AWL Academic Word List - Workbook 02: Guided Practice for Pre-University Students

1. ACADEMIC WORD LIST
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PREPARATION FOR UNIVERSITY STUDIES
Workbook # 2
GUIDED PRACTICE
A SELF-STUDY, ONLINE PROGRAMME FOR
AWL WORD MEANING
Compiled by Jaime Alfredo Cabrera
For the Scholars of
Albukhary International University
REQUIRED: READING SKILLS, WRITING SKILLS
REQUIRED: COMPUTER, INTERNET CONNECTION, HEADPHONE

2. Workbook Part 2
GOAL: To practice and record mastery of the Academic Word List
 Academic Word ListCoxhead (2000). The most frequent word in each family is in italics. There are 570
headwords and about 3000 words altogether.
 For more information see The Academic Word List.
 For more practice see: Schmitt & Schmitt (2005), or the Compleat Lexical Tutor.
 If you have an iPhone and want to practise these words, you could try: Flashcards Deluxe. Install the
application, then search in the shared library for "Academic Word List".
 Or you might like to try Testmaker. Install the application, then follow the instructions to use this file.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. How to Answer:
Step 1. There are 18 sets of 32 words (the last set has 27 words).
Step 2. Type your answer in each box. The table will expand accordingly if you have this in MS
Word. For a free copy of the MS Word document, email mr.jaime.aiu@gmail.com.
Step 3. In the boxes for Translation, translate the headword into your native language. Mark (n) for
the noun translation, (v) for the verb translation, (adj) for the adjective translation, and
(adv) for the adverb translation. If the word is a conjunction or a preposition, mark (con) or
(pre).
Step 4. In the boxes for Noun, Verb, Adjective, and Adverb, syllabicate with dashes (-): AD-JEC-TIVE.
Colour/boldface the stressed syllable like this: AD-JEC-TIVE. Write X for “no answer.”
Noun Forms Verb Forms Adjective Forms Adverb Forms
LOVE, LO-VING LOVE LOVE-LY LO-VING-LY
Step 5. In the boxes for Negative, answers usually begin with dis-, un- or in- (disinterested, unusual,
incapable).
Step 6. In the boxes for Antonyms, the answers are words that mean the opposite (tall = short, long
= short, male = female, live = die)
Step 7. If there is no answer, type NONE.
2. Deadline: Email the instructor your progress according to an agreed schedule. You may email more
than one set at a time if you wish to complete the vocabulary sets sooner.
3. Results: Your SCORES and grades will be emailed to you within three working days after your
email.
4. Grading:
 This is a take-home, pass-or-fail mastery system. You get either 100 or zero (0).
 Your goal is to master (grade of 100%) all 18 sets in 10 weeks to get a 100%. Otherwise you
can work according to your natural speed. Grades will be computed this way:
Mastered A* A B C D E F
16-18 Sets 91-100%
13-15 Sets 81-90%
10-12 Sets 71-80%
7-9 Sets 61-70%
4-6 Sets 51-60%
1-3 Sets 41-50%
0 sets 0%

3. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 1
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. abandon Spanish (v):
A BAN DO
NAR
abandoned,
abandoning,
abandonment,
abandons; example
abandon A BAN
DON
MENT
A BAN
DO
NING
TO A
BAN
DON
A
BAN
DON
A BAN
DONED
X UN A
BAN
DONED
Noun: uninhibitedness,
recklessness, lack of restraint,
lack of inhibition, wildness,
impulsiveness, impetuosity,
immoderation, wantonness
Verb: relinquish, surrender, give
up, cede, yield, leave; renounce,
relinquish, dispense with,
disclaim, forgo, disown,
disavow, discard, wash one's
hands of, desert, leave, leave
high and dry, turn one's back
on, cast aside, break (up) with,
empty or uninhabited, without
intending to return; synonyms:
vacate, leave, depart from,
withdraw from, quit, evacuate,
indulge in, give way to, give
oneself up to, yield to, lose
oneself to/in
Noun:
inhibitedness,
carefulness,
restraint,
inhibition,
tameness,
deliberateness,
moderation
Verb: relinquish,
surrender, give
up, cede, yield,
leave
2. abstract abstraction,
abstractions,
abstractly, abstracts;
example
abstract
3. academy academia, academic,
academically,
academics, academies;
example
academy
4. access accessed, accesses,
accessibility,
accessible, accessing,
inaccessible
access
5. accommodate accommodated,
accommodates,
accommodating,
accommodation
accommodate
6. accompany accompanied,
accompanies,
accompaniment,
accompanying,
unaccompanied
accompany
7. accumulate accumulated, accumulate

4. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
accumulating,
accumulation,
accumulates
8. accurate accuracy, accurately,
inaccuracy,
inaccuracies,
inaccurate
accurate
9. achieve achievable, achieved,
achievement,
achievements,
achieves, achieving
achieve
10. acknowledge acknowledged,
acknowledges,
acknowledging,
acknowledgement,
acknowledgements
acknowledge
11. acquire acquired, acquires,
acquiring, acquisition,
acquisitions
acquire
12. adapt adaptability,
adaptable, adaptation,
adaptations, adapted,
adapting, adaptive,
adapts
adapt
13. adequate adequacy, adequately,
inadequacies,
inadequacy,
inadequate,
inadequately
adequate
14. adjacent adjacent
15. adjust adjusted, adjusting,
adjustment,
adjustments, adjusts,
readjust, readjusted,
readjusting,
readjustment,
readjustments,
readjusts
adjust
16. administrate administrates,
administration,
administrations,
administrative,
administratively,
administrate

5. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
administrator,
administrators
17. adult adulthood, adults adult
18. advocate advocacy, advocated,
advocates, advocating
advocate
19. affect affected, affecting,
affective, affectively,
affects, unaffected
affect
20. aggregate aggregated,
aggregates,
aggregating,
aggregation
aggregate
21. aid aided, aiding, aids,
unaided
aid
22. albeit albeit
23. allocate allocated, allocates,
allocating, allocation,
allocations
allocate
24. alter alterable, alteration,
alterations, altered,
altering, alternate,
alternating, alters,
unalterable, unaltered
alter
25. alternative alternatively,
alternatives
alternative
26. ambiguous ambiguities, ambiguity,
unambiguous,
unambiguously
ambiguous
27. amend amended, amending,
amendment,
amendments, amends
amend
28. analogy analogies, analogous analogy
29. analyse analysed, analyser,
analysers, analyses,
analysing, analysis,
analyst, analysts,
analytic, analytical,
analytically
analyse
30. annual annually annual
31. anticipate anticipated,
anticipates,
anticipating,
anticipate

6. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
anticipation,
unanticipated
32. apparent apparently apparent

7. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 2
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. append appendix, appended, appends, appending, appendices,
appendixes
append
2. appreciate appreciable, appreciably, appreciated, appreciates,
appreciating, appreciation, unappreciated
appreciate
3. approach approachable, approached, approaches, approaching,
unapproachable
approach
4. appropriate appropriacy, appropriately, appropriateness, inappropriacy,
inappropriate, inappropriately
appropriate
5. approximate approximated, approximately, approximates,
approximating, approximation, approximations
approximate
6. arbitrary arbitrariness, arbitrarily arbitrary
7. area areas area
8. aspect aspects aspect
9. assemble assembled, assembles, assemblies, assembling, assembly assemble
10.assess assessable, assessed, assesses, assessing, assessment,
assessments, reassess, reassessed, reassessing,
reassessment, unassessed
assess
11.assign assigned, assigning, assignment, assignments, assigns,
reassign, reassigned, reassigning, reassigns, unassigned
assign
12.assist assistance, assistant, assistants, assisted, assisting, assists,
unassisted
assist
13.assume assumed, assumes, assuming, assumption, assumptions assume
14.assure assurance, assurances, assured, assuredly, assures, assuring assure
15.attach attached, attaches, attaching, attachment, attachments,
unattached
attach
16.attain attainable, attained, attaining, attainment, attainments,
attains, unattainable
attain
17.attitude attitudes attitude
18.attribute attributable, attributed, attributes, attributing, attribution attribute
19.author authored, authoring, authors, authorship author
20.authority authoritative, authorities authority
21.automate automatic, automated, automates, automating,
automatically, automation
automate
22.available availability, unavailable available
23.aware awareness, unaware aware
24.behalf behalf
25.benefit beneficial, beneficiary, beneficiaries, benefited, benefiting,
benefits
benefit
26.bias biased, biases, biasing, unbiased bias
27.bond bonded, bonding, bonds bond

8. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
28.brief brevity, briefed, briefing, briefly, briefs brief
29.bulk bulky bulk
30.capable capabilities, capability, incapable capable
31.capacity capacities, incapacitate, incapacitated capacity

9. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 3
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. category categories, categorisation, categorise, categorised,
categorises, categorising, categorizing
category
2. cease ceased, ceaseless, ceases, ceasing cease
3. challenge challenged, challenger, challengers, challenges,
challenging
challenge
4. channel channelled, channelling, channels channel
5. chapter chapters chapter
6. chart charted, charting, charts, uncharted chart
7. chemical chemically, chemicals chemical
8. circumstance circumstances circumstance
9. cite citation, citations, cited, citing, cites cite
10. civil civil
11. clarify clarification, clarified, clarifies, clarifying, clarity clarify
12. classic classical, classics classic
13. clause clauses clause
14. code coded, codes, coding code
15. coherent coherence, coherently, incoherent, incoherently coherent
16. coincide coincided, coincides, coinciding, coincidence,
coincidences, coincident, coincidental
coincide
17. collapse collapsed, collapses, collapsible, collapsing collapse
18. colleague colleagues colleague
19. commence commenced, commences, commencement,
commencing, recommences, recommenced,
recommencing
commence
20. comment commentaries, commentary, commentator,
commentators, commented, commenting, comments
comment
21. commission commissioned, commissioner, commissioners,
commissioning, commissions
commission
22. commit commitment, commitments, commits, committed,
committing
commit
23. commodity commodities commodity
24. communicate communicable, communicated, communicates,
communicating, communication, communications,
communicative, communicatively, uncommunicative
communicate
25. community communities community
26. compatible compatibility, incompatibility, incompatible compatible
27. compensate compensated, compensates, compensating,
compensation, compensations, compensatory
compensate
28. compile compilation, compilations, compiled, compiles, compile

10. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
compiling
29. complement complementary, complemented, complementing,
complements
complement
30. complex complexities, complexity complex
31. component componentry, components component
32. compound compounded, compounding, compounds compound

11. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 4
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. comprehensive comprehensively comprehensive
2. comprise comprised, comprises, comprising comprise
3. compute computation, computational, computations,
computable, computer, computed, computerised,
computers, computing
compute
4. conceive conceivable, conceivably, conceived, conceives,
conceiving, inconceivable, inconceivably
conceive
5. concentrate concentrated, concentrates, concentrating,
concentration
concentrate
6. concept conception, concepts, conceptual, conceptualisation,
conceptualise, conceptualised, conceptualises,
conceptualising, conceptually
concept
7. conclude concluded, concludes, concluding, conclusion,
conclusions, conclusive, conclusively, inconclusive,
inconclusively
conclude
8. concurrent concurrently concurrent
9. conduct conducted, conducting, conducts conduct
10. confer conference, conferences, conferred, conferring,
confers
confer
11. confine confined, confines, confining, unconfined confine
12. confirm confirmation, confirmed, confirming, confirms confirm
13. conflict conflicted, conflicting, conflicts conflict
14. conform conformable, conformability, conformance,
conformation, conformed, conforming, conformist,
conformists, conformity, conforms, nonconformist,
nonconformists, nonconformity, non-conformist,
non-conformists, non-conformity
conform
15. consent consensus, consented, consenting, consents consent
16. consequent consequence, consequences, consequently consequent
17. considerable considerably considerable
18. consist consisted, consistency, consistent, consistently,
consisting, consists, inconsistencies, inconsistency,
inconsistent
consist
19. constant constancy, constantly, constants, inconstancy,
inconstantly
constant
20. constitute constituencies, constituency, constituent,
constituents, constituted, constitutes, constituting,
constitution, constitutions, constitutional,
constitutionally, constitutive, unconstitutional
constitute
21. constrain constrained, constraining, constrains, constraint, constrain

12. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
constraints, unconstrained
22. construct constructed, constructing, construction,
constructions, constructive, constructs, reconstruct,
reconstructed, reconstructing, reconstruction,
reconstructs
construct
23. consult consultancy, consultant, consultants, consultation,
consultations, consultative, consulted, consults,
consulting
consult
24. consume consumed, consumer, consumers, consumes,
consuming, consumption
consume
25. contact contactable, contacted, contacting, contacts contact
26. contemporary contemporaries contemporary
27. context contexts, contextual, contextualise, contextualised,
contextualising, uncontextualised
context
28. contract contracted, contracting, contractor, contractors,
contracts
contract
29. contradict contradicted, contradicting, contradiction,
contradictions, contradictory, contradicts
contradict
30. contrary contrarily contrary
31. contrast contrasted, contrasting, contrastive, contrasts contrast
32. contribute contributed, contributes, contributing, contribution,
contributions, contributor, contributors
contribute

13. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 5
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. controversy controversies, controversial, controversially,
uncontroversial
controversy
2. convene convention, convenes, convened, convening,
conventional, conventionally, conventions,
unconventional
convene
3. converse conversely converse
4. convert conversion, conversions, converted, convertible,
converting, converts
convert
5. convince convinced, convinces, convincing, convincingly,
unconvinced
convince
6. cooperate cooperated, cooperates, cooperating, cooperation,
cooperative, cooperatively, co-operate, co-operated, co-
operates, co-operation, co-operative, co-operatively
cooperate
7. coordinate coordinated, coordinates, coordinating, coordination,
coordinator, coordinators, co-ordinate, co-ordinated, co-
ordinates, co-ordinating, co-ordination, co-ordinator, co-
ordinators
coordinate
8. core cores, coring, cored core
9. corporate corporates, corporation, corporations corporate
10. correspond corresponded, correspondence, corresponding,
correspondingly, corresponds
correspond
11. couple coupled, coupling, couples couple
12. create created, creates, creating, creation, creations, creative,
creatively, creativity, creator, creators, recreate,
recreated, recreates, recreating
create
13. credit credited, crediting, creditor, creditors, credits credit
14. criteria criterion criteria
15. crucial crucially crucial
16. culture cultural, culturally, cultured, cultures, uncultured culture
17. currency currencies currency
18. cycle cycled, cycles, cyclic, cyclical, cycling cycle
19. data data
20. debate debatable, debated, debates, debating debate
21. decade decades decade
22. decline declined, declines, declining decline
23. deduce deduced, deduces, deducing, deduction, deductions deduce
24. define definable, defined, defines, defining, definition,
definitions, redefine, redefined, redefines, redefining,
undefined
define
25. definite definitely, definitive, indefinite, indefinitely definite

14. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
26. demonstrate demonstrable, demonstrably, demonstrated,
demonstrates, demonstrating, demonstration,
demonstrations, demonstrative, demonstratively,
demonstrator, demonstrators
demonstrate
27. denote denotation, denotations, denoted, denotes, denoting denote
28. deny deniable, denial, denials, denied, denies, denying,
undeniable
deny
29. depress depressed, depresses, depressing, depression depress
30. derive derivation, derivations, derivative, derivatives, derived,
derives, deriving
derive
31. design designed, designer, designers, designing, designs design
32. despite despite

15. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 6
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. detect detectable, detected, detecting, detection, detective,
detectives, detector, detectors, detects
detect
2. deviate deviated, deviates, deviating, deviation, deviations deviate
3. device devices device
4. devote devoted, devotedly, devotes, devoting, devotion, devotions devote
5. differentiate differentiated, differentiates, differentiating,
differentiation
differentiate
6. dimension dimensional, dimensions, multidimensional dimension
7. diminish diminished, diminishes, diminishing, diminution,
undiminished
diminish
8. discrete discretely, discretion, discretionary, indiscrete, indiscretion discrete
9. discriminate discriminated, discriminates, discriminating, discrimination discriminate
10. displace displaced, displacement, displaces, displacing displace
11. display displayed, displaying, displays display
12. dispose disposable, disposal, disposed, disposes, disposing dispose
13. distinct distinction, distinctions, distinctive, distinctively, distinctly,
indistinct, indistinctly
distinct
14. distort distorted, distorting, distortion, distortions, distorts distort
15. distribute distributed, distributing, distribution, distributional,
distributions, distributive, distributor, distributors,
redistribute, redistributed, redistributes, redistributing,
redistribution
distribute
16. diverse diversely, diversification, diversified, diversifies, diversify,
diversifying, diversity
diverse
17. document documentation, documented, documenting, documents document
18. domain domains domain
19. domestic domestically, domesticate, domesticated, domesticating,
domestics
domestic
20. dominate dominance, dominant, dominated, dominates, dominating,
domination
dominate
21. draft drafted, drafting, drafts, redraft, redrafted, redrafting,
redrafts
draft
22. drama dramas, dramatic, dramatically, dramatise, dramatised,
dramatising, dramatises, dramatisation, dramatisations,
dramatist, dramatists, dramatization, dramatizations,
dramatizing
drama
23. duration duration
24. dynamic dynamically, dynamics dynamic
25. economy economic, economical, economically, economics,
economies, economist, economists, uneconomical
economy

16. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
26. edit edited, editing, edition, editions, editor, editorial,
editorials, editors, edits
edit
27. element elements element
28. eliminate eliminated, eliminates, eliminating, elimination eliminate
29. emerge emerged, emergence, emergent, emerges, emerging emerge
30. emphasis emphasise, emphasised, emphasising, emphatic,
emphatically
emphasis
31. empirical empirically, empiricism empirical
32. enable enabled, enables, enabling enable

17. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 7
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. encounter encountered, encountering, encounters encounter
2. energy energetic, energetically, energies energy
3. enforce enforced, enforcement, enforces, enforcing enforce
4. enhance enhanced, enhancement, enhances, enhancing enhance
5. enormous enormity, enormously enormous
6. ensure ensured, ensures, ensuring ensure
7. entity entities entity
8. environment environmental, environmentalist, environmentalists,
environmentally, environments
environment
9. equate equated, equates, equating, equation, equations equate
10. equip equipment, equipped, equipping, equips equip
11. equivalent equivalence equivalent
12. erode eroded, erodes, eroding, erosion erode
13. error erroneous, erroneously, errors error
14. establish disestablish, disestablished, disestablishes,
disestablishing, disestablishment, established,
establishes, establishing, establishment,
establishments
establish
15. estate estates estate
16. estimate estimated, estimates, estimating, estimation,
estimations, over-estimate, overestimate,
overestimated, overestimates, overestimating,
underestimate, underestimated, underestimates,
underestimating
estimate
17. ethic ethical, ethically, ethics, unethical ethic
18. ethnic ethnicity ethnic
19. evaluate evaluated, evaluates, evaluating, evaluation,
evaluations, evaluative, re-evaluate, re-evaluated, re-
evaluates, re-evaluating, re-evaluation
evaluate
20. eventual eventuality, eventually eventual
21. evident evidenced, evidence, evidential, evidently evident
22. evolve evolution, evolved, evolving, evolves, evolutionary,
evolutionist, evolutionists
evolve
23. exceed exceeded, exceeding, exceeds exceed
24. exclude excluded, excludes, excluding, exclusion, exclusionary,
exclusionist, exclusions, exclusive, exclusively
exclude
25. exhibit exhibited, exhibiting, exhibition, exhibitions, exhibits exhibit
26. expand expanded, expanding, expands, expansion,
expansionism, expansive
expand

18. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
27. expert expertise, expertly, experts expert
28. explicit explicitly explicit
29. exploit exploitation, exploited, exploiting, exploits exploit
30. export exported, exporter, exporters, exporting, exports export
31. expose exposed, exposes, exposing, exposure, exposures expose
32. external externalisation, externalise, externalised, externalises,
externalising, externality
external

19. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 8
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. extract extracted, extracting, extraction, extracts extract
2. facilitate facilitated, facilitates, facilities, facilitating, facilitation,
facilitator, facilitators, facility
facilitate
3. factor factored, factoring, factors factor
4. feature featured, features, featuring feature
5. federal federation, federations federal
6. fee fees fee
7. file filed, files, filing file
8. final finalise, finalised, finalises, finalising, finality, finally, finals final
9. finance financed, finances, financial, financially, financier,
financiers, financing
finance
10. finite infinite, infinitely finite
11. flexible flexibility, inflexible, inflexibility flexible
12. fluctuate fluctuated, fluctuates, fluctuating, fluctuation, fluctuations fluctuate
13. focus focused, focuses, focusing, refocus, refocused, refocuses,
refocusing
focus
14. format formatted, formatting, formats format
15. formula formulae, formulas, formulate, formulated, formulating,
formulation, formulations, reformulate, reformulated,
reformulating, reformulation, reformulations
formula
16. forthcoming forthcoming
17. found founded, founder, founders, founding, unfounded found
18. foundation foundations foundation
19. framework frameworks framework
20. function functional, functionally, functioned, functioning, functions function
21. fund funded, funder, funders, funding, funds fund
22. fundamental fundamentally fundamental
23. furthermore furthermore
24. gender genders gender
25. generate generated, generates, generating generate
26. generation generations generation
27. globe global, globally, globalisation, globalization globe
28. goal goals goal
29. grade graded, grades, grading grade
30. grant granted, granting, grants grant
31. guarantee guaranteed, guaranteeing, guarantees guarantee
32. guideline guidelines guideline

20. Name Student Number Date Completed

21. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 9
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. hence hence
2. hierarchy hierarchical, hierarchies hierarchy
3. highlight highlighted, highlighting, highlights highlight
4. hypothesis hypotheses, hypothesise, hypothesised, hypothesises,
hypothesising, hypothetical, hypothetically
hypothesis
5. identical identically identical
6. identify identifiable, identification, identified, identifies,
identifying, identities, identity, unidentifiable
identify
7. ideology ideological, ideologically, ideologies ideology
8. ignorant ignorance, ignore, ignored, ignores, ignoring ignorant
9. illustrate illustrated, illustrates, illustrating, illustration,
illustrations, illustrative
illustrate
10. image imagery, images image
11. immigrate immigrant, immigrants, immigrated, immigrates,
immigrating, immigration
immigrate
12. impact impacted, impacting, impacts impact
13. implement implementation, implemented, implementing,
implements
implement
14. implicate implicated, implicates, implicating, implication,
implications
implicate
15. implicit implicitly implicit
16. imply implied, implies, implying imply
17. impose imposed, imposes, imposing, imposition impose
18. incentive incentives incentive
19. incidence incident, incidentally, incidents incidence
20. incline inclination, inclinations, inclined, inclines, inclining incline
21. income incomes income
22. incorporate incorporated, incorporates, incorporating, incorporation incorporate
23. index indexed, indexes, indexing index
24. indicate indicated, indicates, indicating, indication, indications,
indicative, indicator, indicators
indicate
25. individual individualised, individuality, individualism, individualist,
individualists, individualistic, individually, individuals
individual
26. induce induced, induces, inducing, induction induce
27. inevitable inevitability, inevitably inevitable
28. infer inference, inferences, inferred, inferring, infers infer
29. infrastructure infrastructures infrastructure
30. inherent inherently inherent

22. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
31. inhibit inhibited, inhibiting, inhibition, inhibitions, inhibits inhibit
32. initial initially initial

23. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 10
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. initiate initiated, initiates, initiating, initiation, initiations, initiative,
initiatives, initiator, initiators
initiate
2. injure injured, injures, injuries, injuring, injury, uninjured injure
3. innovate innovation, innovated, innovates, innovating, innovations,
innovative, innovator, innovators
innovate
4. input inputs input
5. insert inserted, inserting, insertion, inserts insert
6. insight insightful, insights insight
7. inspect inspected, inspecting, inspection, inspections, inspector,
inspectors, inspects
inspect
8. instance instances instance
9. institute instituted, institutes, instituting, institution, institutional,
institutionalise, institutionalised, institutionalises,
institutionalising, institutionally, institutions
institute
10. instruct instruction, instructed, instructing, instructions, instructive,
instructor, instructors, instructs
instruct
11. integral integral
12. integrate integrated, integrates, integrating, integration integrate
13. integrity integrity
14. intelligent intelligence, intelligently, unintelligent intelligent
15. intense intensely, intenseness, intensification, intensified,
intensifies, intensify, intensifying, intension, intensity,
intensive, intensively
intense
16. interact interacted, interacting, interaction, interactions, interactive,
interactively, interacts
interact
17. intermediate intermediate
18. internal internalise, internalised, internalises, internalising,
internally
internal
19. interpret interpretation, interpretations, interpretative, interpreted,
interpreting, interpretive, interprets, misinterpret,
misinterpretation, misinterpretations, misinterpreted,
misinterpreting, misinterprets, reinterpret, reinterpreted,
reinterprets, reinterpreting, reinterpretation,
reinterpretations
interpret
20. interval intervals interval
21. intervene intervened, intervenes, intervening, intervention,
interventions
intervene
22. intrinsic intrinsically intrinsic
23. invest invested, investing, investment, investments, investor,
investors, invests, reinvest, reinvested, reinvesting,
invest

24. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
reinvestment, reinvests
24. investigate investigated, investigates, investigating, investigation,
investigations, investigative, investigator, investigators
investigate
25. invoke invoked, invokes, invoking invoke
26. involve involved, involvement, involves, involving, uninvolved involve
27. isolate isolated, isolates, isolating, isolation, isolationism isolate
28. issue issued, issues, issuing issue
29. item itemisation, itemise, itemised, itemises, itemising, items item
30. job jobs job
31. journal journals journal
32. justify justifiable, justifiably, justification, justifications, justified,
justifies, justifying, unjustified
justify

25. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 11
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. label labelled, labelling, labels label
2. labour laboured, labouring, labours labour
3. layer layered, layering, layers layer
4. lecture lectured, lecturer, lecturers, lectures, lecturing lecture
5. legal illegal, illegality, illegally, legality, legally legal
6. legislate legislated, legislates, legislating, legislation, legislative,
legislator, legislators, legislature
legislate
7. levy levies levy
8. liberal liberalise, liberalism, liberalisation, liberalised, liberalises,
liberalising, liberalization, liberate, liberated, liberates,
liberation, liberations, liberating, liberator, liberators,
liberally, liberals
liberal
9. licence licences, license, licensed, licensing, licenses, unlicensed licence
10. likewise likewise
11. link linkage, linkages, linked, linking, links link
12. locate located, locating, location, locations, relocate, relocated,
relocates, relocating, relocation
locate
13. logic illogical, illogically, logical, logically, logician, logicians logic
14. maintain maintained, maintaining, maintains, maintenance maintain
15. major majorities, majority major
16. manipulate manipulated, manipulates, manipulating, manipulation,
manipulations, manipulative
manipulate
17. manual manually, manuals manual
18. margin marginal, marginally, margins margin
19. mature immature, immaturity, maturation, maturational, matured,
matures, maturing, maturity
mature
20. maximise max, maximised, maximises, maximising, maximisation,
maximum
maximise
21. mechanism mechanisms mechanism
22. media media
23. mediate mediated, mediates, mediating, mediation mediate
24. medical medically medical
25. medium medium
26. mental mentality, mentally mental
27. method methodical, methodological, methodologies, methodology,
methods
method
28. migrate migrant, migrants, migrated, migrates, migrating, migration,
migrations, migratory
migrate
29. military military

26. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
30. minimal minimalisation, minimalise, minimalises, minimalised,
minimalising, minimalist, minimalists, minimalistic, minimally
minimal
31. minimise minimised, minimises, minimising minimise
32. minimum minimum

27. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 12
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. ministry ministered, ministering, ministerial, ministries ministry
2. minor minorities, minority, minors minor
3. mode modes mode
4. modify modification, modifications, modified, modifies,
modifying, unmodified
modify
5. monitor monitored, monitoring, monitors, unmonitored monitor
6. motive motivate, motivated, motivates, motivating,
motivation, motivations, motives, unmotivated
motive
7. mutual mutually mutual
8. negate negative, negated, negates, negating, negatively,
negatives
negate
9. network networked, networking, networks network
10. neutral neutralisation, neutralise, neutralised, neutralises,
neutralising, neutrality
neutral
11. nevertheless nevertheless
12. nonetheless nonetheless
13. norm norms norm
14. normal abnormal, abnormally, normalisation, normalise,
normalised, normalises, normalising, normality,
normally
normal
15. notion notions notion
16. notwithstanding notwithstanding
17. nuclear nuclear
18. objective objectively, objectivity objective
19. obtain obtainable, obtained, obtaining, obtains,
unobtainable
obtain
20. obvious obviously obvious
21. occupy occupancy, occupant, occupants,
occupation,occupational, occupations, occupied,
occupier, occupiers, occupies, occupying
occupy
22. occur occurred, occurrence, occurrences, occurring,
occurs, reoccur, reoccurred, reoccurring, reoccurs
occur
23. odd odds odd
24. offset offsets, offsetting offset
25. ongoing ongoing
26. option optional, options option
27. orient orientate, orientated, orientates, orientation,
orientating, oriented, orienting, orients, reorient,
reorientation
orient

28. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
28. outcome outcomes outcome
29. output outputs output
30. overall overall
31. overlap overlapped, overlapping, overlaps overlap
32. overseas overseas

29. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 13
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. panel panelled, panelling, panels panel
2. paradigm paradigms paradigm
3. paragraph paragraphing, paragraphs paragraph
4. parallel paralleled, parallels, unparalleled parallel
5. parameter parameters parameter
6. participate participant, participants, participated, participates,
participating, participation, participatory
participate
7. partner partners, partnership, partnerships partner
8. passive passively, passivity passive
9. perceive perceived, perceives, perceiving, perception, perceptions perceive
10. percent percentage, percentages percent
11. period periodic, periodical, periodically, periodicals, periods period
12. persist persisted, persistence, persistent, persistently, persisting,
persists
persist
13. perspective perspectives perspective
14. phase phased, phases, phasing phase
15. phenomenon phenomena, phenomenal phenomenon
16. philosophy philosopher, philosophers, philosophical, philosophically,
philosophies, philosophise, philosophised, philosophises,
philosophising
philosophy
17. physical physically physical
18. plus pluses plus
19. policy policies policy
20. portion portions portion
21. pose posed, poses, posing pose
22. positive positively positive
23. potential potentially potential
24. practitioner practitioners practitioner
25. precede preceded, precedence, precedent, precedes, preceding,
unprecedented
precede
26. precise imprecise, precisely, precision precise
27. predict predictability, predictable, predictably, predicted,
predicting, prediction, predictions, predicts,
unpredictability, unpredictable
predict
28. predominant predominance, predominantly, predominate,
predominated, predominates, predominating
predominant
29. preliminary preliminaries preliminary
30. presume presumably, presumed, presumes, presuming,
presumption, presumptions, presumptuous
presume

30. Name Student Number Date Completed
31. previous previously previous
32. primary primarily primary

31. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 14
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. prime primacy prime
2. principal principally principal
3. principle principled, principles, unprincipled principle
4. prior prior
5. priority priorities, prioritisation, prioritise, prioritised, prioritises,
prioritising
priority
6. proceed procedural, procedure, procedures, proceeded, proceeding,
proceedings, proceeds
proceed
7. process processed, processes, processing process
8. professional professionally, professionals, professionalism professional
9. prohibit prohibited, prohibiting, prohibition, prohibitions,
prohibitive, prohibits
prohibit
10. project projected, projecting, projection, projections, projects project
11. promote promoted, promoter, promoters, promotes, promoting,
promotion, promotions
promote
12. proportion disproportion, disproportionate, disproportionately,
proportional, proportionally, proportionate,
proportionately, proportions
proportion
13. prospect prospective, prospects prospect
14. protocol protocols protocol
15. psychology psychological, psychologically, psychologist, psychologists psychology
16. publication publications publication
17. publish published, publisher, publishers, publishes, publishing,
unpublished
publish
18. purchase purchased, purchaser, purchasers, purchases, purchasing purchase
19. pursue pursued, pursues, pursuing, pursuit, pursuits pursue
20. qualitative qualitatively qualitative
21. quote quotation, quotations, quoted, quotes, quoting quote
22. radical radically, radicals radical
23. random randomly, randomness random
24. range ranged, ranges, ranging range
25. ratio ratios ratio
26. rational irrational, rationalisation, rationalisations, rationalise,
rationalised, rationalises, rationalising, rationalism,
rationality, rationally
rational
27. react reacted, reacts, reacting, reaction, reactionaries,
reactionary, reactions, reactive, reactivate, reactivation,
reactor, reactors
react
28. recover recoverable, recovered, recovering, recovers, recovery recover

32. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
29. refine refined, refinement, refinements, refines, refining refine
30. regime regimes regime
31. region regional, regionally, regions region
32. register deregister, deregistered, deregistering, deregisters,
deregistration, registered, registering, registers, registration
register

33. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 15
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. regulate deregulated, deregulates, deregulating, deregulation,
regulated, regulates, regulating, regulation, regulations,
regulator, regulators, regulatory, unregulated
regulate
2. reinforce reinforced, reinforcement, reinforcements, reinforces,
reinforcing
reinforce
3. reject rejected, rejecting, rejection, rejects, rejections reject
4. relax relaxation, relaxed, relaxes, relaxing relax
5. release released, releases, releasing release
6. relevant irrelevance, irrelevant, relevance relevant
7. reluctance reluctant, reluctantly reluctance
8. rely reliability, reliable, reliably, reliance, reliant, relied,
relies, relying, unreliable
rely
9. remove removable, removal, removals, removed, removes,
removing
remove
10. require required, requirement, requirements, requires,
requiring
require
11. research researched, researcher, researchers, researches,
researching
research
12. reside resided, residence, resident, residential, residents,
resides, residing
reside
13. resolve resolution, resolved, resolves, resolving, unresolved resolve
14. resource resourced, resourceful, resources, resourcing,
unresourceful, under-resourced
resource
15. respond responded, respondent, respondents, responding,
responds, response, responses, responsive,
responsiveness, unresponsive
respond
16. restore restoration, restored, restores, restoring restore
17. restrain restrained, restraining, restrains, restraint, restraints,
unrestrained
restrain
18. restrict restricted, restricting, restriction, restrictions,
restrictive, restrictively, restricts, unrestricted,
unrestrictive
restrict
19. retain retained, retaining, retainer, retainers, retains,
retention, retentive
retain
20. reveal revealed, revealing, reveals, revelation, revelations reveal
21. revenue revenues revenue

34. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
22. reverse reversal, reversed, reverses, reversible, reversing,
reversals, irreversible
reverse
23. revise revised, revises, revising, revision, revisions revise
24. revolution revolutionary, revolutionaries, revolutionise,
revolutionised, revolutionises, revolutionising,
revolutionist, revolutionists, revolutions
revolution
25. rigid rigidities, rigidity, rigidly rigid
26. role roles role
27. route routed, routes, routing route
28. scenario scenarios scenario
29. schedule reschedule, rescheduled, reschedules, rescheduling,
scheduled, schedules, scheduling, unscheduled
schedule
30. scheme schematic, schematically, schemed, schemes, scheming scheme
31. scope scope
32. section sectioned, sectioning, sections section

35. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 16
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. sector sectors sector
2. secure insecure, insecurities, insecurity, secured, securely,
secures, securing, securities, security
secure
3. seek seeking, seeks, sought seek
4. select selected, selecting, selection, selections, selective,
selectively, selector, selectors, selects
select
5. sequence sequenced, sequences, sequencing, sequential,
sequentially
sequence
6. series series
7. sex sexes, sexism, sexual, sexuality, sexually sex
8. shift shifted, shifting, shifts shift
9. significant insignificant, insignificantly, significance,
significantly, signified, signifies, signify, signifying
significant
10. similar dissimilar, similarities, similarity, similarly similar
11. simulate simulated, simulates, simulating, simulation simulate
12. site sites site
13. so-called so-called
14. sole solely sole
15. somewhat somewhat
16. source sourced, sources, sourcing source
17. specific specifically, specification, specifications, specificity,
specifics
specific
18. specify specifiable, specified, specifies, specifying,
unspecified
specify
19. sphere spheres, spherical, spherically sphere
20. stable instability, stabilisation, stabilise, stabilised,
stabilises, stabilising, stability, unstable
stable
21. statistic statistician, statisticians, statistical, statistically,
statistics
statistic
22. status status
23. straightforward straightforward
24. strategy strategic, strategies, strategically, strategist,
strategists
strategy
25. stress stressed, stresses, stressful, stressing, unstressed stress
26. structure restructure, restructured, restructures,
restructuring, structural, structurally, structured,
structures, structuring, unstructured
structure
27. style styled, styles, styling, stylish, stylise, stylised,
stylises, stylising
style

36. Name Student Number Date Completed
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
28. submit submission, submissions, submits, submitted,
submitting
submit
29. subordinate subordinates, subordination subordinate
30. subsequent subsequently subsequent
31. subsidy subsidiary, subsidies, subsidise, subsidised,
subsidises, subsidising
subsidy
32. substitute substituted, substitutes, substituting, substitution substitute

37. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 17
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. successor succession, successions, successive, successively, successors successor
2. sufficient sufficiency, insufficient, insufficiently, sufficiently sufficient
3. sum summation, summed, summing, sums sum
4. summary summaries, summarise, summarised, summarises, summarising,
summarisation, summarisations
summary
5. supplement supplementary, supplemented, supplementing, supplements supplement
6. survey surveyed, surveying, surveys survey
7. survive survival, survived, survives, surviving, survivor, survivors survive
8. suspend suspended, suspending, suspends, suspension suspend
9. sustain sustainable, sustainability, sustained, sustaining, sustains, sustenance,
unsustainable
sustain
10. symbol symbolic, symbolically, symbolise, symbolises, symbolised, symbolising,
symbolism, symbols
symbol
11. tape taped, tapes, taping tape
12. target targeted, targeting, targets target
13. task tasks task
14. team teamed, teaming, teams team
15. technical technically technical
16. technique techniques technique
17. technology technological, technologically technology
18. temporary temporarily temporary
19. tense tension, tensely, tenser, tensest, tensions tense
20. terminate terminal, terminals, terminated, terminates, terminating, termination,
terminations
terminate
21. text texts, textual text
22. theme themes, thematic, thematically theme
23. theory theoretical, theoretically, theories, theorist, theorists theory
24. thereby thereby
25. thesis theses thesis
26. topic topical, topics topic
27. trace traceable, traced, traces, tracing trace
28. tradition non-traditional, traditional, traditionalist, traditionally, traditions tradition
29. transfer transferable, transference, transferred, transferring, transfers transfer
30. transform transformation, transformations, transformed, transforming, transforms transform
31. transit transited, transiting, transition, transitional, transitions, transitory, transits transit
32. transmit transmission, transmissions, transmitted, transmitting, transmits transmit

38. Name Student Number Date Completed
Academic Word List: Set 18
Headwords Translation Word families Definition Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Negative Synonyms Antonyms
1. transport transportation, transported, transporter, transporters, transporting,
transports
transport
2. trend trends trend
3. trigger triggered, triggering, triggers trigger
4. ultimate ultimately ultimate
5. undergo undergoes, undergoing, undergone, underwent undergo
6. underlie underlay, underlies, underlying underlie
7. undertake undertaken, undertakes, undertaking, undertook undertake
8. uniform uniformity, uniformly uniform
9. unify unification, unified, unifies, unifying unify
10. unique uniquely, uniqueness unique
11. utilise utilisation, utilised, utilises, utilising, utiliser, utilisers, utility, utilities utilise
12. valid invalidate, invalidity, validate, validated, validating, validation, validity, validly valid
13. vary invariable, invariably, variability, variable, variables, variably, variance, variant,
variants, variation, variations, varied, varies, varying
vary
14. vehicle vehicles vehicle
15. version versions version
16. via via
17. violate violated, violates, violating, violation, violations violate
18. virtual virtually virtual
19. visible visibility, visibly, invisible, invisibility visible
20. vision visions vision
21. visual visualise, visualised, visualised, visualising, visualisation, visually visual
22. volume volumes, vol volume
23. voluntary voluntarily, volunteer, volunteering, volunteered, volunteers voluntary
24. welfare welfare
25. whereas whereas
26. whereby whereby
27. widespread

39. Dedication
This workbook is dedicated to the scholars of Albukhary International
University who come from 45 countries around the world. Thank you.
About the Author
Jaime Alfredo Cabrera is a lecturer at the School of Business and at the
Centre for Foundation Studies of the Albukhary International University in
Alor Star, Malaysia.
For comments or suggestions, or for a free copy of the MS Word file
(.docx) please email mr.jaime.aiu@gmail.com.
1 STANDING L-R: Pa Pa Min (Myanmar); Ameroden Lao (Philippines); Patrya Paing (Myanmar); Zhang Zhiguang (China); Yahya Bakhit
(Uganda); Isaac Bate Obenson (Cameroon); Liban Omar Moalim Mohamud (Somalia); Lin Ye Htut Aung (Myanmar). SITTING: Yusuf
Saleh Lubama Demuna (Philippines); Khine Khant Soe Lwin (Myanmar); Jaime Alfredo Cabrera (Philippines). Photo courtesy of Zhang
Jiguang (China). Sept 2014 Alor Setar, Malaysia