Title: ENG 2401 Academic Words For Review

Q: Try
A: Attempt

Q: Only
A: Sole/solely

Q: Mainly/mostly
A: Primarily

Q: _____ a threat to stability (a risk)
A: pose

Q: We should _______ our attention on the main issue (look at)
A: focus

Q: Typical of
A: Characteristic of

Q: Out of the scope of (wrong)
A: Beyond the scope

Q: Enviromental _______ are important
A: issues

Q: Study of animals
A: Zoology

Q: When people are promoted to incompetence
A: The Peter Principle

Q: At an alarming degree (wrong)
A: To an alarming degree

Q: Provide an _______ of (illustrate)
A: Illustration

Q: To explain
A: Account for

Q: To get proof of
A: To establish

Q: People who dig holes
A: Archaeologists

Q: To accept something
A: To assume

Q: Apparent _______ (discrepancy/cause/methdology)
A: Discrepancy

Q: Rigorous (discrepancy/cause/methdology)
A: Methodology

Q: Research based on numbers
A: Quantitative

Q: (Possible) when necessary conditions exist
A: Potential

Q: Opposite of 'abstract' terms
A: 'Concrete' terms

Q: Formal word, opposite of 'frequently'
A: Seldom

Q: Opposite of 'Natural'
A: Artificial

Q: Openly (synonym)
A: Explicitly

Q: What you are saying is _____true (essentially/merely)
A: Essentially