Academic Word List (AWL)

To desert or give up completely (v.); uninhibited freedom from restraint (n.)

Theoretical, not concrete; a summary of a text

A school for higher or specialized learning; a society promoting arts or sciences

To gain or obtain access to; A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage

To provide space or lodging; to adapt to suit needs

To go with someone; to occur alongside; to play musical accompaniment

To gather or increase gradually in quantity

Correct, exact, and free from errors

To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance

To recognize or admit something as true; to confirm receipt or express gratitude

To obtain or gain something through effort; to come to possess

To modify for a new purpose; to adjust to new conditions

Sufficient or good enough for a purpose

Next to or very near something; neighboring; 邻近的，毗连的

To make changes to improve or adapt something

To manage or oversee an organization or system

To (cause to) be or become an adult; A fully grown human or animal; Fully grown

To publicly support a cause; a person who supports or pleads for others

To influence or alter; A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs

A combined total of many parts; to collect into a whole; collective

Help or support; to assist someone

Although; even though

To set aside or distribute resources for a specific purpose

To change the form or character of something

A choice between two or more options; available as another option

Open to more than one interpretation; not clear in meaning

To improve or correct something; to make up for a wrong

A comparison highlighting similarity between two things, used for explanation

To examine something in detail to understand its nature or structure

Happening once every year; a yearly publication