CELESE AWL Sublist 9a

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1: accommodate

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] accommodated, accommodates, accommodating, accommodation

Level: AWL

1. The hotel can accommodate up to 500 guests.
2. He bought a huge house to accommodate his library.
3. Our proposal tries to accommodate the special needs of minority groups.
4. The price for the holiday includes flights and accommodation.

2: analogy

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] analogies, analogous

Level: AWL

1. The teacher explained the movement of light by analogy with the movement of water.
2. It is sometimes easier to illustrate an abstract concept by analogy with something concrete.
3. The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump.
4. The experience of mystic trance is in a sense analogous to sleep or drunkenness.

3: anticipate

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] anticipated, anticipates, anticipating, anticipation, unanticipated

Level: AWL

1. A good speaker is able to anticipate an audience’s needs and concerns.
2. It is anticipated that inflation will stabilize at 3%.
3. The workers have called off their strike in anticipation of a pay offer.
4. As with most pleasures, it’s not so much the experience itself as the anticipation that is enjoyable.

4: assureAppears in List(s):9a[related words] assurance, assurances, assured, assuredly, assures, assuring

Level: AWL

1. The Prime Minister assured the electorate that taxes would not be increased after the election.
2. We were assured that everything possible was being done.
3. He gave an assurance that the work would be completed by Wednesday.
4. These problems might not be solved by money alone, but they will assuredly not be solved without it.

5: attain

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] attainable, attained, attaining, attainment, attainments, attains, unattainable

Level: AWL

1. More women are attaining positions of power.
2. We need to identify the best ways of attaining our goals.
3. This standard is easily attainable by most students.
4. In future any teacher sacked for poor pupil attainment or for displaying an unacceptable grasp of his or her subject will risk alife ban.

6: behalfAppears in List(s):9a[related words]

Level: AWL

1. On behalf of everyone here, may I wish you a very happy retirement.
2. On behalf of the entire company, I would like to thank you for all your work.
3. Mr Knight cannot be here, so his wife will accept the prize on his behalf.
4. Unfortunately, George cannot be with us today so I am pleased to accept this award on his behalf.

7: bulk

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] bulky

Level: AWL

1. The bulk of consumers are based in towns.
2. In fact, the bulk of the book is taken up with criticizing other works.
3. Despite its bulk and weight, the car is extremely fast.
4. Buying in bulk is more economical than shopping for small quantities.

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8: cease

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] ceased, ceaseless, ceases, ceasing

Level: AWL

1. The things people will do for charity never cease to amaze me.
2. The company ceased production at their Tokyo plant last year.
3. Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.
4. The men worked ceaselessly through the night.

9: coherent

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] coherence, coherently, incoherent, incoherently

Level: AWL

1. Little attempt was made to integrate the parts into a coherent whole.
2. He has failed to work out a coherent strategy for modernizing the service.
3. An overall theme will help to give your essay coherence.
4. There was no coherence between the first and the second half of the film.

10: coincide

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] coincided, coincides, coinciding, coincidence, coincidences, coincident, coincidental

Level: AWL

1. If the heavy rain had coincided with an extreme high tide, serious flooding would have resulted.
2. The interests of employers and employees do not always coincide.
3. What a coincidence! I wasn’t expecting to see you here.
4. It’s purely coincidental that we both chose to call our daughters Emma.

11: commence

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] commenced, commences, commencement, commencing, recommences, recommenced,
Level: AWL
recommencing
1. Your first evaluation will be six months after you commence employment.
2. The academic year commences at the beginning of April in Japan.
3. Would passengers please put out cigarettes before the commencement of the flight.
4. All applicants should be at least 16 years of age at the commencement of this course.

12: compatible

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] compatibility, incompatibility, incompatible

Level: AWL

1. This software may not be compatible with older operating systems.
2. Are measures to protect the environment compatible with economic growth?
3. Most programs work with IBM compatibles.
4. I don’t know why they ever got married. They’re totally incompatible.

13: concurrent

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] concurrently

Level: AWL

1. The judge imposed concurrent sentences totalling 14 years for the attacks on the girls.
2. Concurrent with her acting career, she has managed to write two books of her own.
3. Her two dramas are being shown concurrently by rival television stations.
4. He was jailed for 33 months to run concurrently with a sentence he is already serving for burglary.

14: confine

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] confined, confines, confining, unconfined

Level: AWL

1. Please confine your use of the telephone to business calls.
2. By closing the infected farms we’re hoping to confine the disease to the north of the region.
3. The risk of infection is confined to medical personnel.
4. He was confined to a wheelchair after the accident.

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15: controversy

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] controversies, controversial, controversially, uncontroversial

Level: AWL

1. The President resigned amid considerable controversy.
2. There was a big controversy surrounding the use of drugs in athletics.
3. The policy has caused fierce controversy ever since it was introduced.
4. The government brought in a controversial law under which it could take any land it wanted.

16: converse

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] conversely

Level: AWL

1. Some teachers welcomed the change; but for the majority of teachers, the converse was true.
2. Building new roads increases traffic and the converse is equally true: reducing the number and size of roads means lesstraffic.
3. In the US, you drive on the right hand side of the road, but in Britain the converse applies.
4. You can add the fluid to the powder, or, conversely, the powder to the fluid.

17: device

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] devices

Level: AWL

1. The company makes devices to detect carbon monoxide.
2. Rescuers used a special device for finding people trapped in collapsed buildings.
3. A powerful device exploded outside the station.
4. Sending advertising by email is very successful as a marketing device.

18: devote

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] devoted, devotedly, devotes, devoting, devotion, devotions

Level: AWL

1. She has devoted all her energies to the care of homeless people.
2. The report recommends that more resources be devoted to teaching four year olds.
3. The journal had a devoted following of around 1000 subscribers.
4. She will be remembered for her selfless devotion to the cause.

19: diminishAppears in List(s):9a[related words] diminished, diminishes, diminishing, diminution, undiminished

Level: AWL

1. These drugs diminish blood flow to the brain.
2. The world’s resources are rapidly diminishing.
3. I don’t wish to diminish the importance of their contribution.
4. Regular exercise can result in a general diminution in stress levels.

20: distort

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] distorted, distorting, distortion, distortions, distorts

Level: AWL

1. Newspapers are often guilty of distorting the truth.
2. My original statement has been completely distorted by the media.
3. This report gives a somewhat distorted impression of what actually happened.
4. I think it would be a gross distortion of reality to say that they were motivated by self-interest.

21: duration

Appears in List(s):9a[related words]

Level: AWL

1. The course is of three years’ duration.
2. Almost all workers heeded a call by the trade unions to stay at home for the duration of the strike.
3. He was given the task of protecting her for the duration of the trial.
4. Some of the high mountain roads are closed for a period during the winter, the duration depending on the weather conditions.

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22: erodeAppears in List(s):9a[related words] eroded, erodes, eroding, erosion

Level: AWL

1. The cliffs are being constantly eroded by heavy seas.
2. Her confidence has been slowly eroded by repeated failures.
3. Wind and rain have eroded the statues into shapeless lumps of stone.
4. As their roots are strong and penetrating, they prevent erosion.

23: ethic

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] ethical, ethically, ethics, unethicalLevel: AWL

1. He said he was bound by a scientist’s code of ethics.
2. The old ethic of hard work has given way to a new ethic of instant gratification.
3. The use of animals in scientific tests raises difficult ethical questions.
4. I don’t think it’s ethical for you to accept a job you know you can’t do.

24: format

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] formatted, formatting, formats

Level: AWL

1. The format of the new quiz show has proved popular.
2. They’ve brought out the magazine in a new format.
3. When you download the font it may be in a compressed format, such as a zip file.
4. When text is saved from a Web page, it is often very badly formatted with many short lines.

25: found

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] founded, founder, founders, founding, unfounded

Level: AWL

1. Founded in 1935 in Ohio, Alcoholics Anonymous is now a world-wide organization.
2. We are planning a dinner to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the company.
3. Their marriage was founded on love and mutual respect.
4. Unfounded rumours began circulating that Bill and Monica were having an affair.

26: inherent

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] inherently

Level: AWL

1. Stress is an inherent part of dieting.
2. There are dangers inherent in almost every sport.
3. I think racism is unconsciously inherent in practically everyone.
4. Firefighting is an inherently dangerous occupation.

27: insightAppears in List(s):9a[related words] insightful, insights

Level: AWL

1. The article gives us a real insight into the causes of the present economic crisis.
2. The research provides new insights into the way we process language.
3. With a flash of insight I realized what the dream meant.
4. She offered some really interesting, insightful observations.

28: integral

Appears in List(s):9a[related words]

Level: AWL

1. Vegetables are an integral part of our diet.
2. Physics is an integral part of the school’s curriculum.
3. Rituals and festivals form an integral part of every human society.
4. Statistics are integral to medical research.

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29: intermediate

Appears in List(s):9a[related words]

Level: AWL

1. The book is aimed at students at the intermediate level and above.
2. This is a ski resort suited to beginners and intermediates.
3. Liquid crystals are considered to be intermediate between liquid and solid.
4. This book is too difficult for intermediate students of English.

30: manual

Appears in List(s):9a[related words] manually, manuals

Level: AWL

1. It would take too long to do a manual search of all the data.
2. Consult the computer manual if you have a problem.
3. Computer-controlled robots are taking over manual jobs in many industries.
4. My camera has manual and automatic functions.