Academic Word List for IELTS
What is the Academic Word List?
The AWL is a list of words which appear with high frequency in
English-language academic texts.
Why should I learn it?
You will need to know this academic vocabulary if you want to study in an
English-speaking college or university. In fact, because these words are so
common, they are even useful to those who do not plan to go on to
post-secondary study in English. These are words that you will frequently see in
newspapers, magazines, and novels, and hear on television, movies or in
conversation.
A
69
abandon
acceptable
acclaimed
accordingly
accustomed
acquire
adequate
administrate
advocate
aid
alter
amend
annual
apparent
appreciate
approximate
aspect
assign
associate
astonishingly
attempt
author
available
B 16
abstract
access
accommodate
accumulate
achieve
adapt
adjacent
admittedly
affect
albeit
alternative
analogy
anomalies
appeal
approach
approximately
assemble
assist
assume
attach
attitude
authority
avoidance
academy
accessibility
accompany
accurate
acknowledg
adapted
e
adjust
adult
aggregate
allocate
ambiguous
analyse
anticipate
append
appropriate
arbitrary
assess
assistance
assure
attain
attribute
automate
aware
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backbone
beneficial
beverages
bond
behalf
benefit
bias
boost
behavioural
bestow
biased
breakthroug
h
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brief
bulk
bygone by-product
C
100
canvas
casually
cease
charitable
cite
clause
coincide
commence
commit
communicate
compatible
compile
component
comprise
conceive
conclude
conduct
confirm
consent
considerable
consistently
constrain
consult
contact
contradict
contribute
convene
convey
coordinate
correspond
coverages
credit
crucial
cycle
D 55
capable
category
challenge
chemical
civil
closely
collapse
comment
commitment
community
compensate
complement
compound
compromise
concentrate
concrete
confer
conflict
consequent
consist
constant
constraints
consume
context
contrary
controversial
converse
convince
core
counterpart
create
crisis
culture
capacity
catering
channel
circumstance
clarify
coherent
colleague
commission
commodity
companionshi
competitive
p
complex
comprehensiv
compute
e
concept
concurrent
confine
conform
consequently
consistency
constitute
construct
consumption
contract
contrast
controversy
convert
cooperate
corporate
couple
credible
criteria
currency
debate
decline
deduce
definite
demonstrate
depress
desirable
decade
decrease
deem
deforestation
denote
derive
desperate
deceptivel
dedicated
y
define
demandin
deny
g
design
despite
3/8
detect
device
dimension
discriminate
dispose
distort
diverse
domain
dominate
draft
dramatically
dynamic
E 62
detrimental
devote
diminish
displace
distinct
distribute
diversity
domestic
doubtful
drama
drawback
deviate
differentiat
discrete
e
display
distinguish
disturbing
document
dominant
downward
dramatic
duration
ease
elegantly
embark
emphasis
encounter
enhance
enquire
enthusiastically
equate
erode
establish
ethic
ethnic
eventual
evident
excessively
exhibit
experimental
explicit
expose
extract
F 32
economy
element
emerge
empirical
energy
enhancement
ensure
entity
equip
error
estate
ethical
evaluate
eventually
evolve
exclude
existence
expert
exploit
exposed
extremely
edit
eliminate
emerged
enable
enforce
enormous
enthusiasm
environmen
equivalent
t
essence
estimate
ethically
evasion
evidence
exceed
exclusively
expand
expertise
export
external
factor
favourable
federal
final
firmly
fluctuating
formula
fractal
frequent
fast-paced
feasible
figure
finance
flexible
focus
forthcomin
framework
g
frequently
facilitate
favorable
feature
file
finite
fluctuate
format
foundation
fraught
4/8
frustration
function
fundamental
furthermore
G
10
gender
globe
grant
guideline
H 8
harness
hierarchy
household
I
fund
generate
grade
grasp
generatio
gradually
n
guarantee
hence
highlight
hypothesis
heroic
historically
identify
illiteracy
immense
impart
implicate
impose
incline
increase
index
individuality
inevitable
infer
inherent
initially
injure
insight
institute
insuperable
integrity
intense
internal
intervene
invest
involve
isolate
ideology
illustrate
immigrate
implant
implicit
incentive
income
increasingly
indicate
induce
inevitably
infrastructure
inhibit
initiate
innovate
inspect
institution
integral
intellectual
interact
interpret
intervention
investigate
irresistible
issue
75
identical
ignorant
image
impact
implement
imply
incidence
incorporate
incredibly
individual
inequality
infectious
inhabit
initial
initiated
insert
instance
instruct
integrate
intelligent
intermediate
interval
intrinsic
invoke
irrespective
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J
2
journal
L
justify
17
labour
legal
layer
legislate
lecture
legitimat
e
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levy
licence
likewise
logic
M 36
liability
likelihood
literate
lucrative
magnificent
majority
manual
maternal
mechanism
medical
mentally
military
minimum
mobility
modify
motive
N 13
maintain
mandatory
margin
mature
media
medium
method
minimal
ministry
mode
monitor
mutual
major
manipulat
marginal
e
maximise
mediate
mental
migrate
minimise
minor
moderatel
motivated
y
myriad
necessities
neglected
nevertheless
normal
nuclear
O 20
necessity
network
nonetheless
notion
negate
neutral
norm
notwithstandin
objective
obtainable
occupy
offset
option
ought
overlap
P 72
obstacles
obvious
occur
ongoing
orient
outcome
overseas
obtain
obviously
odd
optimism
orientatio
overall
n
paradigm
parameter
passive
perceived
persist
phenomenon
physical
policy
portion
positively
precede
paragraph
participate
patently
percent
perspective
philosophicall
pitfalls
y
popularity
pose
potential
precise
panel
parallel
partner
perceive
period
phase
philosophy
pleasurable
portfolio
positive
practitioner
liberal
likely
locate
g
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predict
preliminary
prevalent
prime
prior
probable
productivity
profitable
project
promote
proportions
psychology
purchase
Q 2
qualitative
R
predictable
presume
previous
principal
priority
proceed
professional
prohibit
projection
proportion
prospect
publication
pursue
predominant
prevail
primary
principle
privilege
process
proficiency
prohibitively
proliferation
proportionall
protocol
y
publish
pursuit
quote
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radical
range
react
recover
reflect
register
reinforce
relatively
relevant
rely
rendering
research
resolve
responsible
restrict
reveal
revise
ritual
route
S 62
savvy
schedule
sector
select
shift
similar
skeptical
radically
ratio
reasonable
refine
regime
regularly
reinforcement
relax
reluctance
remarkable
reproduction
resemble
resource
restore
restricted
revenue
revolution
role
routine
random
rational
reckon
refinery
region
regulate
reject
release
reluctan
remove
t
require
reside
respond
restrain
retain
reverse
rigid
roughly
scale
scheme
secure
sequence
significance
simulate
slightly
scenario
scope
seek
series
significant
simultaneousl
so-called
y
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sole
somewhat
source
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specific
spectacular
stable
stimulate
strategy
style
subsequent
substitute
sufficiently
supplementary
survey
sustain
symbol
T 28
specifically
sphere
standardise
straightforward
stress
submit
subsidy
successor
summary
surge
survive
sustainable
syndrome
specify
stabilize
statistic
strategic
structure
subordinat
substantial
e
sufficient
supplement
surrounded
suspend
sustainably
tape
technique
temporary
terminate
theory
thesis
trace
transform
transport
trivial
U 22
target
technology
tendency
theme
thereby
threshold
tradition
transit
trend
technical
temporarily
tense
theoreticall
therefore
y
towards
transfer
transmit
trigger
ultimate
undergo
undermine
undisputed
uniform
unique
unpredictable
utilitarian
V 14
uncertainty
underlie
underneath
unethical
unify
unlikely
unraveled
undeniable
underlying
undertake
unfortunately
unintended
unprecedented
utilise
variety
vertically
virtual
visual
voluntary
vary
via
visible
vital
valid
vehicle
violate
vision
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