ACADEMIC WORD LIST

The Academic Word List is a compilation of the most frequent words in academic texts. These are the
types of words you will see most often, and be expected to use in your own work. List one is the most
common, list two the next most common., and so on. Each word is only one form of the word, and it
includes the other word forms. For example, analysis also includes analysed, analyser, analyzing, and so
on.

List 1
analysis estimate period
approach evidence policy
area export principle
assessment factors procedure
assume financial process
authority formula required
available function research
benefit identified response
concept income role
consistent indicate section
constitutional individual sector
context interpretation significant
contract involved similar
create issues source
data labour specific
definition legal structure
derived legislation theory
distribution major variables
economic method
environment occur
established percent

List 2
achieve design potential
acquisition distinction previous
administration elements primary
affect equation purchase
appropriate evaluation range
aspects features region
assistance final regulations
categories focus relevant
chapter impact resident
commission injury resources
community institute restricted
complex investment security
computer items sought
conclusion journal select
conduct maintenance site
consequences normal strategies
construction obtained survey
consumer participation text
credit perceived traditional
cultural positive transfer
List 3
alternative emphasis philosophy
circumstances ensure physical
comments excluded proportion
compensation framework published
components funds reaction
consent illustrated registered
considerable immigration reliance
constant implies removed
constraints initial scheme
contribution instance sequence
convention interaction sex
coordination justification shift
core layer specified
corporate link sufficient
corresponding location task
criteria maximum technical
deduction minorities techniques
demonstrate negative technology
document outcomes validity
dominant partnership volume

List 4
access error parallel
adequate ethnic parameters
annual goals phase
apparent granted predicted
approximated hence principal
attitudes hypothesis prior
attributed implementation professional
civil implications project
code imposed promote
commitment integration regime
communication internal resolution
concentration investigation retained
conference job series
contrast label statistics
cycle mechanism status
debate obvious stress
despite occupational subsequent
dimensions option sum
domestic output summary
emerged overall undertaken

List 5
academic decline facilitate
adjustment discretion fundamental
alter draft generated
amendment enable generation
aware energy image
capacity enforcement liberal
challenge entities licence
clause equivalent logic
compounds evolution marginal
conflict expansion medical
consultation exposure mental
contact external modified
monitoring psychology sustainable
network pursue symbolic
notion ratio target
objective rejected transition
orientation revenue trend
perspective stability version
precise styles welfare
prime substitution whereas

List 6
abstract exceed migration
accurate expert minimum
acknowledged explicit ministry
aggregate federal motivation
allocation fees neutral
assigned flexibility nevertheless
attached furthermore overseas
author gender preceding
bond ignored presumption
brief incentive rational
capable incidence recovery
cited incorporated revealed
cooperative index scope
discrimination inhibition subsidiary
display initiatives tapes
diversity input trace
domain instructions transformation
edition intelligence transport
enhanced interval underlying
estate lecture utility

List 7
adaptation empirical phenomenon
adults equipment priority
advocate extract prohibited
aid file publication
channel finite quotation
chemical foundation release
classical global reverse
comprehensive grade simulation
comprise guarantee solely
confirmed hierarchical somewhat
contrary identical submitted
converted ideology successive
couple inferred survive
decades innovation thesis
definite insert topic
deny intervention transmission
differentiation isolated ultimately
disposal media unique
dynamic mode visible
eliminate paradigm voluntary
 List 8
abandon deviation plus
accompanied displacement practitioners
accumulation dramatic predominantly
ambiguous eventually prospect
appendix exhibit radical
appreciation exploitation random
arbitrary fluctuations reinforced
automatically guidelines restore
bias highlighted revision
chart implicit schedule
clarity induced tension
conformity inevitably termination
commodity infrastructure theme
complement inspection thereby
contemporary intensity uniform
contradiction manipulation vehicle
crucial minimised via
currency nuclear virtually
denote offset widespread
detected paragraph visual

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