Word list
Read or download the Sublists 3 & 4 from the Academic Word List. If you are unsure of the meaning of any of the words, look them up in a dictionary and find examples of how they can be used in academic writing.
Different activities focus on:
- word meaning
- grammatical word form
- collocation (words that typically pair with the target word)
- spelling
Most common form | Other words in the family |
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alternative | alternatively, alternatives |
circumstances | circumstance |
comments | comment, commentaries, commentary, commentator, commentators, commented, commenting |
compensation | compensate, compensated, compensates, compensating, compensations, compensatory |
components | component, componentry |
consent | consensus, consented, consenting, consents |
considerable | considerably |
constant | constancy, constantly, constants, inconstancy, inconstantly |
constraints | constrain, constrained, constraining, constrains, constraint, unconstrained |
contribution | contribute, contributed, contributes, contributing, contributions, contributor, contributors |
convention | convene, convenes, convened, convening, conventional, conventionally, conventions, unconventional |
coordination | coordinate, coordinated, coordinates, coordinating, coordinator, coordinators, co-ordinate, co-ordinated, co-ordinates, co-ordinating, co-ordination, co-ordinator, co-ordinators |
core | cores, coring, cored |
corporate | corporates, corporation, corporations |
corresponding | correspond, corresponded, correspondence, correspondingly, corresponds |
criteria | criterion |
deduction | deduce, deduced, deduces, deducing, deductions |
demonstrate | demonstrable, demonstrably, demonstrated, demonstrates, demonstrating, demonstration, demonstrations, demonstrative, demonstratively, demonstrator, demonstrators |
document | documentation, documented, documenting, documents |
dominant | dominate, dominance, dominated, dominates, dominating, domination |
emphasis | emphasise, emphasised, emphasising, emphatic, emphatically |
ensure | ensured, ensures, ensuring |
excluded | exclude, excludes, excluding, exclusion, exclusionary, exclusionist, exclusions, exclusive, exclusively |
framework | frameworks |
funds | fund, funded, funder, funders, funding |
illustrated | illustrate, illustrates, illustrating, illustration, illustrations, illustrative |
immigration | immigrate, immigrant, immigrants, immigrated, immigrates, immigrating |
implies | imply, implied, implying |
initial | initially |
instance | instances |
interaction | interact, interacted, interacting, interactions, interactive, interactively, interacts |
justification | justify, justifiable, justifiably, justifications, justified, justifies, justifying, unjustified |
Most common form | Other words in the family |
layer | layered, layering, layers |
link | linkage, linkages, linked, linking, links |
location | locate, located, locating, locations, relocate, relocated, relocates, relocating, relocation |
maximum | maximise, max, maximised, maximises, maximising, maximisation |
minorities | minor, minority, minors |
negative | negate, negated, negates, negating, negatively, negatives |
outcomes | outcome |
partnership | partner, partners, partnerships |
philosophy | philosopher, philosophers, philosophical, philosophically, philosophies, philosophise, philosophised, philosophises, philosophising |
physical | physically |
proportion | proportional, proportionally, proportionate, proportionately, proportions disproportion, disproportionate, disproportionately, |
published | publish, publisher, publishers, publishes, publishing, unpublished |
reaction | react, reacted, reacts, reacting, reactionaries, reactionary, reactions, reactive, reactivate, reactivation, reactor, reactors |
registered | register, registering, registers, registration deregister, deregistered, deregistering, deregisters, deregistration |
reliance | rely, reliability, reliable, reliably, reliant, relied, relies, relying, unreliable |
removed | remove, removable, removal, removals, removes, removing |
scheme | schematic, schematically, schemed, schemes, scheming |
sequence | sequenced, sequences, sequencing, sequential, sequentially |
sex | sexes, sexism, sexual, sexuality, sexually |
shift | shifted, shifting, shifts |
specified | specify, specifiable, specifies, specifying unspecified |
sufficient | sufficiency, insufficient, insufficiently, sufficiently |
task | tasks |
technical | technically |
techniques | technique |
technology | technological, technologically |
validity | valid, invalidate, invalidity, validate, validated, validating, validation, validly |
volume | volumes, vol |
Most common form | Other words in the family |
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access | accessed, accesses, accessibility, accessible, accessing, inaccessible |
adequate | adequacy, adequately, inadequacies, inadequacy, inadequate, inadequately |
annual | annually |
apparent | apparently |
approximated | approximate, approximately, approximates, approximating, approximation, approximations |
attitudes | attitude |
attributed | attribute, attributable, attributes, attributing, attribution |
civil | - |
code | coded, codes, coding |
commitment | commit, commitments, commits, committed, committing |
communication | communicate, communicable, communicated, communicates, communicating, communications, communicative, communicatively, uncommunicative |
concentration | concentrate, concentrated, concentrates, concentrating |
conference | confer, conferences, conferred, conferring, confers |
contrast | contrasted, contrasting, contrastive, contrasts |
cycle | cycled, cycles, cyclic, cyclical, cycling |
debate | debatable, debated, debates, debating |
despite | - |
dimensions | dimension, dimensional, multidimensional |
domestic | domestically, domesticate, domesticated, domesticating, domestics |
emerged | emerge, emergence, emergent, emerges, emerging |
error | erroneous, erroneously, errors |
ethnic | ethnicity |
goals | goal |
granted | grant, granting, grants |
hence | - |
hypothesis | hypotheses, hypothesise, hypothesised, hypothesises, hypothesising, hypothetical, hypothetically |
implementation | implement, implemented, implementing, implements |
implications | implicate, implicated, implicates, implicating, implication |
imposed | impose, imposes, imposing, imposition |
integration | integrate, integrated, integrates, integrating |
internal | internalise, internalised, internalises, internalising, internally |
investigation | investigate, investigated, investigates, investigating, investigations, investigative, investigator, investigators |
job | jobs |
label | labelled, labelling, labels |
mechanism | mechanisms |
obvious | obviously |
occupational | occupy, occupancy, occupant, occupants, occupation, occupations, occupied, occupier, occupiers, occupies, occupying |
option | optional, options |
output | outputs |
overall | - |
parallel | paralleled, parallels, unparalleled |
parameters | parameter |
phase | phased, phases, phasing |
predicted | predict, predictability, predictable, predictably, predicting, prediction, predictions, predicts, unpredictability, unpredictable |
principal | principally |
prior | - |
professional | professionally, professionals, professionalism |
project | projected, projecting, projection, projections, projects |
promote | promoted, promoter, promoters, promotes, promoting, promotion, promotions |
regime | regimes |
resolution | resolve, resolved, resolves, resolving, unresolved |
retained | retain, retaining, retainer, retainers, retains, retention, retentive |
series | - |
statistics | statistic, statistician, statisticians, statistical, statistically |
status | - |
stress | stressed, stresses, stressful, stressing, unstressed |
subsequent | subsequently |
sum | summation, summed, summing, sums |
summary | summaries, summarise, summarised, summarises, summarising, summarisation, summarisations |
undertaken | undertake, undertakes, undertaking, undertook |
Now try the activities which will help you become familiar with the words and expand your vocabulary.