Academic vocabulary: Group 44

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anomaly - complicate - contradict - credible - deduce - deed - degenerate - deviate - fade - imaginary - immense - impress - motive - obsolete - overly - prestige - presume - provoke - signify - symptom

fade	1.	Photographs ........... if they are left out in bright sunlight.
overly	2.	She is being ........... concerned about the exams. She will certainly pass.
presume	3.	He was absent yesterday for the third time this month. I ........... he has been having problems with his back again.
symptom	4.	The most common ........... of a cold is a runny nose.
deed	5.	Helping the new student on her first day at the school was a good ........... .
prestige	6.	Students who get in the athletic teams enjoy a high ........... in the school community.
degenerate	7.	Her work has continued to ........... since the divorce of her parents.
contradict	8.	Please do not ........... me. I know what I said is correct.
imaginary	9.	The equator is an ........... line that divides the earth into a northern and southern hemisphere.
motive	10.	Some students see no ........... for learning German - especially if they know they will only be in the country for a short time.
complicate	11.	The fact that she doesn't speak English did much to ........... the situation.
deviate	12.	How could his final test scores ........... so strongly from the predictions we made?
impress	13.	She has continued ........... me with her hard work and positive attitude.
credible	14.	It is not ........... that he could have gained such a good grade without help from someone else.
signify	15.	Poor results in end of year tests often ........... that the teacher has not taught the course very well.
deduce	16.	You should be able to ........... the answer if you think carefully enough.
immense	17.	His written work is actually very good, but he has ........... problems with the difficult English spelling system.
obsolete	18.	The typewriter is more or less ........... now that we have computers and keyboards.
provoke	19.	The headmaster's decision is sure to ........... much discussion among teachers and students at the school.
anomaly	20.	Women often earn less money that men doing the same job. This ........... must be stopped.

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