(8th) List 4a -- Academic Words IV.   adjacent,  albeit, colleague, compile, conceive, forthcoming, incline, intrinsic, invoke, integrity, nonetheless, notwithstanding, panel, persist, pose, scenario, suspend, undergo, manual, reluctance

1. The disposal of spent nuclear fuel _____________(es) a serious problem.
2. The high level of toxic radioactivity _____________(s) for thousands of years.
3. A ___________ of experts agreed that the new medicine was safe.
4. After it was caught cheating customers, the company had to _____________ operations in the U.S.
5. When asked to testify, he _____________(ed) his Fifth Amendment right not incriminate himself.
6. After listening to your arguments, I'm ____________(ed) to agree that you have too much home work.
7. Paper money has no _____________ value. It's only valuable for what it represents.
8. When Mom asked me about what happened, I was not exactly ____________ with a lot of information.  She had to drag it out of me.
9. It was difficult to ______________ why he did what he did. I guess we'll never understand it.
10. Before the game, he tried to visualize how he might react to different _____________(s).
11. His ______________(s) at the university had a lot of respect for the old professor.
12. They knew him as a man of honesty and _________________.
13. Most people complete their 120 Seconds with great _____________, but some actually look forward to it.
14. He had to _____________ a series of painful injections after he was bitten by the groundhog.
15. The fish caught in the stream ______________ to the Springfield nuclear plant had three eyes.
16. During her research, she _____________(ed) a list of thousands of toxic waste spills.
17. When the automatic door release didn't work, he had to do it ____________(ly) with the emergency release.
18. His grade improved in the second semester, ____________ only slightly.
19. _____________ their inexperience, the new band was an immediate success.
20. He found out about the surprise party, _____________ he was very happy about it.

Vocabulary -- mortified, philanthropy, prevaricate, subliminal, subsidize, aficionado, compulsive, mundane, congeal, avocation

1. Bill Gates is not only the richest man in the world, he is also one of the biggest __________(ists) in the world.
2. John likes to __________. A lot. His sister calls it "distorting" his world verbally.
3. You might even say John was ____________ about "distorting" his world. He just had to remake reality.
4. Lorraine was __________ when she had to bend over to get her book. She thought sure that everyone was going to be staring at her.
5. The bacon grease ___________(ed) in the pan.
6. He is a model train  ________. He knows everything there is to know.
7. John's ____________ when he was a freshman was setting off bombs.
8. Most people wouldn't be interested in the ___________, day-to-day details of a principal's job.
9. There is a lot of _____________ advertising in movies. They call it "product placement."
10. The government actually ___________(s) the tobacco industry with payment to farmers, while it spends money advertising the bad effects of smoking.

Across 1. Caused by a desire too strong to resist. 7. To become thick or solid. 9. A person who likes and knows a lot about something. 10. Lie. Down 2. Embarrassed. 3. The practice of giving time and money to help others. 4. A hobby. 5. Related to things that influence your mind in ways you don't notice. 6. To help pay for the costs of. 8. Routine and boring.