Top 300 Words from the Academic Word List Ultra Important for TOEFL and TOEIC Tests

Top 300 words from the Academic Word List ~ ultra important for TOEFL and TOEIC tests!

Below you will find the top 300 (in order from most commonly used) words from the Academic Word List (AWL). These are commonly featured (and tested for meaning and/or synonyms) in reading and listening texts from TOEFL, TOEICand IELTS, so you should make sure you understand all of them. In addition, these are words you may need to use in the speaking or writing sections, so it's also a good idea to make sure you can pronounceand spell them accurately!

require

income

section

structure

policy

economy

process

research (n) / research (v)

vary

issue

analyse

method

data

function

area

define

proceed

significant

individual

respond

identify

export (n) / export (v)

similar

approach

occur

environment (n) / environmental (adj)

contract (n) / contract (v)

involve

establish

specific

theory

benefit (n/v) / beneficial (adj)

major

assess

indicate (v) / indication (n)

finance (n/v) / financial (adj)

evident

period (n) / periodically (adv)

source

principle

percent

labor (n/v) / laborious (adj)

consist

assume

factor

formula

legal

sector

authority (n) /authorize (v)

create

concept

constitute (v) / constitution (n)

legislate (v) / legislation (n)

distribute (v) / distribution (n)

derive

context (n) / contextual (adj)

role

available (adj) / availability (n)

estimate (n) /estimate (v) / estimation (n)

interpret (v) / interpretation (n)

range

obtain

strategy (n) / strategic (adj)

conclude (v) / conclusion (n)

commission

appropriate

institute (n) / institution (n)

credit

region

acquire

invest

construct (v) /construct (n) / construction (n)

community

design

item

equate

injure

chapter

participate (v) / participation (n)

compute

select

relevant

maintain (v) /maintenance (n)

reside (v) /residence (n) / residential (adj)

culture

text

regulate (v) / regulation (n)

final

distinct

potential

resource

element(n) / elementary (adj)

administrate (v) / administration (n) / administrative (adj)

focus

seek

achieve

site

consequent (adj) /consequence (n)

survey

normal

complex (n) / complex (adj)

feature

consume

affect

primary (adj) / primarily (adj)

secure

tradition

transfer (n) / transfer (v)

journal

conduct (n) / conduct (v)

purchase

positive

perceive

impact

evaluate (v) / evaluation (n)

restrict

assist