ssSublists of the Academic Word List
Each word in italics is the most frequently occurring member of the word family in the
Academic Corpus. For example, analysis 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.
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constituent constituents constituted constitutes constituting constitution constitutions constitutional constitutionally constitutive unconstitutional context contexts contextual contextualise contextualised contextualising uncontextualised contextualize contextualized contextualizing uncontextualized contract contracted contracting contractor contractors contracts create created creates creating creation creations creative creatively creativity creator creators

recreate recreated recreates recreating data define definable defined defines defining definition definitions redefine redefined redefines redefining undefined derive derivation derivations derivative derivatives derived derives deriving distribute distributed distributing distribution distributional distributions distributive distributor distributors redistribute redistributed redistributes redistributing redistribution economy economic economical economically economics economies economist economists uneconomical environment environmental environmentalist environmentalists environmentally environments establish disestablish disestablished disestablishes disestablishing disestablishment established establishes establishing establishment establishments estimate estimated estimates estimating estimation estimations over-estimate overestimate overestimated overestimates overestimating underestimate underestimated underestimates underestimating evident evidenced evidence evidential evidently export exported exporter exporters exporting exports factor factored factoring factors finance financed finances financial financially financier financiers financing formula formulae formulas formulate formulated formulating formulation formulations reformulate reformulated reformulating reformulation reformulations function functional functionally functioned functioning functions identify identifiable identification identified identifies identifying identities identity unidentifiable income incomes indicate indicated indicates indicating indication indications indicative indicator indicators individual individualised individuality individualism individualist individualists individualistic individually individuals interpret interpretation interpretations interpretative interpreted interpreting interpretive interprets misinterpret misinterpretation misinterpretations misinterpreted misinterpreting misinterprets reinterpret reinterpreted reinterprets reinterpreting reinterpretation reinterpretations involve involved involvement involves involving uninvolved issue issued issues issuing labour labor labored labors laboured labouring labours legal illegal illegality illegally legality legally legislate legislated legislates legislating legislation legislative legislator legislators legislature major majorities majority method methodical methodological methodologies methodology methods occur occurred occurrence occurrences occurring occurs reoccur reoccurred reoccurring reoccurs percent percentage percentages period periodic periodical periodically periodicals periods policy policies principle principled principles unprincipled proceed procedural procedure procedures proceeded proceeding proceedings proceeds process processed processes processing

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specific specifically specification specifications specificity specifics structure restructure restructured restructures restructuring structural structurally structured structures structuring unstructured theory theoretical theoretically theories theorist theorists vary invariable invariably variability variable variables variably variance variant variants variation variations varied varies varying Sublist 2 of the Academic Word List achieve achievable achieved achievement achievements achieves achieving acquire acquired acquires acquiring acquisition acquisitions administration administrates administrate administrations administrative

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computerised computers computing conclude concluded concludes concluding conclusion conclusions conclusive conclusively inconclusive inconclusively conduct conducted conducting conducts consequent consequence consequences consequently construct constructed constructing construction constructions constructive constructs reconstruct reconstructed reconstructing reconstruction reconstructs consume consumed consumer consumers consumes consuming consumption credit credited crediting creditor creditors credits culture cultural culturally cultured cultures uncultured design designed designer designers designing designs distinct distinction distinctions distinctive distinctively distinctly indistinct indistinctly element elements equate equated equates equating equation equations evaluate evaluated evaluates evaluating evaluation evaluations evaluative re-evaluate re-evaluated re-evaluates re-evaluating re-evaluation feature featured features featuring final finalise finalised finalises finalising finalize finalized finalizes finalizing finality finally finals reinvested reinvesting reinvestment reinvests focus focused focuses focusing focussed focussing refocus refocused refocuses refocusing refocussed refocusses refocussing impact impacted impacting impacts injure injured injures injuries injuring injury uninjured institute instituted institutes instituting institution institutional institutionalise institutionalised institutionalises institutionalising institutionalized institutionalizes institutionalizing institutionally institutions invest invested investing investment investments investor investors invests reinvest item itemisation itemise itemised itemises itemising items journal journals maintain maintained maintaining maintains maintenance normal abnormal abnormally normalisation normalise normalised normalises normalising normalization normalize normalized normalizes normalizing normality normally obtain obtainable obtained obtaining obtains unobtainable participate participant participants participated participates participating participation participatory perceive perceived perceives perceiving perception perceptions positive positively potential potentially previous previously primary primarily purchase purchased purchaser purchasers purchases purchasing range ranged ranges ranging region regional regionally regions regulate deregulated deregulates deregulating deregulation regulated regulates regulating regulation regulations regulator regulators regulatory unregulated relevant irrelevance irrelevant relevance reside resided residence resident residential residents

resides residing resource resourced resourceful resources resourcing unresourceful under-resourced restrict restricted restricting restriction restrictions restrictive restrictively restricts unrestricted unrestrictive secure insecure insecurities insecurity secured securely secures securing securities security seek seeking seeks sought select selected selecting selection selections selective selectively selector selectors selects site sites strategy strategic strategies strategically strategist strategists survey surveyed surveying surveys text texts textual tradition non-traditional traditional traditionalist traditionally traditions transfer transferable transference transferred transferring transfers Sublist 3 of Academic Word List alternative alternatively alternatives circumstance circumstances comment commentaries commentary commentator commentators commented commenting comments compensate compensated compensates compensating compensation compensations compensatory component componentry components consent consensus consented consenting consents considerable considerably constant constancy constantly constants inconstancy inconstantly constrain constrained constraining constrains constraint constraints unconstrained contribute contributed contributes contributing contribution contributions contributor contributors convene convention convenes convened convening conventional conventionally conventions unconventional coordinate coordinated coordinates coordinating coordination coordinator coordinators co-ordinate co-ordinated co-ordinates co-ordinating co-ordination co-ordinator co-ordinators core cores coring cored corporate corporates corporation corporations correspond corresponded correspondence corresponding correspondingly corresponds criteria criterion deduce deduced deduces deducing

deduction deductions demonstrate demonstrable demonstrably demonstrated demonstrates demonstrating demonstration demonstrations demonstrative demonstratively demonstrator demonstrators document documentation documented documenting documents dominate dominance dominant dominated dominates dominating domination emphasis emphasise emphasised emphasising emphasize emphasized emphasizes emphasizing emphatic emphatically ensure ensured ensures ensuring exclude excluded excludes excluding exclusion exclusionary exclusionist exclusions exclusive exclusively framework frameworks fund funded funder funders funding funds illustrate illustrated illustrates illustrating illustration illustrations illustrative immigrate immigrant immigrants immigrated immigrates immigrating immigration imply implied implies implying initial initially instance instances interact interacted interacting interaction interactions interactive interactively interacts justify justifiable justifiably justification justifications justified justifies justifying unjustified

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instructs intelligent intelligence intelligently unintelligent interval intervals lecture lectured lecturer lecturers lectures lecturing migrate migrant migrants migrated migrates migrating migration migrations migratory minimum ministry ministered ministering ministerial ministries motive motivate motivated motivates motivating motivation motivations motives unmotivated neutral neutralisation neutralise neutralised neutralises neutralising neutrality neutralization neutralize neutralized neutralizes neutralizing

nevertheless overseas precede preceded precedence precedent precedes preceding unprecedented presume presumably presumed presumes presuming presumption presumptions presumptuous rational irrational rationalisation rationalisations rationalise rationalised rationalises rationalising rationalism rationality rationalization rationalizations rationalize rationalized rationalizes rationally recover recoverable recovered recovering recovers recovery reveal revealed revealing reveals revelation revelations scope subsidy subsidiary subsidies

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Sublist 8 of the Academic Word List abandon abandoned abandoning abandonment abandons accompany accompanied accompanies accompaniment accompanying unaccompanied accumulate accumulated accumulating accumulation accumulates ambiguous ambiguities ambiguity unambiguous unambiguously append appendix appended appends appending appendices appendixes appreciate appreciable appreciably appreciated appreciates appreciating appreciation unappreciated arbitrary arbitrariness arbitrarily automate automatic automated automates automating automatically automation

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prospective prospects radical radically radicals random randomly randomness reinforce reinforced reinforcement reinforcements reinforces reinforcing restore restoration restored restores restoring revise revised revises revising revision revisions schedule reschedule rescheduled reschedules rescheduling scheduled schedules scheduling unscheduled tense tension tensely tenser tensest tensions terminate terminal terminals terminated terminates terminating termination terminations theme

themes thematic thematically thereby uniform uniformity uniformly vehicle vehicles via virtual virtually visual visualise visualised visualised visualising visualisation visualize visualized visualizing visualization visually widespread Sublist 9 of the Academic Word List accommodate accommodated accommodates accommodating accommodation analogy analogies analogous anticipate anticipated anticipates anticipating anticipation unanticipated assure assurance assurances assured assuredly assures assuring attain

attainable attained attaining attainment attainments attains unattainable behalf bulk bulky cease ceased ceaseless ceases ceasing coherent coherence coherently incoherent incoherently coincide coincided coincides coinciding coincidence coincidences coincident coincidental commence commenced commences commencement commencing recommences recommenced recommencing compatible compatibility incompatibility incompatible concurrent concurrently confine confined confines confining unconfined controversy controversies controversial controversially uncontroversial converse conversely device devices devote devoted devotedly devotes devoting devotion devotions diminish diminished diminishes diminishing diminution undiminished distort distorted distorting distortion distortions distorts duration erode eroded erodes eroding erosion ethic ethical ethically ethics unethical format formatted formatting formats found founded founder

founders founding unfounded inherent inherently insight insightful insights integral intermediate manual manually manuals mature immature immaturity maturation maturational matured matures maturing maturity mediate mediated mediates mediating mediation medium military minimal minimalisation minimalise minimalises minimalised minimalising minimalist minimalists minimalistic minimalization minimalize minimalized minimalizes minimalizing minimally mutual mutually norm norms overlap

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Sublist 10 of the Academic Word List adjacent albeit assemble assembled assembles assemblies assembling assembly collapse collapsed collapses collapsible collapsing colleague colleagues compile compilation compilations compiled compiles compiling conceive conceivable conceivably conceived conceives conceiving inconceivable inconceivably convince convinced convinces convincing convincingly unconvinced depress depressed depresses depressing depression encounter encountered encountering encounters enormous enormity enormously forthcoming incline inclination inclinations inclined inclines inclining integrity intrinsic intrinsically invoke invoked invokes invoking levy levies likewise nonetheless notwithstanding odd odds ongoing panel panelled panelling panels persist persisted persistence persistent persistently persisting persists pose posed poses posing reluctance reluctant reluctantly so-called straightforward undergo undergoes undergoing undergone underwent

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