Complex Words

Complex words often appear in technical writing. These slow down the reader, and may cause the reader to misunderstand them and feel ignorant. These are closely related to the extra words issue.

If you find the words or phrases from the left-hand column in your text, consider the alternatives in the right-hand column.

Avoid this	Consider this
accord	give
accordingly	so
advantageous	helpful
aforesaid	as previously mentioned
albeit	although, but
ameliorate	improve
apprise	inform
ascertain	find out, learn, check
begs the question	raises the question
characterize	describe
cognizant	aware
commence	start, begin
commensurate	appropriate, equal
consolidate	combine
deem	consider
deleterious	harmful
demonstrate	show
detrimental	harmful
dispatch	send
disseminate	issue, spread, send
downsize	reduce
effectuate	bring about, cause
encounter	find, meet
endeavour	try
enumerate	list
evidenced	showed, shown
expiration	close, end, finish
facilitate	help, ease
finalize	complete, conclude, finish
forecasted	forecast
forthwith	immediately
inception	start
irregardless	regardless
leverage	use
methodology	method
modification	change
necessitate	require, demand, call for
nowadays	today, currently
obviate	avoid, eliminate
optimum	best
orientate	orient
partially	partly
perform	do
portion	part
pre-planning	planning
prescribed	required
preventative	preventive
prioritize	rank
priorize	rank
promulgate	issue, publish
quintessential	perfect example
regarding	about
remuneration	payment, reward
render	make, give, give back
retain	keep
subsequent	next
sufficient	enough
terminate	end, stop
time frame	period, interval, timespan
ubiquitous	wide-spread
ultimate	last, final eventual
utilization	use
utilize	use
whereas	as, since, while
whether	if

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