100 Most Common Academic Words

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Abstract	Summary of a study or paper.
2.	Academic	Related to education and scholarship.
3.	Access	Ability to obtain or use.
4.	Accurate	Correct; free from errors.
5.	Benefit	Advantage; positive result.
6.	Bias	Unfair preference affecting judgment.
7.	Brief	Short in time or length.
8.	Broad	Wide in scope or range.
9.	Calculate	Find by using mathematics.
10.	Category	Group with shared features.
11.	Cite	Refer to a source.
12.	Clarify	Make something easier to understand.
13.	Data	Facts used for analysis.
14.	Debate	Formal discussion of opposing views.
15.	Define	State the exact meaning.
16.	Demonstrate	Show clearly with evidence.
17.	Edit	Revise to improve writing.
18.	Emphasis	Special importance or stress.
19.	Evidence	Information supporting a claim.
20.	Expand	Increase in size or scope.
21.	Factor	Something that influences outcomes.
22.	Feature	Important part or characteristic.
23.	Focus	Center of attention or effort.
24.	Format	Arrangement or structure of content.
25.	Generalize	Make a broad conclusion.
26.	Generate	Produce or create something.
27.	Grade	Score or level of achievement.
28.	Grant	Give or provide officially.
29.	Graph	Visual display of data.
30.	Group	Collection of related items.
31.	Highlight	Emphasize as important.
32.	Hypothesis	Testable proposed explanation.
33.	Identify	Recognize and name something.
34.	Illustrate	Explain using examples or images.
35.	Impact	Strong effect or influence.
36.	Implement	Put a plan into action.
37.	Include	Contain as part of a whole.
38.	Indicate	Show or suggest something.
39.	Interpret	Explain meaning of information.
40.	Journal	Scholarly periodical publication.
41.	Judge	Form an opinion or decision.
42.	Justify	Give reasons or evidence.
43.	Keen	Highly interested; eager.
44.	Key	Most important; essential.
45.	Knowledge	Understanding gained through learning.
46.	Known	Recognized or understood already.
47.	Label	Name or categorize something.
48.	Link	Connection between things.
49.	List	Series of items.
50.	Locate	Find the position of something.
51.	Major	Main; most important.
52.	Method	Systematic way of doing.
53.	Model	Representation used to explain.
54.	Monitor	Observe and check progress.
55.	Motivate	Provide reason to act.
56.	Note	Brief written record.
57.	Notice	Become aware of something.
58.	Notion	Idea or belief.
59.	Numerous	Many in number.
60.	Objective	Goal; also unbiased.
61.	Obtain	Get or acquire.
62.	Occur	Happen; take place.
63.	Outline	Main points in order.
64.	Overall	Considering everything; general.
65.	Paragraph	Section of related sentences.
66.	Participate	Take part in an activity.
67.	Period	Length of time.
68.	Policy	Official plan or rule.
69.	Process	Series of steps or actions.
70.	Quality	Standard of how good something is.
71.	Quantify	Express or measure in numbers.
72.	Query	Question; request for information.
73.	Question	Inquiry seeking information.
74.	Quote	Repeat exact words from source.
75.	Research	Systematic study to discover facts.
76.	Respond	Answer or react.
77.	Review	Examine and evaluate.
78.	Revise	Change to improve.
79.	Role	Function or part played.
80.	Section	Distinct part of a whole.
81.	Select	Choose from options.
82.	Significant	Important; meaningful.
83.	Source	Origin of information.
84.	Summarize	Give main points briefly.
85.	Task	Work to be done.
86.	Technique	Method used to achieve results.
87.	Theory	Explanation supported by evidence.
88.	Topic	Subject being discussed.
89.	Transfer	Move from one place to another.
90.	Understand	Grasp meaning or idea.
91.	Unique	One of a kind.
92.	Update	Make current with new information.
93.	Use	Employ for a purpose.
94.	Validate	Confirm as accurate or acceptable.
95.	Variable	Factor that can change.
96.	Version	Form of something at a time.
97.	View	Opinion or perspective.
98.	Widespread	Found over a large area.
99.	Within	Inside; in the limits of.
100.	Work	Effort to achieve a result.