have a good chance of exiting ESL at the end of the year. |
| superior | 15. | This piece of work is much ........... to your last one. I'm glad to see you are getting better. |
| suspect | 16. | I ........... that problems at home are the reason for her poor performance in school. |
| apart | 17. | People who love each other do not like to be ........... . |
| trace | 18. | There is no ........... of an original idea in this essay. |
| proportion | 19. | What ........... of students at this come comes from Asia? - About 35% I think! |
| counsel | 20. | Students who have problems at home often seek the ........... of a trusted teacher at school. |
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