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Word list
In these activities, you will learn to use the words in Sublists 7&8 of the Academic Word List.
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 |
|---|---|
adaptation | adapt, adaptability, adaptable, adaptations, adapted, adapting, adaptive, adapts |
adults | adult, adulthood |
advocate | advocacy, advocated, advocates, advocating |
aid | aided, aiding, aids, unaided |
channel | channelled, channelling, channels |
chemical | chemically, chemicals |
classical | classic, classics |
comprehensive | comprehensively |
comprise | comprised, comprises, comprising |
confirmed | confirm, confirmation, confirming, confirms |
contrary | contrarily |
converted | convert, conversion, conversions, convertible, converting, converts |
couple | coupled, coupling, couples |
decades | decade |
definite | definitely, definitive, indefinite, indefinitely |
deny | deniable, denial, denials, denied, denies, denying undeniable |
differentiation | differentiate, differentiated, differentiates, differentiating |
disposal | dispose, disposable, disposed, disposes, disposing |
dynamic | dynamically, dynamics |
eliminate | eliminated, eliminates, eliminating, elimination |
empirical | empirically, empiricism |
equipment | equip, equipped, equipping, equips |
extract | extracted, extracting, extraction, extracts |
file | filed, files, filing |
finite | infinite, infinitely |
foundation | foundations |
global | globe, globally, globalisation, globalization |
grade | graded, grades, grading |
guarantee | guaranteed, guaranteeing, guarantees |
hierarchical | hierarchy, hierarchies |
identical | identically |
ideology | ideological, ideologically, ideologies |
inferred | infer, inference, inferences, inferring, infers |
innovation | innovate, innovated, innovates, innovating, innovations, innovative, innovator, innovators |
insert | inserted, inserting, insertion, inserts |
intervention | intervene, intervened, intervenes, intervening, interventions |
isolated | isolate, isolates, isolating, isolation, isolationism |
media | - |
mode | modes |
paradigm | paradigms |
phenomenon | phenomena, phenomenal |
priority | priorities, prioritisation, prioritise, prioritised, prioritises, prioritising |
prohibited | prohibit, prohibiting, prohibition, prohibitions, prohibitive, prohibits |
publication | publications |
quotation | quote, quotations, quoted, quotes, quoting |
release | released, releases, releasing |
reverse | reversal, reversed, reverses, reversible, reversing, reversals, irreversible |
simulation | simulate, simulated, simulates, simulating |
solely | sole |
somewhat | - |
submitted | submit, submission, submissions, submits, submitting |
successive | successor, succession, successions, successively, successors |
survive | survival, survived, survives, surviving, survivor, survivors |
thesis | theses |
topic | topical, topics |
transmission | transmit, transmissions, transmitted, transmitting, transmits |
ultimately | ultimate |
unique | uniquely, uniqueness |
visible | visibility, visibly, invisible, invisibility |
voluntary | voluntarily, volunteer, volunteering, volunteered, volunteers |
Most common form | Other words in the family |
|---|---|
abandon | abandoned, abandoning, abandonment, abandons |
accompanied | accompany, accompanies, accompaniment, accompanying, unaccompanied |
accumulation | accumulate, accumulated, accumulating, accumulates |
ambiguous | ambiguities, ambiguity, unambiguous, unambiguously |
appendix | append, appended, appends, appending, appendices, appendixes |
appreciation | appreciate, appreciable, appreciably, appreciated, appreciates, appreciating, unappreciated |
arbitrary | arbitrariness, arbitrarily |
automatically | automate, automatic, automated, automates, automating, automation |
bias | biased, biases, biasing, unbiased |
chart | charted, charting, charts, uncharted |
clarity | clarify, clarification, clarified, clarifies, clarifying |
commodity | commodities |
complement | complementary, complemented, complementing, complements |
conformity | conform, conformable, conformability, conformance, conformation, conformed, conforming, conformist, conformists, conforms, nonconformist, nonconformists, nonconformity, non-conformist, non-conformists, non- conformity |
contemporary | contemporaries |
contradiction | contradict, contradicted, contradicting, contradictions, contradictory, contradicts |
crucial | crucially |
currency | currencies |
denote | denotation, denotations, denoted, denotes, denoting |
detected | detect, detectable, detecting, detection, detective, detectives, detector, detectors, detects |
deviation | deviate, deviated, deviates, deviating, deviations |
displacement | displace, displaced, displaces, displacing |
dramatic | drama, dramas, dramatically, dramatise, dramatised, dramatising, dramatises, dramatisation, dramatisations, dramatist, dramatists, dramatization, dramatizations, dramatizing |
eventually | eventual, eventuality |
exhibit | exhibited, exhibiting, exhibition, exhibitions, exhibits |
exploitation | exploit, exploited, exploiting, exploits |
fluctuations | fluctuate, fluctuated, fluctuates, fluctuating, fluctuation |
guidelines | guideline |
highlighted | highlight, highlighting, highlights |
imply | implied, implying |
induced | induce, induces, inducing, induction |
inevitably | inevitable, inevitability |
infrastructure | infrastructures |
inspection | inspect, inspected, inspecting, inspections, inspector, inspectors, inspects |
intensity | intense, intensely, intenseness, intensification, intensified, intensifies, intensify, intensifying, intension, intensive, intensively |
manipulation | manipulate, manipulated, manipulates, manipulating, manipulations, manipulative |
minimised | minimise, minimises, minimising |
nuclear | - |
offset | offsets, offsetting |
paragraph | paragraphing, paragraphs |
plus | pluses |
practitioners | practitioner |
predominantly | predominant, predominance, predominate, predominated, predominates, predominating |
prospect | prospective, prospects |
radical | radically, radicals |
random | randomly, randomness |
reinforced | reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcements, reinforces, reinforcing |
restore | restoration, restored, restores, restoring |
revision | revise, revised, revises, revising, revisions |
schedule | reschedule, rescheduled, reschedules, rescheduling, scheduled, schedules, scheduling, unscheduled |
tension | tense, tensely, tenser, tensest, tensions |
termination | terminate, terminal, terminals, terminated, terminates, terminating, terminations |
theme | themes, thematic, thematically |
thereby | - |
uniform | uniformity, uniformly |
vehicle | vehicles |
via | - |
virtually | virtual |
visual | visualise, visualised, visualises, visualising, visualisation, visualize, visualized, visualizes, visualizing, visualization, visually |
widespread | - |
Now try the activities which will help you become familiar with the words and expand your vocabulary.