List of Vocabulary Taught in Intermediate Reading Practices

1 344according toaccurate, accurately acquire, acquisitionancient area arithmetic around art, artist assign, assignment attack, attacker attend, attendanceauthor, authorityaverage behave, misbehavebilingual, bilingualism breathe, breathburstcalculate, calculated (adj) calendar (UWL)century coherent, coherence common compare,comparison,(in)comparable complete, incompletecomplicated, complication conclude, conclusionconnected, connectioncontain, container,containment convincecopy, copiercouch cursive curve death decide, decision depend, dependable,dependence design discover, discovery dozen draw, drawing enjoy, enjoymententire, entiretyList of Vocabulary Taught inIntermediate Reading PracticesThis list contains the Vocabulary in Intermediate Reading Practicesthat is probably new for astudent at this level of proficiency.

2 The Vocabulary is listed alphabetically for each of the eightlessons in the good number of the words here are from the Academic Word List, the University WordList, or the General Service List. Multiple forms of a word ( , injure, injured, an injury) aregiven when those forms are useful for communication or frequent in usage. Words in bold appearon the Academic Word List (see page xii for more information). Because of individual differences in Vocabulary knowledge and cognate recognition de-pending on the learner s native language, the amount of Vocabulary that is new for each studentmay vary considerably.

3 It is also important to note that research shows that knowing one form ofa word does not in any way indicate that students are likely to know all or even most of the formsof a word. In other words, even though the forms may look very similar ( , injureand injury),it is important for learners to see the and practice these different 1 LIST OF Vocabulary 345envelopeequip, equipmentequivalent, equivalenceerase, eraserextreme, extremelyfamous, famouslyfavorite, favoritismfear, fearfulfly, flew, flightfroggallerygather, gatheringguesshoweverhuge (UWL)in addition toinclude, inclusioninjure, injured, injuryinstead (of)jokekissknow, knew, known,unknown, knowledgelabellegal, illegallegible, illegibleliterate, literaturemain, mainlymanner, mannerismmentionmessage, messengermightmoralmystery, mysteriousoccasion, occasionallyoppositeorder, orderlyoriginal, originalityown, ownera patient, patienceperhapsto place, placementpoem, poet, poetrypolite, impolitepopulate, populationpostagepunchraiserapid, rapidlyrequestresponsibleresponsiverevie wthe samescheduleserious, seriously, seriousnessshouldshoutsightsimilar, similaritysolidsolve, solutionsong, singsortsufficient, insufficienttranslate, translator,translationuniqueLesson 2 absent.

4 Absenceaccidentact, action, actoradd, additionadult, adulteryalikealligatoralmostalonealthoug hantanybodyapplianceapproximately, approximateareaargument, argumentationarrange, arrangedassassinate, assassinationashavailable, unavailableaware, awarenessbeachbecausebelong, belongingbiteblend, blenderblind, blindnessblood, bleed, bloodybone, bonelessbranchbroadbutterflycamelcapital , capitalize,capitalizationcareful, carefully, carelesscaterpillarchoose, chose, chosen, a choicecircularclassify, classificationclimateclimb, climbing (adj)continent, continental (UWL)controversial (controversy)corkcounterfeitcurrent, currency346 LIST OF Vocabulary damagedefend, defensedelicatedesertdessertdistancedist inguish, distinguishableeconomy, economic,economicsembarrass, embarrassmentespeciallygeography, geographic(al)(UWL)

5 Giraffegorillagovernment, governmentalgratefulgravegrayhalfhealth, healthyhornimage, imagineinsure, insurancejumplarge, larger, largestlaugh, laughterlightningload, loaded, unloadedlock, locked, unlockedmammalmarinemarketmature, maturitymeasure, measurementmethod, methodologymix, mixer, mixturemonkeymosquitoneedle, needlelikenest, nestingoccur, occurrenceoncepercent, percentile,percentagepleasant, unpleasantpreciousprevalent, prevalenceprevent, preventionprevious, previouslypropertyprotect, protection, protected,unprotectedpuzzle, puzzlingreptilereserverestrict, restriction, restrictiveresult, resulting, resultantroutine, routinelyscissorsseed, seedlessshape, shapely, shapelesssheep, sheepishskill, skilled, skillfulskin, skinlesssomebodysource(resource, resourceful,resourcefulness)specific, specificallytexture, textured (UWL)threadthunder, thunderingtiny (UWL)tornadoviolent, violencewatermelonwhalewidthwing, winglesswoolLesson 3 able, unable, ability, inabilityachieve, achievementactually, actualadapt, adaptationadhere, adhesiveadvantageallow, allowanceautomatic, automatically(UWL)battery (UWL)better, bestbiography, biographicalbiology, biological (UWL)bizarrebladeblindboring (UWL)bother, bothersomebulbcapitalcatalog (UWL)

6 Cementcertain, certainlychildhoodcodecommit, commitmentcompress, compressioncondition, conditionallyconsist(of)create, creation, creative,creativelycrime, criminalcrossdarkdeafdecadeLIST OF Vocabulary 347demonstrate, demonstrationdesire, desirabledetail, detaileddevelop, developmentdevice (UWL)diligent, diligence distant, distancedocument, documentary,documentationearnedge, edgyemotion, emotional (UWL)encyclopedia, encyclopedicengine, engineer, engineeringescapeestablish, establishmenteveneventexcept, exception, exceptionalexcess, excessiveexecute, executionexist, existenceexperiment, experimentalexplode, explosionfail, failureflavor, flavorfulforce, forcefulfortunately, unfortunately(fortune)fuel (UWL)gain, gainfulgeniusglobe, globalgovern, governmentgroovehard-workinghobbyincreas eindustry, industriousinkinstall, installationinvent, invention, inventorironironiclanternlocalmagnet, magnetic (UWL)minimizemotivate, motivation (motive)

7 Murdernicknameobstacleodor, odorlessoperate, operator, operationopinionorchestrapartiallypedest rianpermanent, permanenceperspirationphysicalplug, unplugpreceding(precede)primaryprimitive processproduce, production,productivepromisepunish, punishmentquote, quotationrare, rarityrelate, a relationship, a relativerelative, relativelyremainremove, removalreveal, revelationreward, rewardingscratchshaveselect, selectionsemestersignalsociety, societalspiritsplitstoragesucceed, success, successfulsuchterriblethereforethoughtho ught, thoughtfulthrough BUT thoroughthroughouttransmit, transmitter,transmissiontransport, transportationvalue, valuablevary, varietyvolumewalletweigh, weightwhole, wholesomeworse Lesson 4 accept, acceptanceachieve, achievementadjacentadjust, adjustmentadmitadvertise.

8 Advertisementaffect(v), effect (n)(effective, affected)agree, agreement348 LIST OF Vocabulary alarm, alarmingallow, allowanceamend, amendmentamountannoying, annoyanceappointarchitecture, architectargue, argumentashamedassess, assessmentastonish, astonishmentattract, attractionbased (on)behind brightborder, borderedbugcapablecarvecharacteristiccoa st, coastal, coastlinecolony, colonial, colonizecondition, conditionalconfessionconvince, convincingcorresponding,correspondent,co rrespondence,correspondcrashdefeatdefend antdevelop, developed,undeveloped, developmentdestinationdiamonddisconnectd isplace, displacementdistinct, distinctiveenforce, enforcementenhance, enhancemententertain, entertainmentextend, extensionflatforeign, foreignerforthcoming(to)

9 Foundfurthergenerate, generationgovern, government, governor haste, hasty, hastilyhonest, dishonesthumid, humidityimprove, improvementincomeinvest, investmentinvolve, involvementliftmagnificent magnificencemanage, managementmeasure, measurementmovement, movementmultiplenearlyongoingpillowplate aupowerfulprepaymentprofit, profitablepurpose, purposefulrankreference, referentrefund, refundablescenery, scenic, scenesettle, settlementsolutionssomewhatsophisticated stainstate, statement, statelystatisticsstormsupplysurround, surrounding(s)temperature, temperatethieftreat, treatmenttrialtropical (UWL)trustturtletwinsunbeatablewealth, wealthyLesson 5 agriculture, agriculturalapprove, approvalartificial, artificialityassassin, assassinate,assassinationatom, atomicattach, attachmentattemptatract, attractionavoid, avoidancebattle, battlefieldbitter, bitterlyblockadebridgebucklecanalcandida te, candidacycanyonLIST OF Vocabulary 349censor, censorshipcensus, consensuscharacteristic,characteristical lycitizen, citizenshipcommand, commandingcompanion, companionshipcompose, composerconflict, conflictingconstitution, constituteconstructiondamdamp, dampnessdebatedestroydistrictdivide, divisiondroughtearthquakeedge, edgyelect.

10 Electionelevatoremotion, emotional (UWL)encourage, encouragementenvelopeexpand, expanding,expansion(to) facefloat, floatationfloodgeneral, generality, generalizehinder, hindrancehonor, honorableinspire, inspirationinvade, invasion (UWL)(to) last, lastinglie [in a place]lungsmember, membershipmess, messymissilemission, missionarymultiplenarrownation, national, nationalize,nationallynearbyneglect, neglectfulneutral, neutralitynowadaysobvious, obviouslyoffendofficial, officiallyorigin, original, originallypassage, passageway,passagespathperiod, periodic, periodicallypersuade, persuasionprejudice, prejudicialprescribe, prescriptionprison, prisonerpropose, proposalprovide, provisionprovince, provincial (UWL)quitereact, reaction, reactivereelectr