Vocabulary

Academic Word List: useful website for expanding general academic vocabulary. With lists of words commonly used in general academic writing & exercises.

Academic Phrasebank: the phrasebank helps you find useful phrases for certain sections of your paper, such as introducing your work, describing your methods or writing conclusions.

Notorious Confusables: confusables are words that can be hard to tell apart (such as the infamous “there”, “their” and “they’re”). This website offers helpful exercises to help make sense of it all. Quizzes on confusables to be found on this page.

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