Sublist10Exercises

1)Choosethecorrectpartofspeechofthewordinbrackets,addingaffixesifnecessary,tocompletethefollowing
sentences.

a) Theargumentputforwardbytheministerwasso____________thatshelostherseat.
CONVINCED
b) Manypatientsfallintoa_________________statewhiletheyareonthismedication.
DEPRESSION
c) Theteacherwasnot__________________tohelpthestudentswhodidlittleornohomework.
INCLINATION
d) Thecity________________aseriesofupgradestoitsroadnetworkduringthe1990s.
UNDERGO
e) Duringthe19thCenturytheideathatinstantcommunicationcouldhappenacrosscontinentswas
__________________.
CONCEIVED
f) Nobodycouldblametheyoungboyforhis_________________toswimacrossthewildriver.
RELUCTANT

2)Choosethecorrectwordfromthelistonthelefttomatcheachmeaning.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

collapse
levy

encountered
intrinsic
persistent
colleagues

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

depression
integrity
reluctant
assembly
enormous
convinced

beinganextremelyimportantandbasiccharacteristic
similartoatax
lastingforalongtime/difficulttogetridof

aregularmeetingofaparticulargroup
notwillingtodosomething(maybeslowtodoit)
thequalityofbeinghonestandhavingprinciples.

3)Choosewordsfromtheboxtocompletethetext.Youmayhavetochangethepartofspeech.

adjacent

albeit

persistent

whereby

nonetheless

enormous

likewise

Abreakthroughinresearchonararebonediseasehasgivenhopetosufferers,andhasgreatsignificanceforthe
futureofosteopathy.The______________painassociatedwiththediseasecanbeminimisedwithoutdrugs,
_____________forshortperiods.Bystrengtheningtissues______________totheaffectedjoints,suffererscan
graduallyimprovepainfreemobility.Thecourseoftreatment,___________apatientattendsacliniconceaweek,
hasproducedencouragingresultsinclinicaltrials._____________,researchersareoptimisticabouttheresultsofa
concurrentstudywhichtreatsthediseasewithacalcium richdiet.Trialsareasyetinconclusive;_______________
researchersarereasonablycertainthatthisbreakthroughwillimprovethelivesofsufferers_______________.

SublistTenthislistofwordscontainsthe30leastfrequentwordsintheAcademiccorpus.
adjacent

enormous

odd

albeit

forthcoming

ongoing

assembly

inclination

panel

collapse

integrity

persistent

colleagues

intrinsic

posed

compiled

invoked

reluctant

conceived

levy

so-called

convinced

likewise

straightforward

depression

nonetheless

undergo

encountered

notwithstanding

whereby

VocabularyANSWERSbasedonSublistTenoftheAcademicWordList

1)Choosethecorrectpartofspeechofthewordinbrackets,addingaffixesifnecessary,tocompletethefollowing
sentences.

a) Theargumentputforwardbytheministerwassounconvincingthatshelostherseat.
CONVINCED
b) Manypatientsfallintoadepressive statewhiletheyareonthismedication.
DEPRESSION
c) Theteacherwasnotinclined tohelpthestudentswhodidlittleornohomework.
INCLINATION
d) Thecityunderwentaseriesofupgradestoitsroadnetworkduringthe1990s.
UNDERGO
e) Duringthe19thCenturytheideathatinstantcommunicationcouldhappenacrosscontinentswas

inconceivable .

CONCEIVED
f) Nobodycouldblametheyoungboyforhisreluctancetoswimacrossthewildriver.
RELUCTANT

2)Choosethecorrectwordfromthelistonthelefttomatcheachmeaning.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

collapse
levy
encountered
intrinsic
persistent
colleagues

beinganextremelyimportantandbasiccharacteristic
similartoatax
lastingforalongtime/difficulttogetridof

aregularmeetingofaparticulargroup
notwillingtodosomething(maybeslowtodoit)
thequalityofbeinghonestandhavingprinciples.

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

depression
integrity
reluctant
assembly
enormous
convinced

3)Choosewordsfromtheboxtocompletethetext.Youmayhavetochangethepartofspeech.

adjacent

albeit

persistent

whereby

nonetheless

enormous

likewise

Abreakthroughinresearchonararebonediseasehasgivenhopetosufferers,andhasgreatsignificanceforthe
futureofosteopathy.Thepersistentpainassociatedwiththediseasecanbeminimisedwithoutdrugs,albeit
forshortperiods.Bystrengtheningtissuesadjacent totheaffectedjoints,suffererscangraduallyimprovepain
freemobility.Thecourseoftreatment,wherebyapatientattendsacliniconceaweek,hasproduced
encouragingresultsinclinicaltrials.Likewise,researchersareoptimisticabouttheresultsofaconcurrent
studywhichtreatsthediseasewithacalcium richdiet.Trialsareasyetinconclusive;nonetheless,researchers
arereasonablycertainthatthisbreakthroughwillimprovethelivesofsufferers_enormously.