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Appendix 10 Academic Word List

Averil Coxhead (2000)

The following words are on the Academic Word List (AWL). The AWL is a list of the 570 highest-frequency
academic word families that regularly appear in academic texts. The AWL was compiled by researcher
Averil Coxhead based on her analysis of a 3.5-million-word corpus of academic texts and is reprinted with
her permission.
abandon assign commit contribute
abstract assist commodity controversy
academy assume communicate convene
access assure community converse
accommodate attach compatible convert
accompany attain compensate convince
accumulate attitude compile cooperate
accurate attribute complement coordinate
achieve author complex core
acknowledge authority component corporate
acquire automate compound correspond
adapt available comprehensive couple
adequate aware comprise create
adjacent behalf compute credit
adjust benefit conceive criteria
administrate bias concentrate crucial
adult bond concept culture
advocate brief conclude currency
affect bulk concurrent cycle
aggregate capable conduct data
aid capacity confer debate
albeit category confine decade
allocate cease confirm decline
alter challenge conflict deduce
alternative channel conform define
ambiguous chapter consent definite
amend chart consequent demonstrate
analogy chemical considerable denote
analyze circumstance consist deny
annual cite constant depress
anticipate civil constitute derive
apparent clarify constrain design
append classic construct despite
appreciate clause consult detect
approach code consume deviate
appropriate coherent contact device
approximate coincide contemporary devote
arbitrary collapse context differentiate
area colleague contract dimension
aspect commence contradict diminish
assemble comment contrary discrete
assess commission contrast discriminate

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