Academic Word List – Sublist 2 (group 1)

SUBLIST 2, Card 1

Affect’ is often confused with ‘effect;’ even by native speakers.  ‘Affect’ is generally used as a verb while ‘effect’ is usually used as a noun.


  • She was badly affected by the heat.
  • The heat had a bad effect on her.

achievement of, fail to achieve, easy to achieve, ,achievable goal
administer fairly, administrator of, administrative assistant
seriously affect, likely to affect
entirely appropriate, culturally appropriate, appropriate for, behave appropriately, dress appropriately



AWL Sublist 1, group 13

Vocabulary for IELTS – Academic Word List 1:13

1.Being over-polite is _______________ in some cultures. (appropriate, affect)

  1. Who will be _______________ the test tomorrow? (appropriate, administer)
  2. Getting the IELTS score that I need will be one of my biggest ______________ .  (administer, achieve)
  3. How do the new laws _______________ you? (affect, acquire)
  4. Large businesses seem to grow by _______________ smaller businesses. (acquire, achieve)

Answers (in the wrong order below)

  1. acquiring   3.  achievements   2. administering  1. appropriate  / inappropriate   4. affect


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