Formal Vocabulary in Academic Writing
Formal Vocabulary Lab 300 essential informal → formal academic word swaps, organised by category. Raise the register of your essays, research papers and theses with precision and confidence.
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Thinking & Arguing Showing & Proving Doing & Making Saying & Writing Change & Result Adjectives Nouns Phrasal Verbs Quantity & Degree Linking Words Other Essentials Related 1. Thinking, Believing & Arguing (~40) Informal Formal Academic think consider, regard, contend, maintain, conclude believe maintain, hold, contend, assert, argue feel (that) consider, maintain, take the view that guess / reckon estimate, speculate, hypothesise, posit know recognise, acknowledge, be aware, establish understand comprehend, apprehend, grasp, interpret realise recognise, become aware, perceive agree concur, assent, endorse, subscribe to disagree dissent, differ, contest, dispute, challenge argue contend, maintain, assert, claim, posit claim assert, maintain, contend, allege, posit s…
