Academic vocabulary MASTER LIST

These goats are ______________ to each other.

• oblivious

• chronological

• adjacent

• ferocious

Answer explanation

adjective

Adjacent means close to or near something.

"The students were sitting adjacent to one another"

Scrooge McDuck was very rich. His goal was to ____________ as much money as possible.

• calculate

• exhaust

• accumulate

• anticipate

Answer explanation

verb

gather together or get an increasing number or quantity of.

"investigators have yet to accumulate enough evidence"

"At I-SHOU students accumulate iSAMS commendations when they do something good"

These penguins __________to the cold weather by staying close to each other for warmth.

• adapt

• calculate

• exaggerate

• peculiar

Answer explanation

verb

make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify.

"hospitals have had to be adapted for modern medical practice"

"She had to adapt to her new school by studying more."

Bob's mom saw that he got an okay score of 4 on his humanities exam. Bob's mom thought this was an ___________ score.

• compose

• tentative

• unique

• adequate

Answer explanation

adjective

satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.

"This office is perfectly adequate for my needs."

"My effort in humanities class is adequate."

In humanities class, we have to read closely and ________ the text for clues about what it might mean.

• conclusion

• anticipate

• analyze

• quote

Answer explanation

verb

examine (something) methodically and in detail, typically in order to explain and interpret it.

"Your teachers at I-SHOU analyze student's test scores to learn how to teach you better"

"We need to analyze our results more clearly."

The person on the right did ___________ it would rain and brought an umbrella.

• anticipate

• accumulate

• transfer

• violate

Answer explanation

verb

regard as probable; expect or predict.

"she anticipated anger on her return to the theatre"

"I anticipate that the second semester will go more smoothly than the first semester"

At school and at work we must make sure that our clothes are_________________.

• lofty

• variable

• unique

• appropriate

Answer explanation

adjective

suitable or proper in the circumstances.

"This isn't the appropriate time or place."

"Students get in trouble if they don't use appropriate language"

In museums we can see many ancient ____________s.

• benefit

• dimension

• artifact

• substitute

Answer explanation

noun

an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.

"gold and silver artifacts"

Getting high scores is a __________ of working hard and studying.

• benefit

• factor

• origin

• citizen

Answer explanation

noun

an advantage or profit gained from something.

"enjoy the benefits of being a member"

verb

receive an advantage; profit.

"I-SHOU would benefit from more vacation days for the students"

We have to _________ our answers by showing our work.

• extend

• insist

• calculate

• quote

Answer explanation

verb

1.determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.

"The program can calculate the number of words that will fit in the space available"

2. intend (an action) to have a particular effect.

"his last words were calculated to wound her"