Academic Word Puzzle



Fill in the missing letters to create common academic words:



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d__v__ __t__ __n
b__ __s
__h__rt
__l__r__ty
c__nf__rm__ty
__b__nd__n
__cc__mp__n__ __d
__ccumul__t__ __n 
__mb__gu__us
__pp__nd__x
__rb__tr__ry  
__ut__m__t__c__lly
c__mpl__m__nt
__ruc__ __l
__urr__ncy
d__n__t__    
__luctu__t__ __ns  
d__spl__c__m__nt
__r__m__t__c
c__nt__mp__r__ry
__xpl__ __t__t__ __n  
c__ntr__d__ct__ __n
__v__ntu__lly  
__xh__b__t
__u__d__l__n__s  
c__mm__d__ty

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The Academic Word List (AWL) was developed by Averil Coxhead at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The list contains 570 word families which were selected because they appear with great frequency in a broad range of academic texts. The list does not include words that are in the most frequent 2000 words of English (the General Service List), thus making it specific to academic contexts. The AWL was primarily made so that it could be used by teachers as part of a programme preparing learners for tertiary level study or used by students working alone to learn the words most needed to study at colleges and universities.
The 570 words are divided into 10 sublists. The sublists are ordered such that the words in the first sublist are the most frequent words and those in the last sublist are the least frequent.


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