Academic vocabulary: Group 32
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absolutely - anonymous - attribute - compatible - conform - constraint - enlarge - expose - extract - incentive - intention - namely - occasion - perceive - plenty - protest - satisfactory - settle - transmit - verbal
| plenty | 1. | One enjoyable way to improve in English is to do ........... of reading. |
| intention | 2. | I have no ........... of being a teacher when I leave school. I want to earn more money! |
| expose | 3. | Journalists were able to ........... the government's secret plan to raise taxes. |
| constraint | 4. | There is no ........... upon her behaviour at home. She is allowed to do whatever she wants. |
| enlarge | 5. | We are going to ........... this photograph to poster size and put it on the classroom wall. |
| occasion | 6. | On the one ........... I got to school early, the building was closed because of a fire alarm. |
| anonymous | 7. | The school received an ........... email with complaints against one of the teachers. |
| settle | 8. | The headmaster called a meeting to try to ........... the dispute between the two teachers. |
| attribute | 9. | The main ........... of a good teacher is knowledge of his or her subject. |
| extract | 10. | The dentist needed to ........... my back tooth. It had become badly infected. |
| perceive | 11. | If you look carefully, you will ........... that the ice is starting to melt. |
| compatible | 12. | The school made a mistake when buying new computers. They are not ........... with the printers we have. |
| protest | 13. | The students began to ........... when their teacher told them they would have a test on the last day before Christmas. |
| absolutely | 14. | Are you ........... sure that you gave me your homework? |
| namely | 15. | He has two problems; ........... his inability to concentrate in class and his unwillingness to do homework. |
| incentive | 16. | There's no ........... to make an effort if the teacher never gives you back your work. |
| satisfactory | 17. | Your work is ........... but I'm sure you could do better if you tried harder. |
| transmit | 18. | You have learned this lesson that water and other liquids ........... sound better than air. |
| verbal | 19. | Her ........... skills are very good; she has much more difficulty with calculation. |
| conform | 20. | If you wish to remain at this school, you will have to ........... to its rules. |
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