Academic Vocabulary

6. to work well without wasting time, money, or energy
9. reason, plan, aim
13. serious study of a subject, in order to discover new facts or test new ideas
14. a period of teaching and discussion with a tutor
17. to talk about something with another person or a group in order to exchange ideas or decide something
18. an examination that you have passed at school, university, or in your profession
19. your ideas or beliefs about a particular subject
20. directly relating to the subject or problem being discussed or considered

1. an area of knowledge that you study at a school or university
2. to give a plan, a piece of writing etc to your teacher for checking
3. a long talk on a particular subject that someone gives to a group of people, especially to students in a university
4. a book in which words are put into groups with other words that have similar meanings
5. a chance to do something
7. successful, and working in the way that was intended
8. a feeling or belief about the way something should be or how someone should behave
10. a subject that people study or an area of activity that they are involved in as part of their work
11. a group of several related sentences in a piece of writing, with the first sentence beginning on a new line
12. a person, book, or document that supplies you with information
15. a formal speech that someone makes to a group of people
16. a book that gives a list of words in alphabetical order and explains their meanings in the same language, or another language