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Academic word, everyday word

Level 8 · Meaning · for questions like “Which word means almost the same as ‘significant’?”

💡 The idea

Most academic words have a plain everyday partner. Knowing the pair helps you read harder texts and write more precisely.

⚡ Handy ones

🪜 The steps

1. Put the word in a sentence: “It is a significant day.”
2. Swap in each choice. Which keeps the same meaning? “It is an important day.”

⚠️ Watch out

• Opposites hide among the choices: transmit vs. receive, include vs. exclude.

🎯 Try these

1. modify: keep · change · copy
2. approximately: exactly · about · never

Answers: 1) change 2) about

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