Academic vocabulary: Group 40
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abnormal - abundant - comprehend - diminish - dismiss - disrupt - elaborate - fragment - genuine - intrinsic - obey - persuade - probable - regret - rigid - shortage - subjective - surround - unite - warn
| genuine | 1. | I don't believe you made a ........... effort to improve. Your grades certainly have not got better. |
| shortage | 2. | There is a ........... of toilets in the school. Every time I want to use one, it is occupied. |
| intrinsic | 3. | A willingness to question what you are told is ........... to the best students. |
| obey | 4. | If you do not ........... the rules of the classroom, you will be sent to the headmaster. |
| abundant | 5. | You have had ........... chances to improve your behaviour. Now it's too late. |
| comprehend | 6. | It's difficult to ........... why he made such a foolish decision. |
| diminish | 7. | Her efforts have continued to ........... in the last few months. I think she may be having problems at home. |
| persuade | 8. | I tried to ........... the parents to allow their daughter to go on the school trip, but they said no. |
| elaborate | 9. | There's no need to give an ........... answer, Two or three short sentences will be enough. |
| surround | 10. | The Roman walls of Oberursel still exist and ........... almost all of the old town center. |
| abnormal | 11. | Is there anything wrong with him? His behaviour has been very ........... recently. |
| fragment | 12. | I found a ........... of her homework on the cafeteria. It looked like half the school had stepped on it! |
| warn | 13. | Most schools do a lot to ........... their students of the dangers of smoking. |
| subjective | 14. | How people react to music is ........... . What sounds good to one person may sound terrible to another. |
| regret | 15. | Letter from the headmaster to parents: 'We ........... that the school will be closed for the next two days because of problems with the heating system. |
| unite | 16. | The students decided to ........... in their attempt to fight bullying in the school. |
| probable | 17. | The most ........... reason for the bad test scores is that the teacher was new and inexperienced. |
| disrupt | 18. | The student was reported to the headmaster for continually trying to ........... the class. |
| rigid | 19. | We have a ........... policy of no drugs in our school. You will be expelled if you are caught with them in the building |
| dismiss | 20. | The teacher did not completely ........... the students' suggestion, but she first needed to discuss it with the principal. |
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