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* abandon
 +
* abstract
 +
* academy
 +
* access
 +
* adult
 +
* advocate
 +
* affect
 +
* aggregate
 +
* aid
 +
* alternative
 +
* amend
 +
* analogy
 +
* area
 +
* aspect
 +
* attitude
 +
* attribute
 +
* author
 +
* authority
 +
* benefit
 +
* bias
 +
* bond
 +
* brief
 +
* bulk
 +
* capacity
 +
* category
 +
* challenge
 +
* channel
 +
* chapter
 +
* chart
 +
* chemical
 +
* circumstance
 +
* classic
 +
* clause
 +
* code
 +
* collapse
 +
* colleague
 +
* comment
 +
* commission
 +
* commodity
 +
* community
 +
* complement
 +
* complex
 +
* component
 +
* compound
 +
* concept
 +
* conduct
 +
* conflict
 +
* consent
 +
* constant
 +
* constrain
 +
* construct
 +
* consult
 +
* contact
 +
* contemporary
 +
* context
 +
* contract
 +
* contrast
 +
* controversy
 +
* convert
 +
* coordinate
 +
* core
 +
* couple
 +
* credit
 +
* criteria
 +
* culture
 +
* currency
 +
* cycle
 +
* data
 +
* debate
 +
* decade
 +
* decline
 +
* design
 +
* device
 +
* dimension
 +
* display
 +
* document
 +
* domain
 +
* draft
 +
* drama
 +
* duration
 +
* dynamic
 +
* economy
 +
* edit
 +
* element
 +
* emphasis
 +
* encounter
 +
* energy
 +
* entity
 +
* environment
 +
* equivalent
 +
* error
 +
* estate
 +
* ethic
 +
* exhibit
 +
* expert
 +
* exploit
 +
* export
 +
* extract
 +
* factor
 +
* feature
 +
* fee
 +
* file
 +
* final
 +
* finance
 +
* focus
 +
* format
 +
* formula
 +
* foundation
 +
* framework
 +
* function
 +
* fund
 +
* fundamental
 +
* gender
 +
* generation
 +
* globe
 +
* goal
 +
* grade
 +
* grant
 +
* guarantee
 +
* guideline
 +
* hierarchy
 +
* highlight 
 +
* hypothesis
 +
* ideology
 +
* image
 +
* impact
 +
* implement
 +
* incentive
 +
* incidence
 +
* incline
 +
* income
 +
* index
 +
* individual
 +
* infrastructure
 +
* initial
 +
* initiate
 +
* input
 +
* insert
 +
* insight
 +
* instance
 +
* institute
 +
* integral
 +
* integrity
 +
* intelligence
 +
* interval
 +
* isolate
 +
* issue
 +
* item
 +
* job
 +
* journal
 +
* label
 +
* labor
 +
* layer
 +
* lecture
 +
* legal
 +
* levy
 +
* liberal
 +
* license
 +
* link
 +
* logic
 +
* major
 +
* manual
 +
* margin
 +
* mature
 +
* mechanism
 +
* media
 +
* medium
 +
* method
 +
* military
 +
* minimal
 +
* minimum
 +
* ministry
 +
* minor
 +
* mode
 +
* monitor
 +
* motive
 +
* network
 +
* norm
 +
* notion
 +
* objective
 +
* odd
 +
* offset
 +
* option
 +
* outcome
 +
* output
 +
* overlap
 +
* panel
 +
* paradigm
 +
* paragraph
 +
* parallel
 +
* parameter
 +
* partner
 +
* passive
 +
* percent
 +
* period
 +
* perspective
 +
* phase
 +
* phenomenon
 +
* philosophy
 +
* physical
 +
* plus
 +
* policy
 +
* portion
 +
* pose
 +
* positive
 +
* potential
 +
* practitioner
 +
* primary
 +
* prime
 +
* principal
 +
* principle
 +
* prior
 +
* priority
 +
* proceed
 +
* process
 +
* professional
 +
* project
 +
* proportion
 +
* prospect
 +
* protocol
 +
* psychology
 +
* publication
 +
* publish
 +
* purchase
 +
* qualitative
 +
* quote
 +
* radical
 +
* range
 +
* ratio
 +
* regime
 +
* region
 +
* register
 +
* reject
 +
* release
 +
* reluctance
 +
* research
 +
* resolve
 +
* resource
 +
* reveal
 +
* revenue
 +
* reverse
 +
* revolution
 +
* role
 +
* route
 +
* scenario
 +
* schedule
 +
* scheme
 +
* scope
 +
* section
 +
* sector
 +
* secure
 +
* sequence
 +
* series
 +
* sex
 +
* shift
 +
* significant
 +
* site
 +
* sole
 +
* source
 +
* specific
 +
* sphere
 +
* stable
 +
* statistic
 +
* status
 +
* strategy
 +
* stress
 +
* structure
 +
* style
 +
* submit
 +
* subordinate
 +
* subsidy
 +
* substitute
 +
* successor
 +
* sufficient
 +
* sum
 +
* summary
 +
* supplement
 +
* survey 
 +
* symbol
 +
* tape
 +
* target
 +
* task
 +
* team
 +
* technique
 +
* technology
 +
* temporary
 +
* tense
 +
* terminate
 +
* text
 +
* theme
 +
* theory
 +
* thereby
 +
* thesis
 +
* topic
 +
* trace
 +
* tradition
 +
* transfer
 +
* transform
 +
* transit
 +
* transport
 +
* trend
 +
* trigger
 +
* ultimate
 +
* uniform
 +
* vehicle
 +
* version
 +
* virtual
 +
* vision
 +
* visual
 +
* volume
 +
* welfare
 +
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|-
 
|| abandon
 
 
abstract
 
 
academy
 
 
access
 
 
accommodate
 
 
accompany
 
 
accumulate
 
 
accurate
 
 
achieve
 
 
acknowledge
 
 
acquire
 
 
adapt
 
 
adequate
 
 
adjacent
 
 
adjust
 
 
administrate
 
 
adult
 
 
advocate
 
 
affect
 
 
aggregate
 
 
aid
 
 
albeit
 
 
allocate
 
 
alter
 
 
alternative
 
 
ambiguous
 
 
amend
 
 
analogy
 
 
analyze
 
 
annual
 
 
anticipate
 
 
apparent
 
 
append
 
 
appreciate
 
 
approach
 
 
appropriate
 
 
approximate
 
 
arbitrary
 
 
area
 
 
aspect
 
 
assemble
 
 
assess
 
 
assign
 
 
assist
 
 
assume
 
 
assure
 
 
attach
 
 
attain
 
 
attitude
 
 
attribute
 
 
author
 
 
authority
 
 
automate
 
 
available
 
 
aware
 
 
behalf
 
 
benefit
 
 
bias
 
 
bond
 
 
brief
 
 
bulk
 
 
capable
 
 
capacity
 
 
category
 
 
cease
 
 
challenge
 
 
channel
 
 
chapter
 
 
chart
 
 
chemical
 
 
circumstance
 
 
cite
 
 
civil
 
 
clarify
 
 
classic
 
 
clause
 
 
code
 
 
coherent
 
 
coincide
 
 
collapse
 
 
colleague
 
 
commence
 
 
comment
 
 
commission
 
 
|| commit
 
 
commodity
 
 
communicate
 
 
community
 
 
compatible
 
 
compensate
 
 
compile
 
 
complement
 
 
complex
 
 
component
 
 
compound
 
 
comprehensive
 
 
comprise
 
 
compute
 
 
conceive
 
 
concentrate
 
 
concept
 
 
conclude
 
 
concurrent
 
 
conduct
 
 
confer
 
 
confine
 
 
confirm
 
 
conflict
 
 
conform
 
 
consent
 
 
consequent
 
 
considerable
 
 
consist
 
 
constant
 
 
constitute
 
 
constrain
 
 
construct
 
 
consult
 
 
consume
 
 
contact
 
 
contemporary
 
 
context
 
 
contract
 
 
contradict
 
 
contrary
 
 
contrast
 
 
contribute
 
 
controversy
 
 
convene
 
 
converse
 
 
convert
 
 
convince
 
 
cooperate
 
 
coordinate
 
 
core
 
 
corporate
 
 
correspond
 
 
couple
 
 
create
 
 
credit
 
 
criteria
 
 
crucial
 
 
culture
 
 
currency
 
 
cycle
 
 
data
 
 
debate
 
 
decade
 
 
decline
 
 
deduce
 
 
define
 
 
definite
 
 
demonstrate
 
 
denote
 
 
deny
 
 
depress
 
 
derive
 
 
design
 
 
despite
 
 
detect
 
 
deviate
 
 
device
 
 
devote
 
 
differentiate
 
 
dimension
 
 
diminish
 
 
discrete
 
 
discriminate
 
|| displace
 
 
display
 
 
dispose
 
 
distinct
 
 
distort
 
 
distribute
 
 
diverse
 
 
document
 
 
domain
 
 
domestic
 
 
dominate
 
 
draft
 
 
drama
 
 
duration
 
 
dynamic
 
 
economy
 
 
edit
 
 
element
 
 
eliminate
 
 
emerge
 
 
emphasis
 
 
empirical
 
 
enable
 
 
encounter
 
 
energy
 
 
enforce
 
 
enhance
 
 
enormous
 
 
ensure
 
 
entity
 
 
environment
 
 
equate
 
 
equip
 
 
equivalent
 
 
erode
 
 
error
 
 
establish
 
 
estate
 
 
estimate
 
 
ethic
 
 
ethnic
 
 
evaluate
 
 
eventual
 
 
evident
 
 
evolve
 
 
exceed
 
 
exclude
 
 
exhibit
 
 
expand
 
 
expert
 
 
explicit
 
 
exploit
 
 
export
 
 
expose
 
 
external
 
 
extract
 
 
facilitate
 
 
factor
 
 
feature
 
 
federal
 
 
fee
 
 
file
 
 
final
 
 
finance
 
 
finite
 
 
flexible
 
 
fluctuate
 
 
focus
 
 
format
 
 
formula
 
 
forthcoming
 
 
foundation
 
 
founded
 
 
framework
 
 
function
 
 
fund
 
 
fundamental
 
 
furthermore
 
 
gender
 
 
generate
 
 
generation
 
 
globe
 
 
goal
 
 
grade
 
 
|| grant
 
 
guarantee
 
 
guideline
 
 
hence
 
 
hierarchy
 
 
highlight
 
 
hypothesis
 
 
identical
 
 
identify
 
 
ideology
 
 
ignorant
 
 
illustrate
 
 
image
 
 
immigrate
 
 
impact
 
 
implement
 
 
implicate
 
 
implicit
 
 
imply
 
 
impose
 
 
incentive
 
 
incidence
 
 
incline
 
 
income
 
 
incorporate
 
 
index
 
 
indicate
 
 
individual
 
 
induce
 
 
inevitable
 
 
infer
 
 
infrastructure
 
 
inherent
 
 
inhibit
 
 
initial
 
 
initiate
 
 
injure
 
 
innovate
 
 
input
 
 
insert
 
 
insight
 
 
inspect
 
 
instance
 
 
institute
 
 
instruct
 
 
integral
 
 
integrate
 
 
integrity
 
 
intelligence
 
 
intense
 
 
interact
 
 
intermediate
 
 
internal
 
 
interpret
 
 
interval
 
 
intervene
 
 
intrinsic
 
 
invest
 
 
investigate
 
 
invoke
 
 
involve
 
 
isolate
 
 
issue
 
 
item
 
 
job
 
 
journal
 
 
justify
 
 
label
 
 
labor
 
 
layer
 
 
lecture
 
 
legal
 
 
legislate
 
 
levy
 
 
liberal
 
 
licence
 
 
likewise
 
 
link
 
 
locate
 
 
logic
 
 
maintain
 
 
major
 
 
manipulate
 
 
manual
 
 
|| margin
 
 
mature
 
 
maximize
 
 
mechanism
 
 
media
 
 
mediate
 
 
medical
 
 
medium
 
 
mental
 
 
method
 
 
migrate
 
 
military
 
 
minimal
 
 
minimize
 
 
minimum
 
 
ministry
 
 
minor
 
 
mode
 
 
modify
 
 
monitor
 
 
motive
 
 
mutual
 
 
negate
 
 
network
 
 
neutral
 
 
nevertheless
 
 
nonetheless
 
 
norm
 
 
normal
 
 
notion
 
 
notwithstanding
 
 
nuclear
 
 
objective
 
 
obtain
 
 
obvious
 
 
occupy
 
 
occur
 
 
odd
 
 
offset
 
 
ongoing
 
 
option
 
 
orient
 
 
outcome
 
 
output
 
 
overall
 
 
overlap
 
 
overseas
 
 
panel
 
 
paradigm
 
 
paragraph
 
 
parallel
 
 
parameter
 
 
participate
 
 
partner
 
 
passive
 
 
perceive
 
 
percent
 
 
period
 
 
persist
 
 
perspective
 
 
phase
 
 
phenomenon
 
 
philosophy
 
 
physical
 
 
plus
 
 
policy
 
 
portion
 
 
pose
 
 
positive
 
 
potential
 
 
practitioner
 
 
precede
 
 
precise
 
 
predict
 
 
predominant
 
 
preliminary
 
 
presume
 
 
previous
 
 
primary
 
 
prime
 
 
principal
 
 
principle
 
 
prior
 
 
priority
 
 
|| proceed
 
 
process
 
 
professional
 
 
prohibit
 
 
project
 
 
promote
 
 
proportion
 
 
prospect
 
 
protocol
 
 
psychology
 
 
publication
 
 
publish
 
 
purchase
 
 
pursue
 
 
qualitative
 
 
quote
 
 
radical
 
 
random
 
 
range
 
 
ratio
 
 
rational
 
 
react
 
 
recover
 
 
refine
 
 
regime
 
 
region
 
 
register
 
 
regulate
 
 
reinforce
 
 
reject
 
 
relax
 
 
release
 
 
relevant
 
 
reluctance
 
 
rely
 
 
remove
 
 
require
 
 
research
 
 
reside
 
 
resolve
 
 
resource
 
 
respond
 
 
restore
 
 
restrain
 
 
restrict
 
 
retain
 
 
reveal
 
 
revenue
 
 
reverse
 
 
revise
 
 
revolution
 
 
rigid
 
 
role
 
 
route
 
 
scenario
 
 
schedule
 
 
scheme
 
 
scope
 
 
section
 
 
sector
 
 
secure
 
 
seek
 
 
select
 
 
sequence
 
 
series
 
 
sex
 
 
shift
 
 
significant
 
 
similar
 
 
simulate
 
 
site
 
 
so-called
 
 
sole
 
 
somewhat
 
 
source
 
 
specific
 
 
specify
 
 
sphere
 
 
stable
 
 
statistic
 
 
status
 
 
straightforward
 
 
strategy
 
 
stress
 
 
|| structure
 
 
style
 
 
submit
 
 
subordinate
 
 
subsequent
 
 
subsidy
 
 
substitute
 
 
successor
 
 
sufficient
 
 
sum
 
 
summary
 
 
supplement
 
 
survey
 
 
survive
 
 
suspend
 
 
sustain
 
 
symbol
 
 
tape
 
 
target
 
 
task
 
 
team
 
 
technical
 
 
technique
 
 
technology
 
 
temporary
 
 
tense
 
 
terminate
 
 
text
 
 
theme
 
 
theory
 
 
thereby
 
 
thesis
 
 
topic
 
 
trace
 
 
tradition
 
 
transfer
 
 
transform
 
 
transit
 
 
transmit
 
 
transport
 
 
trend
 
 
trigger
 
 
ultimate
 
 
undergo
 
 
underlie
 
 
undertake
 
 
uniform
 
 
unify
 
 
unique
 
 
utilize
 
 
valid
 
 
vary
 
 
vehicle
 
 
version
 
 
via
 
 
violate
 
 
virtual
 
 
visible
 
 
vision
 
 
visual
 
 
volume
 
 
voluntary
 
 
welfare
 
 
whereas
 
 
whereby
 
 
widespread
 
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Latest revision as of 03:59, 26 October 2018

These are the most frequent, general academic words that all university students should know. This table contains the top 570 academic words in use across various fields. This is actually a list for word groups, not just the words themselves. For example, for abstract, one should know related words such as abstraction, abstractly; for access, one should know accessibility, accessible, accessing, inaccessible, etc. This list is from http://www.lextutor.ca (where other word list files are also available, including a list of the 3000 top academic words in the 570 word groups).


    • abandon
    • abstract
    • academy
    • access
    • adult
    • advocate
    • affect
    • aggregate
    • aid
    • alternative
    • amend
    • analogy
    • area
    • aspect
    • attitude
    • attribute
    • author
    • authority
    • benefit
    • bias
    • bond
    • brief
    • bulk
    • capacity
    • category
    • challenge
    • channel
    • chapter
    • chart
    • chemical
    • circumstance
    • classic
    • clause
    • code
    • collapse
    • colleague
    • comment
    • commission
    • commodity
    • community
    • complement
    • complex
    • component
    • compound
    • concept
    • conduct
    • conflict
    • consent
    • constant
    • constrain
    • construct
    • consult
    • contact
    • contemporary
    • context
    • contract
    • contrast
    • controversy
    • convert
    • coordinate
    • core
    • couple
    • credit
    • criteria
    • culture
    • currency
    • cycle
    • data
    • debate
    • decade
    • decline
    • design
    • device
    • dimension
    • display
    • document
    • domain
    • draft
    • drama
    • duration
    • dynamic
    • economy
    • edit
    • element
    • emphasis
    • encounter
    • energy
    • entity
    • environment
    • equivalent
    • error
    • estate
    • ethic
    • exhibit
    • expert
    • exploit
    • export
    • extract
    • factor
    • feature
    • fee
    • file
    • final
    • finance
    • focus
    • format
    • formula
    • foundation
    • framework
    • function
    • fund
    • fundamental
    • gender
    • generation
    • globe
    • goal
    • grade
    • grant
    • guarantee
    • guideline
    • hierarchy
    • highlight
    • hypothesis
    • ideology
    • image
    • impact
    • implement
    • incentive
    • incidence
    • incline
    • income
    • index
    • individual
    • infrastructure
    • initial
    • initiate
    • input
    • insert
    • insight
    • instance
    • institute
    • integral
    • integrity
    • intelligence
    • interval
    • isolate
    • issue
    • item
    • job
    • journal
    • label
    • labor
    • layer
    • lecture
    • legal
    • levy
    • liberal
    • license
    • link
    • logic
    • major
    • manual
    • margin
    • mature
    • mechanism
    • media
    • medium
    • method
    • military
    • minimal
    • minimum
    • ministry
    • minor
    • mode
    • monitor
    • motive
    • network
    • norm
    • notion
    • objective
    • odd
    • offset
    • option
    • outcome
    • output
    • overlap
    • panel
    • paradigm
    • paragraph
    • parallel
    • parameter
    • partner
    • passive
    • percent
    • period
    • perspective
    • phase
    • phenomenon
    • philosophy
    • physical
    • plus
    • policy
    • portion
    • pose
    • positive
    • potential
    • practitioner
    • primary
    • prime
    • principal
    • principle
    • prior
    • priority
    • proceed
    • process
    • professional
    • project
    • proportion
    • prospect
    • protocol
    • psychology
    • publication
    • publish
    • purchase
    • qualitative
    • quote
    • radical
    • range
    • ratio
    • regime
    • region
    • register
    • reject
    • release
    • reluctance
    • research
    • resolve
    • resource
    • reveal
    • revenue
    • reverse
    • revolution
    • role
    • route
    • scenario
    • schedule
    • scheme
    • scope
    • section
    • sector
    • secure
    • sequence
    • series
    • sex
    • shift
    • significant
    • site
    • sole
    • source
    • specific
    • sphere
    • stable
    • statistic
    • status
    • strategy
    • stress
    • structure
    • style
    • submit
    • subordinate
    • subsidy
    • substitute
    • successor
    • sufficient
    • sum
    • summary
    • supplement
    • survey
    • symbol
    • tape
    • target
    • task
    • team
    • technique
    • technology
    • temporary
    • tense
    • terminate
    • text
    • theme
    • theory
    • thereby
    • thesis
    • topic
    • trace
    • tradition
    • transfer
    • transform
    • transit
    • transport
    • trend
    • trigger
    • ultimate
    • uniform
    • vehicle
    • version
    • virtual
    • vision
    • visual
    • volume
    • welfare