Academic Word List (AWL)

To imitate or reproduce the behavior or conditions of something

To establish or start; an organization promoting education or science

To consider or treat two things as equal or equivalent

To bring together into one; consolidate

By which means or method

To partly cover or coincide with something else; a shared area or feature

To reach a conclusion by reasoning from evidence

To begin or start

A numerical fact used in analysis; relating to statistics

Having an end or limit; not infinite

To indicate or be a sign of; to mean literally

A person of lower rank; of lesser importance or authority

Individually separate and distinct; not continuous

In spite of; nevertheless; although

To make someone sad; to press down; to cause economic decline

To talk with someone; the opposite of something

Most common or influential; having the greatest power or importance

Nearly correct or exact; to come close to

Happening at the same time; simultaneous

To deny or contradict; to nullify or cancel out

To make or pass laws

To change or vary irregularly

To slope or lean; to tend toward something; a slope

To examine something in detail to understand its nature or structure

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

To reach a conclusion through logical reasoning

A compulsory tax or payment; to impose and collect taxes

To turn away from an established course or norm

To move to a foreign country to live permanently

Following as a natural result; the concluding part of a conditional proposition

Hard work or toil; the working class; to work hard

To replace human labor with machines

To introduce new ideas or methods; to make creative changes

An official permit; to grant official permission

To manage or oversee an organization or system

a rate or proportion per hundred