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AWL Sublist 2, Quiz #3 achieve
These quizzes focus on sublist 2 of the Academic Word List (AWL). Words covered in this quiz are:
- achieve, appropriate, category, community, complex, culture, distinct, equate, regulate, tradition
Before you begin the quizzes, you might want to study meaning and other information about the words used in the quizzes. See below (after Exercise 3) for details.
Learning Outcomes
By completing these quizzes, you will:
- understand the meaning(s) of AWL sublist 2 words;
- learn to use vocabulary productively by focusing on word form, word family and example sentences for each word;
- use collocations from the Academic Collocations List (ACL) to develop knowledge of academic collocations for each word.
Exercise 1: Flashcards
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Exercise 2: Gapfill
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Exercise 3: Collocations
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Language Notes
| achieve [ətʃiv] | Related word forms achievements (pl), achievement (n), achievable (adj), achieving (vf), achieves (vf), achieved (vf) |
Meaning
verb
1. to gain with effort. E.g.: she achieved her goal despite setbacks [Syn: accomplish, attain, reach]
Collocations (from ACL)
achieve (a) goal (v+n), achieve (an) objective (v+n), achieve (an) outcome (v+n), academic achievement (adj+n)
| appropriate [əproʊpriət] | Related word forms inappropriately (opp), appropriateness (n), inappropriate (opp), inappropriacy (opp), appropriately (adv), appropriacy (n) |
Meaning
adj
1. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc. E.g.: a book not appropriate for children, a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity, it seems that an apology is appropriate
2. meant or adapted for an occasion or use. E.g.: not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy [Syn: suitable, suited]
Collocations (from ACL)
appropriate action (adj+n), appropriate behaviour (adj+n), appropriate conditions (adj+n), appropriate data (adj+n), appropriate form (adj+n), appropriate language (adj+n), appropriate level (adj+n), appropriate point (adj+n), appropriate response (adj+n), appropriate skills (adj+n), appropriate treatment (adj+n), appropriate way (adj+n), consider appropriate (v+adj), deem appropriate (v+adj), particularly appropriate (adv+adj), seem appropriate (v+adj), respond appropriately (v+adv)
| category [kætəgɔri] | Related word forms categorization (n), categorisation (n), categorizing (vf), categorising (vf), categorizes (vf), categorized (vf), categorises (vf), categorised (vf), categorise (v), categories (pl) |
Meaning
noun
1. a collection of things sharing a common attribute. [Syn: class, family]
Collocations (from ACL)
broad category (adj+n), fall into (the) category (of) (v+n), general category (adj+n), main category (adj+n)
| community [kəmjunəti] | Related word forms communities (pl) |
Meaning
noun
1. a group of people living in a particular local area. E.g.: the team is drawn from all parts of the community
2. a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common. E.g.: the Christian community of the apostolic age, he was well known throughout the Catholic community
3. a group of nations having common interests. E.g.: they hoped to join the NATO community
4. the body of people in a learned occupation. E.g.: the news spread rapidly through the medical community [Syn: profession]
5. a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences. [Syn: residential district, residential area]
Collocations (from ACL)
academic community (adj+n), ethnic community (adj+n), international community (adj+n), local community (adj+n), rural community (adj+n), scientific community (adj+n), virtual community (adj+n), wider community (adj+n)
| complex [kɑmpleks] | Related word forms complexities (pl), complexity (n) |
Meaning
noun
1. a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts. E.g.: the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town [Syn: composite]
2. a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated. [Syn: coordination compound]
adj
1. complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts. E.g.: a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody, a complex mass of diverse laws and customs
Collocations (from ACL)
complex area (adj+n), complex interaction (adj+n), complex issue (adj+n), complex pattern (adj+n), complex problem (adj+n), complex process (adj+n), complex question (adj+n), complex relationship (adj+n), complex set (adj+n), complex situation (adj+n), complex structure (adj+n), complex system (adj+n), extremely complex (adv+adj), highly complex (adv+adj), increasingly complex (adv+adj), increasing complexity (adj+n)
| culture [kʌltʃɜr] | Related word forms uncultured (opp), culturally (adv), cultures (pl), cultured (adj), cultural (adj) |
Meaning
noun
1. a particular society at a particular time and place. [Syn: civilization, civilisation]
2. all the knowledge and values shared by a society. [Syn: acculturation]
3. the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization. E.g.: the developing drug culture, the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture
Collocations (from ACL)
cultural activity (adj+n), cultural aspect (adj+n), cultural attitudes (adj+n), cultural background (adj+n), cultural boundary (adj+n), cultural change (adj+n), cultural context (adj+n), cultural differences (adj+n), cultural dimension (adj+n), cultural diversity (adj+n), cultural factors (adj+n), cultural heritage (adj+n), cultural history (adj+n), cultural identity (adj+n), cultural influence (adj+n), cultural institution (adj+n), cultural issue (adj+n), cultural life (adj+n), cultural norm (adj+n), cultural perspective (adj+n), cultural phenomenon (adj+n), cultural practice (adj+n), cultural significance (adj+n), cultural theory (adj+n), cultural tradition (adj+n), cultural values (adj+n), culturally specific (adv+adj), common culture (adj+n), dominant culture (adj+n), global culture (adj+n), local culture (adj+n), modern culture (adj+n), national culture (adj+n), political culture (adj+n), popular culture (adj+n), traditional culture (adj+n)
| distinct [dɪstɪŋkt] | Related word forms distinctively (adv), indistinctly (opp), distinctions (pl), distinctive (adj), distinction (n), indistinct (opp), distinctly (adv) |
Meaning
adj
1. (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality. E.g.: plants of several distinct types, the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses, gold is distinct from iron, a tree related to but quite distinct from the Euro [Syn: distinguishable]
2. constituting a separate entity or part. E.g.: on two distinct occasions [Syn: discrete]
3. recognizable; marked. E.g.: noticed a distinct improvement, at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage [Syn: decided]
Collocations (from ACL)
distinct group (adj+n), distinct type (adj+n), clear distinction (adj+n), draw (a) distinction (v+n), make (a) distinction (v+n), sharp distinction (adj+n), distinctive feature (adj+n)
| equate [ɪkweɪt] | Related word forms equations (pl), equation (n), equating (vf), equates (vf), equated (vf) |
Meaning
verb
1. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous. E.g.: You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed [Syn: compare, liken]
2. be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics. [Syn: correspond]
Collocations (from ACL)
none
| regulate [regjəleɪt] | Related word forms deregulation (opp), deregulating (opp), unregulated (opp), regulations (pl), deregulates (oth), deregulated (oth), regulatory (adj), regulators (pl), regulation (n), regulating (vf), regulator (nper), regulates (vf), regulated (adj) |
Meaning
verb
1. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations. E.g.: We cannot regulate the way people dress, This town likes to regulate [Syn: regularize, regularise, order, govern]
2. shape or influence; give direction to. [Syn: determine, shape, mold, influence]
Collocations (from ACL)
regulatory agency (adj+n), regulatory framework (adj+n)
| tradition [trədɪʃən] | Related word forms non-traditional (opp), traditionalist (adj), traditionally (adv), traditional (adj), traditions (pl) |
Meaning
noun
1. an inherited pattern of thought or action.
2. a specific practice of long standing. [Syn: custom]
Collocations (from ACL)
cultural tradition (adj+n), literary tradition (adj+n), western tradition (adj+n), traditional approach (adj+n), traditional culture (adj+n), traditional form (adj+n), traditional method (adj+n), traditional practice (adj+n), traditional research (adj+n), traditional society (adj+n), traditional value (adj+n), traditional view (adj+n)
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