Academic vocabulary: Group 50
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allocation - assign - channel - cite - dispute - diversity - estate - finite - foresee - incidence - inhibit - initiative - intervention - ministry - overseas - preceding - recovery - thesis - transformation - underlying
transformation | 1. | Her attitude to work has undergone a ........... since the meeting of her parents with the head of school. |
dispute | 2. | Not many people would ........... that a balanced diet is essential to good health. |
diversity | 3. | Many people enjoy the ........... of big cities where many different cultures meet and interact. |
recovery | 4. | She has made a quick ........... after her serious operation. |
assign | 5. | The teacher did not ........... any homework over the winter break. |
cite | 6. | If you do not ........... your sources, you will be in danger of plagiarizing. |
ministry | 7. | She has just been appointed to the ........... of education. |
preceding | 8. | You have not made a clear link between this paragraph and the ........... one. They seem to be about two completely different topics. |
inhibit | 9. | Researchers have found that too much praise can ........... a student's motivation to improve. |
estate | 10. | She's the wealthiest woman in the country and lives on a huge ........... just outside the capital city. |
overseas | 11. | It is good for everyone to have the chance to live ........... for a time at least once in their lives. |
underlying | 12. | Her ........... problem is that she either never listen to or never follows instructions. |
initiative | 13. | Some students took the ........... to do something about bullying their grade. |
foresee | 14. | I don't understand why she couldn't ........... that her frequent absences would limit her learning. |
allocation | 15. | The government is considering increasing its ........... of funds to the arts. |
intervention | 16. | Many political observers could foresee that the government would only regret its ........... in the affairs of another country. |
finite | 17. | We only have a ........... amount of time to solve the problem, so we need to get started on it very soon. |
channel | 18. | Twitter is an important ........... in disseminating information in real-time. |
thesis | 19. | Your introductory paragraph does not seem to contain a clear ........... . What are you trying to prove in this writing. |
incidence | 20. | Researchers have found a higher ........... of drug abuse among children whose parents are themselves addicts. |
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