Academic Vocabulary List
Academic Vocabulary List
Academic Vocabulary List
Word
Definition, meaning
A
adolescent
affiliate
alarm
alley
almanac
alphabet
alternative
analgesic
antique
apiece
appetite
approach
ardor
assemble
astonish
astronomy
athlete
attic
authenticity
axe
a teenager
associate as a member
a device that sound a warning
a narrow passageway or street
book of facts published annually
a set of English letters
choice, selection, option
something used to reduce pain
object prized for its age
each, individually
desire to eat
get closer
with great intensity
come together, meet
surprise, amaze
science that deals with the universe
sportsman or woman
area between the roof and ceiling of a house
reality, certainty
instrument used in chopping wood
B
bake
banknote
bargain
barrel
bat
bathrobe
blackout
blade
blame
blank
blissful
boast
bounce
burglar
to cook in an oven
paper money or currency
something you can buy cheaply
a large round container used for holding great amounts of liquid
a small, furry mammal which flies at night
clothing worn after taking a shower
electric power outage
the flat, cutting edge of a knife or tool
to accuse someone or wrongdoing
empty, without any marks
extremely happy
brag; say great things about yourself
spring or leap like a ball
one who breaks into a building and steals
C
cage
carve
cattle
cellophane
century
challenge
charge
chew
chime
cite
coffin
collapse
combination
compassion
compensation
concoct
condominium
confess
confront
conquer
consumer
contact
contemporary
cope
cork
coward
cracker
cream
credentials
crook
crummy
curiosity
D
decathlon
decorative
dent
depending
deposit
desperate
dessert
detect
devout
dip
discrimination
dozen
drudgery
dull
dweller
very religious
put lightly into water or liquid
treating people unfairly because of their differences
a set of twelve
hard, uninteresting labor
boring, not exciting; not bright or sharp
inhabitant, person who lives at a certain place
E
earn
eclipse
emerald
encourage
ensure
enthusiastic
entirely
estate
evaluate
evolve
exhausted
exile
expansion
expert
eyelid
F
fantasy
fascinating
fatal
finesse
fleet
flock
fold
former
fortune
frighten
fugitive
fur
G
galaxy
gallery
generous
gigantic
glance
glimpse
goofy
H
hanger
harvest
hatch
havoc
heir
hemorrhage
hop
I
ignore
illusion
immigrant
incident
incredible
inferior
inform
inhabitant
inquire
inquiry
instinct
interfere
irrational
irrelevant
issue
J
jam
jogging
juvenile
K
knot
L
lack
absence, deficiency
latter
leak
lecturer
legitimate
listless
log
lonely
lumber
M
magician
maid
mathematics
melt
monopoly
motive
museum
N
naked
narrow
nationwide
negligent
O
observe
octopus
opaque
ounce
outraged
outskirts
outstanding
owe
own
P
parlance
participation
patriotic
peak
peasant
peddler
perceive
perceive
personality
plug
pocket
poll
portion
pounding
poverty
practical
premarital
prevent
priceless
profit
proportion
province
psychiatry
punish
puppet
Q
qualm
R
railing
rainbow
ramble
rancher
region
reinforce
relationship
release
reluctance
rendezvous
revenue
revolver
ribbon
rinse
rise
risk
roam
rough
route
S
sample
sand
scientist
seal
severe
sheet
significantly
skill
slang
slim
soak
sober
spill
spoil
sponge
squeeze
starvation
stow
struggle
subsequent
supply
survey (noun)
survey (verb)
swallow
swell
swing
T
tap
telescope
teller
textile
therapy
thermometer
thrilling
thunder
tipping
toss
trampoline
transfer
trapper
treat
trend
trophy
U
unflattering
upgrade
V
varnish
vast
vocational
volunteer
W
walrus
warehouse
warrior
waste
wed
widespread
widow
wilderness
withdraw
wooden
workaholic
wrap
Y
yawn