Academic Word List (AWL)

The Academic Word List

Headword Sublist Related word forms

analyse 1 analysed, analyser, analysers, analyses, analysing, analysis, analyst, analysts, analytic,
analytical, analytically, analyze, analyzed, analyzes, analyzing
approach 1 approachable, approached, approaches, approaching, unapproachable
area 1 areas
assessable, assessed, assesses, assessing, assessment, assessments, reassess,
assess 1 reassessed, reassessing, reassessment, unassessed
assume 1 assumed, assumes, assuming, assumption, assumptions
authority 1 authoritative, authorities
available 1 availability, unavailable
benefit 1 beneficial, beneficiaries, beneficiary, benefited, benefiting, benefits
conception, concepts, conceptual, conceptualisation, conceptualise, conceptualised,
concept 1 conceptualises, conceptualising, conceptually
consisted, consistency, consistent, consistently, consisting, consists, inconsistencies,
consist 1 inconsistency, inconsistent
constituencies, constituency, constituent, constituents, constituted, constitutes,
constitute 1 constituting, constitution, constitutional, constitutionally, constitutions, constitutive,
unconstitutional

context 1 contexts, contextual, contextualise, contextualised, contextualising, contextualize,

contextualized, contextualizing, uncontextualised, uncontextualized
contract 1 contracted, contracting, contractor, contractors, contracts
created, creates, creating, creation, creations, creative, creatively, creativity, creator,
create 1 creators, recreate, recreated, recreates, recreating
data 1
definable, defined, defines, defining, definition, definitions, redefine, redefined, redefines,
define 1 redefining, undefined
derive 1 derivation, derivations, derivative, derivatives, derived, derives, deriving

distribute 1 distributed, distributing, distribution, distributional, distributions, distributive, distributor,

distributors, redistribute, redistributed, redistributes, redistributing, redistribution

economy 1 economic, economical, economically, economics, economies, economist, economists,

uneconomical
environment 1 environmental, environmentalist, environmentalists, environmentally, environments
disestablish, disestablished, disestablishes, disestablishing, disestablishment, established,
establish 1 establishes, establishing, establishment, establishments
estimated, estimates, estimating, estimation, estimations, over-estimate, overestimate,
estimate 1 overestimated, overestimates, overestimating, underestimate, underestimated,
underestimates, underestimating
evident 1 evidence, evidenced, evidential, evidently
export 1 exported, exporter, exporters, exporting, exports
factor 1 factored, factoring, factors
finance 1 financed, finances, financial, financially, financier, financiers, financing

formula 1 formulae, formulas, formulate, formulated, formulating, formulation, formulations,

reformulate, reformulated, reformulating, reformulation, reformulations
function 1 functional, functionally, functioned, functioning, functions
identify 1 identifiable, identification, identified, identifies, identifying, identities, identity, unidentifiable
income 1 incomes
indicate 1 indicated, indicates, indicating, indication, indications, indicative, indicator, indicators
individualised, individualism, individualist, individualistic, individualists, individuality,
individual 1 individually, individuals
interpretation, interpretations, interpretative, interpreted, interpreting, interpretive,
interpret 1 interprets, misinterpret, misinterpretation, misinterpretations, misinterpreted,
misinterpreting, misinterprets, reinterpret, reinterpretation, reinterpretations, reinterpreted,
reinterpreting, reinterprets
involve 1 involved, involvement, involves, involving, uninvolved
issue 1 issued, issues, issuing
labour 1 labor, labored, labors, laboured, labouring, labours
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legal 1 illegal, illegality, illegally, legality, legally

legislate 1 legislated, legislates, legislating, legislation, legislative, legislator, legislators, legislature
major 1 majorities, majority
method 1 methodical, methodological, methodologies, methodology, methods
occurred, occurrence, occurrences, occurring, occurs, reoccur, reoccurred, reoccurring,
occur 1 reoccurs
percent 1 percentage, percentages
period 1 periodic, periodical, periodically, periodicals, periods
policy 1 policies
principle 1 principled, principles, unprincipled
proceed 1 procedural, procedure, procedures, proceeded, proceeding, proceedings, proceeds
process 1 processed, processes, processing
require 1 required, requirement, requirements, requires, requiring
research 1 researched, researcher, researchers, researches, researching

responded, respondent, respondents, responding, responds, response, responses,

respond 1 responsive, responsiveness, unresponsive
role 1 roles
section 1 sectioned, sectioning, sections
sector 1 sectors
significant 1 insignificant, insignificantly, significance, significantly, signified, signifies, signify, signifying
similar 1 dissimilar, similarities, similarity, similarly
source 1 sourced, sources, sourcing
specific 1 specifically, specification, specifications, specificity, specifics

structure 1 restructure, restructured, restructures, restructuring, structural, structurally, structured,

structures, structuring, unstructured
theory 1 theoretical, theoretically, theories, theorist, theorists
invariable, invariably, variability, variable, variables, variably, variance, variant, variants,
vary 1 variation, variations, varied, varies, varying
achieve 2 achievable, achieved, achievement, achievements, achieves, achieving
acquire 2 acquired, acquires, acquiring, acquisition, acquisitions

administrate 2 administrates, administration, administrations, administrative, administratively,

administrator, administrators
affect 2 affected, affecting, affective, affectively, affects, unaffected
appropriate 2 appropriacy, appropriately, appropriateness, inappropriacy, inappropriate, inappropriately
aspect 2 aspects
assist 2 assistance, assistant, assistants, assisted, assisting, assists, unassisted

category 2 categories, categorisation, categorise, categorised, categorises, categorising,

categorization, categorized, categorizes, categorizing
chapter 2 chapters
commission 2 commissioned, commissioner, commissioners, commissioning, commissions
community 2 communities
complex 2 complexities, complexity

compute 2 computable, computation, computational, computations, computed, computer,

computerised, computers, computing

conclude 2 concluded, concludes, concluding, conclusion, conclusions, conclusive, conclusively,

inconclusive, inconclusively
conduct 2 conducted, conducting, conducts
consequent 2 consequence, consequences, consequently

construct 2 constructed, constructing, construction, constructions, constructive, constructs,

reconstruct, reconstructed, reconstructing, reconstruction, reconstructs
consume 2 consumed, consumer, consumers, consumes, consuming, consumption
credit 2 credited, crediting, creditor, creditors, credits
culture 2 cultural, culturally, cultured, cultures, uncultured
design 2 designed, designer, designers, designing, designs
distinct 2 distinction, distinctions, distinctive, distinctively, distinctly, indistinct, indistinctly
element 2 elements
equate 2 equated, equates, equating, equation, equations

evaluate 2 evaluated, evaluates, evaluating, evaluation, evaluations, evaluative, re-evaluate, re-

evaluated, re-evaluates, re-evaluating, re-evaluation
feature 2 featured, features, featuring
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final 2 finalise, finalised, finalises, finalising, finality, finalize, finalized, finalizes, finalizing, finally,
finals

focus 2 focused, focuses, focusing, focussed, focussing, refocus, refocused, refocuses,

refocusing, refocussed, refocusses, refocussing
impact 2 impacted, impacting, impacts
injure 2 injured, injures, injuries, injuring, injury, uninjured
instituted, institutes, instituting, institution, institutional, institutionalise, institutionalised,
institute 2 institutionalises, institutionalising, institutionalized, institutionalizes, institutionalizing,
institutionally, institutions
invested, investing, investment, investments, investor, investors, invests, reinvest,
invest 2
reinvested, reinvesting, reinvestment, reinvests
item 2 itemisation, itemise, itemised, itemises, itemising, items
journal 2 journals
maintain 2 maintained, maintaining, maintains, maintenance
abnormal, abnormally, normalisation, normalise, normalised, normalises, normalising,
normal 2 normality, normalization, normalize, normalized, normalizes, normalizing, normally
obtain 2 obtainable, obtained, obtaining, obtains, unobtainable
participate 2 participant, participants, participated, participates, participating, participation, participatory

perceive 2 perceived, perceives, perceiving, perception, perceptions

positive 2 positively
potential 2 potentially
previous 2 previously
primary 2 primarily
purchase 2 purchased, purchaser, purchasers, purchases, purchasing
range 2 ranged, ranges, ranging
region 2 regional, regionally, regions

regulate 2 deregulated, deregulates, deregulating, deregulation, regulated, regulates, regulating,

regulation, regulations, regulator, regulators, regulatory, unregulated
relevant 2 irrelevance, irrelevant, relevance
reside 2 resided, residence, resident, residential, residents, resides, residing
resource 2 resourced, resourceful, resources, resourcing, under-resourced, unresourceful
restricted, restricting, restriction, restrictions, restrictive, restrictively, restricts, unrestricted,
restrict 2 unrestrictive
secure 2 insecure, insecurities, insecurity, secured, securely, secures, securing, securities, security
seek 2 seeking, seeks, sought
select 2 selected, selecting, selection, selections, selective, selectively, selector, selectors, selects
site 2 sites
strategy 2 strategic, strategically, strategies, strategist, strategists
survey 2 surveyed, surveying, surveys
text 2 texts, textual
tradition 2 non-traditional, traditional, traditionalist, traditionally, traditions
transfer 2 transferable, transference, transferred, transferring, transfers
alternative 3 alternatively, alternatives
circumstance 3 circumstances

comment 3 commentaries, commentary, commentator, commentators, commented, commenting,

comments
compensated, compensates, compensating, compensation, compensations,
compensate 3 compensatory
component 3 componentry, components
consent 3 consensus, consented, consenting, consents
considerable 3 considerably
constant 3 constancy, constantly, constants, inconstancy, inconstantly
constrain 3 constrained, constraining, constrains, constraint, constraints, unconstrained
contribute 3 contributed, contributes, contributing, contribution, contributions, contributor, contributors
convened, convenes, convening, convention, conventional, conventionally, conventions,
convene 3 unconventional

coordinate 3 co-ordinate, co-ordinated, co-ordinates, co-ordinating, co-ordination, co-ordinator, co-

ordinators, coordinated, coordinates, coordinating, coordination, coordinator, coordinators
core 3 cored, cores, coring
corporate 3 corporates, corporation, corporations
correspond 3 corresponded, correspondence, corresponding, correspondingly, corresponds
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criteria 3 criterion
deduce 3 deduced, deduces, deducing, deduction, deductions

demonstrate 3 demonstrable, demonstrably, demonstrated, demonstrates, demonstrating, demonstration,

demonstrations, demonstrative, demonstratively, demonstrator, demonstrators
document 3 documentation, documented, documenting, documents
dominate 3 dominance, dominant, dominated, dominates, dominating, domination
emphasise, emphasised, emphasising, emphasize, emphasized, emphasizes,
emphasis 3 emphasizing, emphatic, emphatically
ensure 3 ensured, ensures, ensuring

exclude 3 excluded, excludes, excluding, exclusion, exclusionary, exclusionist, exclusions, exclusive,

exclusively
framework 3 frameworks
fund 3 funded, funder, funders, funding, funds
illustrate 3 illustrated, illustrates, illustrating, illustration, illustrations, illustrative
immigrate 3 immigrant, immigrants, immigrated, immigrates, immigrating, immigration

imply 3 implied, implies, implying

initial 3 initially
instance 3 instances
interact 3 interacted, interacting, interaction, interactions, interactive, interactively, interacts
justify 3 justifiable, justifiably, justification, justifications, justified, justifies, justifying, unjustified
layer 3 layered, layering, layers
link 3 linkage, linkages, linked, linking, links
locate 3 located, locating, location, locations, relocate, relocated, relocates, relocating, relocation
max, maximisation, maximised, maximises, maximising, maximization, maximize,
maximise 3 maximized, maximizes, maximizing, maximum
minor 3 minorities, minority, minors
negate 3 negated, negates, negating, negative, negatively, negatives
outcome 3 outcomes
partner 3 partners, partnership, partnerships
philosopher, philosophers, philosophical, philosophically, philosophies, philosophise,
philosophy 3 philosophised, philosophises, philosophising, philosophize, philosophized, philosophizes,
philosophizing
physical 3 physically

proportion 3 disproportion, disproportionate, disproportionately, proportional, proportionally,

proportionate, proportionately, proportions
publish 3 published, publisher, publishers, publishes, publishing, unpublished
reacted, reacting, reaction, reactionaries, reactionary, reactions, reactivate, reactivation,
react 3 reactive, reactor, reactors, reacts
deregister, deregistered, deregistering, deregisters, deregistration, registered, registering,
register 3 registers, registration
rely 3 reliability, reliable, reliably, reliance, reliant, relied, relies, relying, unreliable
remove 3 removable, removal, removals, removed, removes, removing
scheme 3 schematic, schematically, schemed, schemes, scheming
sequence 3 sequenced, sequences, sequencing, sequential, sequentially
sex 3 sexes, sexism, sexual, sexuality, sexually
shift 3 shifted, shifting, shifts
specify 3 specifiable, specified, specifies, specifying, unspecified
sufficient 3 insufficient, insufficiently, sufficiency, sufficiently
task 3 tasks
technical 3 technically
technique 3 techniques
technology 3 technological, technologically
valid 3 invalidate, invalidity, validate, validated, validating, validation, validity, validly
volume 3 volumes
access 4 accessed, accesses, accessibility, accessible, accessing, inaccessible
adequate 4 adequacy, adequately, inadequacies, inadequacy, inadequate, inadequately
annual 4 annually
apparent 4 apparently

approximate 4 approximated, approximately, approximates, approximating, approximation,

approximations
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attitude 4 attitudes
attribute 4 attributable, attributed, attributes, attributing, attribution
civil 4
code 4 coded, codes, coding
commit 4 commitment, commitments, commits, committed, committing

communicate 4 communicable, communicated, communicates, communicating, communication,

communications, communicative, communicatively, uncommunicative
concentrate 4 concentrated, concentrates, concentrating, concentration
confer 4 conference, conferences, conferred, conferring, confers
contrast 4 contrasted, contrasting, contrastive, contrasts
cycle 4 cycled, cycles, cyclic, cyclical, cycling
debate 4 debatable, debated, debates, debating

despite 4
dimension 4 dimensional, dimensions, multidimensional
domestic 4 domestically, domesticate, domesticated, domesticating, domestics
emerge 4 emerged, emergence, emergent, emerges, emerging
error 4 erroneous, erroneously, errors
ethnic 4 ethnicity
goal 4 goals
grant 4 granted, granting, grants
hence 4

hypothesis 4 hypotheses, hypothesise, hypothesised, hypothesises, hypothesising, hypothesize,

hypothesized, hypothesizes, hypothesizing, hypothetical, hypothetically
implement 4 implementation, implemented, implementing, implements
implicate 4 implicated, implicates, implicating, implication, implications
impose 4 imposed, imposes, imposing, imposition
integrate 4 integrated, integrates, integrating, integration

internal 4 internalise, internalised, internalises, internalising, internalize, internalized, internalizes,

internalizing, internally

investigate 4 investigated, investigates, investigating, investigation, investigations, investigative,

investigator, investigators
job 4 jobs
label 4 labeled, labeling, labelled, labelling, labels
mechanism 4 mechanisms
obvious 4 obviously
occupancy, occupant, occupants, occupation, occupational, occupations, occupied,
occupy 4 occupier, occupiers, occupies, occupying
option 4 optional, options
output 4 outputs
overall 4
parallel 4 paralleled, parallelled, parallelling, parallels, unparalleled
parameter 4 parameters
phase 4 phased, phases, phasing

predict 4 predictability, predictable, predictably, predicted, predicting, prediction, predictions,

predicts, unpredictability, unpredictable
principal 4 principally
prior 4
professional 4 professionalism, professionally, professionals
project 4 projected, projecting, projection, projections, projects
promote 4 promoted, promoter, promoters, promotes, promoting, promotion, promotions
regime 4 regimes
resolve 4 resolution, resolved, resolves, resolving, unresolved
retain 4 retained, retainer, retainers, retaining, retains, retention, retentive
series 4
statistic 4 statistical, statistically, statistician, statisticians, statistics
status 4
stress 4 stressed, stresses, stressful, stressing, unstressed
subsequent 4 subsequently
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sum 4 summation, summed, summing, sums

summaries, summarisation, summarisations, summarise, summarised, summarises,
summary 4 summarising, summarization, summarizations, summarize, summarized, summarizes,
summarizing
undertake 4 undertaken, undertakes, undertaking, undertook
academy 5 academia, academic, academically, academics, academies

adjust 5 adjusted, adjusting, adjustment, adjustments, adjusts, readjust, readjusted, readjusting,

readjustment, readjustments, readjusts

alter 5 alterable, alteration, alterations, altered, altering, alternate, alternating, alters, unalterable,
unaltered
amend 5 amended, amending, amendment, amendments, amends
aware 5 awareness, unaware

capacity 5 capacities, incapacitate, incapacitated

challenge 5 challenged, challenger, challengers, challenges, challenging
clause 5 clauses
compound 5 compounded, compounding, compounds
conflict 5 conflicted, conflicting, conflicts

consult 5 consultancy, consultant, consultants, consultation, consultations, consultative, consulted,

consulting, consults
contact 5 contactable, contacted, contacting, contacts
decline 5 declined, declines, declining
discrete 5 discretely, discretion, discretionary, indiscrete, indiscretion
draft 5 drafted, drafting, drafts, redraft, redrafted, redrafting, redrafts
enable 5 enabled, enables, enabling
energy 5 energetic, energetically, energies
enforce 5 enforced, enforcement, enforces, enforcing
entity 5 entities
equivalent 5 equivalence
evolve 5 evolution, evolutionary, evolutionist, evolutionists, evolved, evolves, evolving
expand 5 expanded, expanding, expands, expansion, expansionism, expansive
expose 5 exposed, exposes, exposing, exposure, exposures
externalisation, externalise, externalised, externalises, externalising, externality,
external 5 externalization, externalize, externalized, externalizes, externalizing, externally
facilitate 5 facilitated, facilitates, facilitating, facilitation, facilitator, facilitators, facilities, facility
fundamental 5 fundamentally
generate 5 generated, generates, generating
generation 5 generations
image 5 imagery, images
liberalisation, liberalise, liberalised, liberalises, liberalising, liberalism, liberalization,
liberal 5 liberalize, liberalized, liberalizes, liberalizing, liberally, liberate, liberated, liberates,
liberating, liberation, liberations, liberator, liberators
licence 5 licences, license, licensed, licenses, licensing, unlicensed
logic 5 illogical, illogically, logical, logically, logician, logicians
margin 5 marginal, marginally, margins
medical 5 medically
mental 5 mentality, mentally
modify 5 modification, modifications, modified, modifies, modifying, unmodified
monitor 5 monitored, monitoring, monitors, unmonitored
network 5 networked, networking, networks
notion 5 notions
objective 5 objectively, objectivity
orientate, orientated, orientates, orientating, orientation, oriented, orienting, orients,
orient 5
reorient, reorientation
perspective 5 perspectives
precise 5 imprecise, precisely, precision
prime 5 primacy
psychology 5 psychological, psychologically, psychologist, psychologists
pursue 5 pursued, pursues, pursuing, pursuit, pursuits
ratio 5 ratios
reject 5 rejected, rejecting, rejection, rejections, rejects
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revenue 5 revenues
instability, stabilisation, stabilise, stabilised, stabilises, stabilising, stability, stabilization,
stable 5
stabilize, stabilized, stabilizes, stabilizing, unstable
styled, styles, styling, stylise, stylised, stylises, stylish, stylising, stylize, stylized, stylizes,
style 5
stylizing
substitute 5 substituted, substitutes, substituting, substitution
sustain 5 sustainability, sustainable, sustained, sustaining, sustains, sustenance, unsustainable
symbolic, symbolically, symbolise, symbolised, symbolises, symbolising, symbolism,
symbol 5 symbolize, symbolized, symbolizes, symbolizing, symbols
target 5 targeted, targeting, targets
transit 5 transited, transiting, transition, transitional, transitions, transitory, transits
trend 5 trends
version 5 versions
welfare 5
whereas 5
abstract 6 abstraction, abstractions, abstractly, abstracts
accurate 6 accuracy, accurately, inaccuracies, inaccuracy, inaccurate
acknowledge 6 acknowledged, acknowledgement, acknowledgements, acknowledges, acknowledging
aggregate 6 aggregated, aggregates, aggregating, aggregation
allocate 6 allocated, allocates, allocating, allocation, allocations

assign 6 assigned, assigning, assignment, assignments, assigns, reassign, reassigned,

reassigning, reassigns, unassigned
attach 6 attached, attaches, attaching, attachment, attachments, unattached
author 6 authored, authoring, authors, authorship
bond 6 bonded, bonding, bonds
brief 6 brevity, briefed, briefing, briefly, briefs
capable 6 capabilities, capability, incapable
cite 6 citation, citations, cited, cites, citing

cooperate 6 co-operate, co-operated, co-operates, co-operation, co-operative, co-operatively,

cooperated, cooperates, cooperating, cooperation, cooperative, cooperatively
discriminate 6 discriminated, discriminates, discriminating, discrimination
display 6 displayed, displaying, displays
diverse 6 diversely, diversification, diversified, diversifies, diversify, diversifying, diversity
domain 6 domains
edit 6 edited, editing, edition, editions, editor, editorial, editorials, editors, edits
enhance 6 enhanced, enhancement, enhances, enhancing
estate 6 estates
exceed 6 exceeded, exceeding, exceeds
expert 6 expertise, expertly, experts
explicit 6 explicitly
federal 6 federation, federations
fee 6 fees
flexible 6 flexibility, inflexibility, inflexible
furthermore 6
gender 6 genders
ignorant 6 ignorance, ignore, ignored, ignores, ignoring
incentive 6 incentives
incidence 6 incident, incidentally, incidents
incorporate 6 incorporated, incorporates, incorporating, incorporation
index 6 indexed, indexes, indexing
inhibit 6 inhibited, inhibiting, inhibition, inhibitions, inhibits
initiate 6 initiated, initiates, initiating, initiation, initiations, initiative, initiatives, initiator, initiators
input 6 inputs
instruct 6 instructed, instructing, instruction, instructions, instructive, instructor, instructors, instructs
intelligent 6 intelligence, intelligently, unintelligent
interval 6 intervals
lecture 6 lectured, lecturer, lecturers, lectures, lecturing
migrate 6 migrant, migrants, migrated, migrates, migrating, migration, migrations, migratory
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minimum 6
ministry 6 ministered, ministerial, ministering, ministries
motive 6 motivate, motivated, motivates, motivating, motivation, motivations, motives, unmotivated

neutral 6 neutralisation, neutralise, neutralised, neutralises, neutralising, neutrality, neutralization,

neutralize, neutralized, neutralizes, neutralizing
nevertheless 6
overseas 6
precede 6 preceded, precedence, precedent, precedes, preceding, unprecedented
presume 6 presumably, presumed, presumes, presuming, presumption, presumptions, presumptuous
irrational, rationalisation, rationalisations, rationalise, rationalised, rationalises,
rational 6 rationalising, rationalism, rationality, rationalization, rationalizations, rationalize,
rationalized, rationalizes, rationally
recover 6 recoverable, recovered, recovering, recovers, recovery
reveal 6 revealed, revealing, reveals, revelation, revelations
scope 6
subsidiary, subsidies, subsidise, subsidised, subsidises, subsidising, subsidize,
subsidy 6
subsidized, subsidizes, subsidizing
tape 6 taped, tapes, taping
trace 6 traceable, traced, traces, tracing
transform 6 transformation, transformations, transformed, transforming, transforms
transport 6 transportation, transported, transporter, transporters, transporting, transports
underlie 6 underlay, underlies, underlying

utilise 6 utilisation, utilised, utiliser, utilisers, utilises, utilising, utilities, utility, utilization, utilize,
utilized, utilizes, utilizing
adapt 7 adaptability, adaptable, adaptation, adaptations, adapted, adapting, adaptive, adapts
adult 7 adulthood, adults
advocate 7 advocacy, advocated, advocates, advocating
aid 7 aided, aiding, aids, unaided
channel 7 channelled, channelling, channels
chemical 7 chemically, chemicals
classic 7 classical, classics
comprehensive 7 comprehensively
comprise 7 comprised, comprises, comprising
confirm 7 confirmation, confirmed, confirming, confirms
contrary 7 contrarily
convert 7 conversion, conversions, converted, convertible, converting, converts
couple 7 coupled, couples, coupling
decade 7 decades
definite 7 definitely, definitive, indefinite, indefinitely
deny 7 deniable, denial, denials, denied, denies, denying, undeniable
differentiate 7 differentiated, differentiates, differentiating, differentiation
dispose 7 disposable, disposal, disposed, disposes, disposing
dynamic 7 dynamically, dynamics
eliminate 7 eliminated, eliminates, eliminating, elimination
empirical 7 empirically, empiricism
equip 7 equipment, equipped, equipping, equips
extract 7 extracted, extracting, extraction, extracts
file 7 filed, files, filing
finite 7 infinite, infinitely
foundation 7 foundations
globe 7 global, globalisation, globalization, globally
grade 7 graded, grades, grading
guarantee 7 guaranteed, guaranteeing, guarantees
hierarchy 7 hierarchical, hierarchies
identical 7 identically
ideology 7 ideological, ideologically, ideologies
infer 7 inference, inferences, inferred, inferring, infers
innovate 7 innovated, innovates, innovating, innovation, innovations, innovative, innovator, innovators
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insert 7 inserted, inserting, insertion, inserts

intervene 7 intervened, intervenes, intervening, intervention, interventions
isolate 7 isolated, isolates, isolating, isolation, isolationism
media 7
mode 7 modes
paradigm 7 paradigms
phenomenon 7 phenomena, phenomenal

priority 7 priorities, prioritisation, prioritise, prioritised, prioritises, prioritising, prioritization, prioritize,

prioritized, prioritizes, prioritizing
prohibit 7 prohibited, prohibiting, prohibition, prohibitions, prohibitive, prohibits
publication 7 publications
quote 7 quotation, quotations, quoted, quotes, quoting
release 7 released, releases, releasing
reverse 7 irreversible, reversal, reversals, reversed, reverses, reversible, reversing
simulate 7 simulated, simulates, simulating, simulation
sole 7 solely
somewhat 7
submit 7 submission, submissions, submits, submitted, submitting
successor 7 succession, successions, successive, successively, successors
survive 7 survival, survived, survives, surviving, survivor, survivors
thesis 7 theses
topic 7 topical, topics
transmit 7 transmission, transmissions, transmits, transmitted, transmitting
ultimate 7 ultimately
unique 7 uniquely, uniqueness
visible 7 invisibility, invisible, visibility, visibly
voluntary 7 voluntarily, volunteer, volunteered, volunteering, volunteers
abandon 8 abandoned, abandoning, abandonment, abandons
accompany 8 accompanied, accompanies, accompaniment, accompanying, unaccompanied
accumulate 8 accumulated, accumulates, accumulating, accumulation
ambiguous 8 ambiguities, ambiguity, unambiguous, unambiguously
append 8 appended, appendices, appending, appendix, appendixes, appends
appreciable, appreciably, appreciated, appreciates, appreciating, appreciation,
appreciate 8
unappreciated
arbitrary 8 arbitrarily, arbitrariness
automate 8 automated, automates, automatic, automatically, automating, automation
bias 8 biased, biases, biasing, unbiased
chart 8 charted, charting, charts, uncharted
clarify 8 clarification, clarified, clarifies, clarifying, clarity
commodity 8 commodities
complement 8 complementary, complemented, complementing, complements
conformability, conformable, conformance, conformation, conformed, conforming,
conform 8 conformist, conformists, conformity, conforms, non-conformist, non-conformists, non-
conformity, nonconformist, nonconformists, nonconformity
contemporary 8 contemporaries
contradict 8 contradicted, contradicting, contradiction, contradictions, contradictory, contradicts
crucial 8 crucially
currency 8 currencies
denote 8 denotation, denotations, denoted, denotes, denoting
detectable, detected, detecting, detection, detective, detectives, detector, detectors,
detect 8 detects
deviate 8 deviated, deviates, deviating, deviation, deviations
displace 8 displaced, displacement, displaces, displacing
dramas, dramatic, dramatically, dramatisation, dramatisations, dramatise, dramatised,
drama 8 dramatises, dramatising, dramatist, dramatists, dramatization, dramatizations, dramatize,
dramatized, dramatizes, dramatizing
eventual 8 eventuality, eventually
exhibit 8 exhibited, exhibiting, exhibition, exhibitions, exhibits
exploit 8 exploitation, exploited, exploiting, exploits
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fluctuate 8 fluctuated, fluctuates, fluctuating, fluctuation, fluctuations

guideline 8 guidelines
highlight 8 highlighted, highlighting, highlights
implicit 8 implicitly
induce 8 induced, induces, inducing, induction
inevitable 8 inevitability, inevitably
infrastructure 8 infrastructures
inspect 8 inspected, inspecting, inspection, inspections, inspector, inspectors, inspects
intensely, intenseness, intensification, intensified, intensifies, intensify, intensifying,
intense 8
intension, intensity, intensive, intensively
manipulate 8 manipulated, manipulates, manipulating, manipulation, manipulations, manipulative
minimise 8 minimised, minimises, minimising, minimize, minimized, minimizes, minimizing
nuclear 8
offset 8 offsets, offsetting
paragraph 8 paragraphing, paragraphs
plus 8 pluses
practitioner 8 practitioners
predominant 8 predominance, predominantly, predominate, predominated, predominates, predominating
prospect 8 prospective, prospects
radical 8 radically, radicals
random 8 randomly, randomness
reinforce 8 reinforced, reinforcement, reinforcements, reinforces, reinforcing
restore 8 restoration, restored, restores, restoring
revise 8 revised, revises, revising, revision, revisions
reschedule, rescheduled, reschedules, rescheduling, scheduled, schedules, scheduling,
schedule 8
unscheduled
tense 8 tensely, tenser, tensest, tension, tensions
terminate 8 terminal, terminals, terminated, terminates, terminating, termination, terminations
theme 8 thematic, thematically, themes
thereby 8
uniform 8 uniformity, uniformly
vehicle 8 vehicles
via 8
virtual 8 virtually
visualisation, visualise, visualised, visualising, visualization, visualize, visualized,
visual 8
visualizing, visually
widespread 8
accommodate 9 accommodated, accommodates, accommodating, accommodation
analogy 9 analogies, analogous
anticipate 9 anticipated, anticipates, anticipating, anticipation, unanticipated
assure 9 assurance, assurances, assured, assuredly, assures, assuring
attain 9 attainable, attained, attaining, attainment, attainments, attains, unattainable
behalf 9
bulk 9 bulky
cease 9 ceased, ceaseless, ceases, ceasing
coherent 9 coherence, coherently, incoherent, incoherently
coincide 9 coincided, coincidence, coincidences, coincident, coincidental, coincides, coinciding

commence 9 commenced, commencement, commences, commencing, recommenced, recommences,

recommencing
compatible 9 compatibility, incompatibility, incompatible
concurrent 9 concurrently
confine 9 confined, confines, confining, unconfined
controversy 9 controversial, controversially, controversies, uncontroversial
converse 9 conversely
device 9 devices
devote 9 devoted, devotedly, devotes, devoting, devotion, devotions
diminish 9 diminished, diminishes, diminishing, diminution, undiminished
distort 9 distorted, distorting, distortion, distortions, distorts
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duration 9
erode 9 eroded, erodes, eroding, erosion
ethic 9 ethical, ethically, ethics, unethical
format 9 formats, formatted, formatting
found 9 founded, founder, founders, founding, unfounded
inherent 9 inherently
insight 9 insightful, insights
integral 9
intermediate 9
manual 9 manually, manuals
mature 9 immature, immaturity, maturation, maturational, matured, matures, maturing, maturity
mediate 9 mediated, mediates, mediating, mediation
medium 9
military 9
minimalisation, minimalise, minimalised, minimalises, minimalising, minimalist,
minimal 9 minimalistic, minimalists, minimalization, minimalize, minimalized, minimalizes,
minimalizing, minimally
mutual 9 mutually
norm 9 norms
overlap 9 overlapped, overlapping, overlaps
passive 9 passively, passivity
portion 9 portions
preliminary 9 preliminaries
protocol 9 protocols
qualitative 9 qualitatively
refine 9 refined, refinement, refinements, refines, refining
relax 9 relaxation, relaxed, relaxes, relaxing
restrain 9 restrained, restraining, restrains, restraint, restraints, unrestrained
revolutionaries, revolutionary, revolutionise, revolutionised, revolutionises, revolutionising,
revolution 9 revolutionist, revolutionists, revolutionize, revolutionized, revolutionizes, revolutionizing,
revolutions
rigid 9 rigidities, rigidity, rigidly
route 9 routed, routes, routing
scenario 9 scenarios
sphere 9 spheres, spherical, spherically
subordinate 9 subordinates, subordination
supplement 9 supplementary, supplemented, supplementing, supplements
suspend 9 suspended, suspending, suspends, suspension
team 9 teamed, teaming, teams
temporary 9 temporarily
trigger 9 triggered, triggering, triggers
unify 9 unification, unified, unifies, unifying
violate 9 violated, violates, violating, violation, violations
vision 9 visions
adjacent 10
albeit 10
assemble 10 assembled, assembles, assemblies, assembling, assembly
collapse 10 collapsed, collapses, collapsible, collapsing
colleague 10 colleagues
compile 10 compilation, compilations, compiled, compiles, compiling
conceive 10 conceivable, conceivably, conceived, conceives, conceiving, inconceivable, inconceivably
convince 10 convinced, convinces, convincing, convincingly, unconvinced
depress 10 depressed, depresses, depressing, depression
encounter 10 encountered, encountering, encounters
enormous 10 enormity, enormously
forthcoming 10
incline 10 inclination, inclinations, inclined, inclines, inclining
integrity 10
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intrinsic 10 intrinsically
invoke 10 invoked, invokes, invoking
levy 10 levies
likewise 10
nonetheless 10
notwithstanding 10
odd 10 odds
ongoing 10
panel 10 panelled, panelling, panels
persist 10 persisted, persistence, persistent, persistently, persisting, persists
pose 10 posed, poses, posing
reluctance 10 reluctant, reluctantly
so-called 10
straightforward 10
undergo 10 undergoes, undergoing, undergone, underwent
whereby 10