Headwords of the Academic Word List

This list contains the head words of the families in the Academic Word List.

The

numbers indicate the sublist of the Academic Word List. For example, abandon and
its family members are in Sublist 8 of the Academic Word List. Sublist 8 is on page
33 in this book.
abandon

alternative

attitude

abstract

ambiguous

attribute

academy

amend

author

access

analogy

authority

accommodate

analyse

automate

accompany

annual

available

accumulate

anticipate

aware

accurate

apparent

behalf

achieve

append

benefit

acknowledge

appreciate 8

bias

acquire

approach

bond

adapt

appropriate

brief

adequate

approximate

bulk

adjacent

10

arbitrary

capable

adjust

area

capacity

administration

aspect

category

adult

assemble

10

cease

advocate

assess

challenge

affect

assign

channel

aggregate

assist

chapter

aid

assume

chart

albeit

10

assure

chemical

allocate

attach

circumstance

alter

attain

cite

civil

commodity

conceive

10

clarify

communicate

concentrate

classic

community

concept

clause

compatible

conclude

code

compensate

concurrent

coherent

compile

10

conduct

coincide

complement

confer

collapse

10

complex

confine

colleague

10

component 3

confirm

commence

compound

conflict

comment

comprehensive 7

conform

commission

comprise

consent

commit

compute

consequent

considerable

converse

decade

consist

convert

decline

constant

convince

10

deduce

constitute

cooperate 6

define

constrain

coordinate

definite

construct

core

demonstrate

consult

corporate

denote

consume

correspond 3

deny

contact

couple

depress

10

contemporary

create

derive

context

credit

design

contract

criteria

despite

contradict

crucial

detect

contrary

culture

deviate

contrast

currency

device

contribute

cycle

devote

controversy

data

differentiate

convene

debate

dimension

diminish

enable

discrete

encounter 10

discriminate

energy

displace

display

exhibit

expand

expert

enforce

explicit

enhance

exploit

dispose

enormous

10

export

distinct

ensure

expose

distort

entity

external

distribute

environment

extract

diverse

equate

facilitate

document

equip

factor

domain

equivalent 5

domestic

erode

dominate

draft

feature

federal

error

fee

establish

file

drama

estate

final

duration

estimate

finance

dynamic

ethic

finite

economy

ethnic

flexible

edit

evaluate

fluctuate

element

eventual

focus

eliminate

evident

format

emerge

evolve

formula

emphasis

exceed

forthcoming

10

empirical

exclude

foundation

found

gender

grant

framework

generate

guarantee 7

function

generation

guideline

fund

globe

hence

fundamental

goal

hierarchy

furthermore

grade

highlight

hypothesis 4

innovate

labour

identical

input

layer

identify

insert

lecture

ideology

insight

legal

ignorance

inspect

legislate

illustrate

instance

levy

10

image

institute

liberal

immigrate

instruct

licence

impact

integral

likewise

10

implement

integrate

link

implicate

integrity

10

locate

implicit

intelligence

logic

imply

intense

maintain

impose

interact

major

incentive

intermediate

manipulate

internal

manual

incidence 6
incline

10

interpret

margin

income

interval

mature

incorporate

intervene

maximise

index

intrinsic

10

mechanism

indicate

invest

media

individual

investigate 4

mediate

induce

invoke

10

medical

inevitable

involve

medium

infer

isolate

mental

infrastructure

issue

method

inherent

item

migrate

inhibit

job

military

initial

journal

minimal

initiate

justify

minimise

injure

label

minimum

ministry
minor

6
3

overseas

previous

panel

10

primary

mode

paradigm

prime

modify

paragraph

principal

monitor

parallel

principle

motive

parameter

prior

mutual

participate

priority

negate

partner

proceed

network

passive

process

neutral

perceive

professional

nevertheless

percent

prohibit

nonetheless

10

period

project

norm

persist

10

promote

normal

perspective

proportion

notion

phase

prospect

notwithstanding 10

phenomenon

protocol

nuclear

philosophy 3

psychology

objective

physical

publication

obtain

plus

publish

obvious

policy

purchase

occupy

portion

pursue

pose

10

qualitative

occur

odd

10

positive

quote

offset

potential

radical

ongoing

10

practitioner

random

option

precede

range

precise

ratio

orient

outcome

predict

rational

output

predominant

react

overall

preliminary

recover

overlap

presume

refine

regime

restore

secure

region

restrain

seek

register

restrict

select

regulate

retain

sequence

reinforce

reveal

series

reject

revenue

sex

relax

reverse

shift

release

revise

significant

relevant

revolution

similar

rigid

simulate

reluctance 10
rely

role

site

remove

route

so-called

10

require

scenario

sole

research

schedule

somewhat 7

reside

scheme

source

resolve

scope

specific

resource

section

specify

respond

sector

sphere

stable

successor 7

team

statistic

sufficient

technical

status

sum

technique

straightforward 10

summary

technology 3

strategy

supplement

temporary 9

stress

survey

tense

structure

survive

terminate

style

suspend

text

submit

sustain

theme

subordinate

symbol

theory

subsequent

tape

thereby

subsidy

target

thesis

substitute

task

topic

trace

whereby

10

tradition

widespread

transfer

transform

transit

transmit

transport

trend

trigger

ultimate

undergo

10

underlie

undertake

uniform

unify

unique

utilise

valid

vary

vehicle

version

via

violate

virtual

visible

vision

visual

volume

voluntary

welfare

whereas