Academic vocabulary for essays and reports

Verbs, adjectives and nouns that make essays, reports and research summaries sound precise and academic.

20 cardsby Grove EnglishAdded 9 Oct 2026

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to underpin
to form the basis of an idea, argument or system
лежать в основе, служить основой
to substantiate
to provide evidence that proves a claim is true
обосновывать, подтверждать доказательствами
to postulate
to suggest that something is true as a starting point for reasoning
постулировать, выдвигать в качестве исходного положения
to corroborate
to confirm a statement or theory with additional evidence
подтверждать, подкреплять
to delineate
to describe or mark out something precisely
очерчивать, чётко определять
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- to extrapolate
- to elucidate
- to attribute
- inherent
- salient
- ubiquitous
- tenuous
- empirical
- conducive
- rigorous
- paradigm
- caveat
- discrepancy
- premise
- scrutiny