Intermediate Vocabulary

........................rates have declined considerably in Western countries over the last decade. However, most children are literate.

• illiteracy

• literacy

• dropout

• Bankruptcy

First years of formal education from around age 5 to 11 is known as

• special education

• secondary education

• primary education

• adult aducation

It is difficult to ................. on my work if there is a lot of noise.

• follow

• look

• concentrate

• forget

Student who are studying for their first degree at a college or university are called

• seniors

• dropouts

• graduates

• undergraduates

The difficulty in understanding the topic has .............for the last few days. Now I can understand better.

• increased

• spiked

• lessened

• grown

My drive to succeed has .................because I know I can beat the competition.

• abated

• grown

• lessened

• decreased

The teacher can not .....................his students according to their grades because he believes that each one of them has his or her own strength making them difficult to categorize.

• label

• classify

• declassify

• criticize

The rock .................to the point it becomes small pieces

• hardens

• disintegrates

• melts

• solidifies

The complex questions he has been exploring in this course has .....................his critical thinking abilities.

• diminished

• sharpened

• lessened

• deteriorated

Old age ........................the ability to remember things.

• sharpens

• deteriorates

• increases

• elavates