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AWL Sublist 2, Quiz #5 administrate
These quizzes focus on sublist 2 of the Academic Word List (AWL). Words covered in this quiz are:
- administrate, chapter, credit, feature, normal, previous, relevant, restrict, select, text
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
| administrate [ædmɪnɪstreɪt] | Related word forms administratively (adv), administrations (pl), administrators (pl), administrative (adj), administration (n), administrator (nper), administrating (vf), administrates (vf), administrated (vf) |
Meaning
verb
1. work in an administrative capacity; supervise. [Syn: administer]
Collocations (from ACL)
public administration (adj+n), administrative practices (adj+n)
| chapter [tʃæptɜr] | Related word forms chapters (pl) |
Meaning
noun
1. a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled. E.g.: he read a chapter every night before falling asleep
Collocations (from ACL)
final chapter (adj+n), following chapter (adj+n), introductory chapter (adj+n), opening chapter (adj+n), preceding chapter (adj+n), previous chapter (adj+n), subsequent chapter (adj+n)
| credit [kredət] | Related word forms creditors (pl), crediting (vf), creditor (nper), credited (vf), credits (vf) |
Meaning
noun
1. approval. E.g.: he was given credit for his work, give her credit for trying, the credits were given at the end of the film [Syn: recognition]
2. money available for a client to borrow.
3. recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours. [Syn: course credit]
4. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage. [Syn: citation, acknowledgment, reference, mention, quotation]
verb
1. give someone credit for something. E.g.: We credited her for saving our jobs
2. accounting: enter as credit. E.g.: We credit your account with $100
Collocations (from ACL)
none
| feature [fitʃɜr] | Related word forms featuring (vf), features (vf), featured (vf) |
Meaning
noun
1. a prominent aspect of something. E.g.: the map showed roads and other features [Syn: characteristic]
verb
1. have as a feature. E.g.: This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France [Syn: have]
Collocations (from ACL)
central feature (adj+n), characteristic feature (adj+n), common feature (adj+n), defining feature (adj+n), distinctive feature (adj+n), distinguishing feature (adj+n), essential feature (adj+n), general feature (adj+n), key feature (adj+n), main feature (adj+n), major feature (adj+n), particular feature (adj+n), positive feature (adj+n), prominent feature (adj+n), salient feature (adj+n), significant feature (adj+n), specific feature (adj+n), striking feature (adj+n), structural feature (adj+n), identify features (v+n), physical features (adj+n)
| normal [nɔrməl] | Related word forms normalization (n), normalisation (n), normalizing (vf), normalising (vf), normalizes (vf), normalized (vf), normalises (vf), normalised (vf), abnormally (opp), normalize (v), normality (n), normalise (v), normally (adv), abnormal (opp) |
Meaning
noun
1. something regarded as a normative example. [Syn: convention, pattern, rule, formula]
adj
1. conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal. E.g.: serve wine at normal room temperature, normal diplomatic relations, normal working hours, normal word order, normal curiosity, the normal course o
2. being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development. E.g.: a perfectly normal child, of normal intelligence, the most normal person I've ever met
Collocations (from ACL)
normal conditions (adj+n), normal development (adj+n), normal distribution (adj+n), normal practice (adj+n)
| previous [priviəs] | Related word forms previously (adv) |
Meaning
adj
1. just preceding something else in time or order. E.g.: the previous owner [Syn: old]
Collocations (from ACL)
previous chapter (adj+n), previous decade (adj+n), previous discussion (adj+n), previous experience (adj+n), previous generation (adj+n), previous knowledge (adj+n), previous paragraph (adj+n), previous part (adj+n), previous research (adj+n), previous section (adj+n), previous study (adj+n), previous work (adj+n), previously described (adv+vpp), previously discussed (adv+vpp), previously known (adv+vpp), previously mentioned (adv+vpp), previously thought (adv+vpp)
| relevant [reləvənt] | Related word forms irrelevance (opp), irrelevant (opp), relevance (n) |
Meaning
adj
1. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue. E.g.: the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research
Collocations (from ACL)
relevant data (adj+n), relevant factors (adj+n), relevant information (adj+n), relevant issue (adj+n), relevant literature (adj+n), relevant material (adj+n), consider relevant (v+adj), highly relevant (adv+adj), particularly relevant (adv+adj)
| restrict [ristrɪkt] | Related word forms unrestrictive (opp), restrictively (adv), unrestricted (opp), restrictions (pl), restrictive (adj), restriction (n), restricting (adj), restricted (adj), restricts (vf) |
Meaning
verb
1. place restrictions on. [Syn: curtail, curb, cut back]
2. place limits on (extent or access). E.g.: restrict the use of this parking lot [Syn: restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle]
3. make more specific. [Syn: qualify]
Collocations (from ACL)
impose restrictions (v+n)
| select [səlekt] | Related word forms selectively (adv), selections (pl), selectors (pl), selective (adj), selection (n), selecting (vf), selector (nper), selected (vf), selects (vf) |
Meaning
verb
1. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives. E.g.: She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her [Syn: choose, take, pick out]
adj
1. of superior grade. E.g.: select peaches [Syn: choice, prize, quality, prime]
Collocations (from ACL)
(be) carefully selected (adv+vpp), (be) randomly selected (adv+vpp), highly selective (adv+adj)
| text [tekst] | Related word forms textual (adj), texts (pl) |
Meaning
noun
1. a book prepared for use in schools or colleges. E.g.: his economics textbook is in its tenth edition, the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy [Syn: textbook, text edition, schoolbook, school text]
2. the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.). E.g.: pictures made the text easier to understand
Collocations (from ACL)
classic text (adj+n), introductory text (adj+n), key text (adj+n), literary text (adj+n), original text (adj+n), textual analysis (adj+n)
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