FUNDAMENTAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ENGLISH VOCABULARY
From: ”English Corpora for Science and Technology”
by Robert M. Chandler-Burns
In: English for Science and Technology: Profiles and Perspectives
Edited by: Thomas Orr, Center for Language Research, University of Aizu, Japan, 1995*

Some "experts" think these words are essential
for university-level students of science and technology to know.
Do you know all of them???

N.B. Some words appear in more than one group
.

ADJECTIVES

accurate
adequate
available
consecutive
correct
evident
former
frequent
heavy
initial
latter
low
main
major
marked
mean
mild
moderate
multiple
narrow
negative
poor
positive
present
primary
rapid
recent
secondary
separate
severe
sharp
significant
simultaneous
similar
spontaneous
slight
stable
subsequent
sufficient
transient
transmit

NOUNS

absence
agent
buffer
case
category
chemical
circumstance
clamp
concept
count
criterion (pl. criteria)
curve
data (sing. or pl.)
defect
degree
document
fact
factor
failure
grade
graph
group
hypothesis
index
isotope
laboratory
length
level
limit
loss
maximum
mechanism
method
mix
monitor
order (also: in order to)
pair
pattern
peak
percent
performance
periphery
portion
pressure
probe
procedure
proportion
quality
range
rate
regard
report
result
risk
salt
sample
search
segment
sequence
series
show
spite (in spite of)
standard
statistics
study
subject
sum
system
table
technique
test
total
value
view
weight
yield

VERBS

adhere (to)
administer
affect
allow
alter
alternate
analyze
appear
approach
approximate
assess
associate (with)
assume
attach
attempt
calculate
cause
compare
complicate
conclude
conduct
confirm
consider
consist (of)
contain
continue
contrast
correct
correspond
deduce
define
derive
describe
design
detect
determine
develop
differ (from)
dilute
diminish
discard
dismantle
distribute
dominate
drain
due (to)
employ
enable
enhance
estimate
evaluate
examine
exceed
exclude
exhibit
expand
expect
express
extend
fail
find
flush
follow
function
gain
grasp
immerse
imply
improve
include
increase
indicate
induce
inhibit
investigate
involve
limit
magnify
manifest
mean (This means …)
measure
mediate
minimize
mix
modify
monitor
observe
obtain
permit
persist
precede
predict
present
prevent
produce
prove
rate
recur
regard
relate
remain
report
require
reveal
sample
seem
separate
select
show
suggest
support
suspect
tend
test
transmit
utilize
vary
view
wash
yield

OTHERS

ADVERBS

furthermore
however
respectively
since
therefore
thus
within

CONJUNCTIONS

however
since
whereas
whether
while

PREPOSITIONS

according to
below
despite
except
since
versus
within

 


* As you can see, this list is VERY old and doesn't contain any vocabulary related to the Internet. Here's a brief list of some basic Internet-related words.

Updated 29.07.11

Back