Academic Vocabulary List
by
Jim Burke
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Academic Vocabulary List
[CATEGORIZED]
The Academic Vocabulary List has been categorized by parts of speech; or
in other words, into grammatical categories or word groups.
by
Rick Smith
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Teachers may copy for classroom use.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. 2
PREFACE ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY LIST .......................................................................................................... 4
WORD LIST .................................................................................................................................................. 4
SUFFIXES [FORMING PARTS OF SPEECH] ........................................................................................ 6
COMMON PREFIXES AND MEANINGS................................................................................................ 9
COMMON SUFFIXES AND MEANINGS .............................................................................................. 11
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY LIST ........................................................................................................ 13
COMPLETE WORD LIST WITH PARTS OF SPEECH [ NOUNS, VERBS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS ].................. 13
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Preface
What is the Vocabulary List? The following quotation comes
from Jim Burke’s home page.
“A thorough survey of various textbooks, assignments, content
area standards, and examinations yields the following list of words.
You cannot expect to succeed on assignments if you do not
understand the directions. The words fall into several categories,
which are not identified on this sheet: nouns (e.g., What you read
or create); verbs (e.g., What the assignment asks you to do);
adjectives (e.g., specific details about what you must do); and
adverbs, which provide very important information about how to
do the assignment.”
The Academic Vocabulary List can be obtained from:
www.englishcompanion.com
Upon arriving at Mr. Burke’s home page, scroll down and click on:
NEW: Academic Vocabulary 2.0 (Expanded)
I have taken Jim’s Academic Vocabulary List (pages 3-4) and
categorized the words into parts of speech (pages 5-34). In
some cases, I’ve expanded the root to show word usage in
different forms.
The purpose of compiling this list is to make it so the teacher will
be able to take all the words in the Academic Vocabulary List
and put them in a format that will make it easier to integrate them
into a usable vocabulary program, or just to use in daily lessons.
This format puts all the words’ parts of speech at your fingertips.
I hope this helps you as you help students! Good luck!
Rick Smith
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Academic Vocabulary
A thorough survey of various textbooks, assignments, content area standards, and
examinations yields the following list of words. You cannot expect to succeed on assignments if
you do not understand the directions. The words fall into several categories, which are not
identified on this sheet: nouns (e.g., What you read or create); verbs (e.g., What the assignment
asks you to do); adjectives (e.g., specific details about what you must do); and adverbs, which
provide very important information about how to do the assignment.
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abbreviate
abstract
according
acronym
address
affect
alter
always
analogy
analysis
analyze
annotate
anticipate
application
apply
approach
appropriate
approximate
argue
argument
arrange
articulate
aspects
assemble
assert
assess
associate
assume
assumption
audience
authentic
background
body
brainstorm
brief
calculate
caption
category
cause
character
characteristic
characterize
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chart
chronology
citation
cite
claim
clarify
class
clue
code
coherent
common
compare
compile
complement
complete
compose
composition
conceive
concise
conclude
conclusion
concrete
conditions
conduct
confirm
consequence
consider
consist
consistent
consistently
constant
constitutes
consult
contend
context
continuum
contradict
control
convert
convey
copy
correlate
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correspond
credible
credit
criteria
critique
crucial
cumulative
debate
deduce
defend
define
demand
demonstrate
depict
derive
describe
detail
detect
determine
develop
devise
diction
differentiate
dimension
diminish
direct
discipline
discover
discriminate
discuss
distinguish
domain
draft
draw
edit
effect
elements
emphasize
employ
equal
equivalent
essay
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essential
establish
estimate
evaluate
event
evidence
exaggerate
examine
example
excerpt
exclude
exercise
exhibit
explain
explore
expository
extract
fact
factor
feature
figurative
figure
focus
footer
foreshadow
form
format
former
formulate
fragment
frame
frequently
general
genre
graph
graphic
header
heading
highlight
hypothesize
identify
illustrate
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imitate
imply
inclined
include
incorporate
indicate
indirect
infer
influence
inform
inquire
instructions
integrate
intent
intention
interact
intermittent
interpret
introduce
introduction
invariably
investigate
involve
irony
irrelevant
isolate
italics
judge
key
label
likely
list
literal
locate
logical
main
margin
mean
measure
metaphor
method
model
modify
monitor
motivation
narrative
narrator
never
notation
note
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notice
objective
observe
occur
opinion
oppose
optional
order
organize
origins
outline
pace
paraphrase
participation
passage
pattern
perform
perspective
persuade
place
plagiarism
plan
plausible
plot
point
point of view
portray
possible
preclude
predict
prefix
prepare
presume
preview
previous
primary
prior
probably
procedure
process
produce
profile
project
prompt
proofread
property
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prose
prove
purpose
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quotation
quote
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recall
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refer
reflect
regular
relate
relationship
relevant
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report
represent
representative
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require
requisite
respond
responsible
restate
results
reveal
review
revise
root
rule
scan
score
sequence
series
set
setting
show
signal
significance
simile
skim
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source
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specific
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standard
state
statement
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strategy
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suggest
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summarize
summary
support
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table
technique
term
test
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tone
topic
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trait
transition
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typically
unique
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valid
variation
vary
verify
viewpoint
voice
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SUFFIXES
[Forming Parts of Speech]
When you are reading, you will come across unfamiliar words. It is often possible to guess their meanings if you
understand the way words in English are generally formed. An English word can be divided into three parts: a prefix, a
[root / base word], and a SUFFIX. Pre- means 'before. A prefix, therefore, is what comes before the [root / base word].
A SUFFIX is attached to the end of the [root / base word]. Many times, a word can be defined when it is known what
the prefix and the SUFFIX mean. Prefixes usually change the meaning of the word. However, a SUFFIX can
change the meaning of the word; it can also form the part of speech. Below are groups of SUFFIXES (Multiple
SUFFIXES) that are all used in the Academic Vocabulary List. They are listed under the parts of speech they
form. The bolded SUFFIXES are usually seen more often.
Noun Suffixes
Adjective Suffixes
Verb Suffixes
Adverb Suffixes
-ability
-ableness
-acy
-age
-al
-alism
-ality
-alness
-ance
-ancer
-ancing
-ancy
-ant
-ants
-ar
-ariness
-ate
-atedness
-ateness
-ation
-ationalism
-ationism
-ationist
-ativeness
-ator
-cy
-ed
-edness
-ee
-egy
-ence
-encer
-ency
-ent
-er
-erateness
-erer
-es
-able
-ac
-al
-alent
-ancy
-ant
-ard
-ary
-ate
-ational
-ative
-atory
-ed
-ent
-er
-est
-ful
-iable
-ial
-ible
-ic
-ical
-icized
-ied
-ier
-iest
-ily
-ing
-ion
-ional
-ionalistic
-ionary
-ionist
-ionless
-ious
-ish
-ist
-istic
-ate
-ated
-ates
-ating
-aw
-awn
-aws
-ed
-es
-ew
-fied
-fies
-fy
-fying
-iate
-iated
-iates
-iating
-ic
-ing
-ion
-ioned
-ioning
-ions
-it
-ivate
-ize
-ized
-izes
-izing
-or
-ored
-oring
-orize
-ors
-ow
-owed
-own
-ly
-ably
-ably
-ally
-antly
-arily
-edly
-entally
-entally
-entarily
-ently
-erly
-fully
-ially
-iately
-ibly
-ibly
-ically
-ically
-ically
-ily
-ing
-ingly
-ingly
-ionally
-ionally
-iously
-ishly
-ive
-ively
-ively
-lessly
-ously
-s
-ually
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Noun Suffixes
Adjective Suffixes
Verb Suffixes
Adverb Suffixes
-ability
-ful
-gist
-gy
-hood
-ia
-ialism
-iality
-ialness
-ialist
-ian
-iation
-iator
-ibiltiy
-ic
-icalness
-icism
-icity
-ics
-ier
-ility
-iness
-ing
-ion
-ionary
-ioner
-ionism
-ionist
-ism
-ison
-ist
-istic
-ity
-ive
-iveness
-ivism
-ivist
-ivity
-ization
-izer
-lessness
-ly
-ment
-mentarity
-ness
-ogy
-oid
-ol
-ology
-or
-oriness
-able
-ite
-itory
-ive
-less
-ly
-ment
-mental
-ness
-orial
-ory
-ous
-s
-'s
-ual
-y
-ate
-ows
-s
-ure
-ured
-ures
-uring
-yze
-ly
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Noun Suffixes
Adjective Suffixes
Verb Suffixes
Adverb Suffixes
-ability
-ory
-place
-placeness
-ry
-s
-ship
-sis
-son
-ude
-ure
-y
-able
-ate
-ly
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Prefix
Meaning(s)
aababsadafagambiamphiananaantanteantiapoatautobebicatacircumcocomconcontracorcounterdedecdidiadisduodyseecectoefemenendoepiequiexextraheterohemihexhexahomeohomohyperhypo-
without, away, from, not, of, completely
without, away, from
without, from, away
to, toward, addition, increase
to
to
both
around, both
not, in the process of, in a particular state
back(ward)
against, opposite, opposing
before, preceding
against, before, opposite, opposed to
away from
to
self
all over, all around, completely, having, covered with, cause to be
two
down
around
together with
with, jointly, completely
altogether, together with
against, opposed to
together
opposition, opposite direction
down, from, reduce, reverse, away, completely, removal
ten
apart, through, across, removal
through, across
apart, not, opposite, negation, removal
two
bad
away, out
away, out
outside
upward, completely
in, out, on, into
in, out, on, into
inside
on
equal
away, out, over, upward, completely, previous
beyond, outside
different, other
half, partly
six
six
same
same
above, over, super, beyond, more than normal
under
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Prefix
Meaning(s)
ilimininfrainterintra
irisomacromalmegamesometamicrominimismonomultinonoboctofomniopoutoverpanpantparapentaperperipolypostpreprimeproquadreredretrosesedsemisubsupersuprasymsyntratranstriultraununderuni-
not, without
in, not, without, inside
in, into, not, without, towards, inside
below
between, among
within, inside
not
equal
large, great, long
bad, wrong
large, great
middle
beyond
very small
small
bad, wrong
one
many
not connected with, absent
towards, blocking, against, concealing
eight
against, blocking
all
against
surpassing, exceeding, external, away from
too much, over, outer
all, overall
all, overall
beside
five
through, completely done
around, about
many
after
before
first
before, in advance, forward, for, forth, favoring
four
back, again, down
back
backward
apart
apart
half, partly
under, lower, nearly, approximately
over, above
above
together, in union
together, in union
across, beyond, different state
across, beyond, different state
three
beyond, extreme
not, reverse
too little, below, lower
one
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Suffix
Meaning(s)
-able
able to be, capable of
-ac
pertaining to
-acy
pertaining to
-age
act or condition
-al
having, pertaining to, relating to, like, suitable for
-an
person who
-ance
state of being
-ant
one who does, that which
-ar
having the quality of, relating to
-arium
a place where, repository
-ary
place where
-ate
being, one who, to cause to, to make
-ation
the act of
-ble
capable of being
-cle
little
-dom
domain, condition
-ed
having the quality of
-ee
person who is
-en
to make, made of
-ence
quality of, state of being, an act of
-ent
one who does, that which
-er
a thing/one which is or does
-esc
become, change
-fic
causing or producing
-ful
characterized by
-fy
to make
-hood
state or condition
-ia
area, land, state, medical condition
-ial
pertaining to
-ian
pertaining to
-ible
able to be, capable of being
-ic
of, characteristic of, pertaining to
-ical
like or suitable for
-ice
condition or quality
-id
state or condition
-ify
to make
-ile
relating to
-ine
of or relating to
-ing
activity, action, process
-ion
act of, state of being, the process of
-ise
to make
-ish
like, the quality of
-ism
condition/state/quality of, belief/practice
-ist
a person who
-ite
mineral, rock
-itis
inflammation
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Suffix
Meaning(s)
-ity
state of, the quality of
-ive
the quality of, state of being, the result of, relating to
-ize
to make
-le
little
-less
without
-ly
in the manner of, like
-ment
state of being, action
-ness
condition of, state of
-oid
resembling
-ole
little
-oma
tumor, growth
-or
a thing which is or does, that which does an action, a person who
-ory
pertaining to, a place for
-ous
like, full of, abounding in
-ry
state of
-s
one that is related to
-sc / -esc
become, change
-ship
condition, state
-sis
name of action or its result
-some
tending to
-tude
condition
-tion
the act of
-ty
state or condition
-um
no defined meaning, but modifies the root word
-ure
that which pertains to
-ward
direction or course
-y
full of
-yst
a person who
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Academic Vocabulary List
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Frequently Used Words Found in
Non/fiction Writings (Textbooks,
Assignments, Content Area Standards, and
Examinations)
No.
1
What You Are Reading
Vocabulary Word
abbreviate / ab•bre•vi•ate
2
abstract / ab•stract
3
according / ac•cord•ing
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acronym / ac•ro•nym
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address / ad•dress
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affect / af•fect
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alter / al•ter
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always / al•ways
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analogy / a•nal•o•gy
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
abbreviation
abbr. or abbrev.
abstract
abstractionist
abstraction
abstractedness
accordance
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviated
abstract
abstract
abstractionist
abstraction
abstractedness
according
accordant
acronym
address
addresses
addressability
addressee
affect
affecter
affectation
affectedness
alterability
Specific Details
About Things That
Must Be Done
abbreviate
accord
address
addressed
addresses
addressing
affect
affected
alter
alters
altered
altering
abstractly
accordantly
accordingly
acronymic
acronymous
addressable
alterable
always
analogist
analogize
analogousness
analogistic
analogously
analogous
analysis
10 analysis / a•nal•y•sis
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
analytic
analyst
analytic
analytically
analytical
analytics
analyze
analyzingly
analyzed
11 analyze / an•a•lyze
analyzing
analyzes
12 annotate / an•no•tate
annotator
annotate
annotation
annotated
annotating
annotates
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annotative
Academic Vocabulary List
List compiled by [© Jim Burke]. Visit www.englishcompanion.com for more information. Teachers may copy for classroom use.
The categorical breakdown of each word compiled by [Rick Smith] www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/acvocabulary2.pdf
Frequently Used Words Found in
Non/fiction Writings (Textbooks,
Assignments, Content Area Standards, and
Examinations)
No.
What You Are Reading
Vocabulary Word
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
anticipation
13 anticipate / an•tic•i•pate
14 application / ap•pli•ca•tion
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
Specific Details
About Things That
Must Be Done
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviate
anticipated
abbreviated
anticipant
anticipating
anticipative
anticipates
anticipatory
apply
applicable
anticipatively
application
applicant
applicability
applicably
applied
15 apply / ap•ply
applying
applies
16 approach / ap•proach
17 appropriate / ap•pro•pri•ate
approach
approach
approaches
approached
approachability
approaching
approachableness
approaches
appropriated
appropriate
approachable
appropriate
appropriating
appropriative
appropriates
appropriable
appropriately
appropriateness
appropriator
appropriation
appropriationism
appropriationist
18 approximate / ap•prox•i•mate
approximateness
approximate
approximate
approximation
approximated
approximative
approximative
approximating
approximates
argue
argued
arguing
argues
19 argue / ar•gue
argufy
argufied
argufying
argufies
14
arguable
arguably
Academic Vocabulary List
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The categorical breakdown of each word compiled by [Rick Smith] www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/acvocabulary2.pdf
Frequently Used Words Found in
Non/fiction Writings (Textbooks,
Assignments, Content Area Standards, and
Examinations)
No.
What You Are Reading
Vocabulary Word
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
argument
20 argument / ar•gu•ment
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
Specific Details
About Things That
Must Be Done
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviate
abbreviated
argumentative
arranger
arrange
arrangeable
arrangee
arranged
arranged
arrangement
arranging
argumentatively
argumentation
argumentativeness
21 arrange / ar•range
arranges
22 articulate / ar•tic•u•late
23 aspects / as•pects
24 assemble / as•sem•ble
articulacy
articulate
articulate
articulateness
articulated
articulated
articulation
articulating
articulative
articulator
articulates
articulatory
articulately
aspect
aspects
assembler
assemble
assembly
assembled
assembling
assembles
25 assert / as•sert
assertion
assert
assertiveness
asserted
assertive
asserting
asserts
26 assess / as•sess
assessment
assess
assessor
assessed
assessable
assessing
assesses
27 associate / as•so•ci•ate
associate
associate
associate
associates
associated
associated
associateship
associating
associates
associator
associates
associable
associability
associationistic
associationism
associative
associationist
15
assertively
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Vocabulary Word
What You Are Reading
Nouns
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
Verbs
abbreviator
assumer
28 assume / as•sume
Specific Details
About Things That
Must Be Done
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To Be Done
Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviate
assume
abbreviated
assumed
assumedly
assumed
assuming
assumingly
authentic
autthentically
assuming
assumes
29 assumption / as•sump•tion
30 audience / au•di•ence
31 authentic / au•then•tic
32 background / back•ground
assumption
audience
authentication
authenticator
authenticity
authenicate
authenticated
authenticating
authenticates
background
backgrounder
body
background
33 body / bod•y
34 brainstorm / brain•storm
35 brief / brief
36 calculate / cal•cu•late
brainstorm
brainstormer
brainstorming
brief
briefs
briefing
briefer
briefness
calculability
calculatedness
calculation
calculator
caption
37 caption / cap•tion
38 category / cat•e•go•ry
39 cause / cause
40 character / char•ac•ter
41
characteristic /
char•ac•ter•is•tic
category
categorization
categoricalness
cause
causability
causer
characterlessness
body
bodied
bodying
bodies
bodily
bodily
brief
briefed
briefing
briefs
brief
briefer
briefest
briefly
calculate
calculated
calculating
calculates
caption
captioned
captioning
captions
categorize
categorized
categorizing
categorizes
cause
calculable
calculational
calculative
calculatedly
captions
categorizable
categorical
categoric
causable
causeless
characterful
characterless
characteristic
categorically
characterlessly
characteristically
16
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Vocabulary Word
42 characterize / char•ac•ter•ize
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
characterizer
characterization
abbreviate
characterize
characterized
characterizing
characterizes
chart
charted
charting
charts
chart
43 chart / chart
44 chronology / chro•nol•o•gy
45 citation / ci•ta•tion
chronology
chronologist
citation
48 clarify / clar•i•fy
cite
cited
cites
claim
claimed
claiming
claims
clarify
clarified
clarifying
clarifies
classed
classing
classes
claim
claimer
claimant
clarifier
clarification
class
51 code / code
52 coherent / co•her•ent
53 common / com•mon
54 compare / com•pare
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviated
characterizable
chartable
chronologically
citational
citatory
49 class / class
50 clue / clue
Specific Details
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Must Be Done
chronological
46 cite / cite
47 claim / claim
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
clue
code
coder
code
coded
coding
codes
cohere
cohered
cohering
coheres
coherency
coherence
common
commons
commoner
commonage
commonality
commonplaceness
comparison
comparer
comparator
comparativeness
compare
compared
comparing
compares
17
claimable
clueless
coded
coherent
coherently
common
commonest
commonplace
commonly
comparative
compartively
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55 compile / com•pile
56 complement / com•ple•ment
57 complete / com•plete
58 compose / com•pose
What You Are Reading
Nouns
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
Verbs
abbreviator
compiler
compilation
abbreviate
compile
compiled
compiling
compiles
complement
complemented
complementing
complements
complete
completed
completing
completes
compose
composed
composing
composes
complement
complementarity
complementariness
complementizer
completeness
completer
completion
composedness
composer
59 composition / com•po•si•tion
60 conceive / con•ceive
61 concise / con•cise
conceiver
conceivable
conceivability
conceivableness
conciseness
concision
concluder
64 concrete / con•crete
65 conditions / con•di•tions
66 conduct / con•duct
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To Be Done
Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviated
compiled
complemental
complementary
complementally
complementarily
complete
completive
completely
composed
composedly
compositional
compositionally
conceivably
concise
concisely
conclusive
conclusively
concrete
concretionary
concretely
conditionable
conditional
conditioned
conductible
conductive
conductorial
conditionally
conceive
conceived
conceiving
conceives
conclude
concluded
concluding
concludes
62 conclude / con•clude
63 conclusion / con•clu•sion
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conclusion
conclusiveness
concrete
concreteness
concretion
concretism
concretist
concretization
conditionality
conditioner
conditioning
conductibility
conductance
conduction
conductivity
conductor
conductorship
concretize
concretized
concretizing
concretizes
conduct
conducted
conducting
conducts
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67 confirm / con•firm
68 consequence / con•se•quence
69 consider / con•sid•er
70 consist / con•sist
What You Are Reading
Nouns
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
Verbs
abbreviator
confirmability
confirmer
confirmation
abbreviate
confirm
confirmed
confirming
confirms
consequence
consequentiality
consequentialness
consequentialism
considerer
considerateness
consideration
consider
considered
considering
considers
consist
consisted
consisting
consists
consistency
consistence
71 consistent / con•sis•tent
72 consistently / con•sis•tent•ly
constituter
constitute
constituted
constituting
constitutes
consult
consulted
consulting
consults
contend
contended
contending
contends
contextualize
contextualized
contextualizing
contextualizes
74 constitutes / con•sti•tutes
consult
consultation
consulter
contender
76 contend / con•tend
78 continuum / con•tin•u•um
79 contradict / con•tra•dict
Adverbs
abbreviated
confirmable
confirmatory
confirmational
confirmed
consequent
consequential
confirmedly
considerable
considerate
considered
considerably
considerately
considering
consequentially
consequently
consistently
73 constant / con•stant
77 context / con•text
Adjectives
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
consistent
constants
75 consult / con•sult
Specific Details
About Things That
Must Be Done
context
contextualization
contexture
continuum
contradicter
contradictiveness
contradict
contradicted
contradicting
contradicts
19
constant
constancy
constantive
constitutive
constantly
constitutively
consultable
contextual
contextually
contradictable
contradictive
contradictively
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What You Are Reading
Vocabulary Word
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
controllability
abbreviate
control
controlled
controlling
controls
convert
converted
converting
converts
convey
conveyed
conveying
conveys
copy
copied
copying
copies
correlate
correlated
correlating
correlates
correspond
corresponded
corresponding
corresponds
80 control / con•trol
81 convert / con•vert
82 convey / con•vey
convert
conversion
conveyance
conveyancer
conveyancing
conveyor
copyist
83 copy / cop•y
84 correlate / cor•re•late
correlate
correlator
correlation
correspondence
85 correspond / cor•re•spond
86 credible / cred•i•ble
87 credit / cred•it
88 criteria / cri•te•ri•a
89 critique / cri•tique
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
credibleness
creditability
creditableness
credit
credited
crediting
credits
criterion
criteria
critique
criticism
92 debate / de•bate
Adjectives
abbreviated
controllable
controlled
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
Adverbs
controllably
conveyable
correlatable
correlational
credible
creedal
creditable
credibly
creditably
criterial
critique
critiqued
critiquing
critiques
90 crucial / cru•cial
91 cumulative / cu•mu•la•tive
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Must Be Done
cumulativeness
cumulation
cumulate
cumulated
cumulating
cumulates
debate
debated
debating
debates
debate
debater
20
crucial
cumulative
crucially
cumulatively
debatable
debatably
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Vocabulary Word
93 deduce / de•duce
94 defend / de•fend
95 define / de•fine
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
deducibility
deducibleness
abbreviate
deduce
deduced
deducing
deduces
defend
defended
defending
defends
define
defined
defining
defines
demand
demanded
demanding
demands
demonstrate
demonstrated
demonstrating
demonstrates
depict
depicted
depicting
depicts
derive
derived
deriving
derives
describe
described
describing
describes
detail
detailed
detailing
details
detect
detected
detecting
detects
determine
determined
determining
determines
defender
defendant
definability
definement
definer
demander
96 demand / de•mand
97 demonstrate / dem•on•strate
98 depict / de•pict
demonstration
demonstrationist
depicter
depiction
deriver
99 derive / de•rive
100 describe / de•scribe
101 detail / de•tail
102 detect / de•tect
103 determine / de•ter•mine
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
describer
description
detail
detailer
detectability
detection
determiner
determinism
determinist
determindedness
21
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Must Be Done
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To Be Done
Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviated
deducible
defendable
definable
definably
demandable
demonstrationist
depictive
derivable
describable
descriptive
detailed
detectable
detective
deterministic
determined
determinedly
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Vocabulary Word
104 develop / de•vel•op
105 devise / de•vise
106 diction / dic•tion
107 differentiate / dif•fer•en•ti•ate
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
developer
development
abbreviate
develop
developed
developing
developes
devise
devised
devising
devises
devisee
deviser
diction
dictionary
differentiation
differentiator
differentiate
differentiated
differentiating
differentiates
dimension
dimensioned
dimensioning
dimensions
diminish
diminished
diminishing
diminishes
direct
directed
directing
directs
discipline
disciplined
disciplining
disciplines
discover
discovered
discovering
discovers
discriminate
discriminated
discriminating
discriminates
discuss
discussed
discussing
discusses
dimensionality
108 dimension / di•men•sion
diminishment
109 diminish / di•min•ish
directness
110 direct / di•rect
111 discipline / dis•ci•pline
112 discover / dis•cov•er
113 discriminate / dis•crim•i•nate
114 discuss / dis•cuss
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
discipliner
disciplinarity
discoverer
discovery
discrimination
discriminator
discusser
discussant
discussion
22
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Must Be Done
Adjectives
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To Be Done
Adverbs
abbreviated
developable
developed
developing
developmental
devisable
developmentally
dictional
dictionally
dimensional
dimensionless
dimensionally
diminished
diminishable
diminishingly
direct
directed
directly
disciplinable
disciplinal
disciplined
disciplinary
discoverable
disciplinarily
discriminating
discriminational
discriminative
discriminatory
discussable
discussionable
discriminately
discriminatingly
discriminatively
discriminatorily
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What You Are Reading
Vocabulary Word
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
distinguisher
115 distinguish / dis•tin•guish
116 domain / do•main
117 draft / draft
118 draw / draw
119 edit / ed•it
120 effect / ef•fect
121 elements / el•e•ments
domain
draft
draftee
drafter
drawing
drawer
drawee
edition
editor
effecter
effectiveness
effectivity
elements
elementariness
emphasis
124 equal / e•qual
125 equivalent / e•quiv•a•lent
employability
employee
employer
employment
equalizer
equality
equivalence
equivalency
essayist
23
Adjectives
abbreviated
distinguishable
distinguished
distinguishing
draft
drafted
drafting
drafts
draw
drew
drawn
draws
edit
edited
editing
edits
effect
effected
effecting
effects
draftable
essay
essayed
essaying
essays
126 essay / es•say
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abbreviate
distinguish
distinguished
distinguishing
distinguishes
emphasize
emphasized
emphasizing
emphasizes
employ
employed
employing
employs
equal
equaled
equaling
equals
122 emphasize / em•pha•size
123 employ / em•ploy
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
Adverbs
distinguishably
drawable
edited
effectible
effective
effectively
elemental
elementary
emphatic
elementally
elementarily
emphatically
employable
equal
equally
equivalent
equivalently
essayistic
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Vocabulary Word
127 essential / es•sen•tial
128 establish / es•tab•lish
129 estimate / es•ti•mate
130 evaluate / e•val•u•ate
131 event / e•vent
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
essentiality
essentials
essentialness
essentialism
essentialist
establisher
establishment
establishmentarian
establishmentarianism
estimator
estimation
estimableness
evaluator
evaluation
eventer
eventfulness
evidence
134 examine / ex•am•ine
exaggerator
exaggeration
examinee
examiner
example
135 example / ex•am•ple
136 excerpt / ex•cerpt
137 exclude / ex•clude
138 exercise / ex•er•cise
excerpt
excerption
excerptor
excludability
excluder
exclusion
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Must Be Done
Adjectives
abbreviate
abbreviated
essential
establish
established
establishing
establishes
estimate
estimated
estimating
estimates
evaluate
evaluated
evaluating
evaluates
established
evidenced
evidencing
evidences
exaggerate
exaggerated
exaggerating
exaggerates
examine
examined
examining
examines
example
exampled
exampling
examples
132 evidence / ev•i•dence
133 exaggerate / ex•ag•ger•ate
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
estimative
estimable
exercises
exerciser
24
Adverbs
essentially
estimably
evaluative
eventful
eventfully
exaggerative
exaggeratedly
exaggeratingly
examinable
excerptible
exclude
excluded
excluding
excludes
exercise
exercised
exercising
exercises
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excludable
exclusionary
exerciser
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What You Are Reading
Vocabulary Word
139 exhibit / ex•hib•it
140 explain / ex•plain
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
exhibits
exhibition
exhibiter
exhibitor
exhibitioner
exhibitionism
exhibitionist
explainer
explanation
explorer
141 explore / ex•plore
142 expository / ex•pos•i•to•ry
143 extract / ex•tract
144 fact / fact
145 factor / fac•tor
expositor
exposition
extraction
extractor
fact
facticity
factoid
factuality
factualness
factualism
factualist
factor
factors
factorability
Adjectives
explain
explained
explaining
explains
explore
explored
exploring
explores
exposit
explainable
explanative
explanatory
explanatorily
figures
figured
figuring
25
Adverbs
exhibitively
factor
factored
factoring
factors
factorize
feature
featured
featuring
features
figurativeness
figure
figures
figurativeness
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abbreviated
exhibitory
exhibitionistic
exhibitive
exploratory
expository
expositive
extractive
factual
146 feature / fea•ture
148 figure • fig•ure
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abbreviate
exhibit
exhibited
exhibiting
exhibits
extract
extracted
extracting
extracts
feature
147 figurative / fig•u•ra•tive
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
factually
factorable
featureless
featured
figurative
figurative
figuratively
figuratively
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Vocabulary Word
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
focus
focuser
focalization
abbreviate
focus
focused
focusing
focuses
focalize
focalized
focalizing
focalizes
149 focus / fo•cus
150 footer / foot•er
footer
footing
footings
foreshadower
153 format / for•mat
154 former / for•mer
155 formulate / for•mu•late
156 fragment / frag•ment
157 frame / frame
158 frequently / fre•quent•ly
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Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviated
focusable
focused
footed
foreshadow
foreshadowed
foreshadowing
foreshadows
form
formed
forming
forms
format
formatted
formatting
formats
151 foreshadow / fore•shad•ow
152 form / form
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form
formation
formatives
formats
formation
former
formulation
formulator
formulate
formulated
formulating
formulates
fragmentize
fragmentized
fragmentizing
fragmentizes
frame
framed
framing
frames
fragment
fragmentation
frame
framer
framers
formable
fomational
formative
formatively
formational
formative
formatively
former
formerly
fragmental
fragmentary
fragmented
fragmentarily
frameable
frequent
freqentative
frequentation
frequenter
frequentness
frequency
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frequently
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Vocabulary Word
159 general / gen•er•al
160 genre / gen•re
What You Are Reading
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
general
generalness
generalcy
generalization
generalist
generality
generalship
genre
graph
abbreviate
generalize
generalized
generalizing
generalizes
163 header / head•er
164 heading / head•ing
165 highlight / high•light
graphicness
header
headers
heading
headings
highlight
highlighter
highlight
highlighted
highlighting
highlights
hypothesize
hypothesized
hypothesizing
hypothesizes
identify
identified
identifying
identifies
illustrate
illustrated
illustrating
illustrates
imitate
imitated
imitating
imitates
imply
implied
implying
implies
166 hypothesize / hy•poth•e•size
168 illustrate / il•lus•trate
169 imitate / im•i•tate
Adjectives
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
Adverbs
abbreviated
general
generally
graphic
graphical
graphically
identifiable
identifiably
illustratable
illustrational
illustrative
illustratively
imitational
imitative
imitatively
heading
hypothesizer
167 identify / i•den•ti•fy
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graph
graphed
graphing
graphs
161 graph / graph
162 graphic / graph•ic
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Requires You To Do
identifiability
identifier
illustrator
illustration
imitator
imitation
imitativeness
170 imply / im•ply
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Vocabulary Word
171 inclined / in•clined
172 include / in•clude
173 incorporate / in•cor•po•rate
174 indicate / in•di•cate
175 indirect / in•di•rect
176 infer / in•fer
177 influence / in•flu•ence
178 inform / in•form
179 inquire / in•quire
180 instructions / in•struc•tions
181 integrate / in•te•grate
182 intent / in•tent
183 intention / in•ten•tion
Nouns
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
Verbs
abbreviator
incliner
inclination
abbreviate
incline
inclined
inclining
inclines
include
included
including
includes
incorporate
incorporated
incorporating
incorporates
indicate
indicated
indicating
indicates
includedness
inclusion
inclusiveness
incorporation
incorporator
indicator
indication
indirectness
indirection
inferrer
inference
infer
inferred
inferring
infers
influence
influenced
influencing
influences
inform
informed
informing
informs
inquire
inquired
inquiring
inquires
instruct
instructed
instructing
instructs
integrate
integrated
integrating
integrates
influence
influencer
informant
information
infomatics
inquirer
inquiry
instructions
instructor
instruction
integrate
integration
integrationist
integrator
intent
intention
intentionality
Specific Details
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Must Be Done
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To Be Done
Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviated
inclinational
inclinable
includable
included
inclusionary
inclusive
incorporate
incorporable
incorporative
inclusively
indicatable
indicatory
indicative
indicational
indirect
indicatively
inferable
inferential
inferably
inferentially
influenceable
informational
informationally
inquiringly
instructional
instructive
instructively
integrated
integrating
intentional
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indirectly
intentionally
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184 interact / in•ter•act
185 intermittent / in•ter•mit•tent
186 interpret / in•ter•pret
What You Are Reading
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
interactant
interaction
interactionism
interactive
interactivity
intermittence
intermitter
interpretability
interpretation
interpreter
introductoriness
187 introduce / in•tro•duce
188 introduction / in•tro•duc•tion
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
Specific Details
About Things That
Must Be Done
Adjectives
191 involve / in•volve
192 irony / i•ro•ny
193 irrelevant / ir•rel•e•vant
194 isolate / i•so•late
195 italics / i•tal•ics
196 judge / judge
Adverbs
abbreviate
interact
interacted
interacting
interacts
abbreviated
interactional
interactively
intermit
intermitted
intermitting
intermits
interpret
interpreted
interpreting
interprets
introduce
introduced
introducing
introduces
intermittent
intermittently
intermittingly
interpretable
interpretational
interpretive
interpretative
introductory
interpretably
interpretatively
investigate
investigated
investigating
investigates
involve
involved
involving
involves
investigative
investigatory
introductorily
introduction
introductions
189 invariably / in•var•i•a•bly
190 investigate / in•ves•ti•gate
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invariably
investigation
investigator
involvement
involver
irony
irrelevance
irrelevancy
isolator
isolation
isolationism
isolationist
isolate
isolated
isolating
isolates
Italic
Italicism
italicization
italicize
italicized
italicizing
italicizes
judge
judged
judging
judges
judge
judger
judgment
judgement
judgeship
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involved
involving
involvedly
irrelevant
irrelevantly
isolable
islatable
isolated
isolating
isolative
italic
italicized
judgemental
judgementally
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What You Are Reading
Vocabulary Word
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
key
abbreviate
key
keyed
keying
keys
label
labeled
labeling
labels
197 key / key
198 label / la•bel
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
label
labeler
likelihood
199 likely / like•ly
200 list / list
201 literal / lit•er•al
202 locate / lo•cate
203 logical / log•i•cal
204 main / main
205 margin / mar•gin
206 mean / mean
207 measure / meas•ure
208 metaphor / met•a•phor
209 method / meth•od
list
lists
listing
list
listed
listing
lists
literalness
literalism
literalist
location
locator
locate
located
locating
locates
logician
logistics
main
margin
marginality
margin
margined
margining
margins
mean
meant
meaning
means
measure
measured
measuring
measures
mean
meanness
means
measure
measures
measurer
measurability
measurableness
measurelessness
measurement
metaphor
method
methodicalness
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To Be Done
Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviated
keyed
likely
likelier
likeliest
listed
likely
literal
literally
locational
locative
locatable
logical
logistic
logistical
main
marginal
marginable
logically
logistically
mean
meaner
meanest
meanly
measurable
measureless
measurably
measurelessly
metaphoric
metaphorical
methodic
methodical
metaphorically
mainly
marginally
methodically
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Vocabulary Word
210 model / mod•el
211 modify / mod•i•fy
212 monitor / mon•i•tor
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
model
models
modeler
abbreviate
model
modeled
modeling
models
modify
modified
modifying
modifies
monitor
monitored
monitoring
monitors
motivate
motivated
motivating
motivates
modifiability
modifiableness
modifier
monitor
monitorship
monitories
213 motivation / mo•ti•va•tion
214 narrative / nar•ra•tive
215 narrator / nar•ra•tor
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
narrative
narration
narrator
narrators
narrate
narrated
narrating
narrates
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Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviated
modeled
modeling
model's
modifiable
monitorial
monitory
monitorially
motivative
motivational
motivated
motivationally
narrative
narrational
narratable
narratively
216 never / never
217 notation / no•ta•tion
218 note / note
219 notice / no•tice
220 objective / ob•jec•tive
221 observe / ob•serve
never
notation
notations
notate
notated
notating
notates
note
noted
noting
notes
notice
noticed
noticing
notices
objectivize
note
noter
notedness
notice
notices
objective
objectiveness
objectivism
objectivist
objectivity
observer
observation
observations
observance
observability
observe
observed
observing
observes
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noteless
noted
notedly
objective
objectively
observational
observant
observable
observationally
observantly
observably
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Vocabulary Word
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
occurrence
abbreviate
occur
occurred
occurring
occurs
222 occur / oc•cur
223 opinion / o•pin•ion
224 oppose / op•pose
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
opinion
opinionatedness
opposer
opposability
oppose
opposed
opposing
opposes
order
orders
orderly
orderliness
orderer
organizer
order
ordered
ordering
orders
225 optional / op•tion•al
226 order / or•der
227 organize / or•gan•ize
228 origins • or•i•gins
origin
origins
originality
origination
originator
outline
229 outline / out•line
230 pace / pace
pace
pacer
231 paraphrase / par•a•phrase
participation
participator
232 participation / par•tic•i•pa•tion
participant
233 passage / pas•sage
passage
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To Be Done
Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviated
occurrent
opinionated
opinionatedly
opposing
opposable
opposably
optional
ordered
orderly
optionally
organize
organized
organizing
organizes
originate
originated
originating
originates
organizable
organized
organizing
outline
outlined
outlining
outlines
pace
paced
pacing
paces
paraphrase
paraphrased
paraphrasing
paraphrases
participate
participated
participating
participates
outlined
outlining
original
originative
paraphrastic
participative
participatory
participating
originally
originatively
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234 pattern / pat•tern
235 perform / per•form
236 perspective / per•spec•tive
237 persuade / per•suade
238 place / place
239 plagiarism / pla•gia•rism
What You Are Reading
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
pattern
patterning
abbreviate
pattern
patterned
patterning
patterns
perform
performed
performing
performs
performer
performance
performatives
perspective
persuader
persuasion
persuasiveness
persuadability
place
places
persuade
persuaded
persuading
persuades
place
placed
placing
places
plagiarize
plagiarized
plagiarizing
plan
planned
planning
plans
plagiarism
plagiarist
plagiarizer
plan
240 plan / plan
241 plausible / plau•si•ble
242 plot / plot
245 portray / por•tray
246 possible / pos•si•ble
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Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviated
patterned
performable
performative
performatively
perspective
persuasible
persuasive
persuadable
perspectively
persuasively
placeable
plagiaristic
point of view
portrayer
portrayal
possibility
preclusion
plot
plotted
plotting
plots
point
pointed
pointing
points
plotless
portray
portrayed
portraying
portrays
portrayable
preclude
precluded
precluding
precludes
247 preclude / pre•clude
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plagiaristically
planned
plausible
plausibility
plausibleness
plot
plots
plotline
plotter
point
243 point / point
244 point of view
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possible
preclusive
plausibly
possibly
preclusively
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Vocabulary Word
248 predict / pre•dict
249 prefix / pre•fix
250 prepare / pre•pare
251 presume / pre•sume
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
predictor
predictability
predictableness
prediction
predictiveness
prefix
prefixation
prefixion
preparer
preparation
preparatives
preparedness
presumer
presumption
abbreviate
predict
predicted
predicting
predicts
prepare
prepared
preparing
prepares
presume
presumed
presuming
presumes
preview
previewed
previewing
previews
preview
252 preview / pre•view
253 previous / pre•vi•ous
254 primary / pri•mar•y
255 prior / pri•or
256 probably / prob•a•bly
257 procedure / pro•ce•dure
258 process / proc•ess
259 produce / pro•duce
previousness
primary
prior
priors
priority
priorate
probability
procedure
proceduralist
process
processor
process
processed
processing
processes
produce
produced
producing
produces
profile
profiled
profiling
profiles
project
projected
projecting
projects
produce
producibility
profiler
260 profile / pro•file
261 project / proj•ect
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
project
projection
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Must Be Done
Adjectives
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
Adverbs
abbreviated
predictable
predictive
predictably
predictively
prefixal
prefixally
preparative
preparatory
prepared
preparatively
preparatorily
preparedly
presumable
presumptive
presumably
presumingly
presumedly
presumptively
previous
primary
prior
previously
primarily
probable
procedural
probably
procedurally
producible
projected
projectional
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What You Are Reading
Vocabulary Word
262 prompt / prompt
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
promptness
prompter
promptitude
abbreviate
prompt
prompted
prompting
prompts
proofreader
proofread (present)
265 propose / pro•pose
266 prose / prose
property
properties
proposer
proposal
prose
provability
267 prove / prove
268 purpose / pur•pose
269 quotation / quo•ta•tion
270 quote / quote
271 rank / rank
reaction / re•ac•tion
275 recall / re•call
Adverbs
promptly
purpose
purposefulness
purposiveness
quotation
quote
quoter
proposable
prove
proved
proving
proves
proven
purposed
purposing
purposes
provable
proven
provably
provenly
purposeful
purposeless
purposive
quotational
quotable
purposefully
purposely
purposively
quote
quoted
quoting
quotes
rank
ranked
ranking
ranks
rank
ranker
rareness
274
Adjectives
abbreviated
prompt
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
propose
proposed
proposing
proposes
272 rare / rare
273 rarely / rare•ly
Specific Details
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proofread (past)
proofreading
proofreads
263 proofread / proof•read
264 property / prop•er•ty
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
rarity
reaction
reactionist
reactionism
recall
recalls
recaller
recallability
rarify
reactivate
recall
recalled
recalling
recalls
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rank
ranker
rankest
ranking
rare
rarer
rarest
raring
reactionary
reactional
recallable
quotationally
quotability
rarely
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Vocabulary Word
276 reduce / re•duce
277 refer / re•fer
278 reflect / re•flect
279 regular / reg•u•lar
280 relate / re•late
281 relationship / re•la•tion•ship
282 relevant / rel•e•vant
What You Are Reading
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
reducer
reducibility
abbreviate
reduce
reduced
reducing
reduces
refer
referred
referring
refers
reflect
reflected
reflecting
reflects
regularize
regularized
regularizing
regularizes
relate
related
relating
relates
referrer
reference
reflectance
reflection
reflectiveness
reflectivity
regularity
regularization
regularizer
relator
relatedness
relation
relative
relativeness
relationship
relevance
285 represent / rep•re•sent
Specific Details
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Must Be Done
Adjectives
abbreviated
reducible
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
Adverbs
reducibly
referable
reflectional
reflective
reflectively
regular
regularly
relatable
related
relational
relative
relatedly
relationally
relatively
relevant
relevantly
reportable
reportorial
reportedly
reportorially
representability
representer
rephrase
rephrased
rephrasing
rephrases
report
reported
reporting
reports
represent
represented
representable
representational
representationally
representation
representing
representationalistic
283 rephrase / re•phrase
284 report / re•port
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
report
reportage
reporter
representationism
representationalism
representationalist
representative/rep•re•sen•ta•ti representative
286
ve
representativeness
requester
represents
representatively
request
requested
requesting
requests
287 request / re•quest
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What You Are Reading
Vocabulary Word
288 require / re•quire
289 requisite / req•ui•site
290 respond / re•spond
291 responsible / re•spon•si•ble
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
requirer
requirement
abbreviate
require
required
requiring
requires
requisiteness
requisition
respondence
respondent
294 reveal / re•veal
295 review / re•view
296 revise / re•vise
297 root / root
298 rule / rule
299 scan / scan
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To Be Done
Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviated
requirable
required
requisite
requisitionary
requisitely
responsible
responsibly
respond
responded
responding
responds
responsibleness
responsibility
restate
restated
restating
restates
result
resulted
resulting
results
reveal
revealed
revealing
reveals
review
reviewed
reviewing
reviews
revise
revised
revising
revises
root
rooted
rooting
roots
292 restate / re•state
293 results / re•sults
What the Assignment
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results
result
reveal
revealer
review
reviewer
reviser
revision
revisionism
root
rooter
rootage
rootedness
roothold
rule
ruler
ruling
rule
ruled
ruling
rules
scan
scanned
scanning
scans
scan
scanner
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resultant
resulting
revealing
reviewable
revisable
revisionary
revisionist
rooted
rulable
ruling
scannable
revealingly
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Vocabulary Word
300 score / score
301 sequence / se•quence
302 series / se•ries
303 set / set
304 setting / set•ting
305 show / show
306 signal / sig•nal
307 significance / sig•nif•i•cance
308 simile / sim•i•le
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
score
scorer
sequence
sequencer
series
set
setting
show
showing
showiness
signal
signals
signaler
significance
significativeness
signification
simile
skims
310 solve / solve
source
source / source
313 specific / spe•cif•ic
314 speculate / spec•u•late
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To Be Done
Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviate
score
scored
scoring
scores
sequence
sequenced
sequencing
sequences
abbreviated
scoreless
set
sets
setting
show
shown
showed
showing
shows
signal
signaled
signaling
signals
setting
skim
skimmed
skimming
skims
solve
solved
solving
solved
source
sourced
sourcing
sources
solution
312 spatial / spa•tial
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showable
showy
spatiality
specifics
specificity
specification
speculation
speculativeness
speculator
speculate
speculated
speculating
speculates
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showily
signally
significant
significative
309 skim / skim
311
What the Assignment
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significantly
significatively
skim
skimming
spatial
specific
specifiable
spatially
specifically
speculative
speculatively
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315 stance / stance
316 standard / stan•dard
317 state / state
318 statement / state•ment
319 strategy / strat•e•gy
320 structure / struc•ture
321 study / stud•y
322 style / style
323 subject / sub•ject
324 subjective / sub•jec•tive
325 subsequent / sub•se•quent
326 substitute / sub•sti•tute
327 succinct / suc•cinct
What You Are Reading
Nouns
What the Assignment
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Verbs
abbreviator
stance
standard
standards
standardizer
state
stateliness
statement
strategy
strategics
strategist
structure
structuralism
structuralist
study
studiousness
style
styler
stylishness
stylist
stylistics
subject
subjection
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Adjectives
Adverbs
abbreviate
abbreviated
standardize
standardized
standardizing
standardizes
state
stated
stating
states
standard
stated
stateless
stately
strategize
strategized
strategizing
strategizes
structure
structured
structuring
structures
structuralize
study
studied
studying
studies
style
styled
styling
styles
strategic
strategically
structured
structurally
studious
studiously
stylish
stylistic
stylishly
stylistically
subjective
subjectivistic
subjectively
subjectivistically
subsequent
substitutional
substitutive
subsequently
substitutionally
substitutively
succinct
succinctly
subject
subjected
subjecting
subjects
subjectiveness
subjectivism
subjectivist
subjectivity
subsequence
substitute
substituter
substitution
substitutiveness
succinctness
substitute
substituted
substituting
substitutes
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Vocabulary Word
328 suggest / sug•gest
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
suggester
suggestiblity
suggestibleness
suggestion
suggestiveness
sum
abbreviate
suggest
suggested
suggesting
suggests
sum
summed
summing
sums
summarize
summarized
summarizing
summarizes
329 sum / sum
330 summarize / sum•ma•rize
331 summary / sum•ma•ry
332 support / sup•port
333 survey / sur•vey
334 symbolize / sym•bol•ize
335 synonym / syn•o•nym
336 synthesize / syn•the•size
337 table / ta•ble
338 technique / tech•nique
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
summarist
summarization
summarizer
summary
summariness
supports
supportability
supporter
supportiveness
surveys
surveyor
symbolization
symbolism
symbolist
symbolic
symbology
symbologist
synonym
synonymity
synonymousness
synonymy
synthesization
synthesizer
table
tableful
technique
40
Specific Details
About Things That
Must Be Done
Adjectives
abbreviated
suggestive
suggestible
suggestive
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
Adverbs
suggestibly
suggestively
summarizable
support
supported
supporting
supports
survey
surveyed
surveying
surveys
symbolize
symbolized
symbolizing
symbolizes
supportable
supporting
supportive
supportably
supportively
symbolic
symbolistic
symbological
symbolically
symbolistically
synomize
synomized
synomizing
synomizes
synthesize
synthesized
synthesizing
synthesizes
table
tabled
tabling
tables
synonymic
synonymous
synonymously
surveyable
Academic Vocabulary List
List compiled by [© Jim Burke]. Visit www.englishcompanion.com for more information. Teachers may copy for classroom use.
The categorical breakdown of each word compiled by [Rick Smith] www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/acvocabulary2.pdf
Frequently Used Words Found in
Non/fiction Writings (Textbooks,
Assignments, Content Area Standards, and
Examinations)
No.
What You Are Reading
Vocabulary Word
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
term
abbreviate
term
termed
terming
terms
test
tested
testing
tests
theme
themed
theming
themes
339 term / term
340 test / test
test
testability
tester
theme
341 theme / theme
342 thesis / the•sis
343 timeline / time•line
344 tone / tone
345 topic / top•ic
346 trace / trace
347 trait / trait
thesis
timeline
tone
topic
topicality
trace
traces
traceability
traceableness
tracer
trait
transition
348 transition / tran•si•tion
349 translate / trans•late
350 typically / typ•i•cal•ly
351 unique / u•nique
352 utilize / u•til•ize
353 valid / val•id
354 variation / var•i•a•tion
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
translatability
translation
translator
typicality
typicalness
uniqueness
utilization
utilizer
41
Adjectives
abbreviated
termless
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
Adverbs
termly
testable
thematic
thematically
topical
topically
trace
traced
tracing
traces
traceable
traceless
traceably
tracelessly
transition
transitioned
transitioning
transitions
translate
translated
translating
translates
transitional
transitionary
transitionally
utilize
utilized
utilizing
utilizes
validity
validness
variation
variate
Specific Details
About Things That
Must Be Done
translatable
translational
translatorial
typical
typically
unique
utilizable
uniquely
valid
validly
variational
variationally
Academic Vocabulary List
List compiled by [© Jim Burke]. Visit www.englishcompanion.com for more information. Teachers may copy for classroom use.
The categorical breakdown of each word compiled by [Rick Smith] www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/acvocabulary2.pdf
Frequently Used Words Found in
Non/fiction Writings (Textbooks,
Assignments, Content Area Standards, and
Examinations)
No.
Vocabulary Word
What You Are Reading
Nouns
Verbs
abbreviator
355 vary / var•y
356 verify / ver•i•fy
357 viewpoint / view•point
358 voice / voice
What the Assignment
Requires You To Do
verifiability
verifier
verification
verificationism
viewpoint
voice
voicedness
voicefulness
voicelessness
voicer
42
Specific Details
About Things That
Must Be Done
Adjectives
How To Do What Has
To Be Done
Adverbs
abbreviate
vary
varied
varying
varies
verify
verified
verifying
verifies
abbreviated
varying
varyingly
verifiable
verificative
verifiably
voice
voiced
voicing
voices
voiced
voiceful
voiceless
voicelessly