Academic Word List: Group 8

a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

• currency  

• schedule  

• revise  

Answer explanation

- currency: general acceptance or use

- revise: the act of rewriting something

any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable

• visual  

• radical  

• random  

Answer explanation

- radical: arising from or going to the root or source

- random: lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance

hold dear

• manipulate  

• schedule  

• appreciate  

Answer explanation

- manipulate: tamper, with the purpose of deception

- schedule: plan for an activity or event

recognize with gratitude; be grateful for

• bias  

• appreciate  

• fluctuate  

Answer explanation

- bias: cause to be biased

- fluctuate: cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used

• practitioner  

• vehicle  

• currency  

Answer explanation

- practitioner: someone who practices a learned profession

- vehicle: a conveyance that transports people or objects

the most interesting or memorable part

• highlight  

• infrastructure  

• complement  

Answer explanation

-  infrastructure: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area

- complement: one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response

be a sign or indication of

• denote  

• restore  

• appreciate

Answer explanation

- appreciate: hold dear

- restore: return to life; get or give new life or energy

a notable achievement

• prospect  

• vehicle  

• exploit  

Answer explanation

- prospect: the possibility of future success

- vehicle: a conveyance that transports people or objects

a person who has radical ideas or opinions

• contemporary  

• radical  

• drama  

Answer explanation

- drama : the quality of being arresting or highly emotional

- contemporary: a person of nearly the same age as another

move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

• displace  

• append  

• highlight  

Answer explanation

- displace: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

- append: fix to; attach