Sublist 1 of the Academic Word List. 

This sublist contains the most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.  The most frequent members of the word families in Sublist 1 are listed below.

analysis

approach

area

assessment

assume

authority

available

benefit 

concept 

consistent

constitutional

context

contract

create

data

definition

derived 

distribution 

economic

environment 

established

estimate 

evidence

export

factors

financial

formula

function

identified

income

indicate 

individual  

interpretation

involved

issues

labour

legal

legislation

major 

method

occur

percent 

period

policy

principle

procedure

process

required

research

response

role

section

sector

significant  

similar

source

specific

structure

theory

variables

Sublist 2 of Academic Word List

This sublist contains the second most frequent words in the Academic Word List from the Academic Corpus.  The most frequent members of the word families in Sublist 2 are listed below.

achieve 

acquisition

administration  

affect

appropriate 

aspects

assistance 

categories

chapter

commission

community

complex 

computer 

conclusion

conduct

consequences

construction

consumer  

credit

cultural 

design

distinction

elements 

equation

evaluation 

features 

final

focus

impact

injury

institute 

investment

items

journal 

maintenance

normal

obtained 

participation

perceived 

positive 

potential

previous

primary 

purchase 

range 

region

regulations

relevant 

resident

resources

restricted 

security 

sought

select

site

strategies

survey

text

traditional

transfer

Sublist 3 of Academic Word List.

This sublist contains the third most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.  The most frequent members of the word families in Sublist 3 are listed below.

alternative

circumstances 

comments

compensation

components

consent

considerable

constant 

constraints

contribution

convention 

coordination

core

corporate 

corresponding

criteria

deduction

demonstrate 

document

dominant

emphasis 

ensure

excluded

framework 

funds

illustrated 

immigration

implies

initial 

instance 

interaction

justification

layer

link

location

maximum

minorities

negative 

outcomes

partnership

philosophy 

physical 

proportion 

published 

reaction

registered 

reliance

removed

scheme

sequence

sex

shift

specified 

sufficient

task

technical 

techniques

technology

validity

volume

Sublist 4 of Academic Word List

This sublist contains the fourth most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.  The most frequent members of the word families in Sublist 4 are listed below.

access

adequate

annual

apparent

approximated

attitudes 

attributed 

civil

code

commitment 

communication

concentration

conference 

contrast 

cycle

debate

despite 

dimensions 

domestic 

emerged 

error

ethnic

goals

granted

hence

hypothesis 

implementation

implications

imposed

integration

internal 

investigation

job

label

mechanism 

obvious

occupational  

option

output

overall 

parallel

parameters

phase

predicted

principal

prior

professional

project

promote

regime

resolution 

retained

series

statistics 

status

stress

subsequent

sum

summary

undertaken 

Sublist 5 of Academic Word List 

This sublist contains the fifth most frequent words in the Academic Word List from the Academic Corpus.  The most frequent members of the word families in Sublist 5 are listed below.

academic 

adjustment  

alter  

amendment 

aware 

capacity  

challenge 

clause 

compounds 

conflict 

consultation 

contact 

decline 

discretion 

draft 

enable 

energy 

enforcement  

entities 

equivalent 

evolution  

expansion 

exposure 

external  

facilitate 

fundamental 

generated  

generation  

image 

liberal

licence 

logic 

marginal 

medical 

mental 

modified 

monitoring  

network 

notion 

objective  

orientation 

perspective 

precise 

prime 

psychology  

pursue 

ratio 

rejected 

revenue 

stability 

styles 

substitution  

sustainable

symbolic 

target 

transition  

trend 

version 

welfare 

whereas 

Sublist 6 of Academic Word List - most frequent words in families

This sublist contains the sixth most frequent words in the Academic Word List from the Academic Corpus.  The most frequent members of the word families in Sublist 6 are listed below.

abstract 

accurate 

acknowledged 

aggregate  

allocation 

assigned 

attached 

author 

bond 

brief 

capable 

cited 

cooperative  

discrimination  

display 

diversity 

domain 

edition 

enhanced 

estate 

exceed 

expert 

explicit 

federal 

fees 

flexibility  

furthermore 

gender 

ignored 

incentive 

incidence  

incorporated 

index 

inhibition 

initiatives  

input 

instructions 

intelligence 

interval 

lecture 

migration 

minimum 

ministry 

motivation 

neutral 

nevertheless   

overseas  

preceding 

presumption 

rational 

recovery 

revealed 

scope 

subsidiary 

tapes 

trace 

transformation 

transport  

underlying 

utility 

Sublist 7  of Academic Word List - most freq words in families

This sublist contains the seventh most frequent words in the Academic Word List from the Academic Corpus.  The most frequent members of the word families in Sublist 7 are listed below.

adaptation 

adults 

advocate 

aid 

channel 

chemical

classical 

comprehensive 

comprise 

confirmed 

contrary 

converted 

couple 

decades 

definite

deny 

differentiation  

disposal 

dynamic 

eliminate 

empirical  

equipment 

extract 

file 

finite 

foundation  

global 

grade 

guarantee 

hierarchical  

identical  

ideology 

inferred 

innovation 

insert 

intervention 

isolated 

media 

mode 

paradigm 

phenomenon 

priority 

prohibited 

publication  

quotation 

release 

reverse 

simulation  

solely 

somewhat 

submitted 

successive 

survive 

thesis 

topic 

transmission  

ultimately  

unique 

visible 

voluntary 

Sublist 8 of Academic Word List - most freq words in families

This sublist contains the eigth most frequent words in the Academic Word List from the Academic Corpus.  The most frequent members of the word families in Sublist 8 are listed below.

abandon 

accompanied 

accumulation  

ambiguous 

appendix 

appreciation  

arbitrary  

automatically 

bias 

chart 

clarity

conformity 

commodity 

complement 

contemporary 

contradiction 

crucial 

currency 

denote     

detected 

deviation 

displacement 

dramatic 

eventually  

exhibit 

exploitation  

fluctuations  

guidelines  

highlighted  

implicit 

induced 

inevitably 

infrastructure  

inspection  

intensity 

manipulation  

minimised 

nuclear 

offset 

paragraph 

plus 

practitioners 

predominantly 

prospect 

radical 

random 

reinforced 

restore 

revision 

schedule 

tension 

termination 

theme 

thereby 

uniform 

vehicle 

via 

virtually 

widespread 

visual 

Sublist 9 of Academic Word List - most freq words in families

This sublist contains the ninth most frequent words in the Academic Word List from the Academic Corpus.  The most frequent members of the word families in Sublist 9 are listed below.

accommodation 

analogous 

anticipated  

assurance 

attained 

behalf 

bulk 

ceases 

coherence 

coincide 

commenced 

incompatible  

concurrent 

confined 

controversy  

conversely 

device 

devoted 

diminished 

distorted/distortion - equal figures

duration 

erosion 

ethical 

format 

founded 

inherent 

insights 

integral 

intermediate 

manual 

mature 

mediation 

medium 

military 

minimal 

mutual 

norms 

overlap 

passive 

portion 

preliminary 

protocol 

qualitative 

refine 

relaxed 

restraints 

revolution 

rigid 

route 

scenario 

sphere 

subordinate 

supplementary  

suspended 

team 

temporary 

trigger 

unified 

violation 

vision 

Sublist 10 of the Academic Word List.

This sublist contains the least frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.  The most frequent members of the word families in Sublist 10 are listed below.

adjacent 

albeit 

assembly 

collapse 

colleagues 

compiled 

conceived 

convinced 

depression 

encountered  

enormous 

forthcoming 

inclination 

integrity 

intrinsic 

invoked 

levy 

likewise 

nonetheless  

notwithstanding 

odd  

ongoing 

panel 

persistent 

posed 

reluctant 

so called 

straightforward 

undergo 

whereby