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AWL Book 2: Practice Workbook1
By Jaime Alfredo Cabrera, Albukhary International University, March 2014
Academic Word ListCoxhead (2000). The most frequent word in each family is in italics. There are
570 headwords and about 3000 words altogether.
For more information see The Academic Word List.
For more practice see: Schmitt & Schmitt (2005), or the Compleat Lexical Tutor.
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INDEX
AWL Book 2: Practice Workbook ...................................................................................................................................... 1
INDEX ................................................................................................................................................................................ 1
INSTRUCTIONS .................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Academic Word List: Set 1 ................................................................................................................................................ 3
Academic Word List: Set 2 ................................................................................................................................................ 6
Academic Word List: Set 3 ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Academic Word List: Set 4 .............................................................................................................................................. 12
Academic Word List: Set 5 .............................................................................................................................................. 15
Academic Word List: Set 6 .............................................................................................................................................. 18
Academic Word List: Set 7 .............................................................................................................................................. 21
Academic Word List: Set 8 .............................................................................................................................................. 23
Academic Word List: Set 9 .............................................................................................................................................. 25
Academic Word List: Set 10 ............................................................................................................................................ 27
Academic Word List: Set 11 ............................................................................................................................................ 30
Academic Word List: Set 12 ............................................................................................................................................ 32
Academic Word List: Set 13 ............................................................................................................................................ 34
Academic Word List: Set 14 ............................................................................................................................................ 36
Academic Word List: Set 15 ............................................................................................................................................ 39
Academic Word List: Set 16 ............................................................................................................................................ 42
Academic Word List: Set 17 ............................................................................................................................................ 45
Academic Word List: Set 18 ............................................................................................................................................ 48
1Definitions linked to: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Used with permission)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. How to Answer:
Step 1. There are 18 sets. Each set has 32 words (the last set has 27 words). Each word has
four (4) blank boxes for answers.
Step 2. Type the answer in each box under Noun, Verb, Adjective, and Adverb Forms:
Noun Forms Verb Forms Adjective Forms Adverb Forms
love, loving love lovely lovingly
Step 3. Separate syllables with a dash (-) like this: ad-jec-tive
Noun Forms Verb Forms Adjective Forms Adverb Forms
love, lo-ving love love-ly lo-ving-ly
Step 4. All-caps the stressed syllable like this: AD-jec-tive
Noun Forms Verb Forms Adjective Forms Adverb Forms
love, LO-ving love LOVE-ly LO-ving-ly
Step 5. If there is no answer, type NONE
2. Deadline: Email each set before noon of Friday from Weeks 3 to 12. You may email more than one
set at a time if you wish to complete faster all the vocabulary sets.
3. Results: Your scores and grades will be emailed to you within three working days after receiving
your email.
4. Grading System:
This is a take-home, pass-or-fail mastery system. You get either 100 or zero (0).
Your goal is to master (grade of 100%) all 18 sets in 10 weeks to get a 100%. Otherwise you
can work according to your natural speed. Grades will be computed this way:
Mastered A* A B C D E F
16-18 Sets 91-100%
13-15 Sets 81-90%
10-12 Sets 71-80%
7-9 Sets 61-70%
4-6 Sets 51-60%
1-3 Sets 41-50%
0 sets 0%
5. Study Aid: If your internet connection is open, clicking on the links can connect you to the
Cambridge Dictionary online where you can find word meaning, visual dictionary, and
pronunciation.
Academic Word List: Set 1
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. abandon abandoned, abandoning, abandonment,
abandons, e.g. abandon
2. abstract abstraction, abstractions, abstractly,
abstracts, e.g. abstract
3. academy academia, academic, academically,
academics, academies, e.g. academy
4. access accessed, accesses, accessibility,
accessible, accessing, inaccessible access
5. accommodate accommodated, accommodates,
accommodating, accommodation accommodate
6. accompany
accompanied, accompanies,
accompaniment, accompanying,
unaccompanied
accompany
7. accumulate accumulated, accumulating,
accumulation, accumulates accumulate
8. accurate accuracy, accurately, inaccuracy,
inaccuracies, inaccurate accurate
9. achieve achievable, achieved, achievement,
achievements, achieves, achieving achieve
10. acknowledge
acknowledged, acknowledges,
acknowledging, acknowledgement,
acknowledgements
acknowledge
11. acquire acquired, acquires, acquiring,
acquisition, acquisitions acquire
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
12. adapt
adaptability, adaptable, adaptation,
adaptations, adapted, adapting,
adaptive, adapts
adapt
13. adequate adequacy, adequately, inadequacies,
inadequacy, inadequate, inadequately adequate
14. adjacent adjacent
15. adjust
adjusted, adjusting, adjustment,
adjustments, adjusts, readjust,
readjusted, readjusting, readjustment,
readjustments, readjusts
adjust
16. administrate
administrates, administration,
administrations, administrative,
administratively, administrator,
administrators
administrate
17. adult adulthood, adults adult
18. advocate advocacy, advocated, advocates,
advocating advocate
19. affect affected, affecting, affective,
affectively, affects, unaffected affect
20. aggregate aggregated, aggregates, aggregating,
aggregation aggregate
21. aid aided, aiding, aids, unaided aid
22. albeit albeit
23. allocate allocated, allocates, allocating,
allocation, allocations allocate
24. alter
alterable, alteration, alterations, altered,
altering, alternate, alternating, alters,
unalterable, unaltered
alter
25. alternative alternatively, alternatives alternative
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
26. ambiguous ambiguities, ambiguity, unambiguous,
unambiguously ambiguous
27. amend amended, amending, amendment,
amendments, amends amend
28. analogy analogies, analogous analogy
29. analyse
analysed, analyser, analysers, analyses,
analysing, analysis, analyst, analysts,
analytic, analytical, analytically
analyse
30. annual annually annual
31. anticipate anticipated, anticipates, anticipating,
anticipation, unanticipated anticipate
32. apparent apparently apparent
Academic Word List: Set 2
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. append appendix, appended, appends, appending,
appendices, appendixes append
2. appreciate
appreciable, appreciably, appreciated,
appreciates, appreciating, appreciation,
unappreciated
appreciate
3. approach approachable, approached, approaches,
approaching, unapproachable approach
4. appropriate
appropriacy, appropriately, appropriateness,
inappropriacy, inappropriate,
inappropriately
appropriate
5. approximate
approximated, approximately,
approximates, approximating,
approximation, approximations
approximate
6. arbitrary arbitrariness, arbitrarily arbitrary
7. area areas area
8. aspect aspects aspect
9. assemble assembled, assembles, assemblies,
assembling, assembly assemble
10. assess
assessable, assessed, assesses, assessing,
assessment, assessments, reassess,
reassessed, reassessing, reassessment,
unassessed
assess
11. assign
assigned, assigning, assignment,
assignments, assigns, reassign, reassigned,
reassigning, reassigns, unassigned
assign
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
12. assist assistance, assistant, assistants, assisted,
assisting, assists, unassisted assist
13. assume assumed, assumes, assuming, assumption,
assumptions assume
14. assure assurance, assurances, assured, assuredly,
assures, assuring assure
15. attach attached, attaches, attaching, attachment,
attachments, unattached attach
16. attain attainable, attained, attaining, attainment,
attainments, attains, unattainable attain
17. attitude attitudes attitude
18. attribute attributable, attributed, attributes,
attributing, attribution attribute
19. author authored, authoring, authors, authorship author
20. authority authoritative, authorities authority
21. automate automatic, automated, automates,
automating, automatically, automation automate
22. available availability, unavailable available
23. aware awareness, unaware aware
24. behalf behalf
25. benefit beneficial, beneficiary, beneficiaries,
benefited, benefiting, benefits benefit
26. bias biased, biases, biasing, unbiased bias
27. bond bonded, bonding, bonds bond
28. brief brevity, briefed, briefing, briefly, briefs brief
29. bulk bulky bulk
30. capable capabilities, capability, incapable capable
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
31. capacity capacities, incapacitate, incapacitated capacity
Academic Word List: Set 3
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. category
categories, categorisation, categorise,
categorised, categorises, categorising,
categorizing
category
2. cease ceased, ceaseless, ceases, ceasing cease
3. challenge challenged, challenger, challengers,
challenges, challenging challenge
4. channel channelled, channelling, channels channel
5. chapter chapters chapter
6. chart charted, charting, charts, uncharted chart
7. chemical chemically, chemicals chemical
8. circumstance circumstances circumstance
9. cite citation, citations, cited, citing, cites cite
10. civil civil
11. clarify clarification, clarified, clarifies, clarifying,
clarity clarify
12. classic classical, classics classic
13. clause clauses clause
14. code coded, codes, coding code
15. coherent coherence, coherently, incoherent,
incoherently coherent
16. coincide
coincided, coincides, coinciding,
coincidence, coincidences, coincident,
coincidental
coincide
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
17. collapse collapsed, collapses, collapsible, collapsing collapse
18. colleague colleagues colleague
19. commence
commenced, commences, commencement,
commencing, recommences, recommenced,
recommencing
commence
20. comment
commentaries, commentary, commentator,
commentators, commented, commenting,
comments
comment
21. commission
commissioned, commissioner,
commissioners, commissioning,
commissions
commission
22. commit commitment, commitments, commits,
committed, committing commit
23. commodity commodities commodity
24. communicate
communicable, communicated,
communicates, communicating,
communication, communications,
communicative, communicatively,
uncommunicative
communicate
25. community communities community
26. compatible compatibility, incompatibility, incompatible compatible
27. compensate
compensated, compensates, compensating,
compensation, compensations,
compensatory
compensate
28. compile compilation, compilations, compiled,
compiles, compiling compile
29. complement complementary, complemented,
complementing, complements complement
30. complex complexities, complexity complex
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
31. component componentry, components component
32. compound compounded, compounding, compounds compound
Academic Word List: Set 4
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. comprehensive comprehensively comprehensive
2. comprise comprised, comprises, comprising comprise
3. compute
computation, computational, computations,
computable, computer, computed,
computerised, computers, computing
compute
4. conceive
conceivable, conceivably, conceived,
conceives, conceiving, inconceivable,
inconceivably
conceive
5. concentrate concentrated, concentrates, concentrating,
concentration concentrate
6. concept
conception, concepts, conceptual,
conceptualisation, conceptualise,
conceptualised, conceptualises,
conceptualising, conceptually
concept
7. conclude
concluded, concludes, concluding,
conclusion, conclusions, conclusive,
conclusively, inconclusive, inconclusively
conclude
8. concurrent concurrently concurrent
9. conduct conducted, conducting, conducts conduct
10. confer conference, conferences, conferred,
conferring, confers confer
11. confine confined, confines, confining, unconfined confine
12. confirm confirmation, confirmed, confirming,
confirms confirm
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
13. conflict conflicted, conflicting, conflicts conflict
14. conform
conformable, conformability, conformance,
conformation, conformed, conforming,
conformist, conformists, conformity,
conforms, nonconformist, nonconformists,
nonconformity, non-conformist, non-
conformists, non-conformity
conform
15. consent consensus, consented, consenting, consents consent
16. consequent consequence, consequences, consequently consequent
17. considerable considerably considerable
18. consist
consisted, consistency, consistent,
consistently, consisting, consists,
inconsistencies, inconsistency, inconsistent
consist
19. constant constancy, constantly, constants,
inconstancy, inconstantly constant
20. constitute
constituencies, constituency, constituent,
constituents, constituted, constitutes,
constituting, constitution, constitutions,
constitutional, constitutionally,
constitutive, unconstitutional
constitute
21. constrain constrained, constraining, constrains,
constraint, constraints, unconstrained constrain
22. construct
constructed, constructing, construction,
constructions, constructive, constructs,
reconstruct, reconstructed, reconstructing,
reconstruction, reconstructs
construct
23. consult
consultancy, consultant, consultants,
consultation, consultations, consultative,
consulted, consults, consulting
consult
24. consume consumed, consumer, consumers, consume
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
consumes, consuming, consumption
25. contact contactable, contacted, contacting, contacts contact
26. contemporary contemporaries contemporary
27. context
contexts, contextual, contextualise,
contextualised, contextualising,
uncontextualised
context
28. contract contracted, contracting, contractor,
contractors, contracts contract
29. contradict contradicted, contradicting, contradiction,
contradictions, contradictory, contradicts contradict
30. contrary contrarily contrary
31. contrast contrasted, contrasting, contrastive,
contrasts contrast
32. contribute
contributed, contributes, contributing,
contribution, contributions, contributor,
contributors
contribute
Academic Word List: Set 5
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. controversy controversies, controversial, controversially,
uncontroversial controversy
2. convene
convention, convenes, convened, convening,
conventional, conventionally, conventions,
unconventional
convene
3. converse conversely converse
4. convert conversion, conversions, converted,
convertible, converting, converts convert
5. convince convinced, convinces, convincing,
convincingly, unconvinced convince
6. cooperate
cooperated, cooperates, cooperating,
cooperation, cooperative, cooperatively, co-
operate, co-operated, co-operates, co-
operation, co-operative, co-operatively
cooperate
7. coordinate
coordinated, coordinates, coordinating,
coordination, coordinator, coordinators, co-
ordinate, co-ordinated, co-ordinates, co-
ordinating, co-ordination, co-ordinator, co-
ordinators
coordinate
8. core cores, coring, cored core
9. corporate corporates, corporation, corporations corporate
10. correspond corresponded, correspondence, corresponding,
correspondingly, corresponds correspond
11. couple coupled, coupling, couples couple
12. create created, creates, creating, creation, creations, create
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
creative, creatively, creativity, creator,
creators, recreate, recreated, recreates,
recreating
13. credit credited, crediting, creditor, creditors, credits credit
14. criteria criterion criteria
15. crucial crucially crucial
16. culture cultural, culturally, cultured, cultures,
uncultured culture
17. currency currencies currency
18. cycle cycled, cycles, cyclic, cyclical, cycling cycle
19. data data
20. debate debatable, debated, debates, debating debate
21. decade decades decade
22. decline declined, declines, declining decline
23. deduce deduced, deduces, deducing, deduction,
deductions deduce
24. define
definable, defined, defines, defining,
definition, definitions, redefine, redefined,
redefines, redefining, undefined
define
25. definite definitely, definitive, indefinite, indefinitely definite
26. demonstrate
demonstrable, demonstrably, demonstrated,
demonstrates, demonstrating, demonstration,
demonstrations, demonstrative,
demonstratively, demonstrator, demonstrators
demonstrate
27. denote denotation, denotations, denoted, denotes,
denoting denote
28. deny deniable, denial, denials, denied, denies, deny
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
denying, undeniable
29. depress depressed, depresses, depressing, depression depress
30. derive derivation, derivations, derivative, derivatives,
derived, derives, deriving derive
31. design designed, designer, designers, designing,
designs design
32. despite despite
Academic Word List: Set 6
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. detect
detectable, detected, detecting, detection,
detective, detectives, detector, detectors,
detects
detect
2. deviate deviated, deviates, deviating, deviation,
deviations deviate
3. device devices device
4. devote devoted, devotedly, devotes, devoting,
devotion, devotions devote
5. differentiate differentiated, differentiates, differentiating,
differentiation differentiate
6. dimension dimensional, dimensions, multidimensional dimension
7. diminish diminished, diminishes, diminishing,
diminution, undiminished diminish
8. discrete discretely, discretion, discretionary, indiscrete,
indiscretion discrete
9. discriminate discriminated, discriminates, discriminating,
discrimination discriminate
10. displace displaced, displacement, displaces, displacing displace
11. display displayed, displaying, displays display
12. dispose disposable, disposal, disposed, disposes,
disposing dispose
13. distinct distinction, distinctions, distinctive,
distinctively, distinctly, indistinct, indistinctly distinct
14. distort distorted, distorting, distortion, distortions, distort
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
distorts
15. distribute
distributed, distributing, distribution,
distributional, distributions, distributive,
distributor, distributors, redistribute,
redistributed, redistributes, redistributing,
redistribution
distribute
16. diverse diversely, diversification, diversified,
diversifies, diversify, diversifying, diversity diverse
17. document documentation, documented, documenting,
documents document
18. domain domains domain
19. domestic domestically, domesticate, domesticated,
domesticating, domestics domestic
20. dominate dominance, dominant, dominated, dominates,
dominating, domination dominate
21. draft drafted, drafting, drafts, redraft, redrafted,
redrafting, redrafts draft
22. drama
dramas, dramatic, dramatically, dramatise,
dramatised, dramatising, dramatises,
dramatisation, dramatisations, dramatist,
dramatists, dramatization, dramatizations,
dramatizing
drama
23. duration duration
24. dynamic dynamically, dynamics dynamic
25. economy
economic, economical, economically,
economics, economies, economist,
economists, uneconomical
economy
26. edit edited, editing, edition, editions, editor,
editorial, editorials, editors, edits edit
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
27. element elements element
28. eliminate eliminated, eliminates, eliminating,
elimination eliminate
29. emerge emerged, emergence, emergent, emerges,
emerging emerge
30. emphasis emphasise, emphasised, emphasising,
emphatic, emphatically emphasis
31. empirical empirically, empiricism empirical
32. enable enabled, enables, enabling enable
Academic Word List: Set 7
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. encounter encountered, encountering, encounters encounter
2. energy energetic, energetically, energies energy
3. enforce enforced, enforcement, enforces, enforcing enforce
4. enhance enhanced, enhancement, enhances, enhancing enhance
5. enormous enormity, enormously enormous
6. ensure ensured, ensures, ensuring ensure
7. entity entities entity
8. environment
environmental, environmentalist,
environmentalists, environmentally,
environments
environment
9. equate equated, equates, equating, equation, equations equate
10. equip equipment, equipped, equipping, equips equip
11. equivalent equivalence equivalent
12. erode eroded, erodes, eroding, erosion erode
13. error erroneous, erroneously, errors error
14. establish
disestablish, disestablished, disestablishes,
disestablishing, disestablishment, established,
establishes, establishing, establishment,
establishments
establish
15. estate estates estate
16. estimate
estimated, estimates, estimating, estimation,
estimations, over-estimate, overestimate,
overestimated, overestimates, overestimating,
estimate
underestimate, underestimated, underestimates,
underestimating
17. ethic ethical, ethically, ethics, unethical ethic
18. ethnic ethnicity ethnic
19. evaluate
evaluated, evaluates, evaluating, evaluation,
evaluations, evaluative, re-evaluate, re-
evaluated, re-evaluates, re-evaluating, re-
evaluation
evaluate
20. eventual eventuality, eventually eventual
21. evident evidenced, evidence, evidential, evidently evident
22. evolve evolution, evolved, evolving, evolves,
evolutionary, evolutionist, evolutionists evolve
23. exceed exceeded, exceeding, exceeds exceed
24. exclude
excluded, excludes, excluding, exclusion,
exclusionary, exclusionist, exclusions,
exclusive, exclusively
exclude
25. exhibit exhibited, exhibiting, exhibition, exhibitions,
exhibits exhibit
26. expand expanded, expanding, expands, expansion,
expansionism, expansive expand
27. expert expertise, expertly, experts expert
28. explicit explicitly explicit
29. exploit exploitation, exploited, exploiting, exploits exploit
30. export exported, exporter, exporters, exporting,
exports export
31. expose exposed, exposes, exposing, exposure,
exposures expose
32. external externalisation, externalise, externalised,
externalises, externalising, externality external
Academic Word List: Set 8
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. extract extracted, extracting, extraction, extracts extract
2. facilitate facilitated, facilitates, facilities, facilitating,
facilitation, facilitator, facilitators, facility facilitate
3. factor factored, factoring, factors factor
4. feature featured, features, featuring feature
5. federal federation, federations federal
6. fee fees fee
7. file filed, files, filing file
8. final finalise, finalised, finalises, finalising,
finality, finally, finals final
9. finance financed, finances, financial, financially,
financier, financiers, financing finance
10. finite infinite, infinitely finite
11. flexible flexibility, inflexible, inflexibility flexible
12. fluctuate fluctuated, fluctuates, fluctuating,
fluctuation, fluctuations fluctuate
13. focus focused, focuses, focusing, refocus,
refocused, refocuses, refocusing focus
14. format formatted, formatting, formats format
15. formula
formulae, formulas, formulate, formulated,
formulating, formulation, formulations,
reformulate, reformulated, reformulating,
reformulation, reformulations
formula
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
16. forthcoming forthcoming
17. found founded, founder, founders, founding,
unfounded found
18. foundation foundations foundation
19. framework frameworks framework
20. function functional, functionally, functioned,
functioning, functions function
21. fund funded, funder, funders, funding, funds fund
22. fundamental fundamentally fundamental
23. furthermore furthermore
24. gender genders gender
25. generate generated, generates, generating generate
26. generation generations generation
27. globe global, globally, globalisation, globalization globe
28. goal goals goal
29. grade graded, grades, grading grade
30. grant granted, granting, grants grant
31. guarantee guaranteed, guaranteeing, guarantees guarantee
32. guideline guidelines guideline
Academic Word List: Set 9
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. hence hence
2. hierarchy hierarchical, hierarchies hierarchy
3. highlight highlighted, highlighting, highlights highlight
4. hypothesis
hypotheses, hypothesise, hypothesised,
hypothesises, hypothesising, hypothetical,
hypothetically
hypothesis
5. identical identically identical
6. identify
identifiable, identification, identified,
identifies, identifying, identities, identity,
unidentifiable
identify
7. ideology ideological, ideologically, ideologies ideology
8. ignorant ignorance, ignore, ignored, ignores,
ignoring ignorant
9. illustrate illustrated, illustrates, illustrating,
illustration, illustrations, illustrative illustrate
10. image imagery, images image
11. immigrate immigrant, immigrants, immigrated,
immigrates, immigrating, immigration immigrate
12. impact impacted, impacting, impacts impact
13. implement implementation, implemented,
implementing, implements implement
14. implicate implicated, implicates, implicating,
implication, implications implicate
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
15. implicit implicitly implicit
16. imply implied, implies, implying imply
17. impose imposed, imposes, imposing, imposition impose
18. incentive incentives incentive
19. incidence incident, incidentally, incidents incidence
20. incline inclination, inclinations,inclined, inclines,
inclining incline
21. income incomes income
22. incorporate incorporated, incorporates, incorporating,
incorporation incorporate
23. index indexed, indexes, indexing index
24. indicate
indicated, indicates, indicating, indication,
indications, indicative, indicator,
indicators
indicate
25. individual
individualised, individuality,
individualism, individualist,
individualists, individualistic,
individually, individuals
individual
26. induce induced, induces, inducing, induction induce
27. inevitable inevitability, inevitably inevitable
28. infer inference, inferences, inferred, inferring,
infers infer
29. infrastructure infrastructures infrastructure
30. inherent inherently inherent
31. inhibit inhibited, inhibiting, inhibition,
inhibitions, inhibits inhibit
32. initial initially initial
Academic Word List: Set 10
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. initiate
initiated, initiates, initiating, initiation,
initiations, initiative, initiatives, initiator,
initiators
initiate
2. injure injured, injures, injuries, injuring, injury,
uninjured injure
3. innovate innovation, innovated, innovates, innovating,
innovations, innovative, innovator, innovators innovate
4. input inputs input
5. insert inserted, inserting, insertion, inserts insert
6. insight insightful, insights insight
7. inspect inspected, inspecting, inspection, inspections,
inspector, inspectors, inspects inspect
8. instance instances instance
9. institute
instituted, institutes, instituting, institution,
institutional, institutionalise, institutionalised,
institutionalises, institutionalising,
institutionally, institutions
institute
10. instruct instruction, instructed, instructing, instructions,
instructive, instructor, instructors, instructs instruct
11. integral integral
12. integrate integrated, integrates, integrating, integration integrate
13. integrity integrity
14. intelligent intelligence, intelligently, unintelligent intelligent
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
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Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
15. intense
intensely, intenseness, intensification,
intensified, intensifies, intensify, intensifying,
intension, intensity, intensive, intensively
intense
16. interact interacted, interacting, interaction, interactions,
interactive, interactively, interacts interact
17. intermediate intermediate
18. internal internalise, internalised, internalises,
internalising, internally internal
19. interpret
interpretation, interpretations, interpretative,
interpreted, interpreting, interpretive, interprets,
misinterpret, misinterpretation,
misinterpretations, misinterpreted,
misinterpreting, misinterprets, reinterpret,
reinterpreted, reinterprets, reinterpreting,
reinterpretation, reinterpretations
interpret
20. interval intervals interval
21. intervene intervened, intervenes, intervening, intervention,
interventions intervene
22. intrinsic intrinsically intrinsic
23. invest
invested, investing, investment, investments,
investor, investors, invests, reinvest, reinvested,
reinvesting, reinvestment, reinvests
invest
24. investigate
investigated, investigates, investigating,
investigation, investigations, investigative,
investigator, investigators
investigate
25. invoke invoked, invokes, invoking invoke
26. involve involved, involvement, involves, involving,
uninvolved involve
27. isolate isolated, isolates, isolating, isolation, isolate
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
isolationism
28. issue issued, issues, issuing issue
29. item itemisation, itemise, itemised, itemises,
itemising, items item
30. job jobs job
31. journal journals journal
32. justify
justifiable, justifiably, justification,
justifications, justified, justifies, justifying,
unjustified
justify
Academic Word List: Set 11
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. label labelled, labelling, labels label
2. labour laboured, labouring, labours labour
3. layer layered, layering, layers layer
4. lecture lectured, lecturer, lecturers, lectures, lecturing lecture
5. legal illegal, illegality, illegally, legality, legally legal
6. legislate legislated, legislates, legislating, legislation,
legislative, legislator, legislators, legislature legislate
7. levy levies levy
8. liberal
liberalise, liberalism, liberalisation, liberalised,
liberalises, liberalising, liberalization, liberate,
liberated, liberates, liberation, liberations,
liberating, liberator, liberators, liberally, liberals
liberal
9. licence licences, license, licensed, licensing, licenses,
unlicensed licence
10. likewise likewise
11. link linkage, linkages, linked, linking, links link
12. locate located, locating, location, locations, relocate,
relocated, relocates, relocating, relocation locate
13. logic illogical, illogically, logical, logically, logician,
logicians logic
14. maintain maintained, maintaining, maintains,
maintenance maintain
15. major majorities, majority major
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
16. manipulate manipulated, manipulates, manipulating,
manipulation, manipulations, manipulative manipulate
17. manual manually, manuals manual
18. margin marginal, marginally, margins margin
19. mature
immature, immaturity, maturation,
maturational, matured, matures, maturing,
maturity
mature
20. maximise max, maximised, maximises, maximising,
maximisation, maximum maximise
21. mechanism mechanisms mechanism
22. media media
23. mediate mediated, mediates, mediating, mediation mediate
24. medical medically medical
25. medium medium
26. mental mentality, mentally mental
27. method methodical, methodological, methodologies,
methodology, methods method
28. migrate migrant, migrants, migrated, migrates,
migrating, migration, migrations, migratory migrate
29. military military
30. minimal
minimalisation, minimalise, minimalises,
minimalised, minimalising, minimalist,
minimalists, minimalistic, minimally
minimal
31. minimise minimised, minimises, minimising minimise
32. minimum minimum
Academic Word List: Set 12
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. ministry ministered, ministering, ministerial,
ministries ministry
2. minor minorities, minority, minors minor
3. mode modes mode
4. modify modification, modifications, modified,
modifies, modifying, unmodified modify
5. monitor monitored, monitoring, monitors,
unmonitored monitor
6. motive
motivate, motivated, motivates,
motivating, motivation, motivations,
motives, unmotivated
motive
7. mutual mutually mutual
8. negate negative, negated, negates, negating,
negatively, negatives negate
9. network networked, networking, networks network
10. neutral neutralisation, neutralise, neutralised,
neutralises, neutralising, neutrality neutral
11. nevertheless nevertheless
12. nonetheless nonetheless
13. norm norms norm
14. normal
abnormal, abnormally, normalisation,
normalise, normalised, normalises,
normalising, normality, normally
normal
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
15. notion notions notion
16. notwithstanding notwithstanding
17. nuclear nuclear
18. objective objectively, objectivity objective
19. obtain obtainable, obtained, obtaining, obtains,
unobtainable obtain
20. obvious obviously obvious
21. occupy
occupancy, occupant, occupants,
occupation,occupational, occupations,
occupied, occupier, occupiers, occupies,
occupying
occupy
22. occur
occurred, occurrence, occurrences,
occurring, occurs, reoccur, reoccurred,
reoccurring, reoccurs
occur
23. odd odds odd
24. offset offsets, offsetting offset
25. ongoing ongoing
26. option optional, options option
27. orient
orientate, orientated, orientates,
orientation, orientating, oriented,
orienting, orients, reorient, reorientation
orient
28. outcome outcomes outcome
29. output outputs output
30. overall overall
31. overlap overlapped, overlapping, overlaps overlap
32. overseas overseas
Academic Word List: Set 13
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. panel panelled, panelling, panels panel
2. paradigm paradigms paradigm
3. paragraph paragraphing, paragraphs paragraph
4. parallel paralleled, parallels, unparalleled parallel
5. parameter parameters parameter
6. participate
participant, participants, participated,
participates, participating, participation,
participatory
participate
7. partner partners, partnership, partnerships partner
8. passive passively, passivity passive
9. perceive perceived, perceives, perceiving,
perception, perceptions perceive
10. percent percentage, percentages percent
11. period periodic, periodical, periodically,
periodicals, periods period
12. persist persisted, persistence, persistent,
persistently, persisting, persists persist
13. perspective perspectives perspective
14. phase phased, phases, phasing phase
15. phenomenon phenomena, phenomenal phenomenon
16. philosophy
philosopher, philosophers, philosophical,
philosophically, philosophies, philosophise,
philosophised, philosophises,
philosophy
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
philosophising
17. physical physically physical
18. plus pluses plus
19. policy policies policy
20. portion portions portion
21. pose posed, poses, posing pose
22. positive positively positive
23. potential potentially potential
24. practitioner practitioners practitioner
25. precede preceded, precedence, precedent, precedes,
preceding, unprecedented precede
26. precise imprecise, precisely, precision precise
27. predict
predictability, predictable, predictably,
predicted, predicting, prediction,
predictions, predicts, unpredictability,
unpredictable
predict
28. predominant
predominance, predominantly,
predominate, predominated, predominates,
predominating
predominant
29. preliminary preliminaries preliminary
30. presume
presumably, presumed, presumes,
presuming, presumption, presumptions,
presumptuous
presume
31. previous previously previous
32. primary primarily primary
Academic Word List: Set 14
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. prime primacy prime
2. principal principally principal
3. principle principled, principles, unprincipled principle
4. prior prior
5. priority priorities, prioritisation, prioritise,
prioritised, prioritises, prioritising priority
6. proceed
procedural, procedure, procedures,
proceeded, proceeding, proceedings,
proceeds
proceed
7. process processed, processes, processing process
8. professional professionally, professionals,
professionalism professional
9. prohibit prohibited, prohibiting, prohibition,
prohibitions, prohibitive, prohibits prohibit
10. project projected, projecting, projection, projections,
projects project
11. promote promoted, promoter, promoters, promotes,
promoting, promotion, promotions promote
12. proportion
disproportion, disproportionate,
disproportionately, proportional,
proportionally, proportionate,
proportionately, proportions
proportion
13. prospect prospective, prospects prospect
14. protocol protocols protocol
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
15. psychology psychological, psychologically,
psychologist, psychologists psychology
16. publication publications publication
17. publish published, publisher, publishers, publishes,
publishing, unpublished publish
18. purchase purchased, purchaser, purchasers, purchases,
purchasing purchase
19. pursue pursued, pursues, pursuing, pursuit, pursuits pursue
20. qualitative qualitatively qualitative
21. quote quotation, quotations, quoted, quotes,
quoting quote
22. radical radically, radicals radical
23. random randomly, randomness random
24. range ranged, ranges, ranging range
25. ratio ratios ratio
26. rational
irrational, rationalisation, rationalisations,
rationalise, rationalised, rationalises,
rationalising, rationalism, rationality,
rationally
rational
27. react
reacted, reacts, reacting, reaction,
reactionaries, reactionary, reactions,
reactive, reactivate, reactivation, reactor,
reactors
react
28. recover recoverable, recovered, recovering, recovers,
recovery recover
29. refine refined, refinement, refinements, refines,
refining refine
30. regime regimes regime
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
31. region regional, regionally, regions region
32. register
deregister, deregistered, deregistering,
deregisters, deregistration, registered,
registering, registers, registration
register
Academic Word List: Set 15
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. regulate
deregulated, deregulates, deregulating,
deregulation, regulated, regulates, regulating,
regulation, regulations, regulator, regulators,
regulatory, unregulated
regulate
2. reinforce reinforced, reinforcement, reinforcements,
reinforces, reinforcing reinforce
3. reject rejected, rejecting, rejection, rejects, rejections reject
4. relax relaxation, relaxed, relaxes, relaxing relax
5. release released, releases, releasing release
6. relevant irrelevance, irrelevant, relevance relevant
7. reluctance reluctant, reluctantly reluctance
8. rely reliability, reliable, reliably, reliance, reliant,
relied, relies, relying, unreliable rely
9. remove removable, removal, removals, removed,
removes, removing remove
10. require required, requirement, requirements, requires,
requiring require
11. research researched, researcher, researchers, researches,
researching research
12. reside resided, residence, resident, residential,
residents, resides, residing reside
13. resolve resolution, resolved, resolves, resolving,
unresolved resolve
14. resource resourced, resourceful, resources, resourcing, resource
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
unresourceful, under-resourced
15. respond
responded, respondent, respondents,
responding, responds, response, responses,
responsive, responsiveness, unresponsive
respond
16. restore restoration, restored, restores, restoring restore
17. restrain restrained, restraining, restrains, restraint,
restraints, unrestrained restrain
18. restrict
restricted, restricting, restriction, restrictions,
restrictive, restrictively, restricts, unrestricted,
unrestrictive
restrict
19. retain retained, retaining, retainer, retainers, retains,
retention, retentive retain
20. reveal revealed, revealing, reveals, revelation,
revelations reveal
21. revenue revenues revenue
22. reverse reversal, reversed, reverses, reversible,
reversing, reversals, irreversible reverse
23. revise revised, revises, revising, revision, revisions revise
24. revolution
revolutionary, revolutionaries, revolutionise,
revolutionised, revolutionises, revolutionising,
revolutionist, revolutionists, revolutions
revolution
25. rigid rigidities, rigidity, rigidly rigid
26. role roles role
27. route routed, routes, routing route
28. scenario scenarios scenario
29. schedule
reschedule, rescheduled, reschedules,
rescheduling, scheduled, schedules, scheduling,
unscheduled
schedule
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
30. scheme schematic, schematically, schemed, schemes,
scheming scheme
31. scope scope
32. section sectioned, sectioning, sections section
Academic Word List: Set 16
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. sector sectors sector
2. secure
insecure, insecurities, insecurity,
secured, securely, secures, securing,
securities, security
secure
3. seek seeking, seeks, sought seek
4. select
selected, selecting, selection,
selections, selective, selectively,
selector, selectors, selects
select
5. sequence sequenced, sequences, sequencing,
sequential, sequentially sequence
6. series series
7. sex sexes, sexism, sexual, sexuality,
sexually sex
8. shift shifted, shifting, shifts shift
9. significant
insignificant, insignificantly,
significance, significantly, signified,
signifies, signify, signifying
significant
10. similar dissimilar, similarities, similarity,
similarly similar
11. simulate simulated, simulates, simulating,
simulation simulate
12. site sites site
13. so-called so-called
14. sole solely sole
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
15. somewhat somewhat
16. source sourced, sources, sourcing source
17. specific specifically, specification,
specifications, specificity, specifics specific
18. specify specifiable, specified, specifies,
specifying, unspecified specify
19. sphere spheres, spherical, spherically sphere
20. stable
instability, stabilisation, stabilise,
stabilised, stabilises, stabilising,
stability, unstable
stable
21. statistic statistician, statisticians, statistical,
statistically, statistics statistic
22. status status
23. straightforward straightforward
24. strategy strategic, strategies, strategically,
strategist, strategists strategy
25. stress stressed, stresses, stressful, stressing,
unstressed stress
26. structure
restructure, restructured, restructures,
restructuring, structural, structurally,
structured, structures, structuring,
unstructured
structure
27. style styled, styles, styling, stylish, stylise,
stylised, stylises, stylising style
28. submit submission, submissions, submits,
submitted, submitting submit
29. subordinate subordinates, subordination subordinate
30. subsequent subsequently subsequent
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
31. subsidy subsidiary, subsidies, subsidise,
subsidised, subsidises, subsidising subsidy
32. substitute substituted, substitutes, substituting,
substitution substitute
Academic Word List: Set 17
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. successor succession, successions, successive,
successively, successors successor
2. sufficient sufficiency, insufficient, insufficiently,
sufficiently sufficient
3. sum summation, summed, summing, sums sum
4. summary
summaries, summarise, summarised,
summarises, summarising, summarisation,
summarisations
summary
5. supplement supplementary, supplemented,
supplementing, supplements supplement
6. survey surveyed, surveying, surveys survey
7. survive survival, survived, survives, surviving,
survivor, survivors survive
8. suspend suspended, suspending, suspends,
suspension suspend
9. sustain
sustainable, sustainability, sustained,
sustaining, sustains, sustenance,
unsustainable
sustain
10. symbol
symbolic, symbolically, symbolise,
symbolises, symbolised, symbolising,
symbolism, symbols
symbol
11. tape taped, tapes, taping tape
12. target targeted, targeting, targets target
13. task tasks task
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
14. team teamed, teaming, teams team
15. technical technically technical
16. technique techniques technique
17. technology technological, technologically technology
18. temporary temporarily temporary
19. tense tension, tensely, tenser, tensest, tensions tense
20. terminate
terminal, terminals, terminated,
terminates, terminating, termination,
terminations
terminate
21. text texts, textual text
22. theme themes, thematic, thematically theme
23. theory theoretical, theoretically, theories, theorist,
theorists theory
24. thereby thereby
25. thesis theses thesis
26. topic topical, topics topic
27. trace traceable, traced, traces, tracing trace
28. tradition non-traditional, traditional, traditionalist,
traditionally, traditions tradition
29. transfer transferable, transference, transferred,
transferring, transfers transfer
30. transform transformation, transformations,
transformed, transforming, transforms transform
31. transit transited, transiting, transition,
transitional, transitions, transitory, transits transit
32. transmit transmission, transmissions, transmitted, transmit
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
transmitting, transmits
Academic Word List: Set 18
Name: _____________ __________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Date Emailed: __________________________
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
1. transport transportation, transported, transporter,
transporters, transporting, transports transport
2. trend trends trend
3. trigger triggered, triggering, triggers trigger
4. ultimate ultimately ultimate
5. undergo undergoes, undergoing, undergone,
underwent undergo
6. underlie underlay, underlies, underlying underlie
7. undertake undertaken, undertakes, undertaking,
undertook undertake
8. uniform uniformity, uniformly uniform
9. unify unification, unified, unifies, unifying unify
10. unique uniquely, uniqueness unique
11. utilise utilisation, utilised, utilises, utilising, utiliser,
utilisers, utility, utilities utilise
12. valid invalidate, invalidity, validate, validated,
validating, validation, validity, validly valid
13. vary
invariable, invariably, variability, variable,
variables, variably, variance, variant,
variants, variation, variations, varied, varies,
varying
vary
14. vehicle vehicles vehicle
15. version versions version
Headwords Other words in the family: Definition* Noun
Forms
Verb
Forms
Adjective
Forms
Adverb
Forms
Negative
Forms
Synonyms Antonyms
16. via via
17. violate violated, violates, violating, violation,
violations violate
18. virtual virtually virtual
19. visible visibility, visibly, invisible, invisibility visible
20. vision visions vision
21. visual visualise, visualised, visualised, visualising,
visualisation, visually visual
22. volume volumes, vol volume
23. voluntary voluntarily, volunteer, volunteering,
volunteered, volunteers voluntary
24. welfare welfare
25. whereas whereas
26. whereby whereby
27. widespread
