Academic word list 9 & 10
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In these activities, you will learn to use the words in sublists 9 & 10 of the academic word list.
Different activities focus on:
- word meaning
- grammatical word form
- collocation (words that typically pair with the target word)
- spelling
Academic word list 9
| Most common form | Other words in the family |
|---|---|
| accommodation | accommodate, accommodated, accommodates, accommodating |
| analogous | analogy, analogies |
| anticipated | anticipate, anticipates, anticipating, anticipation, anticipated |
| assurance | assure, assurances, assured, assuredly, assures, assuring |
| attained | attain, attainable, attaining, attainment, attainments, attains unattainable |
| behalf | - |
| bulk | bulky |
| ceases | cease, ceased, ceaseless, ceasing |
| coherence | coherent, coherently incoherent, incoherently |
| coincide | coincided, coincides, coinciding, coincidence, coincidences, coincident, coincidental |
| commenced | commence, commences, commencement, commencing recommences, recommenced, recommencing |
| incompatible | compatible, compatibility, incompatibility |
| concurrent | concurrently |
| confined | confine, confines, confining, unconfined |
| controversy | controversies, controversial, controversially, uncontroversial |
| conversely | converse |
| device | devices |
| devoted | devote, devotedly, devotes, devoting, devotion, devotions |
| diminished | diminish, diminishes, diminishing, diminution, undiminished |
| distorted | distort, distortingdistortion, distortions, distorts |
| duration | - |
| erosion | erode, eroded, erodes, eroding |
| ethical | ethic, ethically, ethics, unethical |
| format | formatted, formatting, formats |
| founded | found, founder, founders, founding unfounded |
| inherent | inherently |
| insights | insight, insightful |
| integral | - |
| intermediate | - |
| manual | manually, manuals |
| mature | maturation, maturational, matured, matures, maturing, maturity immature, immaturity |
| mediation | mediate, mediated, mediates, mediating |
| medium | - |
| military | - |
| minimal | minimalisation, minimalise, minimalises, minimalised, minimalising, minimalization, minimalize, minimalizes, minimalized, minimalizing, minimalist, minimalists, minimalistic, minimally |
| mutual | mutually |
| norms | norm |
| overlap | overlapped, overlapping, overlaps |
| passive | passively, passivity |
| portion | portions |
| preliminary | preliminaries |
| protocol | protocols |
| qualitative | qualitatively |
| refine | refined, refinement, refinements, refines, refining |
| relaxed | relax, relaxation, relaxes, relaxing |
| restraints | restrain, restrained, restraining, restrains, restraint, unrestrained |
| revolution | revolutionary, revolutionaries, revolutionise, revolutionised, revolutionises, revolutionising, revolutionize, revolutionized, revolutionizes, revolutionizing, revolutionist, revolutionists, revolutions |
| rigid | rigidities, rigidity, rigidly |
| route | routed, routes, routing |
| scenario | scenarios |
| sphere | spheres, spherical, spherically |
| subordinate | subordinates, subordination |
| supplementary | supplement, supplemented, supplementing, supplements |
| suspended | suspend, suspending, suspends, suspension |
| team | teamed, teaming, teams |
| temporary | temporarily |
| trigger | triggered, triggering, triggers |
| unified | unify, unification, unifies, unifying |
| violation | violate, violated, violates, violating, violations |
| vision | visions |
Academic word list 10
| Most common form | Other words in the family |
|---|---|
| adjacent | - |
| albeit | - |
| assembly | assemble, assembled, assembles, assemblies, assembling |
| collapse | collapsed, collapses, collapsible, collapsing |
| colleagues | colleague |
| compiled | compile, compilation, compilations, compiles, compiling |
| conceived | conceive, conceivable, conceivably, conceives, conceiving, inconceivable, inconceivably |
| convinced | convince, convinces, convincing, convincingly, unconvinced |
| depression | depress, depressed, depresses, depressing |
| encountered | encounter, encountering, encounters |
| enormous | enormity, enormously |
| forthcoming | - |
| inclination | incline, inclinations, inclined, inclines, inclining |
| integrity | - |
| intrinsic | intrinsically |
| invoked | invoke, invokes, invoking |
| levy | levies |
| likewise | - |
| nonetheless | - |
| notwithstanding | - |
| odd | odds |
| ongoing | - |
| panel | panelled, panelling, panels |
| persistent | persist, persisted, persistence, persistently, persisting, persists |
| posed | pose, poses, posing |
| reluctant | reluctance, reluctantly |
| so-called | - |
| straightforward | - |
| undergo | undergoes, undergoing, undergone, underwent |
| whereby | - |
Activities
Now try the activities which will help you become familiar with the words and expand your vocabulary.
Crossword
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Crossword transcript
Questions
- the biggest part
- a machine or mechanical item for performing a task, or a way of creating an effect
- the ability to imagine future improvements or advancements
- stop or finish
- for one thing to partly cover another thing in time or place
- cause something to happen or begin
- not able to work together
- happening or existing at the same time
- relating to an essential part of something
- restricted or limited
- at ease; not tense
- persuaded of the truth or logic of an idea or argument
- a time period
- a part of a whole
- an action which breaks a law or rule
- understanding or knowledge
- usual standards
- people you work with
- in the middle or between
- first or initial
- less important or less powerful
- done by a person, not a machine
- simple and easy
- experienced or done by two or more people, groups or organisations
- the means by which something is broadcast or published
- happening for a short time only
- next to, beside
- not taking action
- extremely large
- due to happen soon
Answers
- bulk
- device
- vision
- cease
- overlap
- trigger
- incompatible
- concurrent
- integral
- confined
- relaxed
- convinced
- duration
- portion
- violation
- insights
- norms
- colleagues
- intermediate
- preliminary
- subordinate
- manual
- straightforward
- mutual
- medium
- temporary
- adjacent
- passive
- enormous
- forthcoming
Word forms
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Word forms transcript
Identify the correct word forms. Choose the correct noun, verb or adjective from the options inside the square brackets.
Word 1
- Noun: [attainable, attained, attainment]
- Verb: attain
- Adjective: [attains, attainment, attainable]]
Answers:
- Noun: [attainment]
- Verb: attain
- Adjective: [attainable]
Word 2
- Noun: [diminishes, diminution, diminished]
- Verb: diminish
- Adjective: [diminishes, diminution, diminished]
Answers:
- Noun: [diminution]
- Verb: diminish
- Adjective: [diminished]
Word 3
- Noun: [restrains, restraints, restrained]
- Verb: restrain
- Adjective: [restrained, restrained, restrains]
Answers:
- Noun: [restraints]
- Verb: restrain
- Adjective: [restrained]
Word 4
- Noun: [mediates, mediated, mediation]
- Verb: mediate
- Adjective: [mediate, mediation, mediates]
Answers:
- Noun: [mediation]
- Verb: mediate
- Adjective: [mediate]
Word 5
- Noun: [maturational, maturity, matured]
- Verb: [mature, maturation, maturational]
- Adjective: mature
Answers:
- Noun: [maturity]
- Verb: [mature]
- Adjective: mature
Word 6
- Noun: [unifies, unification, unified]
- Verb: unify
- Adjective: [unifies, unification, unified]
Answers:
- Noun: [unification]
- Verb: unify
- Adjective: [unified]
Word practice
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Word practice transcript
Choose the best word in each sentence from the options inside the square brackets.
- To see how far people would obey orders, Milgram set up an experiment [thereby, whereby] participants were instructed to give electric shocks to others.
Answer: whereby
- Finding participants for your research can be a major challenge, as people are often [inclined, reluctant] to give up their time without financial reward.
Answer: reluctant
- In fact, workers who were motivated by [intrinsic, incompatible] factors such as pride in their performance were much less likely to engage in bullying.
Answer: intrinsic
- Any changes to regulations governing mandatory listing of ingredients in food labelling will [areas, likewise] affect the cosmetics industry.
Answer: likewise
- The government has imposed a flood [panel, levy], a one-off tax to help meet the cost of rebuilding infrastructure after the recent natural disasters.
Answer: levy
- In response to the H1N1 pandemic, many organisations developed a strict [protocol, route] to be followed in the event of an outbreak of the illness.
Answer: protocol
- The [coincidental, qualitative] research involved interviewing groups of residents from three aged-care facilities on their experiences of isolation.
Answer: qualitative
- It is clear that, [whereby, not-with-standing] the recent efforts of the national broadcaster, there is still a lack of ethnic diversity on our TV screens.
Answer: not-with-standing
- The [ongoing, undergoing] debate on the effects of this policy is masking the real issue; the policy is in fact illegal and must be challenged in the courts.
Answer: ongoing
- Acceptance of these values is spreading, [wherebys, albeit] slowly, mainly through a social networking campaign which recently achieved 100,000 followers.
Answer: albeit
Guess the word
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Guess the word transcript
Guess the word that matches the list of synonyms. The number of letters is given as a clue.
- Synonyms: prejudice, influence, predispose
Hint: 4 letters
Answer: bias
- Synonyms: correction, alteration, emendation
Hint: 8 letters
Answer: revision
- Synonyms: announcement, declaration, publishing
Hint: 11 letters
Answer: publication
Test yourself
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Test yourself transcript
Choose the best word in each sentence from the options inside the square brackets.
- One of the most common complaints about this technology is that it is [incompatible, reluctant] with many web applications such as video streaming.
Answer: incompatible
- Communities have always needed faith, myth or ritual to ensure [coherence, format] is maintained.
Answer: coherence
- Professor Mitchell is here tonight to give us his [norms, insights] into the tension between the need for border security and the plight of refugees.
Answer: insights
- It has become common for leaders during a recession to [restraint, restrain restraining] wage increases for politicians as a symbol of solidarity with the people.
Answer: restrain
- In family businesses, the [overlap, protocol] of usually separate relationships can cause tension; for example father-son can also be boss-employee.
Answer: overlap
- Meditation is increasingly being utilised by professionals in all fields as a way to [conceive, attain] the calm and focus necessary for peak performance.
Answer: attain
- Work has [founded, commenced] on the main stadium complex, which will take five years, and a team of 420, to construct.
Answer: commenced
- Sustainability is an [integral, intermediate] part of the design, and materials have been chosen for their minimal impact on the environment.
Answer: integral
- Ultimately, the funding body must be [invoked, convinced] that your research will produce findings that can be applied in the real world.
Answer: convinced
- Occasionally it is not possible to resolve the dispute internally, in which case external [mediation, controversy] can be productive.
Answer: mediation
- There has been some recent speculation on the possibility of a [unified, compelled] Asian currency, but the Euro's problems suggest this may be unwise.
Answer: unified
- For instance, families who provide [passive, ongoing] care for elderly relatives would undoubtedly benefit from this kind of financial assistance.
Answer: ongoing
- Learning is not [confining, confines, confined] to the classroom, nor is it solely managed by teachers; students must drive how they engage with the material.
Answer: confined
- The tension between humans and their environment, whether natural or man-made, is a [devoted, persistent] theme of her films.
Answer: persistent
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