Academic Word List Sublist 8

1. expressing something that has more than one possible meaning, sometimes on purpose

2.  to go with someone to a particular place, often a social event

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3. something happening through chance rather than reasoning or a plan

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4. the act of favouring one particular side unfairly, based on personal opinion

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5. a drawing used to show information in a simple way, usually with lines or curves showing amounts / a detailed map of an area of water

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6. to add something to the end of a piece of writing or a document

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7. to leave a person, place or thing, usually permanently / to stop doing an activity before it is finished

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8. to make a process operate by computers or machines rather than humans in order to reduce time and cost

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9. to be grateful for something someone has done for you

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10. to collect a large number of things over a long period of time / to gradually increase in number or amount

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Academic Word List Sublist 8a - Correct answers:

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4. I asked my best friend to choose one abandoned accompany accumulated ambiguous appended appreciated arbitrary automated biased chart me to the theatre. I knew she would like the play and I don’t like to go alone.

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7. I choose one abandoned accompany accumulated ambiguous appended appreciated arbitrary automated biased chart the fact that he came to see me when I was ill in hospital. Many other people I know did not come to visit.

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10. The newspapers in my country are very choose one abandoned accompany accumulated ambiguous appended appreciated arbitrary automated biased chart against left wing parties. They always have stories that support those on the right.

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