Academic word list IELTS

Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list Academic word list

approach

area

assess

assume

authority

available

benefit

concept

consist

inconsistencies

constitute

constitutions constitutional

constitutionally

context

contract

create

data

define

derive

distribute

distribution

distributional

economy

environment

environmentalist environmentalists

establish

disestablishing

estimate

evident

export

factor

finance

formula

ysis is the most common form of the word family analyse British and American spelling is included in the word families, so

contextualise and contextualize are both included in the family context.

Sublist 1 contains the most common words in the AWL Sublist 2 contains the next most common words, and so on There are

60 families in each sublist, except for sublist 10 which has 30

Sublist 1 of the Academic Word List

identify

identification

unidentifiable

income

indicate

individual

individualistic

interpret

interpretation

interpretations

interpretative

misinterpretation

misinterpretations

reinterpretations

involve

issue

labour

legal

legislate

major

method

occur

percent

period

policy

principle

proceed

process

require

research

respond

role

section

sector

significant

insignificantly

significantly

similar

source

specific

structure

theory

vary

acquire

administrate

administration

administrations

affect

appropriate

aspect

assist

category

chapter

commission

community

complex

compute

conclude

conduct

consequent

construct

consume

credit

culture

design

distinct

element

equate

evaluate

feature

final

focus

impact

injure

institute

institutionalise institutionalised institutionalises institutionalising institutionalized institutionalizes institutionalizing institutionally

invest

item

journal

maintain

normal

obtain

participate

Sublist 2 of the Academic Word List

participated

perceive

positive

potential

previous

primary

purchase

range

region

regulate

relevant

reside

resource

restrict restricted

restrictively

secure

seek

select

site

strategy

survey

text

tradition

transfer

Sublist 3 of Academic Word List

alternative

circumstance

comment

compensate

component

consent

considerable

constant

constrain

contribute

convene

coordinate

core

corporate

correspond

criteria

deduce

demonstrate

document

dominate

emphasis

emphasize

ensure

exclude

framework

fund

illustrate

illustrated

illustration

illustrations

immigrate

imply

initial

instance

interact

justify

justification

justifications

layer

link

locate

maximise

minor

negate

outcome

partner

philosophy

physical

proportion

disproportionately

publish

react

register

deregistration

rely

remove

scheme

sequence

sex

shift

specify

sufficient

task

technical

technique

technology

valid

volume

Sublist 4 of the Academic Word List

access

accessibility

adequate

annual

apparent

approximate

attitude

attribute

civil

code

commit

communicate

concentrate

confer

contrast

cycle

debate

despite

dimension

domestic

emerge

error

ethnic

goal

grant

hence hypothesis

implement

implicate

impose

integrate

internal

investigate

investigation

job

label

mechanism

obvious

occupy

option

output

overall parallel

parameter

phase

predict

unpredictability

principal

prior professional

project

promote

regime

resolve

retain

series

statistic

statisticians

statistically statistics status

stress

sum

summary

undertake

Sublist 5 of the Academic Word List

academy

adjust

alter

amend

aware

capacity

challenge

clause

compound

conflict

consult

contact

decline

discrete

draft

enable

energy

enforce

entity

equivalent

evolve

expand

expose

external

externalisation

externalization

facilitate

facilities facilitating facilitation

facilitators

fundamental

generate

generation

image

liberal

liberalisation

liberalising liberalization

licence

licenses

logic

margin

medical

mental

modify

monitor

network

notion

objective

orient

perspective

precise

prime

psychology

psychologically

psychologists

pursue

ratio

reject

revenue

stable

style

substitute

substitution

sustain

sustainability

symbol

target

transit

trend

version

welfare whereas

Sublist 6 of the Academic Word List

abstract

accurate

acknowledge

aggregate

allocate

assign

attach

author

bond

brief

capable

capabilities

cite

cooperate

cooperative

co‑operatively discriminate

discrimination display

diverse

diversification

edit

enhance

estate

exceed

expert

explicit

federal

fee

flexible

flexibility

inflexibility

furthermore

gender

ignorant

incentive

incidence

incorporate

incorporating

index

inhibit

initiate

initiatives

input

instruct

instructions

intelligent

intelligently

interval

lecture

migrate

minimum ministry

motive

neutral

nevertheless overseas

precede

presume

rational

rationalisation rationalisations

rationalization rationalizations

recover

reveal

scope

subsidy

tape

trace

transform transformation

transport

underlie

utilise

adult

advocate

aid

channel

chemical

classic

comprehensive

comprise

confirm

contrary

convert

couple

decade

definite

deny

differentiate

differentiated

differentiates

differentiating

differentiation

dispose

dynamic

eliminate

empirical

equip

extract

file

finite

foundation

globe

grade

guarantee

hierarchy hierarchical

identical

ideology

infer

innovate

insert

intervene

intervention

isolate

media mode

paradigm

phenomenon

priority

prioritisation

prioritising prioritization

prioritizing prohibit

publication

quote

release

reverse

simulate

sole

somewhat

submit

successor

survive

thesis

topic

transmit transmission

ultimate

unique

visible

invisibility

voluntary

Sublist 7 of the Academic Word List

accompany

accumulate

ambiguous

append

appreciate

appreciation

arbitrary

automate

bias

chart

clarify

clarification

commodity

complement

conform

contemporary

contradict

contradiction

contradictions contradictory

crucial

currency

denote

detect

deviate

displace

drama

eventual

exhibit

exploit exploitation

fluctuate

fluctuations

guideline

highlight highlighted

implicit

induce

inevitable inevitability

infrastructure

infrastructures inspect

intense

intensification

manipulate

minimise

nuclear offset

paragraph

plus

practitioner practitioners

predominant

prospect

radical

random

reinforce

restore

revise

schedule

Sublist 8 of the Academic Word List

scheduled

tense

terminate

theme

thereby uniform

vehicle

via

virtual

visual

widespread

Sublist 9 of the Academic Word List

accommodate

analogy

anticipate

anticipated

assure

assuredly

attain

behalf

bulk

cease

coherent

coincide

commence

compatible

incompatibility

concurrent

confine

controversy

controversially

converse

device

devote

diminish

distort

duration

erode

ethic

format

found

inherent

insight

integral intermediate manual

mature

mediate

medium military minimal

mutual

norm

overlap

passive

portion

preliminary

protocol

qualitative

refine

relax

restrain

restraints

revolution

revolutionises revolutionising

revolutionizes

revolutions

rigid

route

scenario

sphere

subordinate

supplement

suspend

team

temporary

trigger

unify

violate

vision

Sublist 10 of the Academic Word List

adjacent

albeit

assemble

collapse

colleague

compile

conceive

convince

depress

encounter

enormous

forthcoming

incline

integrity intrinsic

intrinsically invoke

levy

likewise nonetheless notwithstanding odd

ongoing panel

persist

pose

reluctance

so‑called straightforward undergo

whereby