Academic vocabulary: Group 49

assurance - colleague - conventions - coordinate - core - criteria - deductions - harm - implement - investment - likewise - malicious - minority - nonetheless - overcome - primary - secure - seek - validity - violation
likewise1.Sang-jae often asks how to express an idea correctly in English. I suggest you do ........... .
nonetheless2.Rescuers have not been able to locate the missing plane that went missing a week ago; ........... , they believe that the passengers may still be alive.
colleague3.He is a ........... of mine, but I don't know him very well.
violation4.The student was expelled for a ........... of the school's drugs policy.
harm5.People who suffer from depression or high levels of stress are more likely to ........... themselves with addictive habits.
overcome6.She was able to ........... the severe problems of her childhood and lead a happy, fulfilled life.
secure7.Many websites that students visit are not ........... . They either collect unauthorized information or download harmful viruses or other malicious software.
malicious8.The student was suspended for spreading ........... rumors about a teacher.
seek9.Many students ........... information on Google without knowing how to filter the results by date or reading level.
primary10.The ........... language of many ESL students at FIS is Korean or Japanese.
investment11.Most students find that an ........... in learning vocabulary pays off later in good examination results.
conventions12.Written language has several ........... . One of these is that the main words of titles are capitalized.
deductions13.Scientists and detectives make ........... based on their examination of evidence or data.
coordinate14.Teachers of the same subjects at FIS often meet to ........... their teaching methods and content.
validity15.Your deduction has no ........... if you do not say how you arrived at it and what data you used.
criteria16.Your ESL writing grade is based on several ........... which include content, clarity and grammar.
minority17.Only a ........... of teachers at FIS can speak more than two languages.
core18.You have written a lot about immigration, but you haven't analysed the ........... issue of its advantages and disadvantages for the receiving nation.
implement19.The company wanted to ........... longer working hours, but had to back down when the workers went on strike.
assurance20.I give you my ........... that I will not make the same mistake again.
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