Demanding Word List

English Language Programs – Academic English

Level 7 – Advanced Plus

Week One – Vocabulary worksheet

A) Match the vocabulary item with its definition.

1. Lingua franca

(n)

2. Deteriorate (v)

3. Polyglot (n)

4. Stereotype (n)

5. Colloquial (adj)

6. Concise (adj)

7. Verbatim (adv)

8. Linguistics (n)

9. Banal (adj)

10. Illiterate (adj)

11. Contradict (v)

12. Mother tongue

(n)

13. Wordy (v)

14. Conquer (v)

15. Compromise (n)

a) The language of the area or country in which someone is

born

b) A person who can speak several languages

c) To say the opposite, to disagree

d) A common language spoken by two people (usually from

different countries) which is not their own native

language

e) Using more words than is necessary to express an idea

f) Unable to read and write

g) An agreement where both people get part, but not all, of

what they wanted

h) Describing ideas or thoughts which are unoriginal and

uninteresting

i) Using the exact words of the original

j) The study of language

k) Expressed in a brief but effective way

l) Describing language which is informal, spoken in the

street

m) To get worse

n) A false idea or image of someone because of the group to

which they belong (e.g. nationality, gender)

o) To take control of something (usually a country) by force

(or the military)

B) Fill in the blanks using some of the above vocabulary

1. Students should avoid the use of ___________ words and expressions in academic writing.

2. The idea that women cannot drive as well as men is just a _______________.

3. The price which they eventually agreed on represented a ______________ for both of them.

4. Students can either paraphrase when they write essays or quote _______________.

5. Arabic is the _______________ of most of the Islamic countries in the Middle East.

6. Her English grammar is excellent but the ideas in her essays are totally ______________.

7. My football team started the match well but then their quality of...