Academic Words

Words commonly used in academic and formal writing

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abrogation

noun

the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

abrogative

abrogator

noun

an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or re...

abruptness

noun

the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warn...

abruption

noun

an instance of sudden interruption

abscind

abscising

abscised

abscise

verb

remove or separate by abscission

abscissa

noun

the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis

abscissae

abscission

noun

the act of cutting something off

abscissas

absconder

noun

a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosec...

absenter

absently

adverb

in an absentminded or preoccupied manner

absentness

absentmindedly

adverb

in an absentminded or preoccupied manner

absentation

absinthism

absinthial

absecon

absinthian

absolvable

absolver

noun

someone who grants absolution

absolvent

absolutory

absorbability

absorbance

noun

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance trans...

absorbedly

absorbency

noun

the property of being absorbent

absorbedness

absorbingly

absorptance

noun

a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electr...

absorptive

adjective

having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up so...

absorptiveness

absorptivity

noun

(physics) the property of a body that determines the fractio...

absorptiometer

absorptiometric

absorbefacient

adjective

inducing or promoting absorption

absolutist

adjective

pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism

absonant

absolutistically

absterged

abstergent

abstentious

adjective

self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for f...

absolutistic

adjective

pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism

abstainer

noun

a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages

abstersiveness

abstemiously

adverb

in a sparing manner; without overindulgence