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Part 3: Vocabulary for Writing Noun Adjective Noun Adjective high reliable heat strength confident true width probability necessary long danger relevance 5 Academic adjectives The following adjectives are best understood and learnt as opposites: absolute relative abstract concrete accurate inaccurate ambiguous unambiguous analytic synthetic effective ineffective exclusive inclusive logical illogical metaphorical literal precise vague or approximate or rough rational irrational reliable unreliable relevant irrelevant specific non-specific subjective objective theoretical practical or empirical or pragmatic Examples: Inflation is an abstract concept. The metaphorical use of the word ‘key’ is probably more common than its literal one. The study of engineering is very relevant to architecture. Her study of women in education was criticised for being too subjective. In Europe, empirical research began in the sixteenth century. 3.3: Academic Vocabulary: Nouns and Adjectives 169 170
Vocabulary for Writing 6 Practice B 䊏 Complete each sentence with a suitable adjective from the list in (5) on p. 169. (a) The teacher complained that the quotes were _______________ to the title. (b) His _______________ approach led him to ignore some inconvenient facts. (c) _______________ examples are needed to make the argument clear. (d) It is sufficient to give _______________ figures for national populations. (e) Poverty is usually regarded as a _______________ concept. (f) They approached the task in a _______________ way by first analysing the title. (g) The students preferred examining case studies to _______________ discussion. (h) The results were _______________: the victims had definitely been poisoned. Download 0.55 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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