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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