AWL Academic Word List Test

There are 570 headwords on this list (proposed by Averil Coxhead at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), which is said to contain the most frequently occurring vocabulary in academic contexts. Starting with the letter 'A', test your familiarity with ten words on the AWL.

Choose the word or expression that differs in meaning from the given word:

This lesson was created by Evelyn Ono Vineberg, EC San Diego

Link: What are homonyms?

• 1. abandon:
  
  give up
  leave behind
  continue
  desert
  
  
• 2. adaptation:
  
  adjustment
  habituation
  change
  support
  
  
• 3. anticipate:
  
  expect
  predict
  foresee
  startle
  
  
• 4. achieve:
  
  accomplish
  abandon
  bring off
  reach
  
  
• 5. alter:
  
  modify
  vary
  convert
  maintain
  
  
• 6. approximate:
  
  approach
  estimate
  remote
  analogous
  
  
• 7. assess:
  
  determine
  disregard
  charge
  check out
  
  
• 8. authority:
  
  force
  expert
  power
  obedience
  
  
• 9. available:
  
  on hand
  unobtainable
  up for grabs
  accessible
  
  
• 10. attribute:
  
  feature
  deficit
  quality
  assign