Using Writer's Workbench Word Lists
Writer's Workbench uses word lists to calculate the ratios of
Abstract, Vague, Negative, and Transitional Words and Phrases in a document. WWB Help (
) provides
lists of these words.
The following are sample lists of words used in each analysis.
List of Vague Words: (total of 171 words and phrases)
a lot |
advantage |
adventure |
all |
amount |
anything |
anytime |
appearance |
area |
aspect |
attitude |
attractive |
background |
bad |
beautiful |
beauty |
beneficial |
benefit |
bizarre |
broad |
certain |
character |
clear |
community |
considerable |
creative |
critical |
deal with |
deals with |
deal |
definite |
difference |
difficulty |
disadvantage |
earliest |
List of Abstract Words: (total of 314 words)
abasement |
abbess |
aberration |
ability |
achieve |
actual |
adage |
admire |
advanced |
advantage |
adversity |
advise |
affect |
afterlife |
agreement |
allegory |
allow |
American |
amount |
analyze |
answer |
aptitude |
arbiter |
array |
assume |
attitude |
attribute |
average |
baffle |
banality |
belief |
believe |
benefit |
betray |
blandness |
List of Words and Phrases Flagged in Diction Alerts: (total of 678 words and phrases)
a contact |
a great deal of |
a large number of |
a lot | a must |
a number of |
a preference for |
a small number of |
abovementioned | absolutely |
accomplished |
aching void |
acid test |
activate | actual |
add the point that |
added increment |
adequate enough |
advantageous | advent |
afford an opportunity |
after all has been said |
after the manner of |
aggregate | all in all |
List of Words to Check: (total of 873 words)
a while |
awhile |
accept |
except |
adapt |
adept |
adopt |
advice |
advise |
affect |
effect |
aggravate |
aid |
aide |
aisle |
isle |
alley |
ally |
already |
allright |
alright |
altogether |
allot |
altar |
alter |
most |
among |
amount |
ant |
aunt |
anxious |
anymore |
anybody |
any body |
anyone |
List of Negative Words: (total of 803 words)
aren't |
couldn't |
didn't |
don't |
except |
haven't |
immature |
immeasurable |
immeasurably |
immoderate |
immodest |
immoral |
immortal |
immovable |
immutable |
impartial |
impassable |
impatient |
impatiently |
impeccable |
impenetrable |
imperceptible |
imperceptibly |
imperfect |
imperfectly |
imperishable |
impersonal |
impersonalized |
impersonally |
impertinent |
imperturbable |
impervious |
impious |
implacable |
implausibly |
List of Transitional Words and Phrases: (total of 232 words and phrases)
Accordingly |
afterward |
although |
As |
as a result |
as already stated |
as well as |
at the same time |
because |
both |
But |
by the same token |
consequently |
conversely |
finally |
First |
for all that |
for example |
for this reason |
furthermore |
Hence |
however |
in brief |
in comparison |
in conclusion |
List of Introductory Elements: (total of 148 words and phrases)
Above |
Absolutely |
Accordingly |
Across |
After |
Afterward |
Afterwards |
Against |
Along |
Also |
Although |
Among |
Anyway |
Around |
As |
At |
Back |
Because |
Before |
Behind |
|
Beside |
Besides |
Between |
By |
Certainly |
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