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Word list
Read or download the Sublists 5 & 6 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 |
|---|---|
academic | academy, academia, academically, academics, academies |
adjustment | adjust, adjusted, adjusting, adjustments, adjusts, readjust, readjusted, readjusting, readjustment, readjustments, readjusts |
alter | alterable, alteration, alterations, altered, altering, alternate, alternating, alters, unalterable, unaltered |
amendment | amend, amended, amending, amendments, amends |
aware | awareness, unaware |
capacity | capacities, incapacitate, incapacitated |
challenge | challenged, challenger, challengers, challenges, challenging |
clause | clauses |
compounds | compound, compounded, compounding |
conflict | conflicted, conflicting, conflicts |
consultation | consult, consultancy, consultant, consultants, consultations, consultative, consulted, consults, consulting |
contact | contactable, contacted, contacting, contacts |
decline | declined, declines, declining |
discretion | discrete, discretely, discretionary, indiscrete, indiscretion |
draft | drafted, drafting, drafts, redraft, redrafted, redrafting, redrafts |
enable | enabled, enables, enabling |
energy | energetic, energetically, energies |
enforcement | enforce, enforced, enforces, enforcing |
entities | entity |
equivalent | equivalence |
evolution | evolve, evolved, evolving, evolves, evolutionary, evolutionist, evolutionists |
expansion | expand, expanded, expanding, expands, expansionism, expansive |
exposure | expose, exposed, exposes, exposing, exposures |
external | externalisation, externalise, externalised, externalises, externalising, externality |
facilitate | facilitated, facilitates, facilities, facilitating, facilitation, facilitator, facilitators, facility |
fundamental | fundamentally |
generated | generate, generates, generating |
generation | generations |
image | imagery, images |
liberal | liberaliseliberalism, liberalisation, liberalised, liberalises, liberalising, liberalization, liberate, liberated, liberates, liberation, liberations, liberating, liberator, liberators, liberally, liberals |
licence | licences, license, licensed, licensing, licenses, unlicensed |
logic | illogical, illogically, logical, logically, logician, logicians |
marginal | margin, marginally, margins |
medical | medically |
mental | mentality, mentally |
modified | modify, modification, modifications, modifies, modifying, unmodified |
monitoring | monitor, monitored, monitors, unmonitored |
network | networked, networking, networks |
notion | notions |
objective | objectively, objectivity |
orientation | orient, orientateorientatedorientates, orientating, oriented, orienting, orients, reorient, reorientation |
perspective | perspectives |
precise | imprecise, precisely, precision |
prime | primacy |
psychology | psychological, psychologically, psychologist, psychologists |
pursue | pursued, pursues, pursuing, pursuit, pursuits |
ratio | ratios |
rejected | reject, rejecting, rejection, rejects, rejections |
revenue | revenues |
stability | stable, instability, stabilisation, stabilise, stabilised, stabilises, stabilising, unstable |
styles | style, styled, styling, stylish, stylise, stylised, stylises, stylising |
substitution | substitute, substituted, substitutes, substituting |
sustainable | sustain, sustainability, sustained, sustaining, sustains, sustenance, unsustainable |
symbolic | symbol, symbolically, symbolise, symbolises, symbolised, symbolising, symbolism, symbols |
target | targeted, targeting, targets |
transition | transit, transited, transiting, transitional, transitions, transitory, transits |
trend | trends |
version | versions |
welfare | - |
whereas | - |
Most common form | Other words in the family |
|---|---|
abstract | abstraction, abstractions, abstractly, abstracts |
accurate | accuracy, accurately, inaccuracy, inaccuracies, inaccurate |
acknowledged | acknowledge, acknowledges, acknowledging, acknowledgement, acknowledgements |
aggregate | aggregated, aggregates, aggregating, aggregation |
allocation | allocate, allocated, allocates, allocating, allocations |
assigned | assign, assigning, assignment, assignments, assigns reassign, reassigned, reassigning, reassigns, unassigned |
attached | attach, attaches, attaching, attachment, attachments, unattached |
author | authored, authoring, authors, authorship |
bond | bonded, bonding, bonds |
brief | brevity, briefed, briefing, briefly, briefs |
capable | capabilities, capability, incapable |
cited | cite, citation, citations, citing, cites |
cooperative | cooperate, cooperated, cooperates, cooperating, cooperation, cooperatively co-operate, co-operated, co-operates, co-operation, co-operative, co-operatively |
discrimination | discriminate, discriminated, discriminates, discriminating |
display | displayed, displaying, displays |
diversity | diverse, diversely, diversification, diversified, diversifies, diversify, diversifying |
domain | domains |
edition | edit, edited, editing, editions, editor, editorial, editorials, editors, edits |
enhanced | enhance, enhancement, enhances, enhancing |
estate | estates |
exceed | exceeded, exceeding, exceeds |
expert | expertise, expertly, experts |
explicit | explicitly |
federal | federation, federations |
fees | fee |
flexibility | flexible, inflexible, inflexibility |
furthermore | - |
gender | genders |
ignored | ignorant, ignorance, ignore, ignores, ignoring |
incentive | incentives |
incidence | incidentincidentally, incidents |
incorporated | incorporate, incorporates, incorporating, incorporation |
index | indexed, indexes, indexing |
inhibition | inhibit, inhibited, inhibiting, inhibitions, inhibits |
initiatives | initiate, initiated, initiates, initiating, initiation, initiations, initiative, initiator, initiators |
input | inputs |
instructions | instruct, instruction, instructed, instructing, instructive, instructor, instructors, instructs |
intelligence | intelligent, intelligently, unintelligent |
interval | intervals |
lecture | lectured, lecturer, lecturers, lectures, lecturing |
migration | migrate, migrant, migrants, migrated, migrates, migrating, migrations, migratory |
minimum | - |
ministry | ministered, ministering, ministerial, ministries |
motivation | motive, motivate, motivated, motivates, motivating, motivations, motives, unmotivated |
neutral | neutralisation, neutralise, neutralised, neutralises, neutralising, neutralize, neutralized, neutralizes, neutralizing neutrality |
nevertheless | - |
overseas | - |
preceding | precede, preceded, precedence, precedent, precedes, unprecedented |
presumption | presume, presumably, presumed, presumes, presuming, presumptions, presumptuous |
rational | irrational, rationalisation, rationalisations, rationalise, rationalised, rationalises, rationalising, rationalism, rationality, rationally |
recovery | recover, recoverable, recovered, recovering, recovers |
revealed | reveal, revealing, reveals, revelation, revelations |
scope | - |
subsidiary | subsidy, subsidies, subsidise, subsidised, subsidises, subsidising, subsidize, subsidized, subsidizes, subsidizing |
tapes | taped, taping |
trace | traceable, traced, traces, tracing |
transformation | transform, transformations, transformed, transforming, transforms |
transport | transportation, transported, transporter, transporters, transporting, transports |
underlying | underlie, underlay, underlies |
utility | utilise, utilisation, utilised, utilises, utilising, utiliser, utilisers, utilize, utilization, utilized, utilizes, utilizing, utilizer, utilizers, utilities |
Now try the activities which will help you become familiar with the words and expand your vocabulary.