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Rank: #1 - 3,000 in the Academic Vocabulary List Ratio: How much more frequent in COCA-Academic than in non-Academic in COCA (per million words); e.g. 2.00 = twice as frequent in Academic Acad: Number of tokens in COCA-Academic when the AVL was created (~2012), when it was about 120 million words in size Word and PoS: Word (click for "home page" for word), and Part of Speech (noun, verb, etc) Pron: pronunciation of the word; links to videos containing word at Youglish.com Relative frequency in nine academic domains: history, education, social sciences, law, humanities, philosophy, science, medicine, business For example, 1.42 means that the frequency (pmw; per million words) in a given domain is 1.42 times the frequency (pmw) in all of COCA-Academic
RANK	RATIO	ACAD	WORD (CLICK FOR PAGE)	POS	PRON	HIS	EDU	SOC	LAW	HUM	PHIL	SCI	MED	BUS
1200	1.84	1739	refine	VERB		0.71	1.70	0.99	0.59	1.31	0.50	1.68	0.76	0.50
1201	1.72	1738	efficiently	ADV		0.54	1.26	0.83	0.89	0.54	0.52	1.96	1.42	0.51
1202	2.02	1732	inconsistent	ADJ		0.65	1.64	2.02	1.90	0.58	1.07	0.54	0.75	0.08
1203	2.43	1731	mutually	ADV		1.56	1.36	1.32	1.23	1.08	1.53	0.57	0.38	0.13
1204	1.54	1729	refusal	NOUN		1.81	0.38	1.05	1.78	1.64	1.63	0.27	0.57	0.11
1205	1.52	1729	substitute	NOUN		0.73	1.77	0.88	1.36	1.28	0.81	0.94	1.42	0.34
1206	1.80	1726	offspring	NOUN		0.55	0.24	0.85	0.38	0.62	1.33	2.68	0.45	0.18
1207	1.72	1726	long-standing	ADJ		1.90	0.67	0.94	1.56	1.03	1.00	0.89	0.64	0.18
1208	2.00	1722	apparatus	NOUN		1.52	0.18	1.01	1.37	1.38	0.81	1.14	1.14	0.07
1209	1.50	1719	thorough	ADJ		0.98	1.41	0.92	0.98	0.97	0.81	1.00	2.16	0.22
1210	1.61	1717	robust	ADJ		0.87	1.08	0.97	1.09	0.43	0.94	1.73	0.84	0.41
1211	2.22	1712	informed	ADJ		0.70	2.00	2.20	0.68	0.65	0.65	0.44	2.27	0.11
1212	2.01	1709	plausible	ADJ		1.04	0.94	1.27	1.59	1.03	1.34	0.88	0.65	0.17
1213	1.61	1707	workforce	NOUN		0.67	2.53	1.58	0.86	0.23	0.34	0.54	2.96	0.42
1214	1.73	1706	maturity	NOUN		0.63	1.85	0.93	0.43	0.87	1.07	1.22	0.34	1.66
RANK	RATIO	ACAD	WORD (CLICK FOR PAGE)	POS	PRON	HIS	EDU	SOC	LAW	HUM	PHIL	SCI	MED	BUS
1215	2.45	1706	mediation	NOUN		1.01	1.82	1.28	2.81	1.26	1.18	0.12	0.29	0.05
1216	1.58	1705	livestock	NOUN		1.53	0.10	1.58	0.75	0.26	0.24	2.30	0.25	0.10
1217	2.21	1702	expectancy	NOUN		0.85	2.33	2.60	0.64	0.14	1.35	0.25	0.88	0.36
1218	1.96	1698	continuously	ADV		0.73	1.35	0.92	0.51	0.85	0.76	1.89	1.31	0.20
1219	1.55	1693	inhabit	VERB		1.12	0.24	1.32	0.70	1.98	1.13	1.40	0.21	0.11
1220	1.74	1691	adhere	VERB		1.35	1.13	1.29	1.54	1.09	0.82	0.71	1.08	0.17
1221	1.51	1688	intensify	VERB		2.05	0.64	1.17	1.23	1.24	0.92	0.81	0.53	0.17
1222	2.59	1687	continuum	NOUN		0.44	2.42	1.77	0.44	1.32	1.39	0.80	0.87	0.02
1223	1.97	1684	elaborate	VERB		1.14	1.39	1.44	1.00	2.64	1.04	0.45	0.24	0.12
1224	2.05	1666	focal	ADJ		0.50	0.93	0.60	0.42	0.92	0.52	2.54	1.56	0.05
1225	1.84	1666	paradox	NOUN		1.07	0.50	0.91	1.20	2.69	1.48	0.74	0.40	0.13
1226	2.14	1665	distortion	NOUN		0.81	0.41	0.86	0.81	0.91	1.39	1.60	1.68	0.05
1227	1.79	1659	qualification	NOUN		1.02	2.97	1.19	1.34	0.69	1.10	0.56	0.87	0.17
1228	1.80	1647	prestige	NOUN		1.64	0.91	1.72	1.26	1.86	0.74	0.50	0.17	0.19
1229	1.71	1647	critically	ADV		1.25	2.35	0.89	0.80	1.51	1.12	0.74	0.99	0.09
RANK	RATIO	ACAD	WORD (CLICK FOR PAGE)	POS	PRON	HIS	EDU	SOC	LAW	HUM	PHIL	SCI	MED	BUS
1230	2.10	1646	contradictory	ADJ		1.50	1.00	1.55	1.04	2.08	1.32	0.37	0.33	0.07
1231	2.31	1646	alignment	NOUN		0.61	1.13	0.67	0.67	0.78	0.39	2.15	2.02	0.08
1232	2.61	1645	decision-making	ADJ		1.21	2.81	1.46	1.13	0.44	0.55	0.92	0.74	0.14
1233	1.70	1645	migrate	VERB		1.29	0.26	1.50	0.48	0.39	0.53	2.21	0.52	0.17
1234	1.64	1643	petroleum	NOUN		1.47	0.04	0.89	2.10	0.19	0.21	1.63	0.74	0.73
1235	2.11	1642	arbitrary	ADJ		1.27	0.63	0.87	2.05	1.58	1.11	0.90	0.37	0.12
1236	1.73	1638	rigorous	ADJ		0.73	2.12	1.08	0.98	1.13	1.05	1.04	0.88	0.36
1237	2.14	1637	feasible	ADJ		0.88	0.96	1.05	1.55	0.47	0.44	1.65	1.34	0.16
1238	2.20	1634	specification	NOUN		0.27	0.83	1.02	0.40	0.60	0.30	2.82	0.88	0.36
1239	2.37	1633	preclude	VERB		1.17	1.03	1.24	2.09	1.09	0.85	0.68	1.00	0.05
1240	1.60	1631	constituency	NOUN		2.64	1.38	0.86	2.16	0.74	0.71	0.38	0.28	0.14
1241	1.84	1631	traumatic	ADJ		0.43	0.87	1.78	0.21	2.51	1.24	0.25	2.51	0.11
1242	1.65	1630	guiding	ADJ		1.00	2.05	1.06	0.84	1.23	1.18	1.07	0.61	0.20
1243	2.10	1623	inferior	ADJ		1.40	0.89	0.98	1.14	1.06	1.08	0.52	2.51	0.09
1244	1.74	1623	expanded	ADJ		1.34	1.30	1.58	1.08	0.94	0.65	1.04	0.52	0.26
RANK	RATIO	ACAD	WORD (CLICK FOR PAGE)	POS	PRON	HIS	EDU	SOC	LAW	HUM	PHIL	SCI	MED	BUS
1245	1.55	1621	multiply	VERB		0.78	0.96	0.93	0.74	0.88	0.95	1.46	1.65	0.45
1246	1.93	1617	empathy	NOUN		0.43	2.51	2.05	0.29	1.78	2.06	0.12	0.70	0.04
1247	1.89	1616	extensively	ADV		0.94	1.25	1.37	0.96	1.05	0.80	1.24	1.07	0.13
1248	2.88	1606	salient	ADJ		0.82	2.93	2.42	0.65	0.90	1.00	0.40	0.40	0.04
1249	2.31	1605	enlightenment	NOUN		0.94	0.31	1.56	1.65	1.85	2.48	0.21	0.05	0.05
1250	1.99	1604	openness	NOUN		1.41	1.27	1.14	1.29	0.99	2.73	0.26	0.19	0.10
1251	3.05	1603	subgroup	NOUN		0.38	2.79	2.16	0.23	0.52	0.70	0.68	2.37	0.00
1252	1.51	1602	Greek	NOUN		1.77	0.49	1.09	0.88	1.79	1.80	0.68	0.24	0.11
1253	1.66	1598	compound	VERB		1.05	0.66	0.90	1.06	0.98	0.64	1.20	1.67	0.75
1254	2.34	1597	inclusive	ADJ		1.31	2.85	1.16	0.95	1.20	1.82	0.34	0.23	0.04
1255	1.66	1596	reconcile	VERB		1.69	0.67	0.75	1.55	1.39	2.12	0.52	0.24	0.19
1256	2.42	1594	decision-making	NOUN		1.23	2.78	1.22	1.67	0.30	0.71	0.81	0.59	0.20
1257	1.50	1594	straightforward	ADJ		0.88	0.63	0.81	1.00	1.50	0.99	1.55	0.71	0.43
1258	2.88	1593	posit	VERB		0.76	1.15	1.66	0.92	2.64	1.53	0.47	0.10	0.05
1259	1.69	1592	privileged	ADJ		1.68	0.70	0.92	1.54	2.30	1.60	0.38	0.09	0.08
RANK	RATIO	ACAD	WORD (CLICK FOR PAGE)	POS	PRON	HIS	EDU	SOC	LAW	HUM	PHIL	SCI	MED	BUS
1260	2.38	1584	cumulative	ADJ		0.74	1.79	1.52	1.07	0.52	0.50	1.19	1.54	0.22
1261	1.94	1581	effect	VERB		1.11	1.58	0.99	1.69	1.60	1.39	0.51	0.62	0.11
1262	2.00	1581	pragmatic	ADJ		2.42	0.89	0.96	1.54	1.39	1.31	0.36	0.22	0.09
1263	2.46	1580	complementary	ADJ		0.79	0.95	1.10	0.55	1.52	1.32	1.10	1.62	0.14
1264	1.84	1578	susceptible	ADJ		0.59	0.64	0.88	0.95	0.48	1.15	1.39	2.78	0.15
1265	1.77	1572	remainder	NOUN		1.21	1.25	1.13	0.81	0.85	0.51	1.30	1.37	0.43
1266	1.59	1566	succession	NOUN		1.64	0.74	0.93	0.69	1.73	1.14	1.00	0.29	0.59
1267	2.38	1564	dissatisfaction	NOUN		0.86	1.92	2.39	0.90	0.53	1.62	0.23	0.86	0.10
1268	1.55	1562	decisive	ADJ		2.55	0.25	0.66	1.89	1.60	1.22	0.51	0.09	0.14
1269	2.93	1561	utilization	NOUN		0.37	1.64	2.19	0.64	0.23	0.16	1.37	2.06	0.11
1270	1.66	1551	spontaneous	ADJ		0.61	1.17	0.99	0.60	1.57	1.52	0.84	2.17	0.13