AWL academic world list

VOCABULARY WORK:
The Academic Word List

Semester 1: headwords of the AWL list - edited version to facilitate learning

• On your smartphone, you can use the AWL builder application to hear the pronunciation of words and read a definition of each word:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.CB.AWLBuilder_global

• On your computer, you can also look at the table further below (semester 2) and click on the words underlined in blue in the first column to access the definition and pronunciation directly online.

* The list on the next 2 pages has been edited to help you learn more efficiently *

• Words which are highlighted are “faux-amis” or have irregular plurals
• Words in bold are probably new to you.

You should still read ALL words and make sure you know the ones which are not in bold as well.

* The list on the following 2 pages has been edited to help you work on pronunciation *

• Indications to help with pronunciation have been added below some words.
  (If you are not familiar with phonetic transcription, read the lessons on pronunciation on the Moodle group Ressources apprentissage d’anglais)
• You also have a recorded version of the full list online – listen to it to help memorize the correct pronunciation!

There are 570 words in the list. It is therefore suggested to study about 6 lines per week to be ready for your vocabulary test.

* Remember that LEARNING a word means learning
its SPELLING and PRONUNCIATION in addition to its meaning!

abandon  abstract   academy   access   accommodate   accompany   accumulate   accurate   achieve   acknowledge   10 acquire   adapt   adequate   adjacent   adjust   administrate   adult   advocate   affect   aggregate 20 aid   albeit   allocate   alter   alternative   ambiguous   amend   analogy   analyse   annual 30 anticipate   apparent   append   appreciate   approach   appropriate   approximate   arbitrary   area   aspect 40 assemble   assess   assign   assist   assume   assure   attach   attain   attitude   attribute 50 author   authority   automate   available   aware   behalf   benefit   bias   bond   brief 60 bulk   capable   capacity   category   cease   challenge   channel   chapter   chart   chemical 70 circumstance   cite   civil   clarify   classic   clause   code   coherent   coincide   collapse 80 colleague   commence   comment   commission commit commodity communicate community compatible compensate 90 compile   complement   complex   component   compound   comprehensive   comprise   compute   conceive   concentrate 100 concept   conclude   concurrent   conduct   confer   confine   confirm   conflict   conform   consent 110 consequent   considerable   consist   constant   constitute   constrain   construct   consult   consume   contact 120 contemporary   context   contract   contradict   contrary   contrast   contribute   controversy   convene   converse 130 convert   convince   cooperate   coordinate   core   corporate   correspond   couple   create   credit 140 criteria   crucial   culture   currency   cycle   data   debate   decade   decline   deduce   150 define   definite   demonstrate   denote   deny   depress   derive   design   despite   detect 160 deviate   device   devote   differentiate   dimension   diminish   discrete   discriminate   displace   display 170 dispose   distinct   distort   distribute   diverse   document   domain   domestic   dominate   draft 180 drama   duration   dynamic   economy   edit   element   eliminate   emerge   emphasis   empirical 190 enable   encounter   energy   enforce   enhance   enormous   ensure   entity   environment   equate 200 equip   equivalent   erode   error   establish   estate   estimate   ethic   ethnic   evaluate 210 eventual   evident   evolve   exceed   exclude   exhibit   expand   expert   explicit   exploit 220 export   expose   external   extract   facilitate   factor   feature   federal   fee   file 230 final   finance   finite   flexible   fluctuate   focus   format   formula   forthcoming   foundation 240 found   framework   function   fund   fundamental   furthermore   gender   generate   generation   globe 250 goal   grade   grant   guarantee   guideline   hence   hierarchy   highlight   hypothesis   identical 260 identify   ideology   ignorance   illustrate   image   immigrate   impact   implement   implicate   implicit 270 imply   impose   incentive   incidence   incline   income   incorporate   index   indicate   individual 280 induce   inevitable   infer   infrastructure   inherent   inhibit   initial   initiate   injure   innovate 290 input   insert   insight   inspect   instance   institute   instruct   integral   integrate   integrity 300 intelligence   intense   interact   intermediate   internal   interpret   interval   intervene   intrinsic   invest 310 investigate   invoke   involve   isolate   issue   item   job   journal   justify   label 320 labour   layer   lecture   legal   legislate   levy   liberal   licence   likewise   link 330 locate   logic   maintain   major   manipulate   manual   margin   mature   maximise   mechanism 340 media   mediate   medical   medium   mental   method   migrate   military   minimal   minimise 350 minimum   ministry   minor   mode   modify   monitor   motive   mutual   negate   network 360 neutral   nevertheless   nonetheless   norm   normal   notion   notwithstanding   nuclear   objective   obtain 370 obvious   occupy   occur   odd   offset   ongoing   option   orient   outcome   output 380 overall   overlap   overseas   panel   paradigm   paragraph   parallel   parameter   participate   partner 390 passive   perceive   percent   period   persist   perspective   phase   phenomenon   philosophy   physical 400 plus   policy   portion   pose   positive   potential   practitioner   precede   precise   predict 410 predominant   preliminary   presume   previous   primary   prime   principal   principle   prior   priority 420 proceed   process   professional   prohibit   project   promote   proportion   prospect   protocol   psychology 430 publication   publish   purchase   pursue   qualitative   quote   radical   random   range   ratio 440 rational   react   recover   refine   regime   region   register   regulate   reinforce   reject 450 relax   release   relevant   reluctance   rely   remove   require   research   reside   resolve 460 resource   respond   restore   restrain   restrict   retain   reveal   revenue   reverse   revise 470 revolution   rigid   role   route   scenario   schedule   scheme   scope   section   sector 480 secure   seek   select   sequence   series   sex   shift   significant   similar   simulate 490 site   so-called   sole   somewhat   source   specific   specify   sphere   stable   statistic 500 status   straightforward   strategy   stress   structure   style   submit   subordinate   subsequent   subsidy 510 substitute   successor   sufficient   sum   summary   supplement   survey   survive   suspend   sustain 520 symbol   tape   target   task   team   technical   technique   technology   temporary   tense 530 terminate   text   theme   theory   thereby   thesis   topic   trace   tradition   transfer 540 transform   transit   transmit   transport   trend   trigger   ultimate   undergo   underlie   undertake 550 uniform   unify   unique   utilise   valid   vary   vehicle   version   via   violate 560 virtual   visible   vision   visual   volume   voluntary   welfare   whereas   whereby  widespread