These are words 376 to 400 of the top 400 words of the New Academic Word List: words that appear again and again in university texts and in the Academic IELTS Reading and Writing tasks. For each word, read the example, try to guess the meaning, then reveal it and mark honestly how you did. Then say the word aloud, record yourself and compare it with the model voice. When you have finished, try the gap quiz and save your results.
The New Academic Word List was compiled by Charles Browne, Brent Culligan and Joseph Phillips (2013) from academic texts, and its words are ranked by the authors. We teach the top 400 in rank order. How the list was made
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replicate
verb
Other scientists tried to replicate the study.
collocationsreplicate results · replicate a study · replicate the experiment
to do something again and get the same result, or to make an exact copy
Watch out: A study is replicated when someone repeats it.
connected with the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch
Watch out: Sensory is about the five senses.
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confine
verb
The rules confine visitors to the ground floor.
collocationsconfine to · confined to · confine yourself to
to keep someone or something within limits
Watch out: Confine takes to: confined to bed.
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peripheral
adjective
Peripheral vision lets you see to the side.
collocationsperipheral vision · peripheral issue · peripheral areas
at the edge, or less important than the main part
Watch out: Peripheral vision is what you see at the sides.
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mineral
noun
Iron is a mineral the body needs.
collocationsmineral water · essential minerals · mineral resources
a natural substance in the ground, or in food, that the body needs
Watch out: Mineral water comes from underground.
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Other scientists tried to the experiment and got the same results.
A engineer designs engines and machines for factories and cars.
The building has ramps for people with a who use a wheelchair.
Farmers keep , such as cows, for milk and meat.
He did it for money and for no other reason at all.
There is a between what she said and what she did, so one of them is wrong.
Strong wind will the seeds across the field.
The plan is because it will cost far too much money.
A speech is not planned in advance, because the words come at the moment.
is the scientific study of language and how it works.
Insulin is a that controls the amount of sugar in the blood.
Early humans used tools made of stone and bone.
Medical forbid doctors from sharing the secrets of their patients.
The slow of dust on the high shelves made her sneeze.
The line on the graph stays at the same level, so nothing is changing.
Doctors must ask patients to before any operation takes place.
Algae grow on a rocky , which is the surface they attach to.
The test was and easy, with no tricks or hard questions.
Laws forbid against people because of their age, race or sex.
The students worked , each one on a task alone.
Researchers the order of the questions, so that the order is decided by chance alone.
Taste, smell and touch are experiences that tell us about the world.
The rules visitors to the ground floor, so they cannot enter other rooms.
The areas at the edge of the city are less crowded than the central streets.
Iron is a that the body needs in small amounts to stay healthy.
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Word list: New Academic Word List 1.2 by Charles Browne, Brent Culligan and Joseph Phillips (2013), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. The list gives the words and their order; the meanings, examples and exercises on this page are our own.
