Academic English Vocabulary

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Academic English Vocab 1• ACADEMIC LANGUAGE SHEET 1 FREQUENCY RATING 1 on scale of 10 (highest rating)• analysis benefit interpretation income theory• policy procedure research significant variables

Definitions (Merriam-Webster) Vocabulary

very important

a series of actions that are done in a certain way or order: an established or accepted way of doing something

money that is earned from work, investments, business etc.

careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about something

the way something is explained or understood

a careful study of something to learn about its parts, what they do, and how they are related to each other

things that change or can be changed

a good or helpful result or effect

a course of action selected from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions

an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events

Academic English Vocab 1: sentences

• analysis benefit interpretation income theory• policy procedure research significant variables

1. At the end of the tax year, it is necessary for us to declare our annual __________________. 2. According to Karl Marx’s _________________, workers’ states should have arisen in several capitalist countries by now, but the ______________ has not conformed to practice. (same word twice)3. At university, all good scholarship is started off with many hours of reading and ____________.4. In the old days, America’s international _______________ was one of non-engagement in world affairs, but that is no longer their _______________. (same word twice)5. She and I were given the same data to study but we each came up with a complete different _________________ of the statistics and figures.6. If the situation were predictable and the outcomes foreseeable, I would have confidence that things would work out profitably, but circumstances are far too ___________________ for us to be bullish about outcomes.7. I’m just an honest woodcutter and nobody has ever thought I had any ________________ but just recently I have been feeling strangely powerful amongst my forest friends.8. She’s still young and can ___________from sound advice if she is willing to listen to it.9. Economic ________________ and academic ______________ is very different from Freudian _________________. (same word three times)10. All the protocols (system of rules and practices) at this university reflect very long-established ___________________ that we mostly follow without realising it.

Answers - vocabularyDefinitions Matching vocabularyvery important significant

a series of actions that are done in a certain way or order: an established or accepted way of doing something

procedure

money that is earned from work, investments, business etc. income

careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about something

research

the way something is explained or understood interpretation

a careful study of something to learn about its parts, what they do, and how they are related to each other

analysis

things that change or can be changed variables

a good or helpful result or effect benefit

a course of action selected from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions

policy

an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events theory

Answers - sentences

1. At the end of the tax year, it is necessary for us to declare our annual income. 2. According to Karl Marx’s theory, workers’ states should have arisen in several capitalist countries by now, but the theory has not conformed to practice. (same word twice)3. At university, all good scholarship is started off with many hours of reading and research.4. In the old days, America’s international policy was one of non-engagement in world affairs, but that is no longer its policy. (same word twice)5. She and I were given the same data to study but we each came up with a complete different interpretation of the statistics and figures.6. If the situation were predictable and the outcomes foreseeable, I would have confidence that things would work out profitably, but circumstances are far too variable for us to be bullish about outcomes.7. I’m just an honest woodcutter and nobody has ever thought I had any significance but just recently I have been feeling strangely powerful amongst my forest friends.8. She’s still young and can benefit from sound advice if she is willing to listen to it.9. Economic analysis and academic analysis is very different from Freudian analysis. (same word three times)10. All the protocols (system of rules and practices) at this university reflect very long-established procedures that we mostly follow without realising it.