AWL The Academic Word List
1 A #
- abandon 8
- abstract 6
- academy 5
- access 4
- accommodate 9
- accompany 8
- accumulate 8
- accurate 6
- achieve 2
- acknowledge 6
- acquire 2
- adapt 7
- adequate 4
- adjacent 10
- adjust 5
- administrate 2
- adult 7
- advocate 7
- affect 2
- aggregate 6
- aid 7
- albeit 10
- allocate 6
- alter 5
- alternative 3
- ambiguous 8
- amend 5
- analogy 9
- analyse 1
- annual 4
- anticipate 9
- apparent 4
- append 8
- appreciate 8
- approach 1
- appropriate 2
- approximate 4
- arbitrary 8
- area 1
- aspect 2
- assemble 10
- assess 1
- assign 6
- assist 2
- assume 1
- assure 9
- attach 6
- attain 9
- attitude 4
- attribute 4
- author 6
- authority 1
- automate 8
- available 1
- aware 5
3 C #
- capable 6
- capacity 5
- category 2
- cease 9
- challenge 5
- channel 7
- chapter 2
- chart 8
- chemical 7
- circumstance 3
- cite 6
- civil 4
- clarify 8
- classic 7
- clause 5
- code 4
- coherent 9
- coincide 9
- collapse 10
- colleague 10
- commence 9
- comment 3
- commission 2
- commit 4
- commodity 8
- communicate 4
- community 2
- compatible 9
- compensate 3
- compile 10
- complement 8
- complex 2
- component 3
- compound 5
- comprehensive 7
- comprise 7
- compute 2
- conceive 10
- concentrate 4
- concept 1
- conclude 2
- concurrent 9
- conduct 2
- confer 4
- confine 9
- confirm 7
- conflict 5
- conform 8
- consent 3
- consequent 2
- considerable 3
- consist 1
- constant 3
- constitute 1
- constrain 3
- construct 2
- consult 5
- consume 2
- contact 5
- contemporary 8
- context 1
- contract 1
- contradict 8
- contrary 7
- contrast 4
- contribute 3
- controversy 9
- convene 3
- converse 9
- convert 7
- convince 10
- cooperate 6
- coordinate 3
- core 3
- corporate 3
- correspond 3
- couple 7
- create 1
- credit 2
- criteria 3
- crucial 8
- culture 2
- currency 8
- cycle 4
4 D #
- data 1
- debate 4
- decade 7
- decline 5
- deduce 3
- define 1
- definite 7
- demonstrate 3
- denote 8
- deny 7
- depress 10
- derive 1
- design 2
- despite 4
- detect 8
- deviate 8
- device 9
- devote 9
- differentiate 7
- dimension 4
- diminish 9
- discrete 5
- discriminate 6
- displace 8
- display 6
- dispose 7
- distinct 2
- distort 9
- distribute 1
- diverse 6
- document 3
- domain 6
- domestic 4
- dominate 3
- draft 5
- drama 8
- duration 9
- dynamic 7
5 E #
- economy 1
- edit 6
- element 2
- eliminate 7
- emerge 4
- emphasis 3
- empirical 7
- enable 5
- encounter 10
- energy 5
- enforce 5
- enhance 6
- enormous 10
- ensure 3
- entity 5
- environment 1
- equate 2
- equip 7
- equivalent 5
- erode 9
- error 4
- establish 1
- estate 6
- estimate 1
- ethic 9
- ethnic 4
- evaluate 2
- eventual 8
- evident 1
- evolve 5
- exceed 6
- exclude 3
- exhibit 8
- expand 5
- expert 6
- explicit 6
- exploit 8
- export 1
- expose 5
- external 5
- extract 7
6 F #
- facilitate 5
- factor 1
- feature 2
- federal 6
- fee 6
- file 7
- final 2
- finance 1
- finite 7
- flexible 6
- fluctuate 8
- focus 2
- format 9
- formula 1
- forthcoming 10
- foundation 7
- found 9
- framework 3
- function 1
- fund 3
- fundamental 5
- furthermore 6
9 I #
- identical 7
- identify 1
- ideology 7
- ignorance 6
- illustrate 3
- image 5
- immigrate 3
- impact 2
- implement 4
- implicate 4
- implicit 8
- imply 3
- impose 4
- incentive 6
- incidence 6
- incline 10
- income 1
- incorporate 6
- index 6
- indicate 1
- individual 1
- induce 8
- inevitable 8
- infer 7
- infrastructure 8
- inherent 9
- inhibit 6
- initial 3
- initiate 6
- injure 2
- innovate 7
- input 6
- insert 7
- insight 9
- inspect 8
- instance 3
- institute 2
- instruct 6
- integral 9
- integrate 4
- integrity 10
- intelligence 6
- intense 8
- interact 3
- intermediate 9
- internal 4
- interpret 1
- interval 6
- intervene 7
- intrinsic 10
- invest 2
- investigate 4
- invoke 10
- involve 1
- isolate 7
- issue 1
- item 2
11 L #
- label 4
- labour 1
- layer 3
- lecture 6
- legal 1
- legislate 1
- levy 10
- liberal 5
- licence 5
- likewise 10
- link 3
- locate 3
- logic 5
12 M #
- maintain 2
- major 1
- manipulate 8
- manual 9
- margin 5
- mature 9
- maximise 3
- mechanism 4
- media 7
- mediate 9
- medical 5
- medium 9
- mental 5
- method 1
- migrate 6
- military 9
- minimal 9
- minimise 8
- minimum 6
- ministry 6
- minor 3
- mode 7
- modify 5
- monitor 5
- motive 6
- mutual 9
13 N #
- negate 3
- network 5
- neutral 6
- nevertheless 6
- nonetheless 10
- norm 9
- normal 2
- notion 5
- notwithstanding 10
- nuclear 8
14 O #
15 P #
- panel 10
- paradigm 7
- paragraph 8
- parallel 4
- parameter 4
- participate 2
- partner 3
- passive 9
- perceive 2
- percent 1
- period 1
- persist 10
- perspective 5
- phase 4
- phenomenon 7
- philosophy 3
- physical 3
- plus 8
- policy 1
- portion 9
- pose 10
- positive 2
- potential 2
- practitioner 8
- precede 6
- precise 5
- predict 4
- predominant 8
- preliminary 9
- presume 6
- previous 2
- primary 2
- prime 5
- principal 4
- principle 1
- prior 4
- priority 7
- proceed 1
- process 1
- professional 4
- prohibit 7
- project 4
- promote 4
- proportion 3
- prospect 8
- protocol 9
- psychology 5
- publication 7
- publish 3
- purchase 2
- pursue 5
17 R #
- radical 8
- random 8
- range 2
- ratio 5
- rational 6
- react 3
- recover 6
- refine 9
- regime 4
- region 2
- register 3
- regulate 2
- reinforce 8
- reject 5
- relax 9
- release 7
- relevant 2
- reluctance 10
- rely 3
- remove 3
- require 1
- research 1
- reside 2
- resolve 4
- resource 2
- respond 1
- restore 8
- restrain 9
- restrict 2
- retain 4
- reveal 6
- revenue 5
- reverse 7
- revise 8
- revolution 9
- rigid 9
- role 1
- route 9
18 S #
- scenario 9
- schedule 8
- scheme 3
- scope 6
- section 1
- sector 1
- secure 2
- seek 2
- select 2
- sequence 3
- series 4
- sex 3
- shift 3
- significant 1
- similar 1
- simulate 7
- site 2
- so 10
- sole 7
- somewhat 7
- source 1
- specific 1
- specify 3
- sphere 9
- stable 5
- statistic 4
- status 4
- straightforward 10
- strategy 2
- stress 4
- structure 1
- style 5
- submit 7
- subordinate 9
- subsequent 4
- subsidy 6
- substitute 5
- successor 7
- sufficient 3
- sum 4
- summary 4
- supplement 9
- survey 2
- survive 7
- suspend 9
- sustain 5
- symbol 5
19 T #
- tape 6
- target 5
- task 3
- team 9
- technical 3
- technique 3
- technology 3
- temporary 9
- tense 8
- terminate 8
- text 2
- theme 8
- theory 1
- thereby 8
- thesis 7
- topic 7
- trace 6
- tradition 2
- transfer 2
- transform 6
- transit 5
- transmit 7
- transport 6
- trend 5
- trigger 9
