Expand Your English: A Guide to Improving Your Academic Vocabulary – Steve Hart – 1st Edition

Introduction 1
PART A: Two Hundred Key Academic Terms
1 accomplish accumulate acquire actively adhere adjustment advanced advent advocate align
2 allege alleviate allocate ambiguity amendment apparatus apparent applicable arbitrary arguably
3 articulate assert assign assumption attain attribute authentic beneficial capability characteristic
4 clarify coherent coincide collectively comparable compile complexity comprehensive conception conflicting
5 considerable consistency consolidate constituent constitute constraint contemporary contend continuity contradictory
6 contributor conventional convey coordinate correlation correspond culminate cumulative decisive definitive
7 demonstrate denote depiction derive designate desirable determine differentiate discern disclose
8 discourse discrepancy discrete disparity distinction elaborate elicit embody emerge encompass
9 endorse enhance enlist entail envision equip equivalent establish exemplify explicit
10 exploration extensive facilitate feasible formulate frame functional fundamental gauge generate
11 growing guiding hypothesize hypothetical imperative implement implication implicit incorporate inevitably
12 infer informed inherent initially insight instrumental integral integrate intensify interpret
13 intrinsic magnitude manifest marginal maximize minimal modify monitor normative notably
14 notion object offset omit optimal outline oversee paradox partial perception
15 persistent pervasive plausible portray precede preclude predominantly preliminary premise prevalent
16 primarily probe problematic prominent prone proponent prospective proximity recall recognition
17 refine reflect reinforce relatively reliance renewed replicate reportedly resolve respective
18 robust routinely salient signify similarity situate specialize speculation standing steadily
19 subjective subsequently substantial sufficiently suitability susceptible symbolize systematic tendency theoretical
20 trait transition underlying undertake undoubtedly unified utilize variance verify viable
PART B: Academic Word Categories
21 NOUNS: Action nouns
22 VERBS: Reporting verbs
23 ADJECTIVES: Evaluative adjectives
24 ADVERBS: Linking adverbs and sentence adverbs
25 WORDS for unity and division
26 WORDS for fact and fabrication
27 WORDS for change
28 WORDS for amount and size
29 WORDS for introducing aims and objectives
30 WORDS for models, data, and figures
31 WORDS for interviews and questionnaires
32 WORDS for reviewing and concluding
Appendix: Noun collocates of the top 200
About the author
Index: Top 200 by part of speech
General index