Academic vocabulary: Group 54
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anticipate - colleagues - conceive - inclination - integrity - likewise - marginal - nonetheless - notwithstanding - ongoing - panel - persistent - poses - protocol - refine - reluctance - restrain - tendency - violation - whereby
violation | 1. | The student was found to be in ........... of the school's drug policy, and asked to leave. |
refine | 2. | You need to ........... your answer. It is too simplistic and does not have supporting evidence. |
restrain | 3. | You need to ........... yourself a little better, and not just shout out the first thing that comes intro your head. |
protocol | 4. | The school needs to establish a clear ........... for dealing with student plagiarism. |
whereby | 5. | She has not yet been able to find a way ........... she can keep both her parents and her grandparents happy. |
inclination | 6. | Students usually have little ........... to work hard for teachers who do not work hard for them. |
reluctance | 7. | There was a strong ........... among many members of the government to support the decision to go to war. |
poses | 8. | This article very directly ........... the question: Is it ever right to declare a war? |
persistent | 9. | The girl was suspended for ........... bad behaviour in class. |
notwithstanding | 10. | The student was expelled from school for persistent plagiarism, ........... his claims that he didn't realize he was doing wrong. |
panel | 11. | The ........... set up to investigate the problem has just published its report. |
integrity | 12. | It is important that teachers show ........... in their everyday dealings with students. |
conceive | 13. | The school is considering introducing a uniform. It is difficult to ........... of a plan that will cause more problems than it solves. |
ongoing | 14. | @Learning vocabulary is an ........... aspect of language acquisition. It will never be finished. |
likewise | 15. | Teachers appreciate punctuality to class; ........... students appreciate teachers not dismissing them late for break or lunch. |
nonetheless | 16. | I understand that you couldn't do the homework by the due date; ........... , you should have told me that in advance. |
colleagues | 17. | None of his ........... in the firm knew that he was married. |
anticipate | 18. | The government does not ........... any opposition to the proposed new law. |
tendency | 19. | She has a ........... to give up at the first sign of difficulty or opposition. |
marginal | 20. | Grammar is only of ........... significance in your presentation. Much more important is your content and fluency. |
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