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Academic Vocabulary
- barometer
- cirrus
- cumulonimbus
- cumulus
- crystallize
- abrasion
- accommodation
- acoustic
- acuity
- adjustment
The Top 60 Most Common Academic Words »(60 words)
according to Averil Coxhead's Academic Word List (2000)
- analysis
- approach
- area
- assessment
- assume
- Africa
- agriculture
- airport
- Alaska
- America
- Algeria
- Amsterdam
- Australia
- axis
- barrier island
- alluvial fan
- aquifer
- Bible Belt
- biodiversity
- British Empire
- acute angle
- addend
- addition
- angle
- area
- array
- composite number
- congruence
- conjecture
- coordinate geometry
- absolute value
- acceleration
- arc
- binary system
- chord
- acceleration
- air
- animal product
- astronomy
- backspace key
- asexual reproduction
- asteroid
- atmosphere
- atmospheric pressure
- atom
- accelerator
- advection
- Albert Einstein
- Antoine Lavoisier
- artifact
- A.D.
- abolitionist
- Abraham Lincoln
- Adolf Hitler
- Africa
- adaptation
- agribusiness
- Albert Einstein
- alchemy
- Alfred Krupp
- absolutism
- Abstract Expressionism
- Adam Smith
- adaptation
- affluence
- advantage
- advertising
- agreement
- alien
- authority
- allegiance
- ambassador
- American Revolution
- arms control
- bias
- advice and consent
- affirmative action
- anarchy
- arbitration
- Articles of Confederation
- abbreviation
- actor
- adjective
- adverb
- advertisement
- almanac
- argumentation
- atlas
- autobiography
- background knowledge
- acronym
- allegory
- alliteration
- allusion
- ambience
- accent
- accompaniment
- act
- action
- actor
- a cappella
- aesthetics
- agility
- angle
- archetype
- accelerando
- alignment
- alla breve
- allegro
- andante
Current Events Vocabulary
- Taliban
- extremism
- time frame
- security force
- open-ended
- schoolwork
- foster home
- homework
- extracurricular activity
- homelessness
- moonwalk
- lunar module
- Apollo program
- translunar
- Neil Armstrong
- Muslim
- Islam
- digitize
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- magnetic compass
- health care delivery
- medicare payment
- uninsured
- primary care physician
- paper-pusher
- mortgage-backed security
- stock market
- penny stock
- homeowner
- refinance
- swine flu
- pandemic
- severe acute respiratory syndrome
- lethality
- virus
- re-start
- health care provider
- health care
- jumpstart
- renewable
Fiction Vocabulary
- allusion
- annunciation
- atmosphere
- beseech
- brassiere
The Secret Life of Bees Word List »(24 words)
Here are a few of the many words that could be pulled...
- amber
- aptitude
- beeswax
- bomb shelter
- Catholicism
- affronted
- alacrity
- anthropology
- barren
- belligerent
- accurse
- alarum
- apparition
- assailable
- avouch
- adipose
- agaric
- agnation
- agora
- aleatory
- indentured
- gentry
- magpie
- surreptitious
- commodity
Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" Chapters 17-25 »(158 words)
Vocabulary study list for Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall...
- ostracize
- desecrate
- resilient
- infuriate
- dangle
- addle
- prolixity
- arbitrate
- doff
- amble
Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" (advanced) »(236 words)
Advanced vocabulary study list for Shakespeare's "Romeo...
- death cap
- Lammastide
- unfirm
- medlar tree
- passado
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" Chapters 21-40 »(353 words)
Vocabulary study list for Jane Austen's "Pride and...
- inure
- extenuate
- obtrude
- depreciate
- exasperate
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" Chapters 41-61 »(354 words)
Vocabulary study list for Jane Austen's "Pride and...
- abominate
- condole
- actuate
- connubial
- fluctuate
Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" Chapters 1-16 »(138 words)
Vocabulary study list for Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall...
- haggle
- coiffure
- improvident
- callow
- pestle
Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" Chapters 30-38 »(252 words)
Vocabulary study list for Louisa May Alcott's "Little...
- raspy
- decapitate
- desecrate
- demoralize
- crumple
Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" Chapters 39-47 »(320 words)
Vocabulary study list for Louisa May Alcott's "Little...
- sequester
- tantalize
- clarifying
- crumple
- dawdle
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" Chapters 1-20 »(344 words)
Vocabulary study list for Jane Austen's "Pride and...
- importune
- dawdle
- elate
- barefaced
- consequential
Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" Chapters 1-9 »(198 words)
Vocabulary study list for Louisa May Alcott's "Little...
- gesticulate
- convulse
- coddle
- crumple
- dawdle
Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" Chapters 10-19 »(279 words)
Vocabulary study list for Louisa May Alcott's "Little...
- wheedle
- rummage
- dyspeptic
- delve
- warble
Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" Chapters 11-29 »(326 words)
Vocabulary study list for Louisa May Alcott's "Little...
- aggrieve
- unfledged
- convulse
- concatenation
- excavate
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 13-25 »(370 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
- abnegate
- proscribe
- vegetate
- glutinous
- ruminate
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 26-39 »(321 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
- reparable
- attenuate
- domesticate
- estrange
- condole
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 40-46 »(226 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
- accoutre
- prevaricate
- proscribe
- constraining
- imbue
Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 11-17 »(387 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane...
- ensconce
- sequester
- undulate
- moodiness
- inure
Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 18-24 »(369 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane...
- sequester
- misconstrue
- estrange
- crumple
- cynosure
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 1-12 »(287 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
- incommodious
- cogitate
- endue
- immolate
- commiserate
Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" Chapters 27-39 »(358 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "Oliver...
- attenuate
- domesticate
- suffuse
- acerbity
- waggish
Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" Chapters 40-53 »(285 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "Oliver...
- convulse
- ruminate
- abase
- elate
- encumber
Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 1-10 »(412 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane...
- habituate
- neutralised
- coherently
- corrode
- predispose
- enrapture
- lechery
- agape
- inferno
- exude
Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" Chapters 1-13 »(343 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "Oliver...
- cogitate
- putrefy
- palpitate
- convulse
- actuate
Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" Chapters 14-26 »(311 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "Oliver...
- ruminate
- snooze
- deface
- slipshod
- reciprocate
Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" Chapters 1-5 »(247 words)
Vocabulary study list for Ralph Ellison's "Invisible...
- invisibility
- nauseate
- catharsis
- undulate
- perforate
Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" Chapters 6-12 »(201 words)
Vocabulary study list for Ralph Ellison's "Invisible...
- negate
- dissimulate
- amputate
- noncommittal
- punctuate
John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" Chapters 1-9 »(105 words)
Vocabulary study list for John Steinbeck's "Grapes of...
- molt
- hackles
- convulse
- ravel
- wispy
John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" Chapters 10-16 »(102 words)
Vocabulary study list for John Steinbeck's "Grapes of...
- accouterment
- modulate
- truculence
- insulate
- snooze
John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" Chapters 17-20 »(113 words)
Vocabulary study list for John Steinbeck's "Grapes of...
- feral
- crumple
- epaulet
- protrude
- inevitability
George Orwell's "1984" Part 1 »(315 words)
Vocabulary study list for George Orwell's "1984" (Part...
- alterable
- garble
- abbreviate
- indoctrinate
- collate
George Orwell's "1984" Part 2 »(312 words)
Vocabulary study list for George Orwell's "1984" (Part...
- niggle
- alterable
- expropriate
- stratify
- fluctuate
George Orwell's "1984" Part 3 »(305 words)
Vocabulary study list for George Orwell's "1984" (Part...
- cauterize
- abbreviate
- prevaricate
- euphony
- dismember
Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" Chapters 29-43 »(113 words)
Vocabulary study list for Mark Twain's "Huckleberry...
- amputate
- addle
- meddlesome
- rummage
- remiss
J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" Chapters 1-14 »(70 words)
Vocabulary study list for J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in...
- ostracize
- reversible
- recuperate
- nonchalant
- rile
J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" Chapters 15-26 »(69 words)
Vocabulary study list for J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in...
- nauseate
- raspy
- suffocate
- blase
- inane
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 16-24 »(619 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
- estranged
- scaffold
- gesticulate
- pillory
- stigma
Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" Chapters 1-16 »(65 words)
Vocabulary study list for Mark Twain's "Huckleberry...
- raspy
- haggle
- rummage
- welt
- browse
Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" Chapters 17-28 »(114 words)
Vocabulary study list for Mark Twain's "Huckleberry...
- whittle
- histrionic
- dangle
- fumble
- contrite
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Chapters 6-9 »(242 words)
Vocabulary study list for F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The...
- addendum
- meretricious
- embroider
- amorphous
- septic
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Intro + Chapters 1-7 »(650 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
- embroider
- imbue
- ignominy
- decapitate
- scaffold
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
- premeditate
- symbolising
- abase
- discern
- endue
William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" Chapters 1-6 »(194 words)
Vocabulary study list for William Golding's "Lord of...
- scavenge
- immure
- gesticulate
- efflorescence
- uncommunicative
William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" Chapters 7-12 »(172 words)
Vocabulary study list for William Golding's "Lord of...
- ensconce
- refocus
- uncommunicative
- identifiable
- illusive
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Chapters 1-5 »(307 words)
Vocabulary study list for F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The...
- domesticate
- tantalize
- amputate
- exhilarate
- responsiveness
John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" »(101 words)
Vocabulary study list for John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and...
- douse
- appraise
- dabble
- bemused
- wiggle
Katherine Paterson's "Bridge to Terabithia" »(197 words)
Vocabulary study list for Katherine Paterson's "Bridge...
- giggle
- snicker
- huddle
- garble
- grove
- inscribe
- ration
- harvest
- ensconce
- pasture
George Orwell's "1984" Part 3 »(433 words)
Vocabulary study list for George Orwell's "1984" (Part...
- euphony
- abbreviate
- cell
- alterable
- cauterize
George Orwell's "1984" Part 2 »(482 words)
Vocabulary study list for George Orwell's "1984" (Part...
- hierarchical
- niggle
- expropriate
- saccharine
- alterable
George Orwell's "1984" Part 1 »(312 words)
Vocabulary study list for George Orwell's "1984" (Part...
- alterable
- garble
- abbreviate
- indoctrinate
- collate
George Orwell's 1984" Part 1 (comprehensive) »(2491 words)
Comprehensive vocabulary list for George Orwell's...
- newspeak
- prole
- Big Brother
- labour camp
- doublethink
George Orwell's "1984" Part 2 (comprehensive) »(2441 words)
Comprehensive vocabulary list for George Orwell's...
- gateleg table
- labour camp
- Eurasia
- prole
- newspeak
George Orwell's "1984" Part 3 (comprehensive) »(2202 words)
Comprehensive vocabulary list for George Orwell's...
- newspeak
- labour camp
- chinless
- zip fastener
- undercharge
Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 11-20 »(180 words)
Vocabulary study list for Harper Lee's "To Kill a...
- ambidextrous
- undulate
- leftovers
- viscous
- myopic
Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 21-31 »(129 words)
Vocabulary study list for Harper Lee's "To Kill a...
- perforate
- feral
- queasy
- enunciate
- duress
Lois Lowry's "The Giver" Chapter 1 »(99 words)
Vocabulary study list for Lois Lowry's "The Giver"...
- childcare
- nightclothes
- family unit
- overfly
- street cleaner
E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web" (comprehensive) »(347 words)
Comprehensive vocabulary list from "Charlotte's Web" by...
- pigpen
- web
- Ferris wheel
- spider
- gosling
- leftovers
- crumple
- swathe
- snooze
- gullible
Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 1-10 »(164 words)
Vocabulary study list for Harper Lee's "To Kill a...
- nauseate
- asinine
- delete
- douse
- crumple
Ambrose Bierce: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge »(14 words)
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist,...
- embrasure
- fixity
- hemp
- knell
- secessionist
Non-Fiction Vocabulary
Declaration of Independence (VocabGrabber) »(245 words)
Lots of great vocab in the Declaration of Independence!...
- sufferable
- Laws
- unalienable
- usurpation
- King of Great Britain
Declaration of Independence (VocabGrabber) »(245 words)
Lots of great vocab in the Declaration of Independence!...
- sufferable
- Laws
- unalienable
- usurpation
- King of Great Britain
Thoreau's "Walden" Chapters 4-12 »(38 words)
Vocabulary from Henry David Thoreau's "Walden."
List...
- pickerelweed
- spotted salamander
- pipewort
- white-bellied swallow
- creeping juniper
Thoreau's "Walden" Chapters 13-18 »(32 words)
Vocabulary from Henry David Thoreau's "Walden."
List...
- estivate
- bottomlessness
- beggar-ticks
- seventeen-year locust
- foliaceous
- unmerchantable
- architectural ornament
- bottleful
- bathing tub
- indweller
- dedicate
- consecrate
- dedicated
- fourscore
- detract
Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl" Part 1 »(173 words)
Vocabulary study list for Anne Frank's "Diary of a...
- immigrate
- moodiness
- wangle
- faze
- collapsible
Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl" Part 2 »(140 words)
Vocabulary study list for Anne Frank's "Diary of a...
- scad
- garble
- leftovers
- seethe
- rambunctious
George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" Chapters 1-7 »(274 words)
Vocabulary study list for George Orwell's "Homage to...
- perforate
- alternatively
- unobtainable
- corrode
- figurine
George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" Chapters 8-14 »(302 words)
Vocabulary study list for George Orwell's "Homage to...
- denigrate
- redistribute
- adulterate
- alternatively
- amputate
Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" »(343 words)
Vocabulary study list for Virginia Woolf's "A Room of...
- truncate
- hortatory
- misogynist
- intensification
- avuncular
"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" »(234 words)
Vocabulary study list for "Narrative of the Life of...
- pharisaical
- execrate
- exculpate
- transferable
- imbue