Academic vocabulary: Group 43
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append - circulate - commence - correlate - criticize - dedicate - deliberate - embody - friction - harsh - hostile - impulse - lessen - objection - precede - scarce - seldom - spontaneous - trait - vague
seldom | 1. | She very ........... comes late to class. I hope there is nothing wrong. |
spontaneous | 2. | The teacher made the ........... decision to take her class out to the playground and finish the lesson there. |
friction | 3. | At first there was a little ........... between the Japanese and Korean students, but this soon passed. |
hostile | 4. | From the beginning he has shown a ........... attitude to being in Germany and learning the German language. |
commence | 5. | The meeting will ........... at 8.30. |
impulse | 6. | He seems to be lacking the ........... to improve his rather poor grades. |
lessen | 7. | You will ........... your chances of success if you are absent from school so often. |
trait | 8. | Stubbornness is a ........... that is sometimes positive and sometimes negative. |
harsh | 9. | Nobody got more than 60% in the test. I think the teacher's grading was too ........... . |
criticize | 10. | Parents often ........... their children's choice of clothes or music.. |
objection | 11. | I have no ........... to students wearing hats in the classroom, but many teachers do. |
append | 12. | You must ........... a bibliography to all reports that are based on information found in books or on the internet. |
vague | 13. | I have a ........... idea why she has been absent, but I'm not sure. |
deliberate | 14. | He was expelled from school for a ........... attempt to cheat in the end of year exams. |
circulate | 15. | Rumours about teachers ........... quickly through schools. |
embody | 16. | Our teachers ........... the school's philosophy that only excellence is good enough. |
correlate | 17. | Your final writing must ........... to your research notes, otherwise you risk being accused of plagiarism. |
dedicate | 18. | You need to ........... a little more time to your studies and a little less time to your sports. |
scarce | 19. | Water is very ........... in many parts of North Africa. |
precede | 20. | The lessons that ........... lunch today are cancelled for a special assembly. |
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