My first academic word list (which you can complement during this
course with more examples) – to help you when you write your
thesis
Not so formal word (used in everyday
language)
VERBS
come back
find out
find
use
do (several options  depending on the
context)
make (several options  depending on the
context)
turn (something into something else)
go up
make sure
work (of a machine or similar)
give (several options)
get
come up with
talk
change
call (calls something with a name)
give off
take place / happen
stand for
go through
Formal word
Resume, recover
Determine, uncover, expose, detect, identify
Discover, unearth, come up with
Utilize, exhaust, exploit, avail
create, prepare, complete, finish, execute
produce, generate, prepare, manufacture,
construct
Transform, change, convert
Rise, ascend, mount, advance
Confirm, verify, determine
Manufacture, labor, strive
Deliver, donate, grant, allow, accord
Receive, access, acquire
Discover, stumble upon, propose
Speak, lecture, communicate
Alter, shift, diversify
Beckon, hail, announce
Emit, emanate, radiate
Occur, transpire, result
Represent, answer for, symbolize,
Withstand, experience, undergo
ADJECTIVES
good
big
new
like
hard
bad
regular
middle
bigger
higher
biggest
much
exceptional, marvelous, wonderful
Considerable, significant, substantial
Novel, modern, state-of-the-art
Similar, comparable, alike
Difficult, exacting, complicated,
Poor, atrocious, awful
standard, common, normal, ordinary
Essential, heart, core
Major, greater, largest, superior
Upper, superior, surpassing
Largest, greatest, paramount
Plenty, substantial, enough, adequate
ADVERBS
widely
usually
more and more
Extensively, universally, broadly
Commonly, normally, generally
Increasingly, progressively
many times
nowadays
a lot
nearly
if
first of all
besides
so that
though
anyway
but
because of this
even so
in any case
yet
also
Frequently, again and again, intermittently
Currently, presently, contemporary
Considerably, entirely, immensely
Virtually, roughly, closely, approximately
Whether, assuming that, conceding that
Firstly, primarily, foremost,
as well as, apart from, additionally
Thus, in case, to prevent
Although, even though, nevertheless
Nevertheless, albeit, notwithstanding
However, yet, nonetheless
For that reason, therefore
Nevertheless, regardless, even though
Anyways, notwithstanding, nonetheless
However, although, even though
Similarly, likewise, additionally, besides
NOUNS
Diagram
Mitigation
Feature
Simulation
Problem
Operation
Implementation
Description
Conversion
Bibliography
Conclusion
Representation, figure
Alleviation, extenuation, cure
Character, Quality, Aspect,
Imitation, duplication, replication
Question, complication, predicament
Action, procedure, activity
Employment, practice
Characterization, definition, summarization
Alteration, Transformation
Reference List
Settlement, Conviction, Resolution