Nguyễn Trung Kiên (B1506717) Academic writing 2 | Assignment 1

Formal and informal word list

No. Informal Formal
1 try endeavor
2 end terminate
3 break up disintegrate
4 faithfulness fidelity
5 could might be able to
6 stop cease
7 agree with … be bound by …
8 careful / cautious prudential
9 if you've got any questions … should you have any queries …
10 in accordance with … pursuant to…
11 in the red overdrawn
12 involve entail
13 parts elements, components
14 rack up accumulate
15 make up fabricate
16 give the go ahead, greenlight authorize
17 in the meantime in the interim
18 anyway notwithstanding
19 agree, be of the same opinion concur
20 confirm substantiate
21 true, real genuine
22 unfriendly hostile
23 bury inter
24 lessen, soften, relieve mitigate
25 beginner novice
26 draw back, recoil shrink
27 empty, unoccupied vacant
28 tear down, destroy demolish
29 unload discharge
30 fair equitable
31 to escape from difficult situations extricate
32 not done on purpose inadvertently
33 profitable, money-making lucrative
34 on time punctual
35 a large impressive building edifice
36 an extremely large number multitude
37 hold back restrain
38 afraid, timid timorous
39 to come together in a group congregate
40 friendliness cordiality
41 do without dispense with
42 frighten intimidate
43 the death of a person decease
44 reveal divulge
45 danger, peril jeopardy
46 enlarge, exaggerate magnify
47 keep secret, hide conceal
48 tiredness fatigue
49 unnecessary superfluous
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Nguyễn Trung Kiên (B1506717) Academic writing 2 | Assignment 1

50 worsen aggravate
51 easy to see or notice conspicuous
52 cowardly craven
53 copy duplicate
54 spotless, perfect immaculate
55 very small miniature
56 stubborn opinionated, obstinate
57 in a short time, soon presently
58 delay, postpone procrastinate
59 enormous, colossal prodigious
60 having an extreme desire for wealth avaricious
61 wealthy, luxurious opulent
62 to tell or inform apprise
63 to be friend again reconcile
64 a noisy argument or disagreement altercation
65 juicy succulent
66 very interesting intriguing
67 prevent preclude
68 cause trigger
69 exact, clear precise
70 victim casualty
71 strict rigorous
72 surprise astound
73 use, apply exert
74 simple unadorned
75 very expensive exorbitant
76 basic fundamental
77 picture visualize
78 absolutely necessary indispensable
79 unusual abnormal
80 dim indistinct
81 mad insane
82 to lay back to relax
83 lifestyle way of life, manner of life
84 workmate colleague
85 drunk intoxicated
86 meat-eater carnivore
87 relevant pertinent
88 relatives kindred
89 preference predilection
90 to do away with to abolish
91 fast, quickly rapidly, as a matter of urgency
92 to imagine to conceive
93 glasses spectacles
94 shop retail outlet
95 fridge refrigerator
96 boss employer
97 standing out prominent
98 stick adhere
99 fight combat
100 childish immature