ACADEMIC ENGLISH
This formal verb is a synonym for "try"
ATTEMPT
This is the verb you use with "homework," "housework," and "research."
DO
This common household noun involving tables and chairs is uncountable; you cannot say "an" or make it plural.
FURNITURE
This binomial expression refers to a calm situation without noise: "I just want some peace and _____."
QUIET
What is WHO?
World Health Organisation
In academic graphs and charts, this noun refers to a change in a particular direction (e.g., "The figures show a positive _____")
TREND
If you resemble your mother or father in appearance or character, you are said to "take _____" them.
AFTER
This noun refers to a tool used for cutting paper. It is always used in the plural, like trousers or glasses.
SCISSORS
This word describes the noise a dog makes when it is angry or threatening.
GROWL
This is the specific container usually associated with toothpaste or paint.
TUBE
This adjective describes something that exists in the mind rather than in physical reality; it is the opposite of "concrete."
ABSTRACT
This phrasal verb with put means to postpone or arrange a later time for something (e.g., "Can we put _____ the meeting?").
OFF
In word formation, this is the negative prefix added to the adjective responsible.
IR-
This word means "permitted," but it is a homophone for a word that means "speaking so you can be heard."
ALLOWED
This collective noun describes a group of thieves or criminals.
GANG
This adverb means "only" or "involving nothing else," as in "The work is not _____ devoted to cancer research."
SOLELY
This phrasal verb means to carefully examine or check something, such as an assignment (e.g., "Please go _____ your work before handing it in").
THROUGH/OVER
If you use the word iron as a countable noun (e.g., "I bought an iron"), it refers to a household appliance. If you use it as an uncountable noun, it refers to this.
METAL
This binomial means to make rapid progress: "Her English is improving in leaps and _____."
BOUNDS
This noun is used with "luck" to describe a single piece of good fortune: "A _____ of luck."
STROKE
This noun is frequently followed by the preposition of and refers to the range of a subject covered by a book or discussion (e.g., "This topic is beyond the _____ of this essay").
SCOPE
If you "get hold of the wrong end of the _____," you have completely misunderstood a situation.
STICK
This specific collective noun is used to describe a group of sheep or birds.
FLOCK
This word describes a long line of people, but if you pronounce it differently, it means a noisy argument.
ROW
This acronym refers to a condition where people feel depressed during winter months due to lack of light
SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder )