Academic vocabulary: Group 52

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adjustment - amendment - commitment - conservative - conspicuous - deceive - edition - enforce - expansion - exposure - foundation - logical - motivation - radical - resolution - so-called - stability - substitute - sustainable - welfare

edition	1.	The latest ........... of Great Expectations has a new introduction from famous Dickens scholar, Ben Johnson.
conspicuous	2.	The government has shown a ........... lack of planning in making the recent changes.
motivation	3.	A strong extrinsic ........... for learning English is that it improves your chances of getting a good job.
commitment	4.	You will need to leave the team unless you can show a greater ........... to training and good nutrition.
resolution	5.	There is still no ........... to the problem of bullying in the seventh grade.
stability	6.	There was no ........... in the country after the war. The government changed frequently and there were many strikes and demonstrations.
enforce	7.	It is difficult to ........... the law against using mobile phones when driving.
exposure	8.	Scientists have long known that ........... to cigarette smoke causes breathing problems in babies and young children.
foundation	9.	His belief in God was based on a strong ........... , and was not shaken by the death of his child.
radical	10.	The government came up with the ........... idea of banning all private cars from the city on weekdays.
adjustment	11.	The teacher made an ........... to the student's grade after finding a bug in the computer program.
welfare	12.	Most parents put the ........... of their children at the top of their list of priorities.
amendment	13.	The government is proposing an ........... to its law on gambling.
logical	14.	The ........... result of failure to study is failure to pass the course.
expansion	15.	Local residents are unhappy about the proposed ........... of the school grounds to use part of the adjoining forest.
sustainable	16.	A major area of current research is to find cheap and ........... ways to generate energy.
deceive	17.	The student was suspended for trying to ........... the teacher on who was responsible for breaking the computer.
conservative	18.	Many older people have ........... opinions and are made anxious by the ever-changing society.
so-called	19.	In war the ........... friendly fire is the shooting that accidentally kills soldiers from your own side.
substitute	20.	When a regular teacher is away, the school employs a ........... to cover the class.

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