Academic Wordlist Sublist 3

one of two or more things that you can choose between 

There are several ______ open to us at the moment.

that you can use or do instead of sth else

The motorway was closed so we had to find an ______route.

Different to what is usual or traditional

_______ medicine 

the facts and events that affect what happens in a particular situation

Police said there were no suspicious ________ surrounding the boy's death.

the amount of money that you have

The company has promised to repay the money when its financial _______ improve. 

as the result of a particular situation

It's not an ideal solution, but it's the best we can do in the ________.

never; not for any reason

Under _________ should you enter my office. 

to say what you think or feel about sth

Several people ______ on how ill David looked. Page 2/19 www.sprachenzentrum.uzh.ch 

something that you say or write that gives your opinion or feeling about sth 

The chancellor was not available for ______.

a spoken description on the radio or television of sth as it is happening

A football ______ does not require an extensive vocabulary range 

give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense 

The government should _______ the farmers for the loss of their crop due to the unseasonal rains

reduce or counteract (something unwelcome or unpleasant) by exerting an opposite force or effect

His occasional courtesies did not _______ for his general rudeness. 

part, element, constituent of something 

The bacteria excrete cellulose, the basic _______ of our forests. 

agreement, assent 

Even the rare free vote requires the ______ of the party in power. 

An opinion held by all or most, general agreement 

We have been trying very hard to forge a _______ that no nuclear weapons should be allowed on the Korean Peninsula. 

rather large or great in size, distance, extent; worthy of respect, attention

We took a ______ length of time to decide. 

not changing, remaining the same; going on all the time, continual, persistent

In other words, if an ideal gas is compressed and kept at _____ temperature, the work done in compressing it is completely converted into heat and transferred to the surrounding heat sink. 

forced

The evidence was so compelling that he felt ______ to accept it.

to restrict or limit sb/sth

Research has been ______ by a lack of funds.

strict control over the way that you behave or are allowed to behave

At last we could relax and talk without _______.

To give (support, money, etc.) for a common purpose or fund, to provide;

I’ve been _______ articles to this paper for many years. 

to help to bring about a result, to lead to something

Design faults in the boat ______ to the tragedy. 

A voluntary gift (as money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

Would you like to make a _______ to this charity? 

To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose, to meet, to assemble; to order to appear before a court of law, judge, tribunal, etc. 

He ________ a meeting of all the managers. 

conforming with accepted standards; following accepted customs and proprieties

_________ wisdom says that the best way to prepare for an exam to study past exam questions 

To place in the same order, rank, etc.; to bring into proper order or relation, to harmonise 

The Department of Health will lead and ______ the response to an outbreak of swine flu at national and local level. 

Harmonious adjustment or action, as of muscles in producing complex movements

MS patients who use cannabis report a soothing of the painful muscle spasms and improved muscle __________. 

the basic and most important part of something

The basic lack of government funding is at the ______ of the problem. 

the hard central part of some fruits, such as apples, which contains the seeds. the centre of a planet.

The Earth's _____is a hot, molten mix of iron and nickel. 

relating to a large company.

_______ finance 

a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization

She didn't want to work for a big _______ where everything was so impersonal. 

to match or be similar or equal

The money I've saved ________ roughly to the amount I need for my course. Correspond (verb): to communicate by writing a letter or sending an email 

to communicate by writing a letter or sending an email

I've been _________ with several experts in the field. 

A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared or judged. 

An important ______ of maturity is creativity. 

Plural form of criterion

This may result in a number of different ______ being applied at different stages of the search activity. 

Form an opinion from a solid basis of fact

From the size of these shoeprints, I ______ the intruder was wearing large shoes. 

That which is subtracted or removed; a sum that can be removed from tax calculations

The company could be denied a _______ for its pension payments, or those payments for the wife and other employees could be ruled taxable to them in the year made. 

The act of presenting something to sight or view

The _______ of new data.

In an obvious and provable manner

His documentary sources are ________ wrong.

to show; to make clear, to show something and explain how it works

These figures clearly _______ the size of the economic problem facing the country.