Academic Word List (AWL) Sublist 3

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The Academic Word List contains 570 word families which are frequently used in academic texts. The AWL does not include the 2,000 English words in the General Service List. It was developed by Averil Coxhead of the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand for the use of teachers and students in colleges and universities. It is divided into 10 sublists, with Sublist 1 containing the most frequent words and Sublist 10 the least frequent.

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Sublist 3

1. comments
2. convention
3. published
4. framework
5. implies
6. negative
7. dominant
8. illustrated
9. outcomes
10. constant
11. shift
12. deduction
13. ensure
14. specified
15. justification
16. funds
17. reliance
18. physical
19. partnership
20. location
21. link
22. coordination
23. alternative
24. initial
25. validity
26. task
27. techniques
28. excluded
29. consent
30. proportion
31. demonstrate
32. reaction
33. criteria
34. minorities
35. technology
36. philosophy
37. removed
38. sex
39. compensation
40. sequence
41. corresponding
42. maximum
43. circumstances
44. instance
45. considerable
46. sufficient
47. corporate
48. interaction
49. contribution
50. immigration
51. component
52. constraints
53. technical
54. emphasis
55. scheme
56. layer
57. volume
58. document
59. registered
60. core