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AWL Sublist 3, Quiz #6 comment
These quizzes focus on sublist 3 of the Academic Word List (AWL). Words covered in this quiz are:
- comment, coordinate, fund, publish, react, register, sequence, task, valid, volume
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 3 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: Definitions
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Exercise 2: Gapfill
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Exercise 3: Collocations
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Language Notes
| comment [kɑment] | Related word forms commentators (pl), commentaries (pl), commentator (nper), commenting (vf), commentary (n), commented (vf), comments (vf) |
Meaning
noun
1. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material. E.g.: he wrote an extended comment on the proposal [Syn: commentary]
verb
1. make or write a comment on. E.g.: he commented the paper of his colleague [Syn: notice, remark, point out]
2. explain or interpret something.
Collocations (from ACL)
make (a) comment (v+n), written comment (adj+n)
| coordinate [koʊɔrdənət] | Related word forms co-ordinators (pl), co-ordination (oth), co-ordinating (pl), coordinators (pl), co-ordinator (oth), coordination (n), coordinating (vf), co-ordinates (pl), co-ordinated (pl), coordinator (nper), coordinates (vf), coordinated (adj), co-ordinate (oth) |
Meaning
noun
1. a number that identifies a position relative to an axis. [Syn: co-ordinate]
verb
1. bring order and organization to. [Syn: organize, organise]
2. bring into common action, movement, or condition. E.g.: coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers, coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues, coordinate our efforts
adj
1. of equal importance, rank, or degree.
Collocations (from ACL)
none
| fund [fʌnd] | Related word forms funding (n), funders (pl), funder (nper), funded (adj), funds (n) |
Meaning
noun
1. a reserve of money set aside for some purpose. [Syn: monetary fund]
2. a supply of something available for future use. [Syn: store, stock]
verb
1. furnish money for. E.g.: The government funds basic research in many areas
Collocations (from ACL)
public funds (adj+n)
| publish [pʌblɪʃ] | Related word forms unpublished (opp), publishing (vf), publishers (pl), publishes (pl), publisher (nper), published (adj), publishes (vf) |
Meaning
verb
1. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale. E.g.: publish a magazine or newspaper [Syn: bring out, put out, issue, release]
2. have (one's written work) issued for publication. E.g.: She published 25 books during her long career [Syn: write]
Collocations (from ACL)
publish (a) journal (v+n), publish (a) report (v+n), publish (an) article (v+n), publish research (v+n), published literature (adj+n), published material (adj+n), published research (adj+n), published work (adj+n)
| react [riækt] | Related word forms reactionaries (pl), reactivation (n), reactionary (adj), reactivate (v), reactions (pl), reactors (pl), reactive (adj), reaction (n), reacting (vf), reactor (n), reacted (vf), reacts (vf), reactivates (vf), reactivated (vf), reactivating (vf) |
Meaning
verb
1. show a response or a reaction to something. [Syn: respond]
2. undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions. E.g.: The hydrogen and the oxygen react
3. act against or in opposition to. E.g.: She reacts negatively to everything I say [Syn: oppose]
Collocations (from ACL)
adverse reaction (adj+n), chemical reaction (adj+n), emotional reaction (adj+n), strong reaction (adj+n)
| register [redʒɪstɜr] | Related word forms deregistration (opp), deregistering (pl), registration (n), deregistered (pl), registering (vf), deregisters (pl), registered (adj), deregister (opp), registers (vf) |
Meaning
noun
1. an official written record of names or events or transactions. [Syn: registry]
verb
1. record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions.
2. enroll to vote. E.g.: register for an election
3. be aware of. E.g.: Did you register any change when I pressed the button? [Syn: record]
Collocations (from ACL)
none
| sequence [sikwəns] | Related word forms sequentially (adv), sequential (adj), sequencing (vf), sequences (vf), sequenced (vf) |
Meaning
noun
1. serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern. E.g.: the sequence of names was alphabetical, he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA
verb
1. arrange in a sequence.
2. determine the order of constituents in. E.g.: They sequenced the human genome
Collocations (from ACL)
none
| task [tæsk] | Related word forms tasks (vf), tasked (vf), tasking (vf) |
Meaning
noun
1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted. [Syn: undertaking, project, labor]
2. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee. E.g.: the endless task of classifying the sampl [Syn: job, chore]
verb
1. assign a task to. E.g.: I tasked him with looking after the children
Collocations (from ACL)
carry out (the) task (v+n), complete (a) task (v+n), main task (adj+n), perform (a) task (v+n), primary task (adj+n)
| valid [vælɪd] | Related word forms validation (n), validating (vf), invalidity (opp), invalidate (opp), validated (vf), validity (n), validate (v), validly (adv), validates (vf) |
Meaning
adj
1. well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force. E.g.: a valid inference, a valid argument, a valid contract, a valid license
Collocations (from ACL)
valid argument (adj+n), equally valid (adv+adj)
| volume [vɑljum] | Related word forms volumes (pl) |
Meaning
noun
1. the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object. E.g.: the gas expanded to twice its original volume
2. the property of something that is great in magnitude. E.g.: the volume of exports [Syn: bulk, mass]
3. a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications. E.g.: the third volume was missing, he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review
4. a relative amount. E.g.: mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water
Collocations (from ACL)
none
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Pronunciation of words is adapted from The Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary.
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