Academic Word List (AWL) Sublist 7

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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 7

1. intervention
2. confirmed
3. definite
4. classical
5. chemical
6. voluntary
7. release
8. visible
9. finite
10. publication
11. channel
12. file
13. thesis
14. equipment
15. disposal
16. solely
17. deny
18. identical
19. submitted
20. grade
21. phenomenon
22. paradigm
23. ultimately
24. extract
25. survive
26. converted
27. transmission
28. global
29. inferred
30. guarantee
31. advocate
32. dynamic
33. simulation
34. topic
35. insert
36. reverse
37. decades
38. comprise
39. hierarchical
40. unique
41. comprehensive
42. couple
43. mode
44. differentiation
45. eliminate
46. priority
47. empirical
48. ideology
49. somewhat
50. aid
51. foundation
52. adults
53. adaptation
54. quotation
55. contrary
56. media
57. successive
58. innovation
59. prohibited
60. isolated