AWLSublist10Test Paragraphs.docx

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AWLSublist10TestParagraphs

EdinburghNapierAcademicWordListParagraphs.Sublist10

Hereare

A:

Someshortertestparagraphswiththewordsmissing.

B.Belowthesearefullerparagraphsandthen

C.Belowthefullerparagraphsaretheoriginalssoyoucancheck.

A.ShorterTestParagraphs

1.Adjacent

______________isanadjectiveanditmeans‘nextto’or‘besides’.Forexample,ifonehouseis______________toanother,thismeansthatthathouseisbesidetheotherone.

2.Albeit

______________ispronouncedallbeit,anditmeans‘evenconsidering’or‘eventhoughsomethingislikethis’.

3.Assembly

______________istheprocessnounoftheverbto______________,andto______________meanstoputtogetherortoconstruct.

4.Collapse

To______________meanstofalldownordecreaserapidly.Forexample,ifashareprice______________thismeansitfallsdramatically.

5.Colleagues

A______________issomeoneapersonworkswith.So______________arepeoplewhoapersonworkswith.

6.Compiled

Ifsomethingis______________thismeansmanydifferentitemsorpapersetcarebroughttogetherintooneplace.Forexample,apersonmaywishto______________acollectionofdocumentsrelatingtoaparticularsubjectarea,todothistheywillsearchmanydifferentsourcesandputthesedocumentstogetherintooneplace.

7.Conceived

Ifsomethingis______________thismeansitisthoughtof,orunderstood.Forexample,itispossibleto______________ofthefactthatinthefuturethesealevelswillbemuchhigherthantheyarenow.Thismeansitispossibletobelieveorunderstandthatthiswillhappen.

8.Convinced

Apoliticalpartywilltryto______________peoplethatitspoliciesarethebestforthecountry,althoughwhetherit______________peopleusuallyneedstobecheckedinanelection.

9.Depression

To______________someonecanmeantomakethemfeel______________.To______________canalsomeantopressdown,andanothermeaningof______________wouldbesomethingwhichislow,thiscouldbeeitherpressureintheatmosphere,meaningthattherewouldbecloudsandrain,oritcouldbealowpointinsomeland,similartoadiporavalley,orjustasmall______________.

10.Encountered

To______________somethingmeanstomeetit,ortoexperience.Forexample,ifaperson______________anumberofdifficultiesintheirstudiesthismeansthattheymeet,orexperience,anumberofdifficulties.

11.Enormous

______________meansverylarge,andifsomethingis______________builtitisbuiltverylarge.

12.Forthcoming

______________meansarrivinginthe（usuallynear）future.

13.Inclination

______________meansleaningtodosomething（______________beingtheplural）,so,forexample,ifsomeoneis______________tofavourblueoverred,thismeanstheywillpreferbluetored.

14.Integrity

______________meanshonesty,ortruthfulness,soifapersonhas______________thismeansthattheydothingstruthfully,orhonestly,andthattheyneverlie.

15.Intrinsic

Itisneithernegativenorpositive,so,itispossibleforsomethingtobe______________problematic（negative）andalsopossibleforsomethingtohave______________benefits（positive）.

16.Invoked

Itcanalsobeusedtotalkabout‘higherpowers’or‘gods’or‘deities’aswell,so,forexample,apersoninaterriblesituationmaycryouttoa‘higherpower’forhelp,thiswouldbe______________thehelpofa‘higherpower’,andoftenaperson______________suchhelpwhentheyareindesperatesituations.

17.Levy

Ifthegovernment______________ataxonhighearners,thismeansthatitaskshighearnerstopayatax.

18.Likewise

Orangesareacitrusfruit,______________,soarelemons.Thismeansthatbothorangesandlemonsarecitrusfruits.

19.Nonetheless

______________isalinkingwordthatmeanshoweverorbut.Forexamplesmokinghasbeenshowntocausecancer,______________,therearemanysmokerswhodonotdevelopcancer.

20.Notwithstanding

Forexample,______________thefactthatsomepeoplebelievethatglobalwarmingishappeningnaturally,itisstillnotagoodideatopumpmillionsoftonnesofCO2intotheatmosphere.Thismeansthateventhoughpeoplemayfeelglobalwarmingisanaturallyoccurringevent,itisstillnotagoodideatocontinuetopumpmassesofCO2intotheatmosphere.

21.Odd

______________canmeanstrange,andisalsotheoppositeofeven.Forexample,inmathematicsan______________numberis1,3,5whereasevennumbersare2,4,6.

22.Ongoing

Ifaprojectis______________thismeansithasstartedbutithasnotyetfinished,sotheworkwillbecontinuing,or______________.

23.Panel

A______________canrefertoagroupofpeoplewhoaretojudgeordecideuponsomething,forexample,therearemany______________thatdecideuponwherefundingforresearchshouldgo.

24.Persistent

Thereisnoguaranteeofsuccessbut______________atataskwillgivemorechanceofsuccess.Ifsomeoneis______________tryingtodosomethingthismeanstheyhaveahighlevelof______________onthisissueandarenotgivinguponit.

25.Posed

To______________hastwokeymeanings;tosuggestorask,andtostandorpresentyourselfinacertainmannerusuallyforaphotograph.Forexampleifaperson______________aquestioninalecturethismeansthattheyaskaquestion,andifaperson______________aquestioninapieceofwritingthismeansthattheysuggestone.

26.Reluctant

Manypeoplehavea______________todothingswhichtheydislikeeventhoughtheyhavetodothem.

27.So-called

Drinkinglotsoforangejuiceisa______________preventionforcold=thispersonknowsthatmanypeoplebelieveorangejuicetobeapreventionforacoldbutthispersondoesnotthinkitis.

28.Straightforward

Ifsomethingis______________thenthismeansitiseasytounderstand,oreasytodo.

29.Undergo

Whenaperson______________surgerythismeansthattheyhaveanoperationdonetothem.______________surgeryusuallyrequiresananaesthetic,butwhenpeople______________surgerymanyyearsago,therewasnoanaestheticwhichmade______________surgeryfarmorepainful.

30.Whereby

Thegovernmentintroducedanewlaw______________thoseearninglessthanacertainamountwouldnotpaytax;thismeansthegovernmentintroducedalawwhichmeantthatthoseearninglessthanacertainamountwouldnotpaytax.

EndofA.ShorterTestParagraphs

B.FullerParagraphs

1.Adjacent

（1）.______________isanadjectiveanditmeans‘nextto’or‘besides’.Forexample,ifonehouseis

（2）.______________toanother,thismeansthatthathouseisbesidetheotherone.

2.Albeit

（1）.______________ispronouncedallbeit,anditmeans‘evenconsidering’or‘eventhoughsomethingislikethis’.Forexample,theUKisaveryexpensiveplacetostudy,

（2）.______________somewhatcheaperbecauseofthefallinthepound=evenconsideringthepoundhasfallen,theUKisstillanexpensiveplacetostudy.

3.Assembly

（1）.______________istheprocessnounoftheverbto

（2）.______________,andto（3）.______________meanstoputtogetherortoconstruct.Forexample,manufacturersofmachineswillhave（4）.______________lineswheretheirmachinesare（5）.______________,orputtogether,thismayconsistofone（6）.______________,oranumberofdifferent（7）.______________.（8）.______________isusuallydonemainlythroughautomatedrobotstodayandacompany（9）.______________itsproductsthroughacombinationofrobotsandhumaninput.An（10）.______________canalsobeacollectionofpeople,forexample,atschool,itisverycommontostartthedaywithan（11）.______________,whereallthepupilsarebroughttogetherintoonelargeroom,here,thepupils（12）.______________,orgettogether,inonelargeroomtobegivenimportantinformation.

4.Collapse

To

（1）.______________meanstofalldownordecreaserapidly.Forexample,ifashareprice

（2）.______________thismeansitfallsdramatically.Also,averystrongearthquakewilloftenleadtothe（3）.______________ofanumberofbuildings,especiallyincountrieswherethereislittleearthquakeprotection.However,inJapan,wherethereisahighdegreeofearthquakeprotection,veryfewbuildingshave（4）.______________inrecentearthquakes.Ifsomethingis（5）.______________thenthismeansitcan（6）.______________,andoftenthisisapositiveattribute,forexample,ifsomeonehasa（7）.______________bed,thenthisisgoodasitmeansthatthebedcanbereducedtoasmallsizeandstoredaway.

5.Colleagues

A

（1）.______________issomeoneapersonworkswith.So

（2）.______________arepeoplewhoapersonworkswith.These（3）.______________couldbefriendsalthoughtheydonothavetobe,nevertheless,ifapersonhasfriendlyandhelpful（4）.______________thiswillmakeahugedifferencetowhethertheirplaceofworkisapositiveandenjoyableplacetoworkin.

6.Compiled

Ifsomethingis

（1）.______________thismeansmanydifferentitemsorpapersetcarebroughttogetherintooneplace.Forexample,apersonmaywishto

（2）.______________acollectionofdocumentsrelatingtoaparticularsubjectarea,todothistheywillsearchmanydifferentsourcesandputthesedocumentstogetherintooneplace.（3）.______________sourcesisoftenessentialforwritingassignmentsandlongerpiecesofuniversitywork,andastudent（4）.______________manydifferentsourcesfordifferentprojects.A（5）.______________isacollection,and（6）.______________istheplural.（7）.______________isoftenusedtodescribemusicalbums,anda（8）.______________albumwouldbeacollectionofmusictracksfromaperiodoftime,astyleofmusic,orevenaselectionoftracksbyoneband.

7.Conceived

I