Academic Word List
Academic Word List Coxhead （2000). The most frequent word in each family is in italics。 There are 570 headwords and about 3000 words altogether。
Headwords
Other words in the family.
abandon
abandoned， abandoning, abandonment, abandons, e。g。
abstract
abstraction, abstractions, abstractly, abstracts,
academy
academia, academic， academically, academics， academies, e.g。
access
accessed， accesses， accessibility， accessible, accessing， inaccessible
accommodate
accommodated， accommodates, accommodating, accommodation
accompany
accompanied， accompanies， accompaniment, accompanying， unaccompanied
accumulate
accumulated, accumulating， accumulation， accumulates
accurate
accuracy， accurately, inaccuracy, inaccuracies, inaccurate
achieve
achievable, achieved， achievement, achievements, achieves, achieving
acknowledge
acknowledged, acknowledges， acknowledging， acknowledgement， acknowledgements
acquire
acquired， acquires， acquiring, acquisition， acquisitions
adapt
adaptability, adaptable, adaptation, adaptations, adapted, adapting， adaptive, adapts
adequate
adequacy, adequately， inadequacies, inadequacy， inadequate, inadequately
adjacent
 
adjust
adjusted， adjusting， adjustment， adjustments, adjusts， readjust， readjusted， readjusting, readjustment, readjustments， readjusts
administrate
administrates， administration， administrations, administrative， administratively, administrator， administrators
adult
adulthood， adults
advocate
advocacy, advocated, advocates, advocating
affect
affected, affecting, affective， affectively, affects, unaffected
aggregate
aggregated， aggregates， aggregating, aggregation
aid
aided， aiding, aids， unaided
albeit
 
allocate
allocated, allocates, allocating, allocation， allocations
alter
alterable, alteration, alterations， altered, altering， alternate, alternating， alters， unalterable, unaltered
alternative
alternatively, alternatives
ambiguous
ambiguities， ambiguity， unambiguous, unambiguously
amend
amended, amending， amendment， amendments, amendsappreciates
analogy
analogies, analogous
analyse
analysed, analyser, analysers, analyses， analysing， analysis, analyst， analysts, analytic， analytical, analytically
annual
annually
anticipate
anticipated, anticipates， anticipating, anticipation, unanticipated
apparent
apparently
append
appendix， appended， appends， appending， appendices, appendixes
appreciate
appreciable， appreciably， appreciated, appreciates, appreciating， appreciation， unappreciated
approach
approachable, approached， approaches, approaching, unapproachable
appropriate
appropriacy， appropriately， appropriateness, inappropriacy, inappropriate, inappropriately
approximate
approximated, approximately, approximates, approximating, approximation， approximations
arbitrary
arbitrariness, arbitrarily
area
areas