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25 Academic English Words You Should Know | Great for University, IELTS, or TOEFL
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- I want to teach you 25 academic words that you should know and these words have been taken from the academic word list which is an excellent resource for
- English Learners those who are in University or would like to attend or those preparing for the ielt or TOEFL there's a lot to go over so let's get
- started the first word is arbitrary this adjective means that something is based on an idea or a desire or chance rather than reason and there are some common
- collocations with this word these are words that are frequently used together so someone may talk about an arbitrary decision or an arbitrary choice or even
- an arbitrary date it's a great academic word the board made an arbitrary decision When selecting the new CEO then there's inherent this means
- that something is existing as a natural or basic part of something and often this is used as an attributive adjective which means it's going to come before
- the noun like when talking about an inherent problem or an inherent risk here are some more examples there are certain inherent risks that come with
- the territory it's an inherent weakness of the breed so you're saying that friendship contains within it inherent obligation to maintain confidence is now
- personally I think there is inherent value in building your vocabulary and that is why I recommend you subscribe to the channel turn on notifications so
- that I can become your teacher my name is Wes the channel is interactive English it's all about trying to help you reach your fluency goals so let's
- continue with an adverb not withstanding this means despite the fact or thing mentioned so I could say despite injuries the team still won the
- championship and I can express the same idea and use this word by saying injuries notwithstanding the team still won the
- championship here are some news headlines so you can get a better feel as to how this word is used in context judicial review notwithstanding
- examining sex and gender rights in public education Ukraine visit notwithstanding does India have any real influence on today's geopolitical
- rivalries Trump's claims notwithstanding us elections are more secure than ever the next word Norm this refers to an accepted standard or way of Behaving or
- doing things that most people agree with and as you can see this word has become more commonly used over time maybe when talking about social norms or political
- Norms having one child per family is becoming the norm in some countries then there's straightforward I like this adjective because it just
- means easy to understand or simple so thinking academically there may be an assignment that's straightforward or perhaps instructions are straightforward
- or maybe somebody gives a presentation that's straightforward so what part of no more karate did you not understand seems pretty straightforward would you
- tell me about patient confidentiality it's very straightforward without your permission I can't disclose anything you tell me to anyone furthermore this is an
- adverb that is incredibly useful and common when speaking or writing and it just means in addition or more importantly now often you're going to
- use this at the beginning of a statement because you're really just adding more information here's an example children will receive a quality Education First
- furthermore lunch will be provided to all students then we have enormous now this is an adjective that you may already be
- familiar with and I hope that you're using it it just means extremely large it's a great way to add emphasis think about it there is a difference between
- me saying that's a big spider versus that's an enormous spider one is a little scarier than the other but because it's a descriptive word it can
- be really helpful in an academic sense and there are some use ful collocations with this adjective perhaps something has an enormous impact or there's an
- enormous difference or maybe an enormous amount of something so it's a great way to add emphasis there has been an enormous amount of theft due to fishing
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- that I have for you is precise this just means exact and accurate now this is a word that I use a lot when encouraging you to build your vocabulary because the
- more precise words that you use when expressing your thoughts opinions and ideas well it's going to allow you to be more descriptive with which means people
- are going to have an easier time understanding what you're saying his colleagues were impressed by his presentation because it was clear and
- precise next is deviate this is a great example of a precise verb because it means to change from the usual way or to go in a different direction and often
- you're going to follow this verb with the preposition from to deviate from and here are some more news headlines to demonstrate that BCD survey 2third of
- Travelers deviate from policy riverboard to deviate from Plan 2014 that was a while ago nearly 50% of doctor prescriptions deviate from
- guidelines fine study that is not good but something that is good is our next word explicit this adjective means clear and exact and there are some common
- collocations with this word maybe talking about explicit directions or explicit it instructions maybe somebody has an explicit purpose or gives you an
- explicit warning the professor gave the class explicit directions for completing the assignment phenomenon this is a fun word
- especially when saying it phenomenon this means that something exist and can be felt seen tasted Etc especially something that is strange or unusual now
- I said it's a fun word to say so I want you to think about the pronunciation because it can be a little challenging it's a longer word it has four syllables
- the stress is on that second syllable phenomenon phenomenon now here are some useful collocations with this word and I want you to listen to the pronunciation
- as well it's a natural phenomenon phenomenon to encounter unexplained phenomena to understand an inexplicable phenomenon Ros do that it's a most
- interesting phenomenon then there's mediate this means to talk talk to two separate people or groups who are involved in a disagreement in order to
- come up with an agreement or find a solution to their problems and really this verb is used in a more formal context like law or business or maybe
- even an international conflict H I could say negotiators tried to mediate between the two sides and that's one thing I want to point out is that this verb is
- often followed by between to mediate between two people or groups several countries mediated a peace agreement between the two
- Nations then we have undergo this is a very useful verb because we can use it in a variety of contexts because it means to experience something unpleasant
- or something that involves change and one thing I want you to keep in mind is the conjugation undergo underwent undergone now when talking about
- something unpleasant think about perhaps a medical situation to undergo surgery or to undergo treatment she's undergone several
- surgeries on her knee now if something involves change and you're really highlighting the change and that is why you might say
- that something is going to undergo a change or undergo a transformation the world is undergoing a technological transformation due to
- AI likewise this is an adverb that you have probably heard of it just means in the same way but perhaps you've heard of it in a more informal context in which
- it just means like well me too if I were to say I didn't like the show and then someone else says likewise but it can still be useful in an academic context
- let me show you these are real sentences that I've taken from the Cambridge English Corpus likewise a pathogen will rarely be found in 100% of diseased
- persons or the opposing view that dialects are organized in a Continuum without sharp boundaries is likewise popular I I know that these examples are
- out of context but I just want to show you how the word may be used but keep in mind it can also be used informally to mean me too the next word that I want to
- teach you is via this is a preposition that actually has a couple of different meanings depending on whether you're talking about travel or use talking
- about travel it just means going through or stopping at a place on a way to another place very similar to by way of we drove via Route 66 on our road trip
- to Las Vegas now if talking about use then via can refer to a particular machine system or person used to send or receive
- something reports have been coming in via satellite then there's finite this means having a limit or end and there are many
- useful ications with this word but here here are some of them perhaps a finite amount of something or a finite resource or a finite number or a finite supply of
- something because there's a finite number of pickles we only have a finite amount of time to save it this universe is finite its resource is finite if life
- is left unchecked life will cease to exist ideology this refers to a set of beliefs or principles especially one that is based on a political system
- system party or organization this is another word whose usage has increased significantly over time you often end up hearing it when someone's talking about
- a person's political ideology their different political ideologies sometimes made conversations at the dinner table uncomfortable I have been at some of
- those dinner tables and I'll be honest I've also been the person arguing at times but let's just move on the next word is innovate this means to to
- introduce changes or new ideas mostly you're going to use this verb in the context of technology I could say the health care industry needs to innovate
- hospitals need to innovate medical equipment needs to innovate so I could use it to talk about the industry as a whole or an individual business or even
- all the way down to individual products or services to innovate tech companies constantly need to innovate in order to stay ahead of the
- competition next is confer this means to exchange ideas on a particular subject often in order to reach a decision on what action to take so this is a great
- verb to use in the context of working with someone else because you may need to confer with someone and I'd like to point out that you're often going to
- follow this verb with the preposition with to confer with someone here are some more news headlines so you can see how it's used in context Vietnam ready
- to confer with the US on human trafficking religious freedom two- fifths of advisers want to confer with investment Specialists and local
- Delaware officials confer with Congressional Delegation in DC widespread this means existing or happening in many places and or among
- many people now you could say that something is widespread but I think often you're going to use this as an attributive adjective it's going to come
- before the noun perhaps when talking about widespread support or widespread corruption or maybe even widespread hunger the attack on civilians Drew
- widespread condemnation next is rigid this adjective has two meanings the first would be not permitting any change so in
- this case think about rules or a schedule he has maintained a rigid schedule while working on the project it also means stiff or fixed like
- something is not able to be bent or moved here's an example the plastic chair was rigid and she was unable to get
- comfortable the next word is one that I think we can all relate to and that is reluctant this is a pretty common adjective and it means not willing to do
- something and therefore slow to do it and often you're going to follow this word with the preposition too you are reluctant to do something the other
- words in the word family are also pretty common so we have the adjective reluctant the adverb reluctantly and the noun reluctance he was reluctant to
- remove it it is with great reluctance that I have agreed to this calling oh right I reluctantly accept your proposal justify this means to give or be good
- reason for so you could say that maybe one action justifies another in English there's a pretty well-known expression the ends justify the means which refers
- to well wrong and unfair methods are okay to use if the overall goal is good the ends justify the means he lied on his resume in order to get the job
- perhaps he thinks the ends justify the means next is radical this is an adjective that's pretty common so you may be familiar with it it just means
- believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or political change this is another great word to add emphasis and some
- common collocations include radical change radical views or maybe talking about a radical candidate here are some more news headlines so you can see how
- it's used in context radical left and radical right are indistinguishable from Outcast to Heroes Ghana's women footballers enjoy radical change inste
- status Mexico's Senate approves radical plan to elect all judges and then there's whereas this is a conjunction that is used to compare and contrast the
- features of different people or things I could say well you are trying to improve your English skills whereas I am working on my Spanish so just keep that in mind
- we're comparing and contrasting she works slowly and precisely whereas I tend to rush and make mistakes
- I know I just gave you a lot of words so go back review them try to practice using them when speaking and writing they're very useful in an academic
- context as well as conversationally if you enjoyed the lesson and learned something new please hit that like button as always thank you so much for
- watching and I will see you next time so long