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                       Academic Vocabulary is the "Language of Power."

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shared by Amy Benjamin in 2012.  Use the words to improve your writing.
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Subset 1
analyze
approach
area
assess
assume
authority
available
benefit
concept
consist
context
constitute
contract
data
define
derive
distribute
economy
environment
establish
estimate
evident
factor
finance
formula
function
income
indicate
individual
interpret
involve
issue
labor
legal
legislate
method
occur
percent
period
principle
proceed
process
policy
require
research
respond
role
section
sector
significant
source
specify
structure
theory
vary





Subset 2
achieve
acquire
administrate
affect
appropriate
aspect
assist
category
commission
complex
conduct
consequent
construct
consume
credit
culture
design
distinct
element
evaluate
feature
impact
institute
invest
maintain
obtain
perceive
positive
potential
previous
primary
range
region
regulate
relevant
reside
resource
restrict
secure
select
site
strategy
survey
tradition
transfer

Subset 3
alternative
circumstance
comment
compensate
component
consent
considerable
constant
constrain
contribute
convene
coordinate
core
corporate
correspond
criteria
deduce
demonstrate
document
dominate
emphasis
ensure
fund
framework
illustrate
immigrate
imply
initial
instance
interact
justify
layer
link
maximize
negate
outcome
philosophy
physical
proportion
publish
react
register
rely
scheme
sequence
shift
specify
sufficient
technical
technique
valid
volume
Subset 4
access
adequacy
annual
apparent
approximate
attitude
attribute
civil
code
commit
concentrate
confer
contrast
cycle
debate
despite
dimension
domestic
emerge
ethnic
grant
hence
hypothesis
implement
implicate
impose
integrate
internal
investigate
mechanism
occupy
option
output
overall
parallel
parameter phrase
prior
principal
professional
project
promote
regime
resolve
retain
series
statistic
status
stress
subsequent
undertake

Subset 5
academy
adjust
alter
amend
capacity
clause
compound
consult
decline
discrete
enable
energy
enforce
entity
equivalent
evolve
expand
expose
external
facilitate
fundamental
generate
liberal
license
logic
margin
modify
monitor
network
notion
objective
orient
perspective
precise
prime
psychology
pursue
ratio
reject
revenue
stable
style
substitute
sustain
symbol
target
transit
trend
version
welfare
whereas
Subset 6
abstract
acknowledge
accuracy
aggregate
allocate
assign
bond
capable
cite
cooperate
discriminate
display
diverse
domain
edit
enhance
estate
esceed
explicit
federal
fee
flexible
furthermore
gender
incentive
incorporate
incidence
index
inhibit
initiate
input
interval
mitigate
minimum
ministry
motive
minimum
ministry
motive
neutral
nevertheless
overseas
precede
presume
rational
recover
reveal
scope
subsidy
trace
transform
underlie
utilize

Subset 7
adapt
advocate
channel
classic
comprehensive
comprise
confirm
contrary
convert
decade
deny
differentiate
dispose
dynamic
equip
eliminate
empirical
extract
finite
foundation
gradient
guarantee
hierarchy
identical
ideology
infer
innovate
insert
intervene
isolate
media
mode
paradigm
phenomenon
quote
release
reverse
simulate
sole
somewhat
submit
successor
thesis
transmit
ultimate
unique
voluntary

Subset 8
abandon
accompany
accumulate
ambiguous
appendix
appreciate
arbitrary
automate
bias
chart
clarify
commodity
complement
conform
contemporary
contradict
crucial
currency
denote
detect
deviate
displace
eventual
exhibit
exploit
fluctuate
guideline
implicit
induce
inevitable
infrastructure
inspect
intense
manipulate
minimize
nuclear
offset
predominant
prospect
radical
reinforce
restore
revise
tension
terminate
theme
thereby
uniform
vehicle
via
virtual
widespread
Subset 9
accommodate
analogy
anticipate
assure
attain
behalf
cease
coherent
coincide
commence
compatible
concurrent
confine
controversy
converse
device
devote
diminish
distort
duration
erode
ethic
found
format
inherent
insight
integral intermediate
manual
mature
mediate
medium
military
minimal
mutual
norm
overlap
passive
portion
preliminary
protocol
qualitative
refine
restrain
revolution
rigid
route
scenario
sphere
subordinate
supplement
suspend
trigger
unify
violate
Subset 10
adjacent
albeit
assemble
collapse
colleague
compile
conceive
convince
depress
encounter
forthcoming
incline
integrity
intrinsic
invoke
levy
likewise
nonetheless
nothithstanding
ongoing
panel
persist
pose
reluctance
so-called
straightforward
undergo
whereby

Other words:
critique
contrast
proactive
interpretation
reactive
self-aware
applicable
irrelevant

Academic Vocabulary Lists modified by Amy Benjamin in 2011, compiled by Aviril Coxhead in 2000.
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