Academic Word List Sublist 9 
Here we move on to practice exercises for the academic word list sublist 9, words 31 - 40. 
 
 
Words 31-40 
    
Mature Mediate Medium Military Minimal  
 
Mutual Norm Overlap Passive Portion  
 
 
 
Exercise 1  
Which of the above AWL words do you know? 
  
  Match the definitions to the word: 
  
 
Exercise 2 
Choose which word will fit in the gap: 
  
1 . He was quite happy for me to point out his weaknesses in  English. He was very 
  
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   about the whole thing. 
2 . The company reinvests quite a small 
  
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   of their  profits back into the business. Most goes to the shareholders.
3 . He disliked me a lot, but the feeling was 
  
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  . We just  didn’t get along together. 
4 . It’s the 
  
    
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   in my country to get married before you are  30. Most people think you are strange if you are still single in your 30s. 
5 . I always get 
  
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   size if I buy any clothes.
6 . They arranged for a negotiator to come in and try and  
  
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   between the two leaders as they could not find any common ground. 
7 . We need to change the English curriculum because some of  the modules 
  
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  . We can’t have students studying the same thing in  different classes.
8 . The compensation he received for the injury was 
  
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  . He  couldn’t afford to go to court so he didn’t get much, just what the company  offered. 
9 . The government is going to increase 
  
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   spending for  the fourth year in a row. They want to show their strength to other countries  in the region.
10 . He tends to be very 
  
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   in the relationship. She makes  most of the decisions.
 
 
 
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