Most Frequent Words of the Academic Word List by Sublist

Sublist 1 of the Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families
This sublist contains the most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus. 

analysis
approach
area
assessment
assume
authority	
available
benefit 
concept 
consistent
constitutional
context
contract
create
data
definition
derived 
distribution 
economic
environment 
established
estimate 
evidence
export
factors
financial
formula
function
identified
income
indicate 
individual  
interpretation
involved
issues
labour
legal
legislation
major 
method
occur
percent 
period
policy
principle
procedure
process
required
research
response
role
section
sector
significant  
similar
source
specific
structure
theory
variables

Sublist 2 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families
This sublist contains the second most frequent words in the Academic Word List from the Academic Corpus. 

achieve 
acquisition
administration  
affect
appropriate 
aspects
assistance 
categories
chapter
commission
community
complex 
computer 
conclusion
conduct
consequences
construction
consumer  
credit
cultural 
design
distinction
elements 
equation
evaluation 
features 
final
focus
impact
injury
institute 
investment
items
journal 
maintenance
normal
obtained 
participation
perceived 
positive 
potential
previous
primary 
purchase 
range 
region
regulations
relevant 
resident
resources
restricted 
security 
sought
select
site
strategies
survey
text
traditional
transfer

Sublist 3 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families
This sublist contains the third most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.  

alternative
circumstances 
comments
compensation
components
consent
considerable
constant 
constraints
contribution
convention 
coordination
core
corporate 
corresponding
criteria
deduction
demonstrate 
document
dominant
emphasis 
ensure
excluded
framework 
funds
illustrated 
immigration
implies
initial 
instance 
interaction
justification
layer
link
location
maximum	
minorities
negative 
outcomes
partnership
philosophy 
physical 
proportion 
published 
reaction
registered 
reliance
removed
scheme
sequence
sex
shift
specified 
sufficient
task
technical 
techniques
technology
validity
volume

Sublist 4 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families
This sublist contains the fourth most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.

access
adequate
annual
apparent
approximated
attitudes 
attributed 
civil
code
commitment 
communication
concentration
conference 
contrast 
cycle
debate
despite 
dimensions 
domestic 
emerged 
error
ethnic
goals
granted
hence
hypothesis 
implementation
implications
imposed
integration
internal 
investigation
job
label
mechanism 
obvious
occupational  
option
output
overall 
parallel
parameters
phase
predicted
principal
prior
professional
project
promote
regime
resolution 
retained
series
statistics 
status
stress
subsequent
sum
summary
undertaken 

Sublist 5 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families 

academic 
adjustment  
alter  
amendment 
aware 
capacity  
challenge 
clause 
compounds 
conflict 
consultation 
contact 
decline 
discretion 
draft 
enable 
energy 
enforcement  
entities 
equivalent 
evolution  
expansion 
exposure 
external  
facilitate 
fundamental 
generated  
generation  
image 
liberal
licence 
logic 
marginal 
medical 
mental 
modified 
monitoring  
network 
notion 
objective  
orientation 
perspective 
precise 
prime 
psychology  
pursue 
ratio 
rejected 
revenue 
stability 
styles 
substitution  
sustainable
symbolic 
target 
transition  
trend 
version 
welfare 
whereas 
Sublist 6 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families

abstract 
accurate 
acknowledged 
aggregate  
allocation 
assigned 
attached 
author 
bond 
brief 
capable 
cited 
cooperative  
discrimination  
display 
diversity 
domain 
edition 
enhanced 
estate 
exceed 
expert 
explicit 
federal 
fees 
flexibility  
furthermore 
gender 
ignored 
incentive 
incidence  
incorporated 
index 
inhibition 
initiatives  
input 
instructions 
intelligence 
interval 
lecture 
migration 
minimum 
ministry 
motivation 
neutral 
nevertheless   
overseas  
preceding 
presumption 
rational 
recovery 
revealed 
scope 
subsidiary 
tapes 
trace 
transformation 
transport  
underlying 
utility 

Sublist 7  of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families

adaptation 
adults 
advocate 
aid 
channel 
chemical
classical 
comprehensive 
comprise 
confirmed 
contrary 
converted 
couple 
decades 
definite
deny 
differentiation  
disposal 
dynamic 
eliminate 
empirical  
equipment 
extract 
file 
finite 
foundation  
global 
grade 
guarantee 
hierarchical  
identical  
ideology 
inferred 
innovation 
insert 
intervention 
isolated 
media 
mode 
paradigm 
phenomenon 
priority 
prohibited 
publication  
quotation 
release 
reverse 
simulation  
solely 
somewhat 
submitted 
successive 
survive 
thesis 
topic 
transmission  
ultimately  
unique 
visible 
voluntary 

Sublist 8 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families

abandon 
accompanied 
accumulation  
ambiguous 
appendix 
appreciation  
arbitrary  
automatically 
bias 
chart 
clarity
conformity 
commodity 
complement 
contemporary 
contradiction 
crucial 
currency 
denote     
detected 
deviation 
displacement 
dramatic 
eventually  
exhibit 
exploitation  
fluctuations  
guidelines  
highlighted  
implicit 
induced 
inevitably 
infrastructure  
inspection  
intensity 
manipulation  
minimised 
nuclear 
offset 
paragraph 
plus 
practitioners 
predominantly 
prospect 
radical 
random 
reinforced 
restore 
revision 
schedule 
tension 
termination 
theme 
thereby 
uniform 
vehicle 
via 
virtually 
widespread 
visual 

Sublist 9 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families

accommodation 
analogous 
anticipated  
assurance 
attained 
behalf 
bulk 
ceases 
coherence 
coincide 
commenced 
incompatible  
concurrent 
confined 
controversy  
conversely 
device 
devoted 
diminished 
distorted/distortion - equal figures
duration 
erosion 
ethical 
format 
founded 
inherent 
insights 
integral 
intermediate 
manual 
mature 
mediation 
medium 
military 
minimal 
mutual 
norms 
overlap 
passive 
portion 
preliminary 
protocol 
qualitative 
refine 
relaxed 
restraints 
revolution 
rigid 
route 
scenario 
sphere 
subordinate 
supplementary  
suspended 
team 
temporary 
trigger 
unified 
violation 
vision 

Sublist 10 of the Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families
This sublist contains the least frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.

adjacent 
albeit 
assembly 
collapse 
colleagues 
compiled 
conceived 
convinced 
depression 
encountered  
enormous 
forthcoming 
inclination 
integrity 
intrinsic 
invoked 
levy 
likewise 
nonetheless  
notwithstanding 
odd  
ongoing 
panel 
persistent 
posed 
reluctant 
so‑called 
straightforward 
undergo 
whereby