Academic vocabulary: Group 31

absent - accordingly - adhere - arbitrary - attain - behave - evident - evolve - fault - formulate - interfere - margin - mixture - obligation - react - refuse - revise - royal - trigger - undertake
evolve1.It is interesting to think about how teaching will ........... under the influence of digital technologies.
interfere2.He has a heavy accent but this does not ........... with understanding what he means.
mixture3.The test will be a ........... of reading comprehension passages and short writing texts.
undertake4.Teachers ........... to improve student scores in standardized tests by doing 5 minutes practice at the start of every lesson.
revise5.The third stage of the writing process is when you ........... your work. This means that you make any necessary changes to its structure or content.
margin6.The ........... between success and failure is often very small.
accordingly7.Those are the rules of the school and I expect you to behave ........... .
attain8.If you work harder, you will ........... a better grade next term.
refuse9.I ........... to sit next to John any more. He never lets me work.
behave10.Standing on the table is certainly no way to ........... in the cafeteria!
formulate11.I often find it difficult to ........... my advice so that the ESL beginners in the class can understand me.
fault12.It is not really her ........... that she comes late to school so often. She lives a long way away, and often gets stuck in a traffic jam.
obligation13.All children below the age of 16 have the ........... to attend school.
evident14.It is ........... that she has a talent for languages. She has learned English very quickly this year.
arbitrary15.The pass / fail grade is not ........... . It was set at 45% after much thought and discussion.
royal16.The ........... family is expected to drive past the school tomorrow morning. The children will be standing by the road waving flags.
absent17.If you are ........... much more often, you are in danger of failing the class.
trigger18.Bright flashing lights ........... headaches in some people.
adhere19.If you do not ........... to the rules of the school, you will be asked to leave.
react20.The teacher look like she was going to ........... angrily when I came late, but fortunately for me, she didn't!
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