Academic word list 7 & 8

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In these activities, you will learn to use the words in sublists 7 & 8  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 7

Academic word list 8

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

1. make clear
2. make stronger
3. remove or separate out
4. show
5. to improve something by adding to it
6. to leave, give up or stop doing something
7. reject through logical reasoning
8. emphasise or point out the importance of an idea
9. make as small as possible
10. to make certain or check the facts
11. go with
12. let go of something; make something public
13. to end
14. to represent or indicate a fact, idea or piece of data
15. to lessen the effect of one factor by balancing it with an opposite effect from another factor
16. the money of a country
17. the structures, building, framework and systems which allow an organisation or society to operate
18. a printed book, journal or magazine
19. based on experience and observation rather than theory
20. structured in order of importance or power
21. based on traditional ideas; possibly ancient Greek and Roman
22. the process which makes two things differ, or shows how they are different
23. a promise, often about the quality of goods
24. a pretend situation which allows you to observe or practice the likely events of the real situation
25. popular or common among many people or in many different geographical areas
26. relating to the small central part of an atom, or to the smallest family unit
27. exactly the same
28. extremely important or necessary
29. completely different from generally accepted political or social ideas
30. having no pattern or reason
31. not having a single, clear meaning
32. the same in size and appearance; consistent
33. exact and precise; certain
34. happening without the need for help or action from someone; happening mechanically
35. being the only one
36. in a way that can't be avoided or changed
37. tools, machines, utensils or apparatus for doing a task
38. a section at the end of a book or report which provides extra information
39. advice or instructions about how something should be done
40. current, modern and up-to-date
41. something that is very important, or that must be done first
42. complete or wide in scope
43. having energy or force; moving
44. having an end or finishing point
45. one thing that is unlike anything else
46. put into or between
47. continue to live or exist
48. return something that has been lost or damaged back to its original condition
49. a theory to be proved or defended
50. a record of the exact words said or written by another person
51. the sending and receiving of energy or information between two places or two people
52. a difference from the normal way of doing things or from the normal route
53. a force caused by stretching or straining
54. using something, possibly in a negative way, to get money or some other advantage
55. separated away from everything else
56. sent an essay, competition entry or funding or job application to the relevant person or organisation
57. caused something to happen
58. following in sequence or order
59. able to be seen
60. something that is not said openly, but which is suggested and can be understood

Answers

1. clarify
2. reinforce
3. extract
4. exhibit
5. complement
6. abandon
7. eliminate
8. highlight
9. minimise
10. confirm
11. accompany
12. release
13. terminate
14. denote
15. offset
16. currency
17. infrastructure
18. publication
19. empirical
20. hierarchical
21. classical
22. differentiation
23. guarantee
24. simulation
25. widespread
26. nuclear
27. identical
28. crucial
29. radical
30. random
31. ambiguous
32. uniform
33. definite
34. automatically
35. solely
36. inevitably
37. equipment
38. appendix
39. guidelines
40. contemporary
41. priority
42. comprehensive
43. dynamic
44. finite
45. unique
46. insert
47. survive
48. restore
49. thesis
50. quotation
51. transmission
52. deviation
53. tension
54. exploitation
55. isolated
56. submitted
57. induced
58. successive
59. visible
60. implicit

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: innovation
• Verb: [innovate, innovator, innovative]
• Adjective: [innovate, innovator, innovative]

Answers:

• Noun: innovation
• Verb: [innovate]
• Adjective: [innovative]

Word 2

• Noun: conversion
• Verb: [convertible, convert, conversions]
• Adjective: [converting, convert, converted]

Answers:

• Noun: conversion
• Verb: [convert]
• Adjective: [converted]

Word 3

• Noun: [prohibited, prohibitive, prohibition]
• Verb: prohibit
• Adjective: [prohibited, prohibiting, prohibition]

Answers:

• Noun: [prohibition]
• Verb: prohibit
• Adjective: [prohibited]

Word 4

• Noun: [disposal, disposed, disposable]
• Verb: dispose
• Adjective: [disposal, disposes, disposable]

Answers:

• Noun: [disposal]
• Verb: dispose
• Adjective: [disposable]

Word 5

• Noun: [inferred, inference, infers]
• Verb: infer
• Adjective: [inferred, inference, infers]

Answers:

• Noun: [inference]
• Verb: infer
• Adjective: [inferred]

Word 6

• Noun: [denied, denial, deniable]
• Verb: deny
• Adjective: [deniable, denying, denial]

Answers:

• Noun: [denial]
• Verb: deny
• Adjective: [deniable]

Word 7

• Noun: visualisation
• Verb: [visual, visually, visualise]
• Adjective: [visual, visually, visualise]

Answers:

• Noun: visualisation
• Verb: [visualise]
• Adjective: [visual]

Word 8

• Noun: [intervenes, intervention, intervening]
• Verb: intervene
• Adjective: [intervenes, intervention, intervening]

Answers:

• Noun: [intervention]
• Verb: intervene
• Adjective: [intervening]

Word 9

• Noun: [reversible, reversal, reversed]
• Verb: reverse
• Adjective: [reverses, reversal, reversible]

Answers:

• Noun: [reversal]
• Verb: reverse
• Adjective: [reversible]

Word 10

• Noun: [adaption, adaptive, adapted]
• Verb: [adapt, adaptive, adaptability]
• Adjective: adaptable

Answers:

• Noun: [adaption]
• Verb: [adapt]
• Adjective: adaptable

Word practice

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Word practice transcript

Choose the best word in each sentence from the options inside the square brackets.

1. The results of the survey were [contrarily, somewhat] surprising, with more men than women reporting that they regularly shop on the Internet.

Answer: somewhat

1. The central office space has been designed to be flexible, [plus, thereby] eliminating the need for costly additional refurbishments.

Answer: thereby

1. In terms of reducing pollution, the most obvious benefit of this particular material is that if it is exposed to the air, it will [eventually, crucially] decompose.

Answer: eventually

1. This course will provide a [chart, foundation] in the theories and principles of systems, particularly in their application to complex problems.

Answer: foundation

1. This raises an interesting question – could the air that we breathe one day become a [topic, commodity] to be traded, like oil, on the world’s markets?

Answer: commodity

1. The [ideology, prospect] of being able to vaccinate against various forms of cancer has caused great excitement in the medical community.

Answer: prospect

1. Although this practice is [virtually, ultimately] unheard of in the West, it is common among many societies in Africa and the Middle East.

Answer: virtually

1. At times the rulings have appeared quite [graded, arbitrary], with judges frequently delivering different sentences for identical crimes.

Answer: arbitrary

1. Blogging is a relatively recent [paradigm, phenomenon], but one that has the potential to revolutionise the publishing industry.

Answer: phenomenon

10.Some activists argue that the donation of foreign [aid, mode] to countries with oppressive governments actually does more harm than good.

Answer: aid

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.

1. Synonyms: contention, argument, proposal

Hint: 6 letters

Answer: thesis

1. Synonyms: deduce, reason, conclude

Hint: 8 letters

Answer: inferred

1. Synonyms: contradict, oppose, contest

Hint: 4 letters

Answer: deny

Test yourself

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Test yourself transcript

Choose the best word in each sentence from the options inside the square brackets.

1. The recent [dramatic, definite] economic decline of several countries in the European Union has sparked debate about the future of the Euro.

Answer: dramatic

1. By studying clothing and tools found at archaeological sites, researchers have [converted, inferred] much about the lifestyle of humans many centuries ago.

Answer: inferred

1. The most interesting results came from questions 15-19, (see [appendix, channel] 3 for the complete questionnaire).

Answer: appendix

1. A new street level drainage system has been designed, [minimised, minimising, minimise] the potential for flooding during the annual monsoonal rains.

Answer: minimising

1. During the [simulate, simulation, simulator] , nursing students experienced a typical night in a hospital emergency ward, with actors playing the patients.

Answer: simulation

1. The campaign to [prohibit, prohibited, prohibitive] smoking in public places has so far not gained much support in many countries in Asia.

Answer: prohibitive

1. Although the [identical, empirical] research did not pinpoint any one pattern of behaviour in the adolescent male group, it did reveal some interesting data.

Answer: empirical

1. The [foundation, infrastructure] of all good academic writing is planning; without this, the writer’s ideas and arguments will not be expressed clearly.

Answer: foundation

1. One cannot [deniable, deny, denial] the remarkable influence of Brown on the theories of the last fifty years, though many researchers now dismiss her approach.

Answer: deny

1. Working within a [widespread, hierarchical] organisation can pose challenges for those not used to clearly marked lines of reporting and communication.

Answer: hierarchical

1. This lecture will [denote, highlight] the importance of childhood immunisation programs for successful eradication of disease.

Answer: highlight

1. Any participant who tested positive during the allergy test was [automate, automatically, automated] allocated to one of the trial groups for further treatment.

Answer: automatically

1. [induced, implicit] in the use of computer-based learning in our universities is the expectation that all students are competent with this technology.

Answer: implicit

1. The software is designed to [restoration, restore, restored] the most recent settings if a fault causes it to close unexpectedly.

Answer: restore

1. They observed that the frogs with the greatest [deviate, deviated, deviation] from the normal skin colour were the ones most likely to survive in the new habitat.

Answer: deviation

Keywords

• Academic word lists
• Vocabulary

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