Academic vocabulary: Group 53

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analogous - assess - assurance - coincide - context - difficulty - dramatic - erosion - ethical - incompatible - inevitably - integral - manual - mature - minimal - mutual - norm - prerequisite - scenario - settle

dramatic	1.	There has been a ........... increase in alcohol abuse among young people over the last 50 years.
difficulty	2.	There is no inherent ........... in this problem once you understand the context.
context	3.	You have to look at his behaviour at school in the ........... of his home life and lack of any parental control.
inevitably	4.	She had done no work throughout the semester, so ........... her grade was very low.
assess	5.	It is difficult to ........... how good her grammar is because she has written so little.
prerequisite	6.	A ........... for progress in English is the development of a strong vocabulary.
settle	7.	Many students find it difficult to ........... when they first arrive in Germany and at FIS.
erosion	8.	Many people believe that there has been an ........... of good manners in the last few decades.
minimal	9.	He had made ........... effort to prepare; consequently, his presentation was of low quality.
mutual	10.	There was a ........... understanding between teachers and students questions about politics and religion would not be asked or discussed.
norm	11.	Many modern families break the traditional ........... of father, mother, plus their own children.
manual	12.	There are fewer people in ........... work today than 50 years ago. This is due to the advance of technology.
incompatible	13.	Many couples who seem to outsiders to be ........... actually have very good relationships.
ethical	14.	There are several ........... issues such as assisted dying that divide people's opinion sharply.
integral	15.	An ........... part of learning a subject like geography or economics is learning its vocabulary.
analogous	16.	Finn's story in the modern film of Great Expectations is ........... (but not identical) to that of Pip in Dickens' original.
scenario	17.	A common ........... in school is when students and teachers have a different understanding of how difficult an assignment is.
mature	18.	She is only in grade 7 but she shows a ........... understanding of the complexities of this issue.
assurance	19.	The doctor examined the patient carefully and was able to give her ........... that there was nothing wrong with him.
coincide	20.	This year the birthdays of both me and my sister ........... with school holidays!

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