IELTS Academic nominisation

Ivan Alexander S. (Australia)
IELTS Academic nominisation. Words that are useful in IELTS tasks.
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  1. academic
    associated with an educational institution
  2. consequently
    as a result
  3. considerable
    large in number, amount, extent, or degree
  4. dramatic
    characteristic of a stage performance
  5. dramatically
    with respect to dramatic value
  6. essential
    basic and fundamental
  7. essentially
    at bottom or by something's very nature
  8. grammatical
    of or pertaining to the rules that structure language
  9. increase
    a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous
  10. issue
    some situation or event that is thought about
  11. model
    a representation of something, often on a smaller scale
  12. pattern
    a repeated design, structure, or arrangement
  13. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  14. reason
    a logical motive for a belief or action
  15. reduce
    make smaller
  16. reduced
    made less in size or amount or degree
  17. reduction
    the act of decreasing something
  18. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  19. rhetorical
    relating to using language effectively
  20. speculate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  21. speculation
    continuous contemplation on a subject of a deep nature
  22. speculative
    not based on fact or investigation
  23. speculatively
    with speculation; in a speculative manner
  24. stage
    any distinct time period in a sequence of events
  25. step
    the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
  26. substantial
    real; having a material or factual existence
  27. substantially
    to a great extent or degree
  28. theoretic
    concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations
  29. theoretical
    concerned with hypotheses and not practical considerations
  30. theoretically
    in theory; according to the assumed facts
  31. theorise
    to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  32. theory
    a belief that can guide behavior
  33. vast
    unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
  34. decrease
    a change downward
Created on Wed Oct 20 22:54:13 EDT 2010 (updated Wed Feb 23 08:42:39 EST 2011)

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