Sublist 3 of the Academic Word List

Sublist 3 Words with Word Families and Definitions

Alternative

alternatively, alternatives

A choice or option different from the usual one.

Circumstance

circumstances

A fact or condition connected to an event or situation.

Comment

commentaries, commentary, commentator, commentators, commented, commenting, comments

A remark or statement about something.

Compensate

compensated, compensates, compensating, compensation, compensations, compensatory

To make up for a loss or disadvantage.

Component

componentry, components

A part or element of a larger whole.

Consent

consensus, consented, consenting, consents

Permission or agreement for something to happen.

Considerable

considerably

Large in size, amount, or degree.

Constant

constancy, constantly, constants, inconstancy, inconstantly

Something that stays the same or continues over time.

Constrain

constrained, constraining, constrains, constraint, constraints, unconstrained

To limit or restrict something.

Contribute

contributed, contributes, contributing, contribution, contributions, contributor, contributors

To give or provide something for a common purpose.

Convene

convention, convenes, convened, convening, conventional, conventionally, conventions, unconventional

A generally accepted way of doing something; a formal meeting.

Coordinate

coordinated, coordinates, coordinating, coordination, coordinator, coordinators, co-ordinate, co-ordinated, co-ordinates, co-ordinating, co-ordination, co-ordinator, co-ordinators

To organize different parts to work together effectively.

Core

cores, coring, cored

The central or most important part of something.

Corporate

corporates, corporation, corporations

Related to a large company or group.

Correspond

corresponded, correspondence, corresponding, correspondingly, corresponds

To match or agree with something; to communicate by letters.

Criteria

criterion

Standards or principles by which something is judged.

Deduce

deduced, deduces, deducing, deduction, deductions

To draw a conclusion based on evidence or reasoning.

Demonstrate

demonstrable, demonstrably, demonstrated, demonstrates, demonstrating, demonstration, demonstrations, demonstrative, demonstratively, demonstrator, demonstrators

To show or explain something clearly through examples or actions.

Document

documentation, documented, documenting, documents

A written, printed, or electronic record of information.

Dominate

dominance, dominant, dominated, dominates, dominating, domination

To control or have a commanding influence over something.

Emphasis

emphasise, emphasised, emphasising, emphatic, emphatically

Special importance or focus placed on something.

Ensure

ensured, ensures, ensuring

To make certain that something happens or is the case.

Exclude

excluded, excludes, excluding, exclusion, exclusionary, exclusionist, exclusions, exclusive, exclusively

The study excluded participants under the age of 18.

Framework

frameworks

A structure or system that supports or organizes something.

Fund

funded, funder, funders, funding, funds

A sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose.

Illustrate

illustrated, illustrates, illustrating, illustration, illustrations, illustrative

To explain or clarify something by providing examples or pictures.

Immigrate

immigrant, immigrants, immigrated, immigrates, immigrating, immigration

To come to live permanently in a foreign country.

Imply

implied, implies, implying

To suggest something without explicitly stating it.

Initial

initially

Occurring at the beginning; first.

Instance

instances

An example or case of something.

Interact

interacted, interacting, interaction, interactions, interactive, interactively, interacts

To communicate or work together.

Justify

justifiable, justifiably, justification, justifications, justified, justifies, justifying, unjustified

To show or prove that something is right or reasonable.

Layer

layered, layering, layers

A single thickness or level of something.

Link

linkage, linkages, linked, linking, links

To connect or join two or more things.

Locate

located, locating, location, locations, relocate, relocated, relocates, relocating, relocation

To find the exact position of something.

Maximize

max, maximised, maximises, maximising, maximisation, maximum

To increase something to the greatest possible amount.

Minor

minorities, minority, minors

Less important or smaller in size or degree.

Negate

negative, negated, negates, negating, negatively, negatives

To make something ineffective or invalid.

Outcome

outcomes

The result or effect of an action or situation.

Partner

partners, partnership, partnerships

A person or organization that works with others toward a common goal.

Philosophy

philosopher, philosophers, philosophical, philosophically, philosophies, philosophise, philosophised, philosophises, philosophising

A set of beliefs or theories about knowledge, truth, or life.

Physical

physically

Relating to the body or material things.

Proportion

disproportion, disproportionate, disproportionately, proportional, proportionally, proportionate, proportionately, proportions

A part, share, or amount in relation to a whole.

Publish

published, publisher, publishers, publishes, publishing, unpublished

To make information available to the public, especially in print or online.

React

reacted, reacts, reacting, reaction, reactionaries, reactionary, reactions, reactive, reactivate, reactivation, reactor, reactors

To respond to something with action or emotion.

Register

deregister, deregistered, deregistering, deregisters, deregistration, registered, registering, registers, registration

To record or enroll formally.

Rely

reliability, reliable, reliably, reliance, reliant, relied, relies, relying, unreliable

To depend on someone or something for support.

Remove

removable, removal, removals, removed, removes, removing

To take something away or eliminate it.

Scheme

schematic, schematically, schemed, schemes, scheming

A plan or arrangement for achieving a specific goal.

Sequence

sequenced, sequences, sequencing, sequential, sequentially

A particular order in which things happen or are arranged.

Shift

shifted, shifting, shifts

To move or change from one position, direction, or condition to another.

Specify

specifiable, specified, specifies, specifying, unspecified

To state or describe something clearly and in detail.

Sufficient

sufficiency, insufficient, insufficiently, sufficiently

Enough to meet the needs or requirements of a situation.

Task

tasks

A piece of work or duty to be done.

Technical

technically

Relating to specialized knowledge, techniques, or details, often in science or engineering.

Technique

techniques

A method or skill used to accomplish a specific task or activity.

Technology

technological, technologically

The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.

Valid

invalidate, invalidity, validate, validated, validating, validation, validity, validly

Based on truth, logic, or fact; legally acceptable or officially recognized.

Volume

volumes, vol

The amount of space something occupies; the quantity or amount of something; a book or collection.