This article has been written as part of the “Most Important Word in the World” series; a collaborative project to inspire people to step outside their comfort zones and find adventure and friendship. Other contributors to the series are: Wandering Earl, 1 Year Sabbatical, Nomadtopia, the Dropout Diaries, Disrupting the Rabblement, Beyond Norms, and A World of Inspiration.
Around midnight in downtown Minneapolis, I was heading home after a long night of hanging out with friends. I was standing at a crosswalk when two gorgeous women stood next to me and waited with me for the light to change. I smiled and they smiled back. And then I gave a short hello to which they reciprocated. I didn’t realize at the time that this hello would be the start of a unique adventure for me.
Their mannerisms were odd and their bodily movements flighty. They didn’t seem drunk or on drugs, more like they were having a caffeine rush. They started to ask me weird questions such as, “Are you Chester the Molester?”. I didn’t know how to react other than to say no. Eventually the light changed. I figured that I’d walk across the street with them, our paths would diverge and they would take their baffling behavior with them. But that didn’t happen.
Drunks Can Be Troublesome
Soon after we had crossed the street, a group of about five drunk men started to call out to them. They asked the two flighty women if they were prostitutes. Admittedly, the women were provocatively dressed, but in no other way were they coming across as prostitutes. After a few more outbursts, the women naturally told them to go to hell.
Things would have ended there but one of these men had become angry with the women and shoved one of them causing her to fall. It started to get out of control; the situation was getting serious. By this point I had walked slightly further up the street. I knew I faced two options: go back and help or keep going forward. I knew I had to go back.
With no time to waste, I analyzed the drunks quickly. The trouble was principally coming from one of them. The others seemed timid and unsettled by his actions. If I could just get him to back off, the rest would follow.
I walked up to the two women, put my hands on their shoulders and in a confident firm tone announced to the men that they were with me. The lead man was taken aback at first and initially didn’t know what to say. He finally composed himself and scrounged up another verbal attack on the women. I told the girls to ignore him and walk with me away from the scene.
Both girls started walking with me. Each one linked arms with me on either side. As I expected, the ringleader of that group backed down. Other than a couple of shouts emanating from his general direction, they left us alone.
Making New Friends – Flighty Behavior Explained
The two women turned out to be very nice. Their behavior that seemed so bafflingly earlier started to become clear. They were just out for a good time and having a lot of fun. It was just their personality to be a little over-the-top.
I told them that I would walk with them to wherever they were going just in case those guys came back. One of the women called her boyfriend who happened to be a police officer to come and pick them up. In the meantime they said I could walk them to their workplace just down the street.
They pointed in the general direction of a strip club. Now, I don’t know that they were strippers or if that was indeed the workplace they were pointing to, but they were beautiful enough and dressed provocatively enough to have been.
The girl without the policeman-boyfriend started asking me a lot of questions. I could tell that she really liked how I came to their rescue. She seemed to want to get to know me better and even asked what I was doing later. The thought of hanging out with her after this and seeing where things would go was filling my mind. However, it wasn’t meant to be. Shortly, the policeman-boyfriend showed up and scooped up both of them before I could arrange a meeting.
But it’s just as well. I still had a short adventure with them that makes me feel good to this day. I had the courage to face down five guys and save two women from unnecessary violence. It’s good in another way too. One month later, I would meet my future wife. That meeting also started with a hello.
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Hello, Bonjour, Hola, G’Day, Hallo, kia Ora, Privet, Moin Moin, Shalom, Aloha…
A simple Hello begins the greeting. It starts the connection. It leads to all possibilities.
It’s this word that has created so many adventures for me during my travels. It’s the word that breaks the silence and acknowledges someone else. It forms the possibility for the next word or the next sentence. It begins the path to endless possibilities.
Below is a story of an adventure that started with a simple “hello”.
I was in Bali, Indonesia. I had just arrived in a cozy place called Ubud. Ubud is quite popular as it’s known to be an artsy community, somewhat quiet and laid-back, and it also had something I really wanted to see; the monkey forest. After being dropped off by the bus, I immediately walked around the streets looking for a cheap place to lay my head and most importantly, lay my bag. As I walked down the main strip, a young Indonesian guy told me he had a room to show me. I followed him down a tight little alley (not as scary as it sounds) which brought me to a little bed and breakfast. He showed me the room which ended up being quite nice, included breakfast, and was just $9/night. I took it.
After taking the evil bag off my back, I went for a little stroll. As I walked down the tight little alley way to get to the main street, I saw a couple walking towards me. Rather than shy away, I said Hello and they greeted me back. I then asked how they were doing and where they were from. They told me that they were from Germany and were doing a 6 month trip across SE Asia as part of a honeymoon. After some short chit chat, They asked me if I wanted to rent some bikes with them the next day and peddle ourselves around the countryside. They had planned on getting a van to take us to the top of a hill that overlooked the volcanoes, would drop us off, and we would bike back. I told them I really wanted to try the world’s most expensive coffee and they told me there was a plantation along the way. This sounded like a cool adventure so I agreed and met them the next day. We packed up our cheap little bikes into the back of a van and got a lift to the top of this hill. We then peddled down, occasionally stopping to have a look at the breathtaking scenery, visits from Indonesia children, and the occasional painter who tried to sell us his artwork.
Eventually we stumbled upon a small little farm and decided to have a look. A man came out of his house and greeted us very enthusiastically and began to show us around his little farm. By little, I mean he had 1 pig, a couple roosters, some cocoa plants, and a few other vegetables. At the end, I decided to support his business and bought some pure Indonesian Cocoa to take home with me. I also bought some dry tea. The cocoa was awesome.
Next, we arrived at a more popular coffee plantation where they make the most expensive coffee in the world. We toured around and looked at the special cats who eat coffee beans, shit them out, and are then turned into the most expensive coffee in the world. Yes, that’s right, it’s cat shit coffee. Better known as Luwak coffee. At roughly $1800 usd/pound, I was happy to pay the measly $2 they asked for a cup of the specialty coffee. I’m not a coffee connoisseur by any means so I can’t offer you much insight other than that I found it a little strong but not to bad. The rest of the “regular” coffee they harvested was free to try as well as some pure tobacco. I’m not a smoker but I gave it a try. It was better than the toxic stuff sold on the shelves. Still not my thing.
I bought a small bag of tobacco to bring home as a gift for some friends since it was the only thing I could afford. We jumped back on our bikes and headed home. Everything was going well until the German lady hit a minor speed bump and was thrown from her bike. This immediately stopped us in our tracks and halted nearby traffic. Her head began to pour blood down her face and her hand didn’t look so good either. Her husband started giving me orders and then realized he was saying them in German. He just wanted some tissues from her bag to clean up the blood. I handed him the tissues and a car stopped with a young Indonesian family who offered them a ride to the hospital. We left their bikes at the house near the accident, they jumped in the van, and I began my own solo journey back to Ubud.
I was completely lost and surrounded by people who don’t speak english. Luckily, I kind of knew how to say Ubud to people who would then point in the direction that I should go. A couple hours later and just shy of darkness, I found my way back to my little hotel.
That night, I ran into the german couple again (who were staying a few feet away from me) and went to dinner with them. The fall had given her a gash on the forehead and two broken fingers but other than that she was fine. It cost something like $300 for everything. Not bad! We laughed about it, ate some food, and caught a bus back to Kuta the next day.
Sounds like a fun and interesting adventure right?
It all started by saying hello to two people as they were about to walk past me. that’s it. The rest as they say, is history.
Whether your about to embark on your own solo journey or just looking to open up a little more to random people, start practicing now.
Next time you’re in an elevator with someone, say hello.
When you sit by someone on the bus, say hello.
When you arrive at a hostel in another country, say hello to everyone you see.
You never know what will come out of it. It might just be the adventure you were looking for.
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Want a quick reference for different ways to say Hello in other languages? Check this out.
From ‘How to Read a Page’ by I.A. Richards
This list of important words was drawn up by British rhetorician I.A. Richards, author of several books including «Basic English and Its Uses» (1943). However, these 100 words are not a part of the simplified version of the language that he and C.K. Ogden called Basic English.
Also, we’re not talking about the 100 most frequently used words in English (a list that contains far more prepositions than nouns).
And unlike the 100 words chosen by David Crystal to tell «The Story of English,» Richards’ words are primarily significant for their meanings, not their etymologies.
Richards introduced his list of words in the book «How to Read a Page: A Course in Effective Reading» (1942), and he called them «the most important words» for two reasons:
- They cover the ideas we can least avoid using, those which are concerned in all that we do as thinking beings.
- They are words we are forced to use in explaining other words because it is in terms of the ideas they cover that the meanings of other words must be given.
Here are those 100 important words:
- Amount
- Argument
- Art
- Be
- Beautiful
- Belief
- Cause
- Certain
- Chance
- Change
- Clear
- Common
- Comparison
- Condition
- Connection
- Copy
- Decision
- Degree
- Desire
- Development
- Different
- Do
- Education
- End
- Event
- Examples
- Existence
- Experience
- Fact
- Fear
- Feeling
- Fiction
- Force
- Form
- Free
- General
- Get
- Give
- Good
- Government
- Happy
- Have
- History
- Idea
- Important
- Interest
- Knowledge
- Law
- Let
- Level
- Living
- Love
- Make
- Material
- Measure
- Mind
- Motion
- Name
- Nation
- Natural
- Necessary
- Normal
- Number
- Observation
- Opposite
- Order
- Organization
- Part
- Place
- Pleasure
- Possible
- Power
- Probable
- Property
- Purpose
- Quality
- Question
- Reason
- Relation
- Representative
- Respect
- Responsible
- Right
- Same
- Say
- Science
- See
- Seem
- Sense
- Sign
- Simple
- Society
- Sort
- Special
- Substance
- Thing
- Thought
- True
- Use
- Way
- Wise
- Word
- Work
All these words carry multiple meanings, and they can say quite different things to different readers. For that reason, Richards’ list could just as well have been labeled «The 100 Most Ambiguous Words:»
The very usefulness which gives them their importance explains their ambiguity. They are the servants of too many interests to keep to single, clearly defined jobs. Technical words in the sciences are like adzes, planes, gimlets, or razors. A word like «experience,» or «feeling,» or «true» is like a pocketknife. In good hands it will do most things—not very well. In general we will find that the more important a word is, and the more central and necessary its meanings are in our pictures of ourselves and the world, the more ambiguous and possibly deceiving the word will be.
In an earlier book, «The Making of Meaning» (1923), Richards (and co-author C.K. Ogden) had explored the fundamental notion that meaning doesn’t reside in words themselves. Rather, meaning is rhetorical: It’s fashioned out of both a verbal context (the words surrounding the words) and the experiences of the individual reader. No surprise, then, that miscommunication is often the result when the «important words» come into play.
It’s this idea of miscommunicating through language that led Richards to conclude that all of us are developing our reading skills all the time: «Whenever we use words in forming some judgment or decision, we are, in what may be a painfully sharp sense, ‘learning to read'» («How to Read a Page.»)
There are actually 103 words on Richards’ top-100 list. The bonus words, he said, are meant «to incite the reader to the task of cutting out those he sees no point in and adding any he pleases, and to discourage the notion that there is anything sacrosanct about a hundred, or any other number.»
Your List
So with those thoughts in mind, it’s now time to create a list of what you think are the most important words.
Sources
- Crystal, David. «The Story of English.» St. Martin’s Press, 2012, New York.
- Richards, I.A. «Basic English and Its Uses.» W.W. Norton & Co., 1943, New York.
- Richards, I.A. «How to Read a Page: A Course in Effective Reading.» Beacon Press, 1942, Boston.
- Ogden, C.K. and Richards, I.A. «The Making of Meaning.» Harcourt, 1923, New York.
The Most Important Word In The World
The Most Important Word In The World
This article has been written as part of the “Most Important Word in the World” series, a collaborative project to inspire people to step outside their comfort zones and find adventure and friendship. Other contributors to the series are: 1 Year Sabbatical, Nomadtopia, the Dropout Diaries, Disrupting the Rabblement, Beyond Norms, Do Something Cool and A World of Inspiration.
Finally, I had found a town in Syria that was not as ridiculously super-friendly as all the rest. I had been expecting it to happen at some point, because, after all, it would be impossible for every single city, town and village in this country to maintain such a high standard of hospitality.
It’s not that the people I was now encountering were rude, but during my first two days in Palmyra, a small desert oasis surrounded by magnificent Roman ruins, the community seemed somewhat rougher than what I had become used to in other parts of Syria.
For example, my attempts at asking for directions were repeatedly either brushed away or completely ignored. Even when I went inside the “Tourist Office” in order to get a map of the ruins, I was told to leave because they were closed, even though the sign out front read “Open”, the front door was unlocked and there were two tourism staff members sitting at desks inside of the office.
And so, on my third day, while I was wandering the streets of town in search of a local place to eat lunch, I was no longer surprised by the lack of assistance I received. At one point, I simply gave up, stood on a street corner with hands on my hips and made the decision to buy some bananas from a shop near my hotel instead.
Of course, as most travelers would learn to expect, that’s also the very same moment that I heard a voice, in English, say “Hello.”
I turned around and found a middle-aged local man standing before me with a huge smile on his face and so I naturally returned his greeting, although all I could muster was a quick, mumbled “Salaam”. He then asked me if I was lost and when I explained that I was simply looking for some good local food, he didn’t hesitate for even one second before patting me on the back and stating, “Let’s go!”. He then led me to his minivan which was parked across the street.
The next thing I knew we were speeding through the backstreets of Palmyra.
A FILLING LUNCH AND A NEW FRIEND
When we eventually pulled up to a local restaurant, my new friend, Samir, yelled out to a young guy behind the counter and two minutes later I had a large falafel sandwich in my hands. Samir even refused to let me pay. He also refused to let me pay for the local Palmyra-style sweets that he bought for me from a sweet shop down the road.
Samir then insisted on dropping me off in front of my hotel, and by this point, I was ecstatic that my opinion of Palmyra had been reversed as a result of this one experience. What I didn’t know at the time was that this was only the beginning…
Before driving away, Samir asked me to meet him outside of my hotel one hour later. That’s exactly what I did, and surprised was I to find myself inside his van once again, along with four of his friends, all of us on our way to the Camel Races, an annual event organized by the King of Qatar that takes place in the middle of the Syrian desert.
THE CAMEL RACES OF PALMYRA
The rest of the afternoon can best be described through the photos below. All I know is that I spent much of my time squished into the back of a pickup truck with about 20 others, all of whom were cheering loudly and pumping their fists in the air as we bounced along a dirt road alongside the racing camels. And I loved every single second of it.
As I tried to maintain my balance while kneeling on a sack of hay, the others around me held on to my shoulders to make sure I didn’t fall off the truck, while trying to encourage me to join in the cheering.
Samir and his friends kept a close eye on me as well, always checking in to make sure I was still enjoying myself. And of course I was enjoying myself. Considering how poorly my day began, I couldn’t be happier with the fact that I was now spending an afternoon in the mesmerizing desert, watching camel races and chatting with dozens of local villagers. Such experiences as these are exactly why I am addicted to wandering around this planet in the first place.
And it all began with a simple “hello”, a word that takes so little effort to utter, yet has the power to lead us on unimaginable adventures that can completely change the outcome of one minute, one day, one year or even an entire lifetime.
Here are a few more photos and a short video from those camel races…
February 16, 2014
At dinner last night, my insightful 9-year old son asked me, “Do you know what the most important word in the world is?”
To which I responded, “Well, I’d have to say it is love.”
He said, “That’s a good one, mom, but it is hi. Because everything good in this world, including love, begins first with someone saying hi.”
Wow.
So, of course, this got me to thinking. I love so many words, how could I possibly narrow it down to just one? And how awesome is it that my son already has it figured out? Kids can be black and white like that; it is a trait that is refreshing to those of us who tend to overthink everything from the benefits of hand sanitizer to solving the world’s energy crisis. This group of folks like to call themselves, “adults.”
So acting in the myriad of gray areas as an adult, to me, some of my other favorite words include: kindness, peace, respect, understanding, wisdom, mom, and patience. I could go on and on. I also read the other day that “huh” is one of the most common words in all languages. Apparently, every country gets confused and defaults to a simple, huh? So purely based on its pervasiveness, is the most important word in the world, “huh”? I sure hope not.
Oftentimes, words take on their power when combined and in context, such as: I do, thank you, it’s a girl, he’s alive, and it’s for you. But it is truly a thing of awe when one word says it all. A word that doesn’t exist on a grayscale, but in the beauty of black or the wonder of white. How a child would look at it.
So I invite you now to determine what the most important word in the world is – to you. Please share below!
Peace.
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My goal in life is to bring smiles to millions of children through my writing and interactions with every child I meet — including my own. I’d also like to teach adults that kindness and respect are not options, but are must-have tools for a well-lived life. I am, and always will be, an eternal optimist. Peace!
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I must share what I’m feeling tonight
(my empath heart is as overwhelmed as
the cumulus waterfalls are plentiful over our Texas sky as I write).
I am constantly busy with two young ones lately, but my spirit urges me to communicate more through writing, and healing people I come in contact with through conscious intent. I am ready to write, to share and ‘show up’ at the right times and places now.Too afraid while healing deeper things…yet now too GRATEFUL to stand on the sidelines anymore.
I’m also ready to find an income in whatever way Spirit inspires me to earn one through, as I’ve been disabled for 5 years. My children need things, and my Significant Other, although pleased with my turnaround and spiritual strength, is quite a tired Dad. I envision a rest for him, and look forward to finding my voice, and drawing a beautiful way of providing for him and our children. And, let me add that I too, like all parents, need a break away from my children. Especially a hypothetical child that asks questions I’m not ready to answer, like “Mom, are WE God?!!” and “WHY does this and that and How, when, where etc.” I am NOT a scientist, professor or know-it-all. But four-year-olds and three-year-olds apparently ARE.
Back to the subject…
I need to share my experience in a group meditation and healing gathering that is making me cry right now.
I was drawn to a meeting of like minds at Holistic Center called the ‘Gratitude Cafe’ last week, and see too many signs that I need to reach out and share and network with others to see where I can be of service.
There was a Healer there, so powerful and humble. He overcame great difficulties to become and serve and share, and so must I.
He asked a question of the crowd I knew immediately. (That usually doesn’t happen. I’m usually a slower, contemplative thinker). I’d briefly thought about the question before, when another “spiritual luminary” and scientist in the field of quantum physics, Stephen Lewis (www.stephenlewis.org), had been asked what he meditates or prays about on a regular basis… but this time I was FACED with the word like waves of Karma.
The question was; “What is the fastest way to enlightenment? ”
The WORD that shot out of my mouth was, “Gratitude”.
He shot his arrow-like arm at me “Exactly. You hit the nail on the head”.
Who was I to know that word? I had to be the newest Healer in the crowd. I’m so ‘messed up’ that when I wanted to learn Usui Reiki II, I was told by my Angel, through the teacher “Healer, Heal Thyself” first. I haven’t had a chance to serve for years, like all these women. They’re probably thinking, “Lucky Guess”. But then the chatter stopped and I felt entitled to know the word deeply…
Somewhat like an end-of-life review, a movie played…
My mind traveled back to show me why I was blessed to actually KNOW this with all my heart, mind and spirit.
My eyes wandered to all the people in the room, and I was replaying images of trials I had with Pregnancy, Postnatal and almost dying a few times. The images twisted like yin and yang, the deepest hardships and illnesses with the blessed heights of intense spiritual experiences my children gave me.
like a DNA strand
like the term, ‘ordered chaos’
how could I now look at all the pain and confusion and suddenly feel grateful beyond measure that I CHOSE to have those experiences, I GET to feel empathy so deep now that judgment
of any other sentient being seems impossible, unthinkable and …
who was I before? I can’t imagine the person before my transformation…
I was thinking, ‘ no one in this room got to have my experiences. I am so blessed! I want to shout at everyone in the room, ” If you have or know any…Just listen to the children. They will teach us everything we need to know. They still remember Spirit. They can heal us if we listen. We can heal the world with their help. I never would have reconnected to Spirit if they did not come to me.”
But of course the words would not come in a form that would sound ‘spiritually inspiring’; it would have been more or less like a crazy woman sobbing muttered sounds. This is why I better stick to writing… and even then, well… I have a way to go…
The point being, Gratitude can pull events and life purpose together quicker than anything…
Until we are grateful for every thought, word, deed that is always there for our personal learning, how can we ascend? We will have to continue replaying ‘patterns’ (wasting time), until we do.
I think seeing from many different perspectives (especially from a child’s perspective), is a way to get through those ‘dark night of the soul’ experiences–the ones we tend to ignore being grateful for, thereby missing the benefits of having suffered; becoming an empathic part of the oneness of humanity– and consciously participating in the joy of living! I love that feeling. But now it is merged with its opposite. Like the teacher and the student. The student becomes the teacher.
Namaste,
Conscious Mom
(Conscious Healer)
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Saturday, January 28th, 2012
My name is Maddy. Or Madeline if you want to be formal, which I don’t. I have never cared for my full name. Ever since I was a child I always favored Maddy, I suppose because it suits me better. Some people don’t realize just how important their names are. It’s your title. It’s the single most important word in your life. It is something that secretly describes you as a person, sometimes we are not even aware of it but you can infer a lot about a person by the name that they go by.
Some people might say it is not up to you. Your parents decide your name for you, so how could it really describe you. I’ll tell you. Our titles are preset by our parents or parental figures and our stories are written around them. The simple fact that I prefer to be addressed with a shortened, and less formal version of my proper name can tell you a lot about my personality. I consider myself to be a pretty easy going person. I have simple needs. Good food, good friends, good conversation. As a child, and to a degree still to this day I never really enjoyed being serious about anything. Except for my art, but even in that I much prefer to draw cartoons rather than realistic work. The fact that I have not gone back to my proper name can tell you I still have yet to take myself seriously and retain that part of my childhood. Maybe one day I will be old and decide that I would like to be called Madeline, but I hope not. But I digress.
There are millions of names out there. Thousands of ways to describe oneself, and the word that is chosen for you secretly changes you and how people act towards you when you are introduced. Nicknames generally bring people into a assumed state of comfort with you, it makes them feel like they already know you. Because on some level, they have already subconsciously acquired information about you. Or at least they have made assumptions. Say if you were to introduce yourself as Jimmy, people will assume different things of you than if you introduce yourself as James.
I would get into people who go by names that are acquired later in life, such as “Killer” or “Tiny” other words that may be ironically clashing with their physical state or personality or directly describe them as people. but that is a whole different story. And I would like to say that i don’t approve of the premise but that may just be because I was never given a cool nickname like that. Those people it is pretty easy to tell their personality. They are probably immature, desiring peer approval, insecure.
Maybe I’m wrong about all this, these are just my thoughts.
All I know is that my name is Maddy. And it’s the one thing in my life that has always stayed the same.
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A research has found that there are 570 words which form the basis of academic English. These words and their variations are the most important English words which have to be understood for a proper comprehension of academic English.
The Academic Word List, a list of 570 headwords, was published by the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in 2000. The words in the Academic Word List came from a research based on academic texts from 28 different subject areas. These are the highest-frequency words in any academic text. In other words, they are the most common words in academic English.
In general, if you are reading or listening to academic topics (like the reading passages in IELTS or PTE tests), 10 percent of the words will be from this list.
That means, unless you know the meaning of the words in the list, you would not be able to understand one out of every ten words in academic English.
Alternately, you should learn to use these around 500 most important English words in your own writing or speaking to boost your vocabulary score.
The words below a headword are derivatives of that word.
Words in italics are the most common words in any word family.
Sublist 1
The most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
analyse
analysed, analyser, analysers, analyses, analyzing, analysis, analyst, analysts, analytic, analytical, analytically, analyze, analyzed, analyzes, analyzing
approach
approachable, approached, approaches, approaching, unapproachable
area
areas
assess
assessable, assessed, assesses, assessing, assessment, assessments, reassess, reassessed, reassessing, reassessment
assume
assumed, assumes, assuming, assumption, assumptions
authority
authoritative, authorities
available
availability, unavailable
benefit
beneficial, beneficiary, beneficiaries, benefited, benefiting, benefits
concept
conception, concepts, conceptual, conceptualisation, conceptualise, conceptualised, conceptualises, conceptualising, conceptually
consist
consisted, consistency, consistent, consistently, consisting, consists, inconsistencies, inconsistency, inconsistent
constitute
constituencies, constituency, constituent, constituents, constituted, constitutes, constituting, constitution, constitutions, constitutional, constitutionally, constitutive, unconstitutional
context
contexts, contextual, contextualise, contextualised, contextualising, uncontextualised, contextualize, contextualized, contextualizing, uncontextualized
contract
contracted, contracting, contractor, contractors, contracts
create
created, creates, creating, creation, creations, creative, creatively, creativity, creator, creators, recreate, recreated, recreates, recreating
data
define
definable, defined, defines, defining, definition, definitions, redefine, redefined, redefines, redefining, undefined
derive
derivation, derivations, derivative, derivatives, derived, derives, deriving
distribute
distributed, distributing, distribution, distributional, distributions, distributive, distributor, distributors, redistribute, redistributed, redistributes, redistributing, redistribution
economy
economic, economical, economically, economics, economies, economist, economists, uneconomical
environment
environmental, environmentalist, environmentalists, environmentally, environments
establish
disestablish, disestablished, disestablishes, disestablishing, disestablishment, established, establishes, establishing, establishment, establishments
estimate
estimated, estimates, estimating, estimation, estimations, over-estimate, overestimate, overestimated, overestimates, overestimating, underestimate, underestimated, underestimates, underestimating
evident
evidenced, evidence, evidential, evidently
export
exported, exporter, exporters, exporting, exports
factor
factored, factoring, factors
finance
financed, finances, financial, financially, financier, financiers, financing
formula
formulae, formulas, formulate, formulated, formulating, formulation, formulations, reformulate, reformulated, reformulating, reformulation, reformulations
function
functional, functionally, functioned, functioning, functions
identify
identifiable, identification, identified, identifies, identifying, identities, identity, unidentifiable
income
incomes
indicate
indicated, indicates, indicating, indication, indications, indicative, indicator, indicators
individual
individualized, individuality, individualism, individualist, individualists, individualistic, individually, individuals
interpret
interpretation, interpretations, interpretative, interpreted, interpreting, interpretive, interprets, misinterpret, misinterpretation, misinterpretations, misinterpreted, misinterpreting, misinterprets, reinterpret, reinterpreted, reinterprets, reinterpreting, reinterpretation, reinterpretations
involve
involved, involvement, involves, involving, uninvolved
issue
issued, issues, issuing
labour
labor, laboured, labours, laboured, labouring, labours
legal
illegal, illegality, illegally, legality, legally
legislate
legislated, legislates, legislating, legislation, legislative, legislator, legislators, legislature
major
majorities, majority
method
methodical, methodological, methodologies, methodology, methods
occur
occurred, occurrence, occurrences, occurring, occurs, reoccur, reoccurred, reoccurring, reoccurs
percent
percentage, percentages
period
periodic, periodical, periodically, periodicals, periods
policy
policies
principle
principled, principles, unprincipled
proceed
procedural, procedure, procedures, proceeded, proceeding, proceedings, proceeds
process
processed, processes, processing
require
required, requirement, requirements, requires, requiring
research
researched, researcher, researchers, researches, researching
respond
responded, respondent, respondents, responding, responds, response, responses, responsive, responsiveness, unresponsive
role
roles
section
sectioned, sectioning, sections
sector
sectors
significant
insignificant, insignificantly, significance, significantly, signified, signifies, signify, signifying
similar
dissimilar, similarities, similarity, similarly
source
sourced, sources, sourcing
specific
specifically, specification, specifications, specificity, specifics
structure
restructure, restructured, restructures, restructuring, structural, structurally, structured, structures, structuring, unstructured
theory
theoretical, theoretically, theories, theorist, theorists
vary
invariable, invariably, variability, variable, variables, variably, variance, variant, variants, variation, variations, varied, varies, varying
Sublist 2
The second-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
achieve
achievable, achieved, achievement, achievements, achieves, achieving
acquire
acquired, acquires, acquiring, acquisition, acquisitions
administration
administrates, administrate, administrations, administrative, administratively, administrator, administrators
affect
affected, affecting, affective, affectively, affects, unaffected
appropriate
appropriacy, appropriately, appropriateness, inappropriacy, inappropriate, inappropriately
aspect
aspects
assist
assistance, assistant, assistants, assisted, assisting, assists, unassisted
category
categories, categorisation, categorise, categorised, categorises, categorizing, categorization, categorized, categorizes, categorizing
chapter
chapters
commission
commissioned, commissioner, commissioners, commissioning, commissions
community
communities
complex
complexities, complexity
compute
computation, computational, computations, computable, computer, computed, computerised, computers, computing
conclude
concluded, concludes, concluding, conclusion, conclusions, conclusive, conclusively, inconclusive, inconclusively
conduct
conducted, conducting, conducts
consequent
consequence, consequences, consequently
construct
constructed, constructing, construction, constructions, constructive, constructs, reconstruct, reconstructed, reconstructing, reconstruction, reconstructs
consume
consumed, consumer, consumers, consumes, consuming, consumption
credit
credited, crediting, creditor, creditors, credits
culture
cultural, culturally, cultured, cultures, uncultured
design
designed, designer, designers, designing, designs
distinct
distinction, distinctions, distinctive, distinctively, distinctly, indistinct, indistinctly
element
elements
equate
equated, equates, equating, equation, equations
evaluate
evaluated, evaluates, evaluating, evaluation, evaluations, evaluative, re-evaluate, re-evaluated, re-evaluates, re-evaluating, re-evaluation
feature
featured, features, featuring
final
finalise, finalised, finalises, finalising, finalize, finalized, finalizes, finalizing, finality, finally, finals
focus
focused, focuses, focusing, focussed, focussing, refocus, refocused, refocuses, refocusing, refocussed, refocusses, refocussing
impact
impacted, impacting, impacts
injure
injured, injures, injuries, injuring, injury, uninjured
institute
instituted, institutes, instituting, institution, institutional, institutionalise, institutionalised, institutionalises, institutionalising, institutionalized, institutionalizes, institutionalizing, institutionally, institutions
invest
invested, investing, investment, investments, investor, investors, invests, reinvest, reinvested, reinvesting, reinvestment, reinvests
item
itemisation, itemise, itemised, itemises, itemising, items
journal
journals
maintain
maintained, maintaining, maintains, maintenance
normal
abnormal, abnormally, normalisation, normalise, normalised, normalises, normalising, normalization, normalize, normalized, normalizes, normalizing, normality, normally
obtain
obtainable, obtained, obtaining, obtains, unobtainable
participate
participant, participants, participated, participates, participating, participation, participatory
perceive
perceived, perceives, perceiving, perception, perceptions
positive
positively
potential
potentially
previous
previously
primary
primarily
purchase
purchased, purchaser, purchasers, purchases, purchasing
range
ranged, ranges, ranging
region
regional, regionally, regions
regulate
deregulated, deregulates, deregulating, deregulation, regulated, regulates, regulating, regulation, regulations, regulator, regulators, regulatory, unregulated
relevant
irrelevance, irrelevant, relevance
reside
resided, residence, resident, residential, residents, resides, residing
resource
resourced, resourceful, resources, resourcing, unresourceful, under-resourced
restrict
restricted, restricting, restriction, restrictions, restrictive, restrictively, restricts, unrestricted, unrestrictive
secure
insecure, insecurities, insecurity, secured, securely, secures, securing, securities, security
seek
seeking, seeks, sought
select
selected, selecting, selection, selections, selective, selectively, selector, selectors, selects
site
sites
strategy
strategic, strategies, strategically, strategist, strategists
survey
surveyed, surveying, surveys
text
texts, textual
tradition
non-traditional, traditional, traditionalist, traditionally, traditions
transfer
transferable, transference, transferred, transferring, transfers
Sublist 3
The third-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
alternative
alternatively, alternatives
circumstance
circumstances
comment
commentaries, commentary, commentator, commentators, commented, commenting, comments
compensate
compensated, compensates, compensating, compensation, compensations, compensatory
component
componentry, components
consent
consensus, consented, consenting, consents
considerable
considerably
constant
constancy, constantly, constants, inconstancy, inconstantly
constrain
constrained, constraining, constrains, constraint, constraints, unconstrained
contribute
contributed, contributes, contributing, contribution, contributions, contributor, contributors
convene
convention, convenes, convened, convening, conventional, conventionally, conventions, unconventional
coordinate
coordinated, coordinates, coordinating, coordination, coordinator, coordinators, co-ordinate, co-ordinated, co-ordinates, co-ordinating, co-ordination, co-ordinator, co-ordinators
core
cores, coring, cored
corporate
corporates, corporation, corporations
correspond
corresponded, correspondence, corresponding, correspondingly, corresponds
criteria
criterion
deduce
deduced, deduces, deducing, deduction, deductions
demonstrate
demonstrable, demonstrably, demonstrated, demonstrates, demonstrating, demonstration, demonstrations, demonstrative, demonstratively, demonstrator, demonstrators
document
documentation, documented, documenting, documents
dominate
dominance, dominant, dominated, dominates, dominating, domination
emphasis
emphasise, emphasised, emphasising, emphasize, emphasized, emphasizes, emphasizing, emphatic, emphatically
ensure
ensured, ensures, ensuring
exclude
excluded, excludes, excluding, exclusion, exclusionary, exclusionist, exclusions, exclusive, exclusively
framework
frameworks
fund
funded, funder, funders, funding, funds
illustrate
illustrated, illustrates, illustrating, illustration, illustrations, illustrative
immigrate
immigrant, immigrants, immigrated, immigrates, immigrating, immigration
imply
implied, implies, implying
initial
initially
instance
instances
interact
interacted, interacting, interaction, interactions, interactive, interactively, interacts
justify
justifiable, justifiably, justification, justifications, justified, justifies, justifying, unjustified
layer
layered, layering, layers
link
linkage, linkages, linked, linking, links
locate
located, locating, location, locations, relocate, relocated, relocates, relocating, relocation
maximise
max, maximised, maximises, maximising, maximisation, maximize, maximized, maximizes, maximizing, maximization, maximum
minor
minorities, minority, minors
negate
negative, negated, negates, negating, negatively, negatives
outcome
outcomes
partner
partners, partnership, partnerships
philosophy
philosopher, philosophers, philosophical, philosophically, philosophies, philosophise, philosophised, philosophises, philosophising, philosophize, philosophized, philosophizes, philosophizing
physical
physically
proportion
disproportion, disproportionate, disproportionately, proportional, proportionally, proportionate, proportionately, proportions
publish
published, publisher, publishers, publishes, publishing, unpublished
react
reacted, reacts, reacting, reaction, reactionaries, reactionary, reactions, reactive, reactivate, reactivation, reactor, reactors
register
deregister, deregistered, deregistering, deregisters, deregistration, registered, registering, registers, registration
rely
reliability, reliable, reliably, reliance, reliant, relied, relies, relying, unreliable
remove
removable, removal, removals, removed, removes, removing
scheme
schematic, schematically, schemed, schemes, scheming
sequence
sequenced, sequences, sequencing, sequential, sequentially
sex
sexes, sexism, sexual, sexuality, sexually
shift
shifted, shifting, shifts
specify
specifiable, specified, specifies, specifying, unspecified
sufficient
sufficiency, insufficient, insufficiently, sufficiently
task
tasks
technical
technically
technique
techniques
technology
technological, technologically
valid
invalidate, invalidity, validate, validated, validating, validation, validity, validly
volume
volumes, vol
Sublist 4
The fourth-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
access
accessed, accesses, accessibility, accessible, accessing, inaccessible
adequate
adequacy, adequately, inadequacies, inadequacy, inadequate, inadequately
annual
annually
apparent
apparently
approximate
approximated, approximately, approximates, approximating, approximation, approximations
attitude
attitudes
attribute
attributable, attributed, attributes, attributing, attribution
civil
code
coded, codes, coding
commit
commitment, commitments, commits, committed, committing
communicate
communicable, communicated, communicates, communicating, communication, communications, communicative, communicatively, uncommunicative
concentrate
concentrated, concentrates, concentrating, concentration
confer
conference, conferences, conferred, conferring, confers
contrast
contrasted, contrasting, contrastive, contrasts
cycle
cycled, cycles, cyclic, cyclical, cycling
debate
debatable, debated, debates, debating
despite
dimension
dimensional, dimensions, multidimensional
domestic
domestically, domesticate, domesticated, domesticating, domestics
emerge
emerged, emergence, emergent, emerges, emerging
error
erroneous, erroneously, errors
ethnic
ethnicity
goal
goals
grant
granted, granting, grants
hence
hypothesis
hypotheses, hypothesise, hypothesised, hypothesises, hypothesising, hypothesize, hypothesized, hypothesizes, hypothesizing, hypothetical, hypothetically
implement
implementation, implemented, implementing, implements
implicate
implicated, implicates, implicating, implication, implications
impose
imposed, imposes, imposing, imposition
integrate
integrated, integrates, integrating, integration
internal
internalise, internalised, internalises, internalising, internalize, internalized, internalizes, internalizing, internally
investigate
investigated, investigates, investigating, investigation, investigations, investigative, investigator, investigators
job
jobs
label
labeled, labeling, labelled, labelling, labels
mechanism
mechanisms
obvious
obviously
occupy
occupancy, occupant, occupants, occupation, occupational, occupations, occupied, occupier, occupiers, occupies, occupying
option
optional, options
output
outputs
overall
parallel
paralleled, parallelled, parallelling, parallels, unparalleled
parameter
parameters
phase
phased, phases, phasing
predict
predictability, predictable, predictably, predicted, predicting, prediction, predictions, predicts, unpredictability, unpredictable
principal
principally
prior
professional
professionally, professionals, professionalism
project
projected, projecting, projection, projections, projects
promote
promoted, promoter, promoters, promotes, promoting, promotion, promotions
regime
regimes
resolve
resolution, resolved, resolves, resolving, unresolved
retain
retained, retaining, retainer, retainers, retains, retention, retentive
series
statistic
statistician, statisticians, statistical, statistically, statistics
status
stress
stressed, stresses, stressful, stressing, unstressed
subsequent
subsequently
sum
summation, summed, summing, sums
summary
summaries, summarise, summarised, summarises, summarising, summarisation, summarisations, summarization, summarizations, summarize, summarized, summarizes, summarizing
undertake
undertaken, undertakes, undertaking, undertook
Sublist 5
The fifth-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
academy
academia, academic, academically, academics, academies
adjust
adjusted, adjusting, adjustment, adjustments, adjusts, readjust, readjusted, readjusting, readjustment, readjustments, readjusts
alter
alterable, alteration, alterations, altered, altering, alternate, alternating, alters, unalterable, unaltered
amend
amended, amending, amendment, amendments, amends
aware
awareness, unaware
capacity
capacities, incapacitate, incapacitated
challenge
challenged, challenger, challengers, challenges, challenging
clause
clauses
compound
compounded, compounding, compounds
conflict
conflicted, conflicting, conflicts
consult
consultancy, consultant, consultants, consultation, consultations, consultative, consulted, consults, consulting
contact
contactable, contacted, contacting, contacts
decline
declined, declines, declining
discrete
discretely, discretion, discretionary, indiscrete, indiscretion
draft
drafted, drafting, drafts, redraft, redrafted, redrafting, redrafts
enable
enabled, enables, enabling
energy
energetic, energetically, energies
enforce
enforced, enforcement, enforces, enforcing
entity
entities
equivalent
equivalence
evolve
evolution, evolved, evolving, evolves, evolutionary, evolutionist, evolutionists
expand
expanded, expanding, expands, expansion, expansionism, expansive
expose
exposed, exposes, exposing, exposure, exposures
external
externalisation, externalise, externalised, externalises, externalising, externality, externalization, externalize, externalized, externalizes, externalizing, externally
facilitate
facilitated, facilitates, facilities, facilitating, facilitation, facilitator, facilitators, facility
fundamental
fundamentally
generate
generated, generates, generating, generation, generations
image
imagery, images
liberal
liberalise, liberalism, liberalisation, liberalised, liberalises, liberalising, liberalization, liberalize, liberalized, liberalizes, liberalizing, liberate, liberated, liberates, liberation, liberations, liberating, liberator, liberators, liberally, liberals
licence
licences, license, licensed, licensing, licenses, unlicensed
logic
illogical, illogically, logical, logically, logician, logicians
margin
marginal, marginally, margins
medical
medically
mental
mentality, mentally
modify
modification, modifications, modified, modifies, modifying, unmodified
monitor
monitored, monitoring, monitors, unmonitored
network
networked, networking, networks
notion
notions
objective
objectively, objectivity
orient
orientate, orientated, orientates, orientation, orientating, oriented, orienting, orients, reorient, reorientation
perspective
perspectives, precise, imprecise, precisely, precision
prime
primacy
psychology
psychological, psychologically, psychologist, psychologists
pursue
pursued, pursues, pursuing, pursuit, pursuits
ratio
ratios
reject
rejected, rejecting, rejection, rejects, rejections
revenue
revenues
stable
instability, stabilisation, stabilise, stabilised, stabilises, stabilising, stabilization, stabilize, stabilized, stabilizes, stabilizing, stability, unstable
style
styled, styles, styling, stylish, stylise, stylised, stylises, stylising, stylize, stylized, stylizes, stylizing
substitute
substituted, substitutes, substituting, substitution
sustain
sustainable, sustainability, sustained, sustaining, sustains, sustenance, unsustainable
symbol
symbolic, symbolically, symbolise, symbolises, symbolised, symbolising, symbolism, symbolize, symbolized, symbolizes, symbolizing, symbols
target
targeted, targeting, targets
transit
transited, transiting, transition, transitional, transitions, transitory, transits
trend
trends
version
versions
welfare
whereas
Sublist 6
The sixth-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
abstract
abstraction, abstractions, abstractly, abstracts
accurate
accuracy, accurately, inaccuracy, inaccuracies, inaccurate
acknowledge
acknowledged, acknowledges, acknowledging, acknowledgement, acknowledgements
aggregate
aggregated, aggregates, aggregating, aggregation
allocate
allocated, allocates, allocating, allocation, allocations
assign
assigned, assigning, assignment, assignments, assigns, reassign, reassigned, reassigning, reassigns, unassigned
attach
attached, attaches, attaching, attachment, attachments, unattached
author
authored, authoring, authors, authorship
bond
bonded, bonding, bonds
brief
brevity, briefed, briefing, briefly, briefs
capable
capabilities, capability, incapable
cite
citation, citations, cited, citing, cites
cooperate
cooperated, cooperates, cooperating, cooperation, cooperative, cooperatively, co-operate, co-operated, co-operates, co-operation, co-operative, co-operatively
discriminate
discriminated, discriminates, discriminating, discrimination
display
displayed, displaying, displays
diverse
diversely, diversification, diversified, diversifies, diversify, diversifying, diversity
domain
domains
edit
edited, editing, edition, editions, editor, editorial, editorials, editors, edits
enhance
enhanced, enhancement, enhances, enhancing
estate
estates
exceed
exceeded, exceeding, exceeds
expert
expertise, expertly, experts
explicit
explicitly
federal
federation, federations
fee
fees
flexible
flexibility, inflexible, inflexibility
furthermore
gender
genders
ignorant
ignorance, ignore, ignored, ignores, ignoring
incentive
incentives
incidence
incident, incidentally, incidents
incorporate
incorporated, incorporates, incorporating, incorporation
index
indexed, indexes, indexing
inhibit
inhibited, inhibiting, inhibition, inhibitions, inhibits
initiate
initiated, initiates, initiating, initiation, initiations, initiative, initiatives, initiator, initiators
input
inputs
instruct
instruction, instructed, instructing, instructions, instructive, instructor, instructors, instructs
intelligent
intelligence, intelligently, unintelligent
interval
intervals
lecture
lectured, lecturer, lecturers, lectures, lecturing
migrate
migrant, migrants, migrated, migrates, migrating, migration, migrations, migratory
minimum
ministry
ministered, ministering, ministerial, ministries
motive
motivate, motivated, motivates, motivating, motivation, motivations, motives, unmotivated
neutral
neutralization, neutralise, neutralised, neutralises, neutralising, neutrality, neutralization, neutralize, neutralized, neutralizes, neutralizing
nevertheless
overseas
precede
preceded, precedence, precedent, precedes, preceding, unprecedented
presume
presumably, presumed, presumes, presuming, presumption, presumptions, presumptuous
rational
irrational, rationalisation, rationalisations, rationalise, rationalised, rationalises, rationalising, rationalism, rationality, rationalization, rationalizations, rationalize, rationalized, rationalizes, rationally
recover
recoverable, recovered, recovering, recovers, recovery
reveal
revealed, revealing, reveals, revelation, revelations
scope
subsidy
subsidiary, subsidies, subsidise, subsidised, subsidises, subsidising, subsidize, subsidized, subsidizes, subsidizing
tape
taped, tapes, taping
trace
traceable, traced, traces, tracing
transform
transformation, transformations, transformed, transforming, transforms
transport
transportation, transported, transporter, transporters, transporting, transports
underlie
underlay, underlies, underlying
utilise
utilisation, utilised, utilises, utilising, utiliser, utilisers, utility, utilities, utilization, utilize, utilized, utilizes, utilizing
Sublist 7
The seventh-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
adapt
adaptability, adaptable, adaptation, adaptations, adapted, adapting, adaptive, adapts
adult
adulthood, adults
advocate
advocacy, advocated, advocates, advocating
aid
aided, aiding, aids, unaided
channel
channelled, channelling, channels
chemical
chemically, chemicals
classic
classical, classics
comprehensive
comprehensively
comprise
comprised, comprises, comprising
confirm
confirmation, confirmed, confirming, confirms
contrary
contrarily
convert
conversion, conversions, converted, convertible, converting, converts
couple
coupled, coupling, couples
decade
decades
definite
definitely, definitive, indefinite, indefinitely
deny
deniable, denial, denials, denied, denies, denying, undeniable
differentiate
differentiated, differentiates, differentiating, differentiation
dispose
disposable, disposal, disposed, disposes, disposing
dynamic
dynamically, dynamics
eliminate
eliminated, eliminates, eliminating, elimination
empirical
empirically, empiricism
equip
equipment, equipped, equipping, equips
extract
extracted, extracting, extraction, extracts
file
filed, files, filing
finite
infinite, infinitely
foundation
foundations
globe
global, globally, globalisation, globalization
grade
graded, grades, grading
guarantee
guaranteed, guaranteeing, guarantees
hierarchy
hierarchical, hierarchies
identical
identically
ideology
ideological, ideologically, ideologies
infer
inference, inferences, inferred, inferring, infers
innovate
innovation, innovated, innovates, innovating, innovations, innovative, innovator, innovators
insert
inserted, inserting, insertion, inserts
intervene
intervened, intervenes, intervening, intervention, interventions
isolate
isolated, isolates, isolating, isolation, isolationism
media
mode
modes
paradigm
paradigms
phenomenon
phenomena, phenomenal
priority
priorities, prioritisation, prioritise, prioritised, prioritises, prioritising, prioritization, prioritize, prioritized, prioritizes, prioritizing
prohibit
prohibited, prohibiting, prohibition, prohibitions, prohibitive, prohibits
publication
publications
quote
quotation, quotations, quoted, quotes, quoting
release
released, releases, releasing
reverse
reversal, reversed, reverses, reversible, reversing, reversals, irreversible
simulate
simulated, simulates, simulating, simulation
sole
solely
somewhat
submit
submission, submissions, submits, submitted, submitting
successor
succession, successions, successive, successively, successors
survive
survival, survived, survives, surviving, survivor, survivors
thesis
theses
topic
topical, topics
transmit
transmission, transmissions, transmitted, transmitting, transmits
ultimate
ultimately
unique
uniquely, uniqueness
visible
visibility, visibly, invisible, invisibility
voluntary
voluntarily, volunteer, volunteering, volunteered, volunteers
Sublist 8
The eight-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
abandon
abandoned, abandoning, abandonment, abandons
accompany
accompanied, accompanies, accompaniment, accompanying, unaccompanied
accumulate
accumulated, accumulating, accumulation, accumulates
ambiguous
ambiguities, ambiguity, unambiguous, unambiguously
append
appendix, appended, appends, appending, appendices, appendixes
appreciate
appreciable, appreciably, appreciated, appreciates, appreciating, appreciation, unappreciated
arbitrary
arbitrariness, arbitrarily
automate
automatic, automated, automates, automating, automatically, automation
bias
biased, biases, biasing, unbiased
chart
charted, charting, charts, uncharted
clarify
clarification, clarified, clarifies, clarifying, clarity
commodity
commodities, complement, complementary, complemented, complementing, complements
conform
conformable, conformability, conformance, conformation, conformed, conforming, conformist, conformists, conformity, conforms, nonconformist, nonconformists, nonconformity, non-conformist, non-conformists, non-conformity
contemporary
contemporaries
contradict
contradicted, contradicting, contradiction, contradictions, contradictory, contradicts
crucial
crucially
currency
currencies
denote
denotation, denotations, denoted, denotes, denoting
detect
detectable, detected, detecting, detection, detective, detectives, detector, detectors, detects
deviate
deviated, deviates, deviating, deviation, deviations
displace
displaced, displacement, displaces, displacing
drama
dramas, dramatic, dramatically, dramatise, dramatised, dramatising, dramatises, dramatisation, dramatisations, dramatist, dramatists, dramatization, dramatizations, dramatize, dramatized, dramatizes, dramatizing
eventual
eventuality, eventually
exhibit
exhibited, exhibiting, exhibition, exhibitions, exhibits
exploit
exploitation, exploited, exploiting, exploits
fluctuate
fluctuated, fluctuates, fluctuating, fluctuation, fluctuations
guideline
guidelines
highlight
highlighted, highlighting, highlights
implicit
implicitly
induce
induced, induces, inducing, induction
inevitable
inevitability, inevitably
infrastructure
infrastructures
inspect
inspected, inspecting, inspection, inspections, inspector, inspectors, inspects
intense
intensely, intenseness, intensification, intensified, intensifies, intensify, intensifying, intension, intensity, intensive, intensively
manipulate
manipulated, manipulates, manipulating, manipulation, manipulations, manipulative
minimise
minimised, minimises, minimising, minimize, minimized, minimizes, minimizing
nuclear
offset
offsets, offsetting
paragraph
paragraphing, paragraphs
plus
pluses
practitioner
practitioners
predominant
predominance, predominantly, predominate, predominated, predominates, predominating
prospect
prospective, prospects
radical
radically, radicals
random
randomly, randomness
reinforce
reinforced, reinforcement, reinforcements, reinforces, reinforcing
restore
restoration, restored, restores, restoring
revise
revised, revises, revising, revision, revisions
schedule
reschedule, rescheduled, reschedules, rescheduling, scheduled, schedules, scheduling, unscheduled
tense
tension, tensely, tenser, tensest, tensions
terminate
terminal, terminals, terminated, terminates, terminating, termination, terminations
theme
themes, thematic, thematically
thereby
uniform
uniformity, uniformly
vehicle
vehicles
via
virtual
virtually
visual
visualise, visualised, visualised, visualising, visualisation, visualize, visualized, visualizing, visualization, visually
widespread
Sublist 9
The ninth-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
accommodate
accommodated, accommodates, accommodating, accommodation
analogy
analogies, analogous
anticipate
anticipated, anticipates, anticipating, anticipation, unanticipated
assure
assurance, assurances, assured, assuredly, assures, assuring
attain
attainable, attained, attaining, attainment, attainments, attains, unattainable
behalf
bulk
bulky
cease
ceased, ceaseless, ceases, ceasing
coherent
coherence, coherently, incoherent, incoherently
coincide
coincided, coincides, coinciding, coincidence, coincidences, coincident, coincidental
commence
commenced, commences, commencement, commencing, recommences, recommenced, recommencing
compatible
compatibility, incompatibility, incompatible
concurrent
concurrently
confine
confined, confines, confining, unconfined
controversy
controversies, controversial, controversially, uncontroversial
converse
conversely
device
devices
devote
devoted, devotedly, devotes, devoting, devotion, devotions
diminish
diminished, diminishes, diminishing, diminution, undiminished
distort
distorted, distorting, distortion, distortions, distorts
duration
erode
eroded, erodes, eroding, erosion
ethic
ethical, ethically, ethics, unethical
format
formatted, formatting, formats
found
founded, founder, founders, founding, unfounded
inherent
inherently
insight
insightful, insights
integral
intermediate
manual
manually, manuals
mature
immature, immaturity, maturation, maturational, matured, matures, maturing, maturity
mediate
mediated, mediates, mediating, mediation
mediu
military
minimal
minimalisation, minimalise, minimalises, minimalised, minimalising, minimalist, minimalists, minimalistic, minimalization, minimalize, minimalized, minimalizes, minimalizing, minimally
mutual
mutually
norm
norms
overlap
overlapped, overlapping, overlaps
passive
passively, passivity
portion
portions
preliminary
preliminaries
protocol
protocols
qualitative
qualitatively
refine
refined, refinement, refinements, refines, refining
relax
relaxation, relaxed, relaxes, relaxing
restrain
restrained, restraining, restrains, restraint, restraints, unrestrained
revolution
revolutionary, revolutionaries, revolutionise, revolutionised, revolutionises, revolutionising, revolutionist, revolutionists, revolutionize, revolutionized, revolutionizes, revolutionizing, revolutions
rigid
rigidities, rigidity, rigidly
route
routed, routes, routing
scenario
scenarios
sphere
spheres, spherical, spherically
subordinate
subordinates, subordination
supplement
supplementary, supplemented, supplementing, supplements
suspend
suspended, suspending, suspends, suspension
team
teamed, teaming, teams
temporary
temporarily
trigger
triggered, triggering, triggers
unify
unification, unified, unifies, unifying
violate
violated, violates, violating, violation, violations
vision
visions
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The tenth-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
adjacent
albeit
assemble
assembled, assembles, assemblies, assembling, assembly
collapse
collapsed, collapses, collapsible, collapsing
colleague
colleagues
compile
compilation, compilations, compiled, compiles, compiling
conceive
conceivable, conceivably, conceived, conceives, conceiving, inconceivable, inconceivably
convince
convinced, convinces, convincing, convincingly, unconvinced
depress
depressed, depresses, depressing, depression
encounter
encountered, encountering, encounters
enormous
enormity, enormously
forthcoming
incline
inclination, inclinations, inclined, inclines, inclining
integrity
intrinsic
intrinsically
invoke
invoked, invokes, invoking
levy
levies
likewise
nonetheless
notwithstanding
odd
odds
ongoing
panel
panelled, panelling, panels
persist
persisted, persistence, persistent, persistently, persisting, persists
pose
posed, poses, posing
reluctance
reluctant, reluctantly
so-called
straightforward
undergo
undergoes, undergoing, undergone, underwent
whereby