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‘Diverse‘  has the same meaning as ‘various’ or ‘varied’ but it can be used a little differently. For example both ‘various’ and ‘diverse’ can be used as adjectives, but only ‘diverse’ can be used as a noun – ‘diversity.’

Examples:

• A diverse range of paintings is on display at the art gallery.
• I like a restaurant menu that is limited and coherent. If there is too much diversity in cooking styles, they tend not to do anything well.

Collocations: When you learn new vocab, make sure that you note collocations too. For this group of words some collocations are:
a diverse range, should diversify, diversity of
specific domain
edition of, new edition, third edition, editor of, editorial about, edited by
enhancement of, enhance by
heritage estate, large estate

Note that different collocations can have quite different meanings. They are not always alternatives.

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Vocabulary for IELTS – Academic Word List 64

Complete the sentences below with the correct  form of the word.

1. The company, Just Jeans,  ______________ and started to include shirts and accessories. (diverse/diversified / diversification)
2. I’m not sure how to teach maths to young children; that isn’t really my _______________.  (domain / domains)
3. Did you read today’s  _______________ in the newspaper? It was quite savage in its analysis of the run up to the American election.  (edit / editor / editorial)
4. Musicians often wear make up to _______________ their eyes. (enhance / enhances / enhancement)
5. She inherited several large _______________ . (estate / estates)

Answers (in the wrong order below)
5. estates   3. editorial    2. domain  1. diversified     4. enhance

‘Undertake,’ means to take responsibility for a job or task. The word ‘undertaker’ has quite a different meaning. An ‘undertaker’ is a person whose job involves arranging bodies and burying or cremating people who have died. Originally, 800 years ago ‘undertake’ meant ‘to trap,’ but the meaning now has settled on ‘taking responsibility for a job or a task.’ The noun is ‘undertaking’ and it means the job or task that someone is doing.

Examples:

• Starting a new business is risky and is a huge undertaking.
• Starting out on a Ph.D is a huge undertaking.
• She decided to undertake the huge task of getting a Ph.D.
  * note that ‘huge’ and ‘undertake’ often appear in the same sentence!

Collocations: When you learn new vocab, make sure that you note collocations too. For this group of words some collocations are:
stressed about, stress out, stress factors
subsequent movie
sum up, sum of
summary of
undertake a task

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Vocabulary for IELTS – Academic Word List 48

Complete the sentences below with the correct form of the word.

1. How would you _______________ up your point of view? (sum, stress)
2. She is quite ______________ about starting her new job. (stress, subsequent)
3. It is quite a dangerous _______________. (sum, undertake)
4. Her first exam results were very good and her _______________ exam results were even better. (summary, subsequent)
5. I only saw the _______________, but it made the article seem quite interesting. (summary, undertake)

Answers (in the wrong order)
3. undertaking   1. sum   4. subsequent    2. stressed   5. summary

‘Promote,’ comes from the Latin meaning ‘to move forward.’ Today there are three meanings that are all related to this. Firstly, it can mean to get a higher position in the workplace. The second meaning is to help sell something. And a third meaning is that you can promote a point of view.

Examples:

• Sarah was promoted to Head of Department.
• Coca-cola and Pepsi are so well known because they do a lot of promotion of their products.
• Mr Baldwin keeps trying to promote his view for a new economy, but no-one is interested.
• Collocations: When you learn new vocab, make sure that you note collocations too. For this group of words some collocations are:
  prior engagement, prior meeting, prior to
  professional conduct
  project manager, projection for, projection of
  promotion of, promotion for, promotional material, promoted to, promoted by
  regime changeCheck the meanings of the words if you don’t already know them. Check the meanings of the various forms as sometimes they are different. You can check them at Time4english by clicking the words (http://www.time4english.com/aamain/lounge/awl.asp).

Vocabulary for IELTS – Academic Word List 46

Complete the sentences below with the correct words and the correct form of the word.

1. Have you seen the _______________material for the new Star Wars movie? (regime, promote)
2. The teaching _______________ is highly respected in many countries. (promote, profession)
3. _______________ losses for this year are alarming. (project, prior)
4. He was given the job because he has ______________ experience in the area.( prior, project)
5. There have been several _______________ changes and a lot of upheaval in that part of the world in the last few years. (regime, profession)

Answers (in the wrong order)
5. regime   3. Projected   2. profession    4. prior    1. promotional

‘Parameters,’ are the limits within which something can be done.

Examples:

• The parameters of the project are too narrow.
• We are limited in what we can do on the website because the coding is quite old and it naturally sets the parameterswithin which we have to work.
• Children are allowed to question their teachers, but only within certain parameters.

Collocations: When you learn new vocab, make sure that you note collocations too. For this group of words some collocations are:
parallel universe, parallel to, parallel with
parameters related to, parameters of, parameters for
phase in, phase out
prediction about, predict that, predictable outcome, make a prediction
principal reason

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ACADEMIC WORD LIST 45

Complete the sentences below with the correct word and the correct form of the word.

1. Train lines are a classic example of things that are______________ to one another. (parallel, principal)
2. Many conflicting _______________are being made about the impact of climate change. (principal, predict)
3. When writing an academic paper, there are several _______________ that need to be considered. (parameter, parallel)
4. The _______________ reason for the education reforms is the high student absence rates. (phase, principal)
5. The new education reforms are being _______________ in over the next three years. (parameter, phase)

Answers (in the wrong order below)
4. principal   5. phased   3. parameters    1. parallel    2. predictions

A ‘mechanism,’ is a system that enables something to work or to happen.

Examples:

• The mechanisms for making decisions in my workplace is very autocratic.  
• I have an old grandfather clock, but I can’t get the mechanism to work properly.
• We don’t really understand the mechanisms of the brain, it is all a mystery to us.

Collocations: When you learn new vocab, make sure that you note collocations too. For this group of words some collocations are:
internal investigation, internal aspect
investigation of, an investigation into, to investigate something, investigative reporting
job satisfaction
to label something, labeling of
a mechanism for, a mechanism to, mechanistic approach

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ACADEMIC ENGLISH 43

Complete the sentences below with the correct word and the correct form of the word.

1. Her new _______________ involves a lot of travel. (job, investigate)
2. There will be an_______________ into the increasing violence on the subway system. (investigate, job)
3. People are often unfairly _______________because of their colour, race or religion. (label, internal)
4. When she was eight years old, her art teacher told her that she had no talent. She ______________ that and until she was about 30 she believed she had no creativity. (mechanism, internal)
5. I can’t use this phone very well. What’s the  _______________ for changing the ring tone? (label, mechanism)

Answers (in the wrong order below)
5. mechanism    1. job     2. investigation     4 internalised    3. labelled