Academic vocabulary: Group 35
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ban - definitely - depart - deserve - differentiate - dominate - forecast - instant - manufacture - neutral - privilege - prospect - reinforce - sole - sphere - steady - strict - terminate - thorough - voluntary
voluntary | 1. | The school is looking for students who would like to do ........... work at the local old people's home. |
reinforce | 2. | The school is planning to ........... the classroom doors to make them less easy to break down. |
dominate | 3. | John has many strong opinions. You have to be sure not to let him ........... groupwork in class. |
instant | 4. | If you want an ........... answer to almost any question you could ask, then Google will probably give it to you. |
depart | 5. | The late bus will ........... at 5:30 today, not at 5:15 as usual. |
deserve | 6. | These poems ........... a good grade, but because you gave them in late I have to give you a 0. |
steady | 7. | You are making ........... progress in learning English. |
thorough | 8. | Older people should have a ........... check-up at the doctors at least once a year. |
manufacture | 9. | The new factory near the school will ........... parts for mobile phones. |
ban | 10. | My parents have decided to ........... me from eating in my room. |
sole | 11. | She was the ........... student to get full marks in the test. |
definitely | 12. | I'm sorry, but I will ........... not be able to come to the meeting next week. |
neutral | 13. | Most students are ........... about the suggestion to replace the blackboards with whiteboards. |
privilege | 14. | Only seniors have the ........... of using this room. You will have to wait until you are in grade 12. |
strict | 15. | The teacher gave us ........... instructions not to leave our seats while she was out of the room. |
differentiate | 16. | It is not always easy for teachers to ........... poor work that is due to laziness and poor work that is due to inability. |
prospect | 17. | There is no ........... of him passing the course. He has been away too many times this year. |
forecast | 18. | The weather ........... for tomorrow says that we can expect showers and a little weak sunshine. |
terminate | 19. | My father's contract in Germany will ........... at the end of the year. |
sphere | 20. | The school wanted to attract students from families outside the usual ........... of business and finance. |
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