Academic vocabulary: Group 46
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albeit - cautious - coincidence - compel - conceal - contemplate - deficient - descend - displace - distort - diverge - exponent - faint - perpetual - postpone - procure - propensity - prosper - resign - universally
| postpone | 1. | The referee decided ........... the game because of the predicted thunderstorm. |
| universally | 2. | The teachers are not ........... in favour of the school's plan to introduce flexible working times. |
| compel | 3. | I cannot ........... you to listen, but I will ask you to leave the room if you talk while I do. |
| conceal | 4. | She was unable to ........... her sadness when she only came third in the music competition. |
| resign | 5. | The teacher was asked to ........... after it was discovered that he had lied about his absence from school. |
| contemplate | 6. | You need to ........... the reasons for your lack of success. |
| prosper | 7. | Children ........... in classes where their teachers care about each of them as individuals. |
| deficient | 8. | This work is ........... . I don't think you spent very much time on it. |
| procure | 9. | For this year's mathematics course, you will need to ........... a good graphics calculator. |
| perpetual | 10. | Her grades are low because of her ........... inability to turn work in on time. |
| coincidence | 11. | Three people in my class were born on the same day. That's quite a ........... |
| distort | 12. | If you talk through a cloth it will ........... the sound of your voice. |
| albeit | 13. | She works well, ........... very slowly. |
| diverge | 14. | Parents and children often ........... in their opinions on the importance of keeping bedrooms clean and tidy. |
| cautious | 15. | We must be ........... in how we interpret the data. It would be easy to draw false conclusions. |
| displace | 16. | The new swimming facility for the 2008 Olympics in Peking will ........... many people from their current homes. |
| propensity | 17. | My ESL teacher has the ........... to talk about his own school days. |
| faint | 18. | You have a ........... chance of passing your exams if you work really hard for the rest of the term. |
| descend | 19. | If you ........... the stairs by the nurse's office, you will see the cafeteria in front of you. |
| exponent | 20. | The producer of these webpages has long been an ........... of the value of computers in language teaching. |
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