Academic Word List

—A— appropriate chapter

abandon approximated chart
abstract arbitrary chemical
academic area circumstances
access aspects cited
accommodation assembly civil
accompanied assessment clarity
accumulation assigned classical
assistance clause
accurate
achieve assume code
acknowledged assurance coherence
acquisition attached coincide
attained collapse
adaptation
attitudes colleagues
adequate
adjacent attributed commenced
adjustment author comments
administration authority commission
adults automatically commitment
advocate available commodity
affect aware communication
aggregate community
—B— compensation
aid
albeit behalf compiled
allocation benefit complement
alter bias complex
alternative bond components
ambiguous brief compounds
amendment bulk comprehensive
analogous comprise
analysis —C— computer
annual capable conceived
anticipated capacity concentration
apparent categories concept
appendix ceases conclusion
appreciation challenge concurrent
approach channel conduct

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The Academic Word List (AWL) for her MA thesis. This list is a very useful resource for English for Academic
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conference —D— —E—
confined economic
data
confirmed edition
debate
conflict elements
decades
conformity eliminate
decline
consent emerged
deduction
consequences
definite emphasis
considerable
definition empirical
consistent
demonstrate enable
constant
denote encountered
constitutional
deny energy
constraints
depression enforcement
construction
derived enhanced
consultation
design enormous
consumer
despite ensure
contact
detected entities
contemporary
deviation environment
context
contract device equation
contradiction devoted equipment
contrary differentiation equivalent
contrast dimensions erosion
contribution diminished error
controversy established
discretion
convention estate
discrimination
conversely estimate
displacement
converted ethical
display
convinced ethnic
disposal evaluation
cooperative distinction
coordination eventually
distortion evidence
core
distribution evolution
corporate
diversity exceed
corresponding
couple document excluded
create domain exhibit
credit domestic expansion
criteria dominant expert
crucial draft explicit
cultural dramatic exploitation
currency duration export
cycle dynamic exposure

Source: The Academic Word List (https://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist). The Academic

Word List is a useful English resource for lecturers and students. Averil Coxhead developed and evaluated
The Academic Word List (AWL) for her MA thesis. This list is a very useful resource for English for Academic
Purposes teachers and learners.
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external highlighted instance
extract hypothesis institute
instructions
—F— —I— integral
facilitate identical integration
factors identified integrity
features ideology intelligence
federal ignored intensity
fees illustrated interaction
file image intermediate
final immigration internal
financial impact interpretation
finite implementation interval
flexibility intervention
implications
fluctuations intrinsic
implicit
focus investigation
implies
format investment
imposed
formula invoked
forthcoming incentive
incidence involved
foundation
inclination isolated
founded
income issues
framework
incompatible items
function
fundamental incorporated
index —J—
funds
furthermore indicate job
individual journal
—G— induced justification
gender inevitably
inferred —L—
generated
generation infrastructure label
global inherent labour
goals inhibition layer
grade initial lecture
granted initiatives legal
guarantee injury legislation
guidelines innovation levy
input liberal
—H— insert licence
hence insights likewise
hierarchical inspection link

Source: The Academic Word List (https://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist). The Academic

Word List is a useful English resource for lecturers and students. Averil Coxhead developed and evaluated
The Academic Word List (AWL) for her MA thesis. This list is a very useful resource for English for Academic
Purposes teachers and learners.
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location notwithstanding portion
logic nuclear posed
positive
—M— —O— potential
maintenance objective practitioners
major obtained preceding
manipulation obvious precise
manual occupational predicted
marginal occur predominantly
mature odd preliminary
maximum offset presumption
mechanism ongoing previous
media option primary
mediation orientation prime
medical outcomes principal
medium output principle
mental overall prior
method overlap priority
migration overseas procedure
military process
minimal —P— professional
minimised panel prohibited
minimum paradigm project
ministry paragraph promote
minorities parallel proportion
mode parameters prospect
modified participation protocol
monitoring partnership psychology
motivation passive publication
mutual perceived published
percent purchase
—N— period pursue
negative persistent
—Q—
network perspective
neutral phase qualitative
nevertheless phenomenon quotation
nonetheless philosophy
normal physical —R—
norms plus radical
notion policy random

Source: The Academic Word List (https://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist). The Academic

Word List is a useful English resource for lecturers and students. Averil Coxhead developed and evaluated
The Academic Word List (AWL) for her MA thesis. This list is a very useful resource for English for Academic
Purposes teachers and learners.
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range scope suspended
ratio section sustainable
rational sector symbolic
reaction security
recovery select —T—
refine sequence tapes
regime series target
region sex task
registered shift team
regulations significant technical
reinforced similar techniques
rejected simulation technology
relaxed site temporary
release so-called
tension
relevant solely
termination
reliance somewhat
text
reluctant sought
theme
removed source
required theory
specific
research thereby
specified
resident thesis
sphere
resolution topic
stability
resources trace
statistics
response traditional
status
restore transfer
straightforward
restraints transformation
strategies
restricted transition
stress
retained transmission
structure
revealed transport
styles
revenue trend
submitted
reverse trigger
subordinate
revision subsequent
revolution —U—
subsidiary
rigid substitution ultimately
role successive undergo
route sufficient underlying
sum undertaken
—S— unified
summary
scenario supplementary uniform
schedule survey unique
scheme survive utility

Source: The Academic Word List (https://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist). The Academic

Word List is a useful English resource for lecturers and students. Averil Coxhead developed and evaluated
The Academic Word List (AWL) for her MA thesis. This list is a very useful resource for English for Academic
Purposes teachers and learners.
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—V—
validity
variable
vehicle
version
via
violation
virtually
visible
vision
visual
volume
voluntary

—W—
welfare
whereas
whereby
widespread

Source: The Academic Word List (https://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist). The Academic

Word List is a useful English resource for lecturers and students. Averil Coxhead developed and evaluated
The Academic Word List (AWL) for her MA thesis. This list is a very useful resource for English for Academic
Purposes teachers and learners.
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