ACADEMIC ENGLISH FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS – vocabulary revision

I.                    Complete the sentences with the words formed from the ones in brackets, so
that they suit the context. Do not use –ing form.

1.       An electron travelling through the wires and loads of the external circuit encounters
__resistance___. (resist)

2.       Being an __environmentalist___ (environment) today calls for a whole new level of greener
thinking.

3.       The physics associated with statics has __considerable__ (consider) applications in
engineering.

4.       _Physicists__ (physics) and astronomers study the ways in which various forms of matter
and energy interact.

5.       Thomas Young derived an _equation__ (equal) that related the wavelength of the light to
these measurable distances.

II.                  Give words that mean the same as the synonyms/definitions below. The first
letter is given

1.       to help out - assist

2.       to mention, bring up – raise

3.       to look into – investigate

4.       to go up and down – fluctuate

5.       to put into effect – introduce

6.       to assign, divide among – allocate