English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Shortened and blended words
bedsit a flat with only one room which is a bedroom and a sitting room
sitcom short for situational comedy: a kind of humorous TV programme
sci-fi 
/ˈsaɪfaɪ/
science fiction
info 
information
biodata 
/ˈbaɪəʊ deɪtə/
 biographical data: details about someone’s life, job and achievements
biopic 
/ˈbaɪəʊpɪk/
 biographical picture: a film about the life of a real person
wi-fi 
/ˈwaɪfaɪ/
wireless fidelity: wireless connection for computers and electronic 
communications
Acronyms
Some abbreviations are 
acronyms, i.e. they are formed from the first letters (or occasionally 
syllables) of a word or series of words and are pronounced as a word.
AIDS 
/eɪdz/
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
NATO 
/ˈneɪtəʊ/
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
PIN personal identification number (used on credit cards, bank cards, etc.)
VAT 
value-added tax (a kind of tax on goods), pronounced 
/væt/
or 
/ˌviːeɪˈtiː/
Abbreviations used in academic writing and bibliographies
fig. 
figure (a picture or drawing, often with a number, in a book or other document). 
Example: See 
fig. 2.
ed. (plural eds.) editor/editors (often used in bibliographical references)
p. (plural pp.) page/pages. Examples: see p. 26, see pp. 58–61 (from page 58 to page 61).
cf. 
compare. Example: Carter (1997) investigated core vocabulary (
cf. Lee 1987).
et al. 
and others (used in bibliographical references to refer to a book or article with 
several authors, usually three or more). Example: O’Keeffe