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Headwords of the Academic Word List [AWL] in Alphabetical Order
This list contains the head words of the families in the Academic Word List.
The numbers indicate the sublist of the Academic Word List, with Sublist
1containing the most frequent words, Sublist 2 the next most frequent and so
on. For example, abandon and its family members are in Sublist 8 of the
Academic Word List.
___ abandon 8
___ abstract 6
___ academy 5
___ access 4
___ accommodate 9
___ accompany 8
___ accumulate 8
___ accurate 6
___ achieve 2
___ acknowledge 6
___ acquire 2
___ adapt 7
___ adequate 4
___ adjacent 10
___ adjust 5
___ administrate 2
___ adult 7
___ advocate 7
___ affect 2
___ aggregate 6
___ aid 7
___ albeit 10
___ allocate 6
___ alter 5
___ alternative 3
___ ambiguous 8
___ amend 5
___ analogy 9
___ analyse 1
___ annual 4
___ anticipate 9
___ apparent 4
___ append 8
___ appreciate 8
___ approach 1
___ appropriate 2
___ approximate 4
___ arbitrary 8
___ area 1
___ aspect 2
___ assemble 10
___ assess1
___ assign 6
___ assist 2
___ assume 1
___ assure 9
___ attach 6
___ attain 9
___ attitude 4
___ attribute 4
___ author 6
___ authority 1
___ automate 8
___ available 1
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___ aware 5
___ behalf 9
___ benefit 1
___ bias 8
___ bond 6
___ brief 6
___ bulk 9
___ capable 6
___ capacity 5
___ category 2
___ cease 9
___ challenge 5
___ channel 7
___ chapter 2
___ chart 8
___ chemical7
___ circumstance 3
___ cite 6
___ civil 4
___ clarify 8
___ classic 7
___ clause 5
___ code 4
___ coherent 9
___ coincide 9
___ collapse 10
___ colleague 10
___ commence 9
___ comment 3
___ commission 2
___ commit4
___ commodity 8
___ communicate 4
___ community 2
___ compatible 9
___ compensate 3
___ compile 10
___ complement 8
___ complex 2
___ component 3
___ compound 5
__ comprehensive 7
___ comprise 7
___ compute 2
___ conceive 10
___ concentrate4
___ concept 1
___ conclude 2
___ concurrent 9
___ conduct 2
___ confer 4
___ confine 9
___ confirm 7
___ conflict 5
___ conform 8
___ consent 3
___ consequent 2
___ considerable 3
___ consist1
___ constant 3
___ constitute 1
___ constrain 3
___ construct 2
___ consult 5
___ consume 2
___ contact 5
___ contemporary 8
___ context1
___ contract1
___ contradict 8
___ contrary 7
___ contrast 4
___ contribute 3
___ controversy 9
___ convene3
___ converse 9
___ convert 7
___ convince 10
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___ cooperate 6
___ coordinate 3
___ core3
___ corporate 3
___ correspond 3
___ couple 7
___ create 1
___ credit 2
___ criteria 3
___ crucial 8
___ culture 2
___ currency 8
___ cycle 4
___ data 1
___ debate4
___ decade 7
___ decline 5
___ deduce 3
___ define1
___ definite7
___ demonstrate 3
___ denote 8
___ deny 7
___ depress 10
___ derive 1
___ design 2
___ despite 4
___ detect 8
___ deviate 8
___ device 9
___ devote 9
___ differentiate 7
___ dimension4
___ diminish 9
___ discrete 5
___ discriminate 6
___ displace 8
___ display 6
___ dispose 7
___ distinct 2
___ distort 9
___ distribute 1
___ diverse 6
___ document 3
___ domain 6
___ domestic 4
___ dominate 3
___ draft 5
___ drama 8
___ duration 9
___ dynamic 7
___ economy 1
___ edit 6
___ element 2
___ eliminate 7
___ emerge 4
___ emphasis 3
___ empirical 7
___ enable 5
___ encounter 10
___ energy 5
___ enforce 5
___ enhance 6
___ enormous 10
___ ensure3
___ entity 5
___ environment 1
___ equate 2
___ equip 7
___ equivalent 5
___ erode 9
___ error 4
___ establish1
___ estate 6
___ estimate 1
___ ethic 9
___ ethnic4
___ evaluate 2
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___ eventual 8
___ evident1
___ evolve 5
___ exceed 6
___ exclude 3
___ exhibit 8
___ expand 5
___ expert 6
___ explicit 6
___ exploit 8
___ export t1
___ expose 5
___ external 5
___ extract 7
___ facilitate 5
___ factor 1
___ feature2
___ federal 6
___ fee 6
___ file 7
___ fina l2
___ finance1
___ finite 7
___ flexible 6
___ fluctuate 8
___ focus2
___ format 9
___ formula1
___ forthcoming 10
___ foundation 7
___ found 9
___ framework3
___ function1
___ fund3
___ fundamental 5
___ furthermore 6
___ gender 6
___ generate 5
___ generation 5
___ globe 7
___ goal 4
___ grade 7
___ grant 4
___ guarantee 7
___ guideline 8
___ hence 4
___ hierarchy7
___ highlight 8
___ hypothesis 4
___ identical 7
___ identify 1
___ ideology 7
___ ignorance 6
___ illustrate 3
___ image 5
___ immigrate 3
___ impact 2
___ implement 4
___ implicate4
___ implicit 8
___ imply 3
___ impose4
___ incentive 6
___ incidence 6
___ incline 10
___ income1
___ incorporate 6
___ index 6
___ indicate 1
___ individual 1
___ induce 8
___ inevitable 8
___ infer 7
___ infrastructure 8
___ inherent 9
___ inhibit 6
___ initial3
___ initiate 6
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___ injure 2
___ innovate 7
___ input 6
___ insert 7
___ insight 9
___ inspect 8
___ instance3
___ institute 2
___ instruct 6
___ integral 9
___ integrate 4
___ integrity 10
___ intelligence 6
___ intense 8
___ interact 3
___ intermediate 9
___ internal 4
___ interpret 1
___ interval 6
___ intervene 7
___ intrinsic 10
___ invest 2
___ investigate 4
___ invoke 10
___ involve 1
___ isolate 7
___ issue 1
___ item 2
___ job 4
___ journal 2
___ justify 3
___ label 4
___ labour 1
___ layer 3
___ lecture 6
___ legal 1
___ legislate 1
___ levy 10
___ liberal 5
___ licence 5
___ likewise 10
___ link 3
___ locate 3
___ logic 5
___ maintain 2
___ major 1
___ manipulate 8
___ manual 9
___ margin 5
___ mature 9
___ maximise 3
___ mechanism 4
___ media 7
___ mediate 9
___ medical 5
___ medium 9
___ mental 5
___ method 1
___ migrate 6
___ military 9
___ minimal 9
___ minimise 8
___ minimum 6
___ ministry 6
___ minor3
___ mode 7
___ modify 5
___ monitor 5
___ motive 6
___ mutual 9
___ negate 3
___ network 5
___ neutral 6
___ nevertheless 6
___ nonetheless 10
___ norm 9
___ normal 2
___ notion 5
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notwithstanding 10
___ nuclear 8
___ objective 5
___ obtain 2
___ obvious 4
___ occupy 4
___ occur1
___ odd 10
___ offset 8
___ ongoing 10
___ option 4
___ orient 5
___ outcome3
___ output 4
___ overall 4
___ overlap 9
___ overseas 6
___ panel 10
___ paradigm 7
___ paragraph 8
___ parallel 4
___ parameter 4
___ participate 2
___ partner 3
___ passive 9
___ perceive 2
___ percent 1
___ period 1
___ persist 10
___ perspective 5
___ phase 4
___ phenomenon 7
___ philosophy 3
___ physical 3
___ plus 8
___ policy 1
___ portion 9
___ pose 10
___ positive 2
___ potential 2
___ practitioner 8
___ precede 6
___ precise 5
___ predict 4
___ predominant 8
___ preliminary 9
___ presume 6
___ previous 2
___ primary 2
___ prime 5
___ principal 4
___ principle 1
___ prior 4
___ priority 7
___ proceed 1
___ process 1
___ professional 4
___ prohibit 7
___ project 4
___ promote 4
___ proportion 3
___ prospect 8
___ protocol 9
___ psychology 5
___ publication 7
___ publish 3
___ purchase 2
___ pursue 5
___ qualitative 9
___ quote 7
___ radical 8
___ random 8
___ range 2
___ ratio 5
___ rational 6
___ react 3
___ recover 6
___ refine 9
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___ regime 4
___ region 2
___ register 3
___ regulate 2
___ reinforce 8
___ reject 5
___ relax 9
___ release 7
___ relevant 2
___ reluctance 10
___ rely 3
___ remove 3
___ require 1
___ research 1
___ reside 2
___ resolve 4
___ resource 2
___ respond 1
___ restore 8
___ restrain 9
___ restrict 2
___ retain4
___ reveal 6
___ revenue 5
___ reverse 7
___ revise 8
___ revolution 9
___ rigid 9
___ role 1
___ route 9
___ scenario 9
___ schedule 8
___ scheme 3
___ scope 6
___ section 1
___ sector 1
___ secure 2
___ seek 2
___ select 2
___ sequence 3
___ series4
___ sex 3
___ shift 3
___ significant 1
___ similar1
___ simulate 7
___ site2
___ so-called 10
___ sole 7
___ somewhat 7
___ source 1
___ specific1
___ specify 3
___ sphere 9
___ stable 5
___ statistic 4
___ status 4
_straightforward 10
___ strategy 2
___ stress 4
___ structure1
___ style 5
___ submit 7
___ subordinate 9
___ subsequent4
___ subsidy 6
___ substitute 5
___ successor 7
___ sufficient 3
___ sum 4
___ summary 4
___ supplement 9
___ survey2
___ survive 7
___ suspend 9
___ sustain 5
___ symbol 5
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___ target 5
___ task 3
___ team 9
___ technical 3
___ technique 3
___ technology 3
___ temporary 9
___ tense 8
___ terminate 8
___ text 2
___ theme 8
___ theory 1
___ thereby 8
___ thesis 7
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___ trace 6
___ tradition 2
___ transfer 2
___ transform 6
___ transit 5
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___ transport 6
___ trend 5
___ trigger 9
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___ undergo 10
___ underlie 6
___ undertake 4
___ uniform 8
___ unify 9
___ unique 7
___ utilise 6
___ valid3
___ vary1
___ vehicle 8
___ version 5
___ via 8
___ violate 9
___ virtual 8
___ visible 7
___ vision 9
___ visual 8
___ volume 3
___ voluntary 7
___ welfare 5
___ whereas 5
___ whereby10
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