Test of Written Receptive Knowledge of the New Academic Word List

Level 1
11 adverse: The effect was adverse.
1 unify: They are unified. a. bad or negative
a. full of life b. told to other people
b. certain c. only at certain times of the year
c. working together d. just in some cases
d. easy to believe
12 interval: There were some intervals.
2 workshop: How was the workshop? a. pictures with meanings
a. meeting to talk about a topic b. people to work machines
b. important and dangerous journey c. things to block people
c. person you play or fight against d. times between events
d. first performance
13 controversy: There was a big controversy.
3 substrate: This is the substrate. a. test to find a result
a. farm under water b. argument with many people
b. way to show two amounts are equal c. event to show something is special
c. bottom layer d. event with many teams
d. bad feeling between two people
14 minimize: Try to minimize it.
4 immune: They are immune. a. send it by TV or radio
a. not strong b. make it colder
b. not affected by something c. make it as small as possible
c. not religious d. add something to make it better
d. not explained or understood
15 contradiction: That is a contradiction.
5 diagram: Can you see the diagram? a. difference in two statements
a. shape like a ball b. place you are going to
b. living thing c. thing that stops you working
c. drawing that explains something d. small part of a bigger thing
d. group of people from the same place
16 authority: She has authority.
6 diameter: Check the diameter. a. beauty
a. plan for when things will happen b. power
b. distance across a circle c. education
c. place to put your things d. good health
d. piece of writing
17 transformation: The transformation will begin.
7 maternal: She is feeling maternal. a. basic system
a. like a strong leader b. order of things
b. like a mother c. change
c. full of energy d. story
d. very tired
18 migration: There is a lot of migration.
8 amplitude: Amplitude is important here. a. movement to other places
a. size b. things stopping other people working
b. development c. attention in newspapers or television
c. returning the money d. support for other people
d. official connection to a group
19 dominant: They are very dominant.
9 nonlinear: I think it is nonlinear. a. powerful
a. not possible to pass through b. far from other people
b. not certain c. worried
c. not related in a simple way d. different from others
d. not attached
20 pi: Please use pi for this.
10 morphological: The problem was morphological. a. the money for marriage
a. related to the form b. a special number
b. everywhere in the world c. a way to understand a problem
c. lasting a long time d. help or advice
d. not reported
 Level 2
21 vitamins: There are a lot of vitamins.
a. new things that people have made
b. places where things meet
c. things that are good for the body
d. people who want to change the world
31 exponential: The growth is exponential.
a. happening with no control
b. possible to achieve
c. not expected
d. increasing very quickly

22 infectious: It is infectious. 32 crude: The plan was very crude.

a. causing a lot of pressure a. good thinking
b. easy to understand b. simple and basic
c. possible c. easy to pay for
d. able to spread to other people d. surprising

23 clay: This is clay. 33 conduction: This slows conduction.

a. earth we use to make things a. how things break into pieces
b. something to use in bed b. how a liquid is released
c. a bad feeling c. how something changes shape
d. a ball shape d. how heat or electricity move through a material

24 lump: That is a big lump. 34 denominator: This is the common denominator.

a. thing you can eat a. feeling that you have been treated badly
b. place to wash b. thing everyone or everything has
c. piece of something c. thing that causes disease
d. list of names d. feeling that a situation is too easy

25 stance: That is an interesting stance. 35 biodiversity: We should think about biodiversity.

a. guess a. the variety of living things in a place
b. new part b. bringing water so that plants can grow
c. skill c. a system that is equal for everyone
d. opinion d. controlling how other people live

26 industrialize: This place is not industrialized.
a. having factories or businesses
b. higher than places around it
c. able to grow food
d. popular with people
36 enforcement: Enforcement here was good.
a. making people follow rules
b. the number of people who liked something
c. the way things stayed the same
d. the way things were arranged

27 fabric: I really like that fabric. 37 actively: They did it actively.

a. material for making clothes a. completely and carefully
b. hard outside part b. with passion and energy
c. clear difference c. without waiting
d. building design d. quietly and gently

28 elastic: They are very elastic. 38 coherent: This is not very coherent.
a. good at something a. difficult to do
b. easy to guess b. helpful
c. basic c. warm and friendly
d. able to stretch d. clear and easy to understand

29 breakdown: He did not know about the breakdown. 39 stadium: Here is the stadium.
a. counting of the people a. place to watch sports events
b. information that became public b. thing being carried by a boat or plane
c. failure c. book about someone's life
d. cause d. path going under the ground

30 replication: We did a replication. 40 descriptor: These are good descriptors.

a. song that tells a story a. lists of new ideas
b. copy of the original one b. things for holding liquids
c. practice before the start of something c. things to do in your free time
d. small change to make something better d. words used to explain something