COMMON ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

WORD LIST A
Study the following word list of common academic vocabulary. Look up any
words you do not know and try to use them in an example sentence.
Stating the Topic of Your Writing
concept hypothesise proposition to predict
factor issue theses to speculate
hypothesis premise To consist topic
General Vocabulary of Research
homogeneo
argument controversy research
us
academic debate implicit source
anecdotal empirical issue study
anomaly evidence norm subsequent
assimilate exception pertinent survey
cogent explicit principle tentative
conform feasible relevance theory
consequent findings reliable to equate
trend valid
Verbs of Reporting
to add to consider to dispute to question
to to
to affirm to contend
emphasise recommend
to
to agree to contradict to refute
enumerate
to
to argue to explain to reject
demonstrate
to assert to deny to imply to remark
to assume to describe to infer to report
to challenge to determine to maintain to repudiate
to claim to disagree to point out to say
to
to clarify to discern to suggest
postulate
to comment to discuss to query to stipulate
to view
Using Tentativeness
may possible probably unlikely
Linking Ideas
also however since whereas
although moreover so while
on the other
as therefore
hand
Refering to the Work of Other People
according to to cite to claim to quote
to refer to to suggest
Drawing Conclusions
conclusion it is clear that therefore to signify
evident outcome thus to verify
it can be seen
summary to reveal
that
Words with Different Meanings in Different
Contexts
appreciate complex constant manifest
aspiration conceive construct objective
attribute concentrate function potential
radical stress
Explaining Processes Undertaken in a Study
to
administer data to elicit
interrelate
to
analyse process to establish
investigate
conduct to denote to evaluate to modify
correlate to derive to identify undertake
criterion to design to integrate