Academic Writing: Frequently Used Academic Words

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Abandon

• Give something up and leave it unfinished

Abstract

• A short summary of an article that tells you all about what's in ti

Academic

• Relating to education or scholarship

Access

• Being able to approach or enter something or get and use files from a computer

Accessible

• Something that's easy to access - especially for people who are disabled

Accommodate

• To provide with something desired, needed, or suited

Accommodation

• Something supplied for convenience or to satisfy a need

Accompany

• To go somewhere with someone or things that happen together

Accumulation

• The process of increasing the amount of something over time

Accurate

• Correct, true or exact

Achieve

• succeed in what you set out to do - reach your goal or milestone

Acknowledge

•  Accept or admit that something is true - recognise the importance of something

Acquisition

• Getting something, usually by buying it

Adaptation

• The process of changing to fit (adapt to) a different situation

Adequate

• Good enough

Adjacent

• Next to or near

Adjustment

• A usually small change made to something

Administration

• The process of running and organising something - a business, government or any other kind of organisation

Adult

• A person who is either age 18 years or older

Advocate

• Publicly recommend or support - - one who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy - one who speaks on behalf of others

Affect

• have an effect on; make a difference to - touch the feelings of

Aggregate

• (noun) several smaller amounts or totals added together (verb) to add different amountstogether and consider as a single amount

Aid

• (noun) help or assistance given  (verb) to help or assist

Alarm

• a signal that something needs attention or the device that makes the signal - a feeling of worry or fear

Albeit

• even though - despite - although

Allocate

• set something aside or plan to use it for a particular purpose

Alter

• to make, usually, a small change to something

Alternative

• different from what is usual, expected, or traditional

Ambiguous

• more than one possible meaning, state, or explanation and therefore not clear

Amendment

• a change to a piece of writing or a statement that corrects or clarifies it; also the process of making this change.

Analogous

• like or is similar to

Analysis

• The process of studying something carefully to understand it - or using statistical methods in order to understand or explain something

Annual

• happening every year

Anticipate

• take action to prepare for something that you think will happen - look forward to

Apparent

•  easy to see, realise or understand - seeming real or true

Appendix

• A section at the end of an article or book that has extra information

Appreciate

• understand the value or qualities of something - feel thankful - increase in value

Approach

• (noun) a method of doing something or dealing with a problem  (verb) move near or closer to something - a request

Appropriate

• (adjective) matching the situation - suitable or acceptable (verb) take something that doesn't belong to you without permission

Approximate

• a number, time, position etc. that is close to a given number ,time, position etc but not to equal to it

Arbitrary

• based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

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