The Top 60 Most Common Academic Words

Adalgisa B. (Italy)
according to Averil Coxhead's Academic Word List (2000)
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words only definitions & notes
  1. approach
    move towards
  2. assessment
    the act of judging a person or situation or event
  3. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  4. authority
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  5. available
    obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
  6. benefit
    something that aids or promotes well-being
  7. concept
    an abstract or general idea inferred from specific instances
  8. consistent
    the same throughout in structure or composition
  9. constitutional
    existing as an essential characteristic
  10. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  11. contract
    a binding agreement that is enforceable by law
  12. create
    bring into existence
  13. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  14. definition
    a brief explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase
  15. derived
    formed or developed from something else; not original
  16. distribution
    the act of spreading or apportioning
  17. economic
    of or relating to production and management of wealth
  18. environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions
  19. established
    brought about or set up or accepted
  20. estimate
    judge tentatively
  21. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  22. export
    sell or transfer abroad
  23. factor
    anything that contributes causally to a result
  24. financial
    involving fiscal matters
  25. formula
    a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
  26. function
    what something is used for
  27. identified
    having the identity known or established
  28. income
    the amount of money one makes over a period of time
  29. indicate
    designate a place, direction, person, or thing
  30. individual
    being or characteristic of a single thing or person
  31. interpretation
    the act of expressing something in an artistic performance
  32. involved
    connected by participation or association or use
  33. issue
    some situation or event that is thought about
  34. labour
    productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
  35. legal
    established by or founded upon law or official rules
  36. legislation
    the act of making or enacting laws
  37. major
    greater in scope or effect
  38. method
    a way of doing something, especially a systematic way
  39. occur
    come to pass
  40. percent
    a proportion in relation to a whole
  41. period
    an amount of time
  42. policy
    a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
  43. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
  44. procedure
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  45. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  46. required
    necessary by rule
  47. research
    a seeking for knowledge
  48. response
    the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
  49. role
    the actions and activities assigned to a person or group
  50. section
    one of several parts or pieces that fit with others
  51. sector
    a particular aspect of life or activity
  52. significant
    rich in implication
  53. similar
    having the same or nearly the same characteristics
  54. source
    the place where something begins
  55. specific
    stated explicitly or in detail
  56. structure
    a complex entity made of many parts
  57. theory
    a belief that can guide behavior
  58. variable
    something that is likely to change
Created on Fri Feb 26 17:53:14 EST 2010

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