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Top Class Words Part II
  • Introducing 30 of the 60 Most Used
  • Academic Vocabulary
  • www2.gsu.edu/eslhpb/aegweb/exercises/x1/x1-A/voca
    bulary_sixty.html

2
General Approaches to Vocabulary Expansion
  • Read Widely
  • Use Words You Already Know
  • Look for Millionaire Words to Replace
    Chump-Change Words

The movie was very good.
The movie was thrilling and inspiring.
3
Indicate, Individual, Interpretation
  • 31 Children display pride, humility, envy, and
    jealousy--emotions that indicate growing
    "self-awareness." 
  • 32 When an individual is diagnosed as having
    cancer, every effort is made to kill the
    cancerous growth. 
  • 33 With the passage of time, the U.S.
    Constitution has also been changed through
    judicial interpretation and changes in political
    practice.

4
Involved, Issues, Labor
  • 34 More people are involved in local and state
    politics than in national affairs.
  • 35 There are issues, such as the lack of decent
    housing and health care for inner-city African
    Americans and Hispanics.
  • 36 Blue jeans were created more than a century
    ago as sturdy clothing for people engaged in
    physical labor. 

5
Legal, Legislation,Major
  • 37 The U.S. has been dominated by English
    social patterns and institutions, including
    language, economy, the legal system, and
    religion. 
  • 38 Congress enacts legislation on agriculture,
    labor, education, housing, and welfare. 
  • 39 Homeless beggars line the streets of the 
    major cities of the U.S. 

6
Method, Occur, Percent
  • 40 The method of infection with HIV affects the
    time interval before AIDS develops. 
  • 41 Before 13 in language and human bonding must
    occur for humans to develop high intelligence and
    the ability to be sociable and follow social
    norms.
  • 42 Liz Claiborne, Inc., reported that
    second-quarter net income fell from 39.5 
    million in 1992 to  31.1 million in 1993, a
    drop of 21 percent.

7
Period, Policy, Principle
  • 43 The accounting period may be a month, three
    months, six months, or a full year. 
  • 44 The company pays 1,800 for an insurance
    policy that covers three years. 
  • 45 Women's rising participation in the labor
    force involves changing patterns of marriage.
    Thus, the principle of cultural integration, the
    close relationship among various elements of a
    cultural system. 

8
Procedure, Process, Required
  • 46 In this section, we introduce the basic
    procedure for determining the geometric picture
    associated with an algebraic equation.
  • 47 Culture in the United States is now a process
    of mass production, mass distribution, and mass
    consumption. 
  • 48 But what besides language is required if a
    child is to develop into what we consider a
    healthy, balanced, intelligent human being? 

9
Response, Role, Section
  • 50 A new stimulus gets attention when first
    presented. But the more it is presented, the
    weaker the response becomes. 
  • 51 In fact, the role of the independent variable
    in a function is simply that of a "placeholder."
    But nature (genes) plays a major role. 
  • 52. This cross section of the brain highlights
    key structures and some of their principal
    functions.

10
Significant, Similar, Source
  • 54 Political power remains dispersed, and states
    remain active and significant.
  • 55 Animals and humans are similar in many ways.
  • 56 The Hindu veneration of the cow makes sense
    because the importance of these animals extends
    well beyond their value as a food source. 

11
Structure, Theory, Variables
  • 58 A formal fallacy is one that may be identified
    through mere inspection of the form or structure
    of an argument. 
  • 59 The American Founders relied more on
    experience than abstract theory. 
  • 60 Variables such as family structure and peer
    influences alter personality.

12
Congratulations!
  • You have studied the Top 60 Academic Vocabulary!
  • Continue replacing common words with Millionaire
    Vocabulary!

The actor was OK.
He was awesome!
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