A CORRELATION OF

Essential Words Series Glossaries

to

The Academic Word List

found in

Building Academic Vocabulary

by Robert J. Marzano


Elementary Reading & Language Arts

The following words are found in both New Leaf’s Essential Words Glossary and Robert Marzano’s Academic Word List

A

Act

Adjective

Adverb

Advertisement

Affix

Alphabetical order

Antonym

Apostrophe

Audience

B

Body

Brainstorming

C

Caption

Cast

Cause

Chapter

Character

Comma

Command

Compare

Compound word

Conclusion

Conflict

Conjunction

Consonant

Context clues

Contraction

Contrast

D

Describe

Details

Diagram

Dialogue

Dictionary

Draft

Drama

E

Editing

Effect

Encyclopedia

Ending

Essay

Exaggeration

Exclamation

F

Fable

Fact

Fairy tale

Fantasy

Fiction

Figurative language

Folk tale

G

Glossary

Graphic organizer

H

Heading

Homonym

Homophone

I

Illustration

Index

Infer

Information

Interjection

Introduction

J

Journal

K

Key word

L

Learning log

Legend

Letter

Literature

M

Main idea

Media

Metaphor

Multiple-meaning words

Myth

N

Narrating

Narrative

Narrator

Nonfiction

Noun

O

Onomatopoeia

Opinion

Order

Organize

Outline

P

Paragraph

Period

Personification

Persuade

Plot

Poetry

Point of view

Predicate

Predict

Prefix

Preposition

Presentation

Pronoun

Proofread

Proper noun

Publish

Punctuation mark

Q

Question

Quotation mark

R

Reference materials

Relate

Report

Reread

Retell

Revise

Rhyme

Rhythm

Root

S

Sentence

Sequence

Setting

Simile

Singular

Slang

Statement

Story

Subject

Suffix

Summary

Syllable

Symbol

Synonym

T

Table

Table of contents

Tall tale

Theme

Thesaurus

Timeline

Title

Topic

Transition

V

Verb

Vowel

W

Word

Word origin

Middle School Reading & Language Arts

The following words are found in both New Leaf’s Essential Words Glossary and Robert Marzano’s Academic Word List

A

Act

Action verb

Adjective

Adverb

Alliteration

Allusion

Antonym

Apostrophe

Appropriate form

Appropriate word choice

Argue

Audience

Autobiography

B

Biography

Brainstorming

C

Capitalization

Caption

Cast

Cause

Characterization

Clause

Coherence

Colon

Combining

Comma

Common noun

Comparative adjective

Compare

Complex sentences

Compound sentence

Conflict

Conjunction

Connotative meaning

Context clues

Contraction

Contrast

Criteria

D

Deleting

Denotative meaning

Describe

Details

Dialogue

Draft

Drama

E

Editorial

Effect

Elaborating

Essay

Essential information

Exclamation point

Explain

Express

F

Fable

Fact

Fiction

Figurative language

Flashback

Foreshadow

Formal language

Format

G

Generalization

Genre

Graphic organizer

H

Heading

Historical fiction

Homophone

Hyperbole

I

Idiom

Independent clause

Informal language

Irregular plural

J

Journal

K

Key word

L

Learning log

Legend

Letter

Linking verb

Log

Logic

M

Main idea

Make inferences

Metaphor

Meter

Mood

Multiple-meaning word

Myth

N

Narrate

Narrative

Nonfiction

Notes

Novel

Noun

O

Object

Opinion

Organize

Origin

Outline

P

Paraphrase

Past tense

Perfect tense

Period

Personification

Persuade

Phrase

Playwright

Plot

Poetry

Point of view

Possessive

Predicate

Predict

Prefix

Preposition

Presentation

Present tense

Preview

Prewriting

Primary source

Problem

Problem solve

Proofread

Pronoun

Proper noun

Publish

Punctuation

Q

Question mark

R

Reference materials

Report

Request

Research

Resolution

Review

Revise

Root

S

Scene

Secondary source

Semicolon

Sentence

Sequence

Setting

Short story

Simile

Simple sentence

Singular

Source

Style

Subject

Subject-verb agreement

Suffix

Summarize

Superlative adjective

Syllable

Symbol

Synonym

T

Tall tale

Theater

Theme

Thesis

Timeline

Transitions

V

Verb

Verb tense

Vowel

High School Reading & Language Arts

The following words are found in both New Leaf’s Essential Words Glossary and Robert Marzano’s Academic Word List

A

Action verb

Adjective

Adverb

Affix

Allegory

Alliteration

Analogy

Anecdote

Antecedent

Antonym

Assonance

Audience

Autobiography

B

Biography

Body

Brainstorm

Business letter

Catalog

C

Character

Characterization

Clause

Climax

Collaborative writing

Collective noun

Comedy

Compare

Complement

Compound subject

Compound word

Conclusion

Conflict

Conjunction

Connotation

Context

Contrast

Couplet

D

Denotation

Describe

Detail

Details

Dialect

Dialog

Dictionary

E

Edit

Editorial

Elaborate

Encyclopedia

Entertain

Epic

Essay

Exclamatory sentence

Exposition

Expository writing

F

Fact

Fiction

Figure of speech

Flashback

Foreshadow

Formal English

Formatting

G

Genre

Grammar

Graphic organizer

H

Helping verb

Historical narrative

Hyphen

I

Imagery

Imperative sentence

Independent clause

Indirect object

Informal English

Interjection

Internet

Interrogative sentence

Introduction

Irregular verb

J

Journal

L

Letter

Linking verb

Lyric poem

M

Main idea

Media

Metaphor

Modify

Mood

Myth

N

Narrative

Narrator

Nonfiction

Note

Noun

Novel

O

Opinion

Organize

Outline

Overgeneralization

P

Page layout

Pamphlet

Paragraph

Past tense

Peer review

Periodical

Personal narrative

Personification

Persuade

Persuasive essay

Physical description

Play

Plot

Poem

Poetry

Point of view

Portfolio

Possessive

Predicate

Prefix

Preposition

Prepositional phrase

Present tense

Pre-write

Pronoun

Proof

Proofread

Propaganda

Prose

Publication

Publish

Punctuation mark

Purpose

Q

Question

Quotation marks

Quote

R

Regular verb

Repeat

Research

Resolution

Response

Resume

Revise

Rhyme

Rhythm

Root

S

Salutation

Satire

Sensory detail

Sentence

Setting

Short story

Signature

Simile

Source

Subject

Subject-verb agreement

Suffix

Survey

Symbol

Synonym

T

Theme

Thesaurus

Thesis statement

Timeline

Tone

Topic

Topic sentence

Tragedy

V

Verb

Verb tense

Elementary Science

The following words are found in both New Leaf’s Essential Words Glossary and Robert Marzano’s Academic Word List

A

Adapt

Animal

Asteroid

Atmosphere

Axis

B

Bacteria

Balance

Behavior

Boil

Buoyant

C

Calculator

Carbon

Carbon dioxide

Cell

Chart

Circuit

Classify

Climate

Comet

Computer

Conclusion

Condensation

Conduct

Conserve

Constant

Core

Crust

Crystal

Current

Cycle

D

Data

Decomposer

Density

Dissolve

E

Earth

Earthquake

Eclipse

Ecosystem

Electricity

Element

Energy

Environment

Erosion

Evaluate

Evaporate

Evidence

Experiment

Extinct

F

Food chain

Force

Fossil

Freeze

Fungi

G

Gas

Glacier

Graph

Gravity

Greenhouse effect

H

Habitat

Heat

Hypothesis

I

Infer

L

Life cycle

Light

Liquid

Living

Living system

M

Magnet

Magnetic

Mantle

Map

Mass

Matter

Measure

Melt

Meteor

Method

Microscope

Mixture

Model

Moon

N

Nucleus

Nutrient

O

Observe

Offspring

Orbit

Organism

Oxygen

P

Parent

Pattern

Photosynthesis

Physical property

Planet

Plant

Pollute

Pollution

Power

Predator

Predict

Property

R

Recycle

Reflect

Reproduce

Result

Ruler

S

Satellite

Soil

Solar System

Solid

Space

Species

Speed

Star

States of matter

Sun

Survive

T

Technology

Telescope

Test

Texture

Theory

Thermometer

Trait

V

Variable

Velocity

Volcano

W

Waste

Water cycle

Weather

Weathering

Weight

Middle School Science

The following words are found in both New Leaf’s Essential Words Glossary and Robert Marzano’s Academic Word List

A

Abiotic

Accelerate

Adaptation

Asteroid

Atmosphere

Atom

Axis

B

Bacteria

Behavior

Boil

C

Carbon

Carbon cycle

Cell

Chemical

Chemical bond

Chemical change

Chromosome

Circuit

Climate

Comet

Compound

Condense

Conductor

Conserve

Constant

Convection

Core

Crust

Crystal

Cycle

D

Data

Decomposer

Density

DNA

E

Earthquake

Eclipse

Ecosystem

Electricity

Electromagnetic radiation

Electron

Element

Embryo

Energy

Environment

Erosion

Evaporate

Evidence

F

Fault

Fertile

Food chain

Food web

Force

Fossil

Fossil fuel

Freeze

Friction

Fungi

G

Galaxy

Gas

Gene

Glacier

Gravity

Greenhouse effect

Groundwater

H

Habitat

Heat

Hydrogen

Hypothesis

I

Igneous rock

Insulator

Ion

L

Life cycle

Light

Liquid

Lithosphere

M

Magnet

Mantle

Mass

Matter

Melt

Metal

Metamorphic rock

Meteor

Mineral

Mixture

Model

Molecule

Moon

N

Natural selection

Neutron

Nucleus

Nutrient

O

Observation

Offspring

Orbit

Ore

Organ

Organ system

Organism

Oxygen

P

Photosynthesis

Physical property

Planet

Plate

Pollination

Pollute

Pollution

Population

Potential energy

Power

Predator

Pressure

Prey

Property

Proton

R

Radiation

Radioactivity

Reflect

Refract

Reproduction

Resources

S

Satellite

Sediment

Sedimentary rock

Semiconductor

Solar system

Solid

Solubility

Sound

Species

Speed

Star

States

Sunlight

T

Technology

Theory

Tissue

Trait

V

Velocity

Vibration

Viscosity

Volcano

W

Waste

Water cycle

Wave

Wavelength

Weathering

Weight

High School Science (page 1 of 2)

The following words are found in both New Leaf’s Essential Words Glossary and Robert Marzano’s Academic Word List

A

Abiotic

Accelerate

Acid

Adaptation

Animal

Asexual reproduction

Asteroid

Astronomical unit

Astronomy

Atmosphere

Atmospheric gases

Atmospheric pressure

Atom

Atomic mass unit

Atomic number

Avogadro’s Law

Avogadro’s number

Axis

B

Behavior

Big Bang Theory

Boil

Boiling point

C

Carbon

Carbon cycle

Catalyst

Cell

Cell differentiation

Cell membrane

Cell wall

Charge

Charged particle

Chemical

Chemical bond

Chemical change

Chemical property

Chemical reaction

Chloroplast

Chromosome

Circuit

Classification

Climate

Clouds

Color

Comet

Compound

Conductivity

Conservation of mass

Conserve

Constant

Control

Core

Crust

Crystal

Current

Cycle

Cytoplasm

D

Data

Decomposer

Density

Diversity

DNA

Dominant

Drought

E

Earthquake

Eclipse

Ecology

Ecosystem

Electric charge

Electric circuit

Electric field

Electricity

Electromagnetic

radiation

Electron

Element

Embryo

Endothermic

Energy

Environment

Enzyme

Equilibrium

Erosion

Evaporation

Evidence

Exothermic

Extinct

F

Fault

Fission

Food chain

Food web

Force

Fossil

Fossil fuel

Fossil record

Freeze

Freeze point

Freshwater

Friction

Fuel

Fungi

Fusion

G

Galaxy

Gas

Gene

Gene expression

Gene mutation

Glaciation

Glacier

Gravitational potential

energy

Gravity

Greenhouse effect

Greenhouse gases

Grow

H

Habitat

Heat

Heat conductor

Human being

Hydrogen

Hydrogen bond

Hypothesis

I

Igneous rock

Immune system

Inherited characteristics

Ion

K

Kepler’s laws

Kinetic energy

L

Life cycle

Light

Lithosphere

M

Magnet

Mantle

Mass

Matter

Mechanical energy

Melt

Melting point

Metal

Metamorphic rock

Meteor

Migration

Mineral

Mitochondria

Meiosis

Mitosis

Mixture

Model

Mole

Molecule

Moon

Motion

Mountain

N

Natural selection

Neutron

Newton’s Laws

Nonmetal

Nuclear fission

Nuclear fusion

Nuclear reaction

Nutrient

O

Observe

Offspring

Orbit

Ore

Organ

Organ system

Organelle

Organic compound

Organism

Oxidation-reduction

reaction

Oxygen

Ozone

(HS Sci Con’t, p. 2 of 2)

P

Parent

Particle

Period

Periodic table

Periodic Table of

Elements

Photosynthesis

Physical property

Planet

Planetary system

Plant

Plate tectonic theory

Pollination

Pollute

Pollution

Population

Potential energy

Power

Precipitate

Predator

Predict

Pressure

Prey

Property

Proton

R

Radiation

Radioactive decay

Radioactive dating

Recycle

Reflect

Refract

Reproduction

Resource

Respiration

Rock

Rock cycle

S

Satellite

Sea-floor spreading

Sedimentary rock

Segregation

Semiconductor

Sexual reproduction

Soil

Solar system

Solid

Solubility

Sound

Space probe

Species

Speed

Star

State of matter

Substance

Surface water

T

Taxonomy

Technology

Telescope

Temperature

Theory

Thermometer

Time

Tissue

Torque

Trait

U

Universe

V

Vacuole

Variable

Velocity

Vibration

Viscosity

Volcano

Volt

Volume

W

Waste

Water cycle

Wave

Wavelength

Weather

Weathering

Weight

Elementary Math

The following words are found in both New Leaf’s Essential Words Glossary and Robert Marzano’s Academic Word List

A

Acute angle

Add

Addend

Algebraic expression

Angle

Area

Array

Associative property

B

Bar graph

Base

Bias sample

C

Capacity

Centimeter

Certain

Circle

Circumference

Coin

Common denominator

Common factor

Commutative property

Composite number

Coordinate plane

Cube

Cylinder

D

Data

Decimal

Difference

Distributive property

Divide

Dividend

Divisible

Divisor

E

Equal

Equation

Equilateral triangle

Equivalent fractions

Estimate

Even number

Expanded notation

F

Face

Factor

Foot

G

Gram

Greater than sign

Greatest

Greatest common factor

H

Hour

I

Identity property

Impossible

Improper fraction

Inch

Inequality

Integer

Intersecting lines

Isosceles triangle

L

Least

Least common multiple

Length

Less than sign

Line

Line graph

Line of symmetry

Line segment

M

Median

Meter

Minute

Mixed number

Mode

Money

Multiple

Multiply

N

Net

O

Obtuse angle

Order of operations

Ordered pair

Outcome

Outlier

P

Parallel lines

Parallelogram

Percent

Perimeter

Perpendicular lines

Pictograph

Plane

Polygon

Population

Pound

Prime factorization

Prime number

Probability

Product

Proportion

Protractor

Pyramid

Q

Quadrilateral

Quotient

R

Radius

Random sample

Range

Rate

Ratio

Reciprocals

Rectangle

Rectangular prism

Reflection

Remainder

Rhombus

Right angle

Rotation

Round

Ruler

S

Sample

Second

Simplify

Sphere

Square

Standard form

Stem-and-leaf plot

Straight angle

Subtract

Sum

Supplementary angles

Surface area

Symmetry

T

Table

Tessellation

Trapezoid

Tree diagram

Triangle

V

Variable

Venn diagram

Vertex

Volume

Middle School Math

The following words are found in both New Leaf’s Essential Words Glossary and Robert Marzano’s Academic Word List

A

Absolute value

Acute angle

Algebraic expression

Angles

Area

Associative property

B

Bar graph

Base

Bias sample

C

Capacity

Circle

Circumference

Combination

Common factor

Commutative property

Complementary angles

Composite numbers

Congruent

Coordinate plane

Coordinates

Corresponding angles

Cube

Cylinder

D

Data

Denominator

Dependent event

Difference

Distributive property

Divisible

Division property

E

Equation

Equilateral triangle

Equivalent fractions

Estimate

Event

Expanded form

Experimental probability

Exponent

F

Face

Factor

Formula

Fraction

Function

G

Greatest common factor

Greatest

H

Histogram

I

Identity property

Improper fraction

Independent event

Inequality

Integers

Interest

Intersecting lines

Inverse operations

Irrational numbers

Isosceles triangle

L

Least common multiple

Least

Length

Like term

Line graph

Line of symmetry

Line segment

Line

Linear function

M

Mass

Mean

Median

Metric system

Mixed number

Mode

Monomial

Multiple

N

Natural numbers

Net

O

Obtuse angle

Order of operations

Ordered pair

Outcome

Outlier

P

Parallel lines

Parallelogram

Pattern

Percent

Perimeter

Permutation

Perpendicular lines

Pi

Plane

Point

Polygon

Polynomial

Population

Power

Prime factorization

Prime number

Prism

Probability

Product

Proportion

Pyramid

Pythagorean Theorem

Q

Quadrilateral

Quotient

R

Radius

Random sample

Range

Rate

Ratio

Rational numbers

Real numbers

Reciprocals

Rectangle

Reflection

Relatively prime numbers

Rhombus

Right angle

Right triangle

Rotation

Rotational symmetry

S

Sample

Scale drawing

Scale

Scatter plot

Scientific notation

Sequence

Similar figures

Simplify

Slope

Slope-intercept form

Solution

Sphere

Square root

Square

Standard form

Stem-and-leaf plot

Straight angle

Sum

Supplementary angle

Surface area

T

Term

Tessellation

Time

Trapezoid

Tree diagram

Triangle

V

Variable

Venn diagram

Vertex

Volume


High School Math

The following words are found in both New Leaf’s Essential Words Glossary and Robert Marzano’s Academic Word List

A

Absolute value

Acute angle

Algebraic expression

Angle

Angle bisector

Arc

Area

Associative property

B

Bar graph

Base

Bias sample

C

Capacity

Chord

Circle

Circumference

Combination

Common factor

Commutative property

Complementary angles

Complex number

Composite number

Compound interest

Congruent

Conjecture

Constant

Coordinate

Coordinate plane

Coordinates

Corresponding angles

Cosine

Cube

Cylinder

D

Data

Deductive reasoning

Degree

Denominator

Dependent event

Difference

Distance formula

Distributive property

Divisible

Division property

E

Equation

Equilateral triangle

Equivalent fractions

Estimate

Event

Expanded form

Experiment

Experimental

probability

Exponent

F

Face

Factor

Factorial

Formula

Fraction

Function

G

Geometric sequence

Greatest common

factor

H

Histogram

I

Identity property

Imaginary number

Improper fraction

Independent event

Independent variable

Inequality

Integers

Interest

Intersection lines

Inverse function

Inverse operations

Inverse variations

Irrational numbers

Isosceles triangle

L

Least common multiple

Like terms

Line

Line graph

Line of symmetry

Line segment

Linear equation

Linear function

Logarithm

M

Matrix

Mean

Median

Metric system

Mixed number

Mode

Monomial

Multiple

N

Natural numbers

Net

O

Obtuse angle

Odds

Order of operations

Ordered pair

Outcome

Outlier

P

Parallel lines

Parallelogram

Percent

Perimeter

Permutation

Perpendicular lines

Pi

Plane

Point

Polygon

Polynomial

Population

Postulate

Power

Prime factorization

Prime number

Prism

Probability

Product

Proportion

Protractor

Pyramid