Academic Word List: Sublist 1

Exercise 1
1. Analyse
to study or examine

2. Approach
to come nearer to something

3. Area
part of a place, piece of land or country

4. Assess
evaluate

5. Assume
to accept as true without question or proof

6. Authority
the moral or legal right to control

7. Available
able to be bought, used, or reached

8. Benefit
a helpful or good effect

9. Concept
principle or idea

10. Consist
comprised or made up of


Exercise 2
In this gap fill exercise you need to choose the correct word from AWL sublist 1 to place in the
gap.
1. The discovery of oil brought many
benef its
to the town.
2. Water samples taken from streams were
analyzed
for contamination by chemicals. It
was important to check it carefully.
3. It is very difficult to define the
concept
of beauty.
4. All
areas
of the country will have some rain tonight.
5. Is this dress
available
in a larger size?
6. We could just see the train
approaching
in the distance.
7. I
assumed
(that) you knew each other because you went to the same school.
8. The United Nations has used its
authority
to restore peace in the area.
9. America
consists
of fifty states.
10. Examinations are not the only means of
assessing
a student's ability.

Exercise 1
Which of the above AWL words do you know? Match the definitions to the word:
1. the air, water and land in or on which people, animals and plants live
Environment

2. to form or make up something
Constitute

3. information, especially facts or numbers
Data

4. the system of trade and industry by which the wealth of a country is made and used
Economy

5. to say what the meaning of something, especially a word, is
Def ine

6. to make something new, especially to invent something
Create

7. to get something from something else
Derive

8. the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it
Context

9. a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement
Contract

10. to give something out to several people, or to spread or supply something
Distribute


Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. The
Data
was/were collected by various researchers.
2. The institute
Derives
most of its money from foreign investments. It gets only a small
amount from domestic investments.
3. Women
Constitute
about 10% of Parliament. Men make up the remaining 90%.
4. Tourism contributes millions of pounds to the country's
Economy
. It has helped
prevent the country from going into recession.
5. In this dictionary 'reality' is
Def ined
as 'the state of things as they are, rather than as
they are imagined to be'.
6. They could take legal action against you if you break (the terms of) the
Contract
.
7. Certain chemicals have been banned because of their damaging effect on the
Environment
.
8. The Bible says that God
Created
the world.
9. It is important to see all the fighting and bloodshed in his plays in historical
Context
.
10. The books will be
Distributed
free to local schools. They are given out for free because
schools do not have much money to spend.

Exercise 1
Which of the above AWL words do you know? Match the definitions to the word:
1. to start a company or organization that will continue for a long time / to discover or get proof
of something
Establish

2. to send goods to another country for sale
Export

3. a standard or accepted way of doing or making something / mathematical rule
Formula

4. money that is earned from doing work or received from investments
Income

5. easily seen or understood; obvious
Evident

6. a fact or situation which influences the result of something
Factor

7. purpose
Function

8. to guess the cost, size, value, etc. of something
Estimate

9. to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are
Identif y

10. the monetary resources and affairs of a state, organization, or person / to provide funding
for a person or organisation
Finance



Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. Our clothes sell so well in this country that we have no need to
Export
.
2. From the smell it was
Evident
that the drains had been blocked for several days.
3. The
Function
of the veins is to carry blood to the heart.
4. The brewery was
Established
in 1822 and it still operates today.
5. We have changed the
Formula
of the washing powder. There are now less chemicals
in it.
6. It was difficult to
Estimate
how many trees had been destroyed, but it was somewhere
between 10 and 15 thousand.
7. More help is needed for people on low
Incomes
. They don't have enough money to
live on.
8. Price will be a major
Factor
in the success of this new product.
9. The gunman in Wednesday's attack has been
Identif ied
as Lee Giggs, an unemployed
truck driver.
10. The
Finances
of the company are in a mess. They cannot account for over 3 million
dollars.

Exercise 1
Which of the above AWL words do you know? Match the definitions to the word:
1. a single person or thing
Individual

2. a particular way of doing something
Method

3. making of new law by a government
Legislation

4. to decide what the intended meaning of something is
Interpret

5. a subject or problem which people are thinking and talking about / to produce or provide
something official
Issue

6. to include someone or something in something
Involve

7. more important, bigger or more serious
Major

8. to show
Indicate

9. practical work involving physical effort / workers
Labour

10. connected with the law
Legal


Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. The second accident
Involved
two cars and a lorry.
2. The car parts themselves are not expensive, it's the
Labour
that costs the money.
3. It's difficult to
Interpret
these statistics without knowing how they were obtained. I
don't understand them.
4. As employers we need to be seen to be addressing (= dealing with) this
Issue
sympathetically.
5. The government promised to
Legislate
against cigarette advertising if they were
elected. They believe passing a law to ban it is the best way to stop people.
6. Every
Individual
has rights which must never be taken away.
7. Please
Indicate
which free gift you would like to receive. We will then send it to you in
the post.
8. All of her
Major
plays have been translated into English. The other less well-known
ones were not.
9. Travelling by train is still one of the safest
Methods
of transport. It is the way I prefer
to travel.
10. He sought
Legal
advice about the car accident from a well-known firm of lawyers.

Exercise 1
Which of the above AWL words do you know? Match the definitions to the word:
1. a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens or works
Principle

2. a length of time
Period

3. a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result
Process

4. a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a
(new) understanding
Research

5. to need or make necessary
Require

6. to happen (especially of accidents and other unexpected events)
Occur

7. for or out of every 100, shown by the symbol %
Percent

8. a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed officially by
a group of people, a business organization, a government or a political party
Policy

9. to say or do something as a reaction to something that has been said or done
Respond

10. a set of actions which is the official or accepted way of doing something
Procedure


Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. The country is run on democratic
principles
.
2. You got 20
percent
of the answers right - that means one in every five.
3. Please telephone this number if you
require
any further information.
4. If any of these symptoms
occur
while you are taking the medicine, consult your
doctor immediately.
5. Her work means that she spends long
periods
away from home.
6. They believe that the European Community needs a common foreign and security
policy
.
7. I asked her what the time was, but she didn't
respond
.
8. The company has new
procedures
for dealing with complaints.
9. Increasing the number of women in top management jobs will be a slow
process
.
10. They are doing some fascinating
research
into the language of dolphins.
Exercise 1
Which of the above AWL words do you know? Match the definitions to the word:
1. how the parts of something are arranged or organized
Structure

2. the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause of something / someone or
something that supplies information
Source

3. one of the areas into which the economic activity of a country is divided
Sector

4. nearly the same
Similar

5. one of the parts that something is divided into
Section

6. ideas to explain something
Theory

7. different
Vary

8. position or purpose that someone or something has
Role

9. important or noticeable
Signif icant

10. relating to one thing and not others; particular
Specif ic

Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. Salary scales
vary
between states. They are never the same.
2. Experts are trying to track down the
source
of the contamination in the water supply.
At the moment they are not sure where it has come from.
3. Does the restaurant have a non-smoking
section
.
4. Schools play an important
role
in society.
5. There has been a
signif icant
increase in the number of female students in recent years.
6. The grammatical
structure
of his sentences is very good.
7. The virus attacks
specif ic
cells in the brain.
8. The new government's policy is reduce the role of the public
sector
. Private
business will now play a much more important role.
9. I bought some new shoes which are very
similar
to a pair I had before.
10. He has a
theory
that the hole was caused by a meteorite.