Academic Word List (1)

Dr. M. (United States of America)
This is the list of the first 45 words of the 570 words most frequently encountered in academic texts such as textbooks and professional journals.
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  1. abandon
    forsake; leave behind
  2. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  3. academy
    a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
  4. access
    the right to enter
  5. accommodate
    have room for; hold without crowding
  6. accompany
    go or travel along with
  7. accumulate
    get or gather together
  8. accurate
    characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth
  9. achieve
    gain with effort
  10. acknowledge
    declare to be true or admit the existence or reality of
  11. acquire
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
  12. adapt
    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
  13. adequate
    having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  14. adjacent
    having a common boundary or edge
  15. adjust
    alter or regulate so as to conform to a standard
  16. administrate
    supervise or be in charge of
  17. adult
    a fully developed person from maturity onward
  18. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  19. affect
    have an influence upon
  20. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  21. aid
    the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need
  22. allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose
  23. alter
    cause to change; make different
  24. alternative
    one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
  25. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  26. amend
    make revisions to
  27. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
  28. analyze
    break down into components or essential features
  29. annual
    occurring every year
  30. anticipate
    regard something as probable or likely
  31. apparent
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  32. append
    fix to; attach
  33. appreciate
    be fully aware of; realize fully
  34. approach
    move towards
  35. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  36. approximate
    not quite exact or correct
  37. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  38. area
    the extent of a two-dimensional surface within a boundary
  39. aspect
    a characteristic to be considered
  40. assemble
    create by putting components or members together
  41. assess
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  42. assign
    select something or someone for a specific purpose
  43. assist
    give help; be of service
  44. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  45. assure
    inform positively and with certainty and confidence
  46. attach
    be in contact with
Created on Sat Jun 08 09:36:59 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Aug 17 13:50:04 EDT 2013)

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