A2 vocabulary
Everyday words. At A2 you can describe your background, your routine and your immediate needs — these are the words that let you do it.
What this list covers
A2 is where a learner stops naming things and starts describing them. The band brings past tense, simple opinions, short explanations and the first abstract nouns. The list below reflects that: more verbs than A1, more adjectives, and topics that reach outside the classroom into travel, work and money.
These 997 words are the A2 entries in this site's learner layer. Each one carries a meaning written in plain English, an example sentence, and the word family it belongs to. The family column is the part most learners skip and should not: knowing that decide gives you decision is worth more than learning the two words separately.
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The word list
Grouped by topic, then alphabetically. Every entry carries the same things: the word, its syllable break, its pronunciation, its part of speech, a plain meaning, an example sentence and the family it belongs to. Use the filters to narrow the list; the topic groups hide and reappear as you type.
describing148 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| against ✓✓a·gainst/əˈɡɛnst/ | prep. | not agreeing with something, or on the opposite side | Our class voted against having the test on Friday. |
| alive ✓✓a·live/əˈlaɪv/ | adj. | not dead, still breathing or growingfamily: live, life, living, lives | The fish in the tank are still alive after the long holiday. |
| anywhere ✓✓an·y·where/ˈɛniˌwɛɹ/ | adv. | in or to a place, it does not matter whichfamily: any, anyone, anything, anybody | You can sit anywhere you like in the classroom. |
| apart ≠a·part/əˈpɑɹt/ | adv. | away from each other, in space or time | The two schools are only a few kilometres apart. |
| appearance ✓✓ap·pear·ance/əˈpɪɹəns/ | n. | the way that someone or something looksfamily: appear, appears, appeared, appearing, appearances, disappear | She changed her appearance with a new haircut and glasses. |
| area ≠a·re·a/ˈɛɹiə/ | n. | a part of a place, or the size of a surface | This area is for reading. |
| attractive ✓✓at·trac·tive/əˈtɹæktɪv/ | adj. | pleasant to look at, or pleasing in another wayfamily: attract, attraction, attractions, attractively, unattractive | The hotel is in an attractive old building near the beach. |
| awful ✓✓aw·ful/ˈɑfəl/ | adj. | very bad, and often shocking or upsettingfamily: awe, awfully | The weather was awful, so we stayed inside all weekend. |
| badly ✓✓bad·ly/ˈbædli/ | adv. | not well, or in a poor wayfamily: bad, worse, worst | He played badly because he had not practised. |
| base ≠/beɪs/ | n. | the lowest part, which something stands onfamily: basic, basis | The lamp has a heavy base. |
| basic ≠ba·sic/ˈbeɪsɪk/ | adj. | forming the simplest or most important part of somethingfamily: base, basis, basics, basically | You only need basic maths to understand this chart. |
| bit ✓✓/bɪt/ | n. | a small piece or amount; also past of bitefamily: bite | Add a bit of salt. |
| bits ⚠/bɪts/ | n. | plural of bit: small piecesfamily: bit | Tear the paper into bits. |
| blonde ≠/blɑnd/ | adj. | pale yellow in colour, used about hairfamily: blond, blondes, blonds | Her little sister has long blonde hair and blue eyes. |
| brave ≠/bɹeɪv/ | adj. | not afraid of danger or difficult thingsfamily: bravely, bravery, braver, braved, braves | She was brave enough to speak in front of the whole school. |
| brilliant ✓✓bril·liant/ˈbɹɪljənt/ | adj. | extremely good or very cleverfamily: brilliance, brilliantly | She had a brilliant idea for the science project. |
| certainly ✓✓cer·tain·ly/ˈsɝtənli/ | adv. | without any doubtfamily: certain, certainty, uncertain | The new library is certainly bigger than the old one. |
| clear ✓✓/klɪɹ/ | adj. | easy to see, hear or understandfamily: clearly | Give one clear example. |
| clearly ✓✓clear·ly/ˈklɪɹli/ | adv. | in a way that is easy to see, hear or understandfamily: clear, unclear, clarity | Please speak clearly so the students at the back can hear you. |
| colourful ≠col·our·ful/ˈkʌlɚfəl/ | adj. | bright, with many different shades such as red, blue and yellowfamily: colour, colours, coloured, colourfully | The market was full of colourful fruit, flowers and clothes. |
| comfortable ✓✓com·fort·a·ble/ˈkʌmfɚtəbəl/ | adj. | making you feel relaxed and free from pain or worryfamily: comfort, comfortably, uncomfortable | The new chairs in the library are very comfortable. |
| common ≠com·mon/ˈkɑmən/ | adj. | happening or found oftenfamily: commonly | This is a common mistake. |
| condition ✓✓con·di·tion/kənˈdɪʃən/ | n. | the state that something or someone is infamily: conditions, conditional, conditioner, conditioned | The second-hand bike is in very good condition. |
| convenient ≠con·ve·nient/kənˈvinjənt/ | adj. | easy and useful because it saves time or troublefamily: convenience, conveniently, inconvenient, inconvenience | The new bus stop is very convenient for students living nearby. |
| correctly ✓✓cor·rect·ly/kəˈɹɛktli/ | adv. | in a way that is right, with no mistakesfamily: correct, correction, incorrect, incorrectly | She answered all twenty questions correctly and got full marks. |
| crazy ✓✓cra·zy/ˈkɹeɪzi/ | adj. | very silly or strange, not sensiblefamily: craze, crazier, craziest, crazily, craziness | It was a crazy idea to walk home in the rain. |
| creative ✓✓cre·a·tive/kɹiˈeɪtɪv/ | adj. | good at thinking of new ideas or making new thingsfamily: create, creativity, creatively, creation, creator | The art teacher praised her creative design for the poster. |
| cute ≠/kjut/ | adj. | attractive in a small or charming way | The puppy is cute. |
| dangerous ≠dan·ger·ous/ˈdeɪndʒɚəs/ | adj. | able to hurt someone or cause harmfamily: danger, dangers, dangerously | It is dangerous to cross the road without looking both ways. |
| dead ✓✓/dɛd/ | adj. | no longer alivefamily: die, died, death | The old tree is dead. |
| differently ✓✓dif·fer·ent·ly/ˈdɪfɹəntli/ | adv. | in a way that is not the samefamily: differ, difference, different | Each teacher explains grammar a little differently. |
| direct ✓✓di·rect/dəˈɹɛkt/ | adj. | going straight to a place or person, with nothing in betweenfamily: direction, directly, director, indirect | Is there a direct train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai? |
| easily ✓✓eas·i·ly/ˈizəli/ | adv. | without any difficulty or hard workfamily: easy, ease | She passed the driving test easily on her first try. |
| empty ✓✓emp·ty/ˈɛmpti/ | adj. | containing nothing | The room was empty. |
| ends ⚠/ɛndz/ | n. | more than one endfamily: end, ending | Tie both ends of the string. |
| energetic ✓en·er·get·ic/ˌɛnɚˈdʒɛtɪk/ | adj. | full of life and able to be very activefamily: energy, energetically, energise | My energetic little brother runs around the garden all morning. |
| enormous ✓✓e·nor·mous/ɪˈnɔɹməs/ | adj. | extremely large in size or amountfamily: enormously | An enormous truck blocked the whole road outside our school. |
| enough ≠e·nough/ɪˈnʌf/ | adv. | to the degree that is needed | The room was not big enough for all the students. |
| even ≠e·ven/ˈivɪn/ | adv. | used to show something is surprising | Even the fastest group needed help. |
| exactly ✓✓ex·act·ly/ɪɡˈzæktli/ | adv. | completely correctly, in every detailfamily: exact | The bus leaves at exactly eight o'clock every morning. |
| extra ≠ex·tra/ˈɛkstɹə/ | adj. | more than the usual amount or numberfamily: extras | We need two extra chairs for the visitors. |
| extremely ✓✓ex·treme·ly/ɛkˈstɹimli/ | adv. | to a very great degreefamily: extreme | It was extremely hot, so we stayed inside all afternoon. |
| fairly ≠fair·ly/ˈfɛɹli/ | adv. | more than a little, but not veryfamily: fair, fairness, unfair | The exam was fairly easy, so most students finished early. |
| familiar ≠fa·mil·iar/fəˈmɪljɚ/ | adj. | known to you because you have seen or heard it beforefamily: familiarity, familiarise, familiarly, unfamiliar | The song sounded familiar, but I could not remember its name. |
| famous ≠fa·mous/ˈfeɪməs/ | adj. | known by many peoplefamily: fame | The temple is famous. |
| fancy ≠fan·cy/ˈfænsi/ | adj. | special, expensive or highly decoratedfamily: fancier, fanciest, fancily | We wore our best clothes to eat at a fancy restaurant. |
| fantastic ≠fan·tas·tic/fænˈtæstɪk/ | adj. | extremely good or enjoyablefamily: fantasy, fantastically, fantastical | We had a fantastic time at the science museum yesterday. |
| fascinating ≠fas·ci·nat·ing/ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪŋ/ | adj. | so interesting that you cannot stop paying attentionfamily: fascinate, fascinated, fascination | The museum guide told us fascinating stories about ancient cities. |
| fat ≠/fæt/ | adj. | having too much flesh on the body | The cat is getting fat. |
| few ≠/fju/ | det. | a small number offamily: fewer | Only a few seats are left. |
| frank ✓/fɹæŋk/ | adj. | saying what you really think in an open wayfamily: frankly, frankness | Please be frank and tell me if my essay is boring. |
| further ✓✓fur·ther/ˈfɝðɚ/ | adj. | more or additional, beyond what is already therefamily: far, furthest, furthermore, furthers, furthered, furthering | For further details, please read the notice on the classroom door. |
| given ✓giv·en/ˈɡɪvən/ | adj. | already decided or fixed, not chosen by youfamily: give, gave, givens | Each group must finish the task within the given time. |
| gold ✓✓/ɡoʊld/ | n. | a valuable yellow metalfamily: golden | The spire is covered in gold. |
| gram ✓/ɡɹæm/ | n. | a small unit of weight; 1,000 make a kilogramfamily: kilogram | Add sixty grams of sugar. |
| greedy ✓greed·y/ˈɡɹidi/ | adj. | wanting more money or food than you needfamily: greed, greedily, greediness, greedier | The greedy boy ate all the biscuits before lunch. |
| green ≠/ɡɹin/ | n. | the colour of grass and most leavesfamily: greens, greener, greenest, greenish, greenery, greenhouse | Green is my favourite colour for a school bag. |
| hardly ≠hard·ly/ˈhɑɹdli/ | adv. | almost not, or only a very small amountfamily: hard | I could hardly hear the speaker from the back row. |
| heavily ≠heav·i·ly/ˈhɛvəli/ | adv. | in large amounts, or with great forcefamily: heavy, heavier, heaviness | It rained heavily all night, so the football pitch was flooded. |
| helpful ✓✓help·ful/ˈhɛlpfəl/ | adj. | ready and willing to give support to othersfamily: help, helpfully, unhelpful | The librarian was very helpful when I could not find the book. |
| impossible ✓✓im·pos·si·ble/ɪmˈpɑsəbəl/ | adj. | not able to happen or to be donefamily: possible, impossibly, impossibility | It is impossible to finish all this homework in one hour. |
| inch ≠/ɪntʃ/ | n. | a small unit of length, about 2.5 centimetres | Leave an inch at the margin. |
| included ✓in·clud·ed/ɪnˈkludəd/ | adj. | forming part of a total or a groupfamily: include, including, inclusion | Breakfast is included in the price of the hotel room. |
| indoor ≠in·door/ˈɪnˌdɔɹ/ | adj. | happening or used inside a buildingfamily: indoors | The hotel has an indoor swimming pool for rainy days. |
| intelligent ✓✓in·tel·li·gent/ɪnˈtɛlədʒənt/ | adj. | able to learn and understand things quicklyfamily: intelligence, intelligently | Dolphins are intelligent animals that can solve simple problems. |
| items ⚠i·tems/ˈaɪtəmz/ | n. | plural of itemfamily: item | Pack only five items. |
| kindly ✓kind·ly/ˈkaɪndli/ | adj. | friendly and caring towards other peoplefamily: kind, kindness, kindliness, unkind | A kindly neighbour helped us carry the heavy boxes. |
| lack ≠/læk/ | n. | the state of not having something | Lack of sleep slows learning. |
| latest ≠lat·est/ˈleɪtəst/ | adj. | the most recent or newestfamily: late, later, lately | She always buys the latest phone as soon as it comes out. |
| less ✓✓/lɛs/ | adv. | a smaller amount; not as muchfamily: little, least | Try to use less paper. |
| likely ✓✓like·ly/ˈlaɪkli/ | adj. | probably going to happen or be truefamily: likelihood, unlikely | It is likely to rain this afternoon, so bring an umbrella. |
| liter ✓li·ter/ˈlitɚ/ | n. | American spelling of litrefamily: litre | A liter of water weighs one kilogram. |
| litre ≠li·tre/ˈlitɚ/ | n. | a unit for measuring liquid: 1,000 millilitresfamily: liter | The kettle holds two litres. |
| local ≠lo·cal/ˈloʊkəl/ | adj. | belonging to or existing in the area where you livefamily: locally, locality, locals, localise | We buy fresh vegetables from the local market every Saturday. |
| loose ≠/lus/ | adj. | not tight; not fixed in placefamily: loosely, loosen | A loose page fell from the book. |
| lost ✓✓/lɔst/ | adj. | unable to find the way, or missingfamily: lose, losing | The lost keys were in the rice sack. |
| lots ⚠/lɑts/ | n. | informal: a large number or amountfamily: lot | There are lots of chairs left. |
| loudly ✓✓loud·ly/ˈlaʊdli/ | adv. | in a way that makes a lot of noisefamily: loud, louder, loudest, loudness | The children laughed loudly at the funny cartoon. |
| major ✓✓ma·jor/ˈmeɪdʒɚ/ | adj. | very large or important compared with othersfamily: majority, majors, majored, majoring | Traffic is a major problem in most big cities today. |
| meter ✓me·ter/ˈmitɚ/ | n. | American spelling of metre; also a measuring devicefamily: metre | The water meter is read monthly. |
| metre ≠me·tre/ˈmitɚ/ | n. | a unit of length: one hundred centimetresfamily: meter | The rope is three metres long. |
| missing ✓✓miss·ing/ˈmɪsɪŋ/ | adj. | not in the place where it should befamily: miss, missed | Two pages are missing from the middle of this book. |
| modern ≠mod·ern/ˈmɑdɚn/ | adj. | belonging to the present time | They live in a modern house. |
| mostly ✓✓most·ly/ˈmoʊstli/ | adv. | mainly, or for the largest partfamily: most | The people at the market are mostly farmers from nearby villages. |
| musical ✓✓mu·si·cal/ˈmjuzɪkəl/ | adj. | connected with songs and instruments, or skilled at playing themfamily: music, musician, musicians, musically, musicals | She comes from a very musical family, and everyone plays something. |
| nearly ✓✓near·ly/ˈnɪɹli/ | adv. | almost, but not completelyfamily: near, nearby | I have nearly finished the reading for tomorrow's class. |
| neat ≠/nit/ | adj. | tidy and in orderfamily: neatly | Her handwriting is neat. |
| necessary ✓✓nec·es·sar·y/ˈnɛsəˌsɛɹi/ | adj. | needed for something to happen or work properlyfamily: necessarily, necessity, unnecessary | A passport is necessary if you want to travel abroad. |
| negative ≠neg·a·tive/ˈnɛɡətɪv/ | adj. | bad or harmful, not goodfamily: negatively, negativity, negate, negatives | Too much sugar has a negative effect on your teeth. |
| noise ≠/nɔɪz/ | n. | a loud or unpleasant soundfamily: noisy | The noise stopped the lesson. |
| noisy ✓✓nois·y/ˈnɔɪzi/ | adj. | making or full of loud, unpleasant soundsfamily: noise, noisier, noisiest, noisily | The classroom next door was so noisy that we closed the window. |
| normal ✓✓nor·mal/ˈnɔɹməl/ | adj. | usual and expected, not strange or specialfamily: norm, normally, abnormal, normality | It is normal to feel a little tired after a long flight. |
| organized ≠or·ga·nized/ˈɔɹɡəˌnaɪzd/ | adj. | able to plan and arrange things carefully and wellfamily: organize, organization, organizer, organizes, organizing | Nina is very organized, so her notes are always easy to find. |
| original ✓✓o·rig·i·nal/əˈɹɪdʒənəl/ | adj. | existing first, before any changes or copies were madefamily: origin, originate, originality, originally | The original plan was to meet at nine, but we changed it. |
| own ≠/oʊn/ | adj. | belonging to the person mentionedfamily: owner | Use your own words. |
| peaceful ≠peace·ful/ˈpisfəl/ | adj. | quiet and calm, without noise or troublefamily: peace, peacefully, peacefulness | The garden was peaceful early in the morning before the traffic started. |
| perfect ≠per·fect/pɚˈfɛkt/ | adj. | having no faults at allfamily: perfectly | Her spelling was perfect. |
| perfectly ≠per·fect·ly/ˈpɝfəktli/ | adv. | in a way that has no mistakes or faultsfamily: perfect, perfection, imperfectly | She sang the song perfectly at the school concert. |
| playful ✓play·ful/ˈpleɪfəl/ | adj. | full of fun and not seriousfamily: play, playfully, playfulness | The playful puppy kept running after the ball in the garden. |
| pleasant ≠pleas·ant/ˈplɛzənt/ | adj. | nice and enjoyable to experiencefamily: please, pleased, pleasing, pleasure, pleasantly, unpleasant | We had a pleasant walk along the river after dinner. |
| pleasing ✓pleas·ing/ˈplizɪŋ/ | adj. | giving a feeling of happiness or satisfactionfamily: please, pleased, pleasingly, pleasant, pleasure | The garden has a pleasing mix of colours in spring. |
| polite ✓✓po·lite/pəˈlaɪt/ | adj. | behaving in a way that shows respect for other peoplefamily: politely, politeness, impolite | It is polite to say thank you when someone helps you. |
| popular ≠pop·u·lar/ˈpɑpjəlɚ/ | adj. | liked or enjoyed by many peoplefamily: popularity, popularly, popularize, unpopular | Football is the most popular sport at our school. |
| possible ≠pos·si·ble/ˈpɑsəbəl/ | adj. | able to happen or be donefamily: possibly, possibility, impossible, impossibility | Is it possible to change the meeting to Thursday? |
| powerful ≠pow·er·ful/ˈpaʊɚfəl/ | adj. | having a lot of strength or controlfamily: power, powers, powered, powerfully, powerless | The new engine is powerful enough to pull a heavy truck. |
| proper ≠prop·er/ˈpɹɑpɚ/ | adj. | right, correct or suitable for the situationfamily: properly, improper, improperly | Wear proper shoes when you walk in the mountains. |
| public ≠pub·lic/ˈpʌblɪk/ | adj. | open to everyonefamily: publicly | It is a public library. |
| quick ≠/kwɪk/ | adj. | fast, or taking only a short timefamily: quickly, quicker, quickest, quicken, quickness | I had a quick breakfast before the early lecture. |
| quietly ✓✓qui·et·ly/ˈkwaɪətli/ | adv. | in a way that makes very little noisefamily: quiet | The students worked quietly while the teacher marked their tests. |
| rather ✓✓rath·er/ˈɹæðɚ/ | adv. | quite, to a fairly large degree | It is rather cold this morning, so bring a jacket. |
| real ≠re·al/ɹil/ | adj. | actually existing, not imaginedfamily: really, reality | Use a real example. |
| remote ≠re·mote/ɹɪˈmoʊt/ | adj. | far away from towns and other peoplefamily: remotely, remoteness | Her cousins live in a remote village in the mountains. |
| rude ≠/ɹud/ | adj. | not polite to other peoplefamily: rudely, rudeness | It is rude to interrupt a speaker. |
| safe ✓✓/seɪf/ | adj. | not in danger; not dangerousfamily: safety, safely | The crossing is safe now. |
| seem ✓✓/sim/ | v. | to appear to befamily: seemed | The task seems difficult at first. |
| separate ✓✓sep·a·rate/ˈsɛpɹət/ | adj. | different and not joined or kept togetherfamily: separately, separation, separated, separating, separates | The twins have separate bedrooms, but they share a study desk. |
| serious ≠se·ri·ous/ˈsɪɹiəs/ | adj. | important, needing careful thoughtfamily: seriously | This is a serious problem. |
| seriously ≠se·ri·ous·ly/ˈsɪɹiəsli/ | adv. | in a careful, honest way and not as a jokefamily: serious, seriousness | Please listen seriously, because this information will be in the exam. |
| several ✓✓sev·er·al/ˈsɛvɹəl/ | det. | more than two but not many | Several students asked the same question after the lecture. |
| shape ✓✓/ʃeɪp/ | n. | the outer form of somethingfamily: shapes, shaped | Cut the paper into a leaf shape. |
| similar ≠sim·i·lar/ˈsɪməlɚ/ | adj. | almost the samefamily: similarity | The two answers are similar. |
| simple ✓✓sim·ple/ˈsɪmpəl/ | adj. | easy to understand or dofamily: simply, simplify | The rule is simple. |
| simply ≠sim·ply/ˈsɪmpli/ | adv. | in a clear and easy way, without anything extrafamily: simple, simplify, simplicity | The teacher explained the rules simply so everyone could follow. |
| single ✓✓sin·gle/ˈsɪŋɡəl/ | adj. | only one, not two or morefamily: singles, singly, singled | There was not a single empty seat in the lecture hall. |
| slim ✓/slɪm/ | adj. | thin in an attractive or healthy way | The dictionary has a slim pocket edition. |
| slowly ✓✓slow·ly/ˈsloʊli/ | adv. | not quickly, at a low speedfamily: slow, slower, slowest | Please speak slowly so that everyone can understand you. |
| soft ✓✓/sɑft/ | adj. | not hard; gentlefamily: softly, soften | Speak in a soft voice in the library. |
| specific ✓✓spe·cif·ic/spəˈsɪfɪk/ | adj. | particular and exact, not generalfamily: specifically, specify, specifics, specificity | The teacher asked for a specific example, not a general idea. |
| speed ✓✓/spid/ | n. | how fast something movesfamily: speedy | Reading speed grows with practice. |
| state ✓✓/steɪt/ | n. | the condition something is in; also a nation's government | The road is in a poor state. |
| strongly ≠strong·ly/ˈstɹɔŋli/ | adv. | very much, or with a lot of force or feelingfamily: strong, strength, strengthen, stronger, strongest | The teachers strongly recommend reading the chapter before class. |
| such ✓✓/sʌtʃ/ | det. | of this kind; used to emphasise | Such questions need full sentences. |
| suitable ≠suit·a·ble/ˈsutəbəl/ | adj. | right for a particular person, purpose or situationfamily: suit, suitably, suitability, unsuitable | These shoes are not suitable for walking in the rain. |
| sure ≠/ʃʊɹ/ | adj. | having no doubtfamily: surely | Are you sure about the answer? |
| surprising ✓✓sur·pris·ing/sɚˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ | adj. | not what you expected, so it makes you feel amazedfamily: surprise, surprised, surprisingly | It is surprising how quickly the children learnt the new song. |
| tidy ✓✓ti·dy/ˈtaɪdi/ | adj. | neat, with everything in its placefamily: tidied | Leave the desks tidy. |
| traditional ✓✓tra·di·tion·al/tɹəˈdɪʃənəl/ | adj. | following customs or ways that have existed for a long timefamily: tradition, traditions, traditionally | The students wore traditional clothes for the festival at school. |
| unusual ✓✓un·u·su·al/ənˈjuˌʒuəl/ | adj. | different from what is normal or expectedfamily: usual, usually, unusually | It is unusual for the library to be closed on a weekday. |
| used ≠/juzd/ | adj. | not new; owned by someone beforefamily: use, user | He drives a used car. |
| useful ≠use·ful/ˈjusfəl/ | adj. | helpful for a purposefamily: use, useless | That was a useful lesson. |
| violent ≠vi·o·lent/ˈvaɪələnt/ | adj. | using great force in a way that hurts or damagesfamily: violence, violently | The violent wind knocked down trees and broke several windows. |
| weak ✓✓/wik/ | adj. | not strong, and easily hurt, broken or beatenfamily: weakness, weaken, weakly, weaker | After a week in bed, he felt too weak to walk far. |
| whole ✓✓/hoʊl/ | adj. | all of something, with no part left outfamily: wholly, wholeness | We spent the whole afternoon cleaning the science lab. |
| wide ✓✓/waɪd/ | adj. | measuring a lot from side to sidefamily: width, widely | The river is wide here. |
| wise ≠/waɪz/ | adj. | able to judge well from experiencefamily: wisdom, wisely | Her wise answer ended the argument. |
| wooden ✓✓wood·en/ˈwʊdən/ | adj. | made of the hard material that comes from treesfamily: wood, woods, wooded | The classroom has an old wooden desk near the window. |
| worse ✓✓/wɝs/ | adj. | the comparative of badfamily: bad, worst | The traffic is worse on Fridays. |
| worst ✓✓/wɝst/ | adj. | of the lowest quality or the most unpleasant of allfamily: bad, worse | That was the worst film I have seen this year. |
actions91 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| accept ✓✓ac·cept/ækˈsɛpt/ | v. | to agree to take something that is offered to youfamily: acceptance, acceptable, accepted, accepting, accepts, unacceptable | He accepted the job offer after thinking about it for two days. |
| across ≠a·cross/əˈkɹɔs/ | adv. | from one side to the other side | The road was busy, so we waited before walking across. |
| act ≠/ækt/ | v. | to do something, or to perform in a playfamily: action, actor | Act quickly if there is a fire. |
| admit ≠ad·mit/ədˈmɪt/ | v. | to agree that something is true, often something you did wrongfamily: admission, admitted, admitting, admits | He admitted that he had forgotten to do his homework. |
| advise ≠ad·vise/ædˈvaɪz/ | v. | to tell someone what you think they should dofamily: advice, adviser, advisor, advised, advising, advisable | The doctor advised him to drink more water and rest. |
| aimed ⚠/eɪmd/ | v. | past tense of aimfamily: aim, aims | The course aimed at real conversation. |
| allow ✓✓al·low/əˈlaʊ/ | v. | to let someone do something or let something happenfamily: allowance, allowed, allowing, allows, allowable | Teachers do not allow phones during the exam. |
| apologize ≠a·pol·o·gize/əˈpɑləˌdʒaɪz/ | v. | to say that you are sorry for something you didfamily: apology, apologies, apologized, apologizes, apologizing, apologetic | He apologized for arriving late to the meeting. |
| appear ✓✓ap·pear/əˈpɪɹ/ | v. | to come into sight or start to be seenfamily: appearance, appearances, appeared, appearing, appears, disappear | A rainbow appeared over the river after the rain stopped. |
| argue ✓✓ar·gue/ˈɑɹɡju/ | v. | to speak angrily to someone because you disagree with themfamily: argument, arguments, argued, arguing, argues, arguable | The two brothers argued about who should wash the dishes. |
| avoid ✓✓a·void/əˈvɔɪd/ | v. | to stay away from something, or stop it happeningfamily: avoidance, avoidable, avoided, avoiding, avoids | We left early to avoid the heavy morning traffic. |
| beats ⚠/bits/ | v. | the form of beat used with he, she and itfamily: beat, beaten | Practice beats luck. |
| beg ≠/bɛɡ/ | v. | to ask for something in a very strong wayfamily: beggar | The children begged for five more minutes. |
| belong ✓✓be·long/bɪˈlɔŋ/ | v. | to be owned by someone, or to be part of a groupfamily: belongings, belonged, belonging, belongs | This umbrella belongs to the girl in the blue coat. |
| bend ≠/bɛnd/ | v. | to make or become curvedfamily: bent | Bend the wire into a hook. |
| bother ≠both·er/ˈbɑðɚ/ | v. | to annoy someone or make them feel worriedfamily: bothered, bothering, bothers | Please do not bother your sister while she is studying. |
| bury ≠bur·y/ˈbɛɹi/ | v. | to put something in the ground and cover it with earthfamily: burial, buried, buries, burying | The dog buried its bone in the garden. |
| chose ⚠/tʃoʊz/ | v. | past tense of choosefamily: choose, chosen | Each pair chose a topic. |
| collect ≠col·lect/kəˈlɛkt/ | v. | to gather things togetherfamily: collection | Collect the sheets at the end. |
| communicate ✓✓com·mu·ni·cate/kəˈmjunəˌkeɪt/ | v. | to share information, ideas or feelings with other peoplefamily: communication, communicated, communicating, communicates | We communicate with our teacher by email when we have questions. |
| complain ✓✓com·plain/kəmˈpleɪn/ | v. | to say that you are unhappy about somethingfamily: complaint, complained, complaining, complains | Several students complained that the classroom was too hot. |
| concentrate ≠con·cen·trate/ˈkɑnsənˌtɹeɪt/ | v. | to give all your attention to one thingfamily: concentration, concentrated, concentrating, concentrates | Please turn off the music so I can concentrate on my homework. |
| consider ✓✓con·sid·er/kənˈsɪdɚ/ | v. | to think carefully about something before decidingfamily: consideration, considerable, considered, considering, considers | Please consider all the options before you choose a course. |
| consist ≠con·sist/kənˈsɪst/ | v. | to be made up of particular parts or peoplefamily: consistent, consistency, consistently, inconsistent, consists, consisting | The exam consists of three parts: listening, reading and writing. |
| continue ✓✓con·tin·ue/kənˈtɪnju/ | v. | to keep doing something without stoppingfamily: continuous, continuation, continued, continuing, continues | The rain continued all afternoon, so we stayed inside and read. |
| create ≠cre·ate/kɹiˈeɪt/ | v. | to make something new that did not exist beforefamily: creation, creative, creativity, creator, created, creating | The children created colourful posters for the school festival. |
| cuts ⚠/kʌts/ | v. | third person form of cutfamily: cut, cutting | He cuts the paper carefully. |
| decide ≠de·cide/ˌdɪˈsaɪd/ | v. | to make a choice after thinkingfamily: decision | We decided to walk. |
| depend ✓✓de·pend/dɪˈpɛnd/ | v. | to need someone or something, or to be decided by itfamily: dependent, dependence, dependable, depended, depending, depends | Whether we go swimming depends on the weather tomorrow. |
| describe ≠de·scribe/dɪskˈɹaɪb/ | v. | to say what something is likefamily: description | Describe the picture to your partner. |
| destroy ✓✓de·stroy/dɪˈstɹɔɪ/ | v. | to damage something so badly that it cannot be usedfamily: destruction, destructive, destroyed, destroying, destroys | The storm destroyed several houses near the river. |
| develop ✓✓de·vel·op/dɪˈvɛləp/ | v. | to grow, or to make something bigger, better or strongerfamily: development, developer, developed, developing, develops | Reading every day will develop your vocabulary quickly. |
| disappear ✓✓dis·ap·pear/ˌdɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | v. | to stop being seen, or to go away completelyfamily: appear, appearance, disappearance, disappeared, disappears, disappearing | My keys disappeared from the table while I was cooking. |
| discover ✓✓dis·cov·er/dɪˈskʌvɚ/ | v. | to find or learn about something for the first timefamily: discovery, discovered, discovering, discovers | Scientists discovered a new species of frog in the forest. |
| divide ≠di·vide/dɪˈvaɪd/ | v. | to separate something into two or more partsfamily: divided, divider, divides, dividing, division | The teacher divided the class into groups of four. |
| drop ≠/dɹɑp/ | v. | to let something fallfamily: dropped | Do not drop the chalk. |
| dug ⚠/dʌɡ/ | v. | past tense of digfamily: dig, digging | They dug a channel for the rain. |
| encourage ≠en·cour·age/ɛnˈkɝɪdʒ/ | v. | to give someone hope or confidence to do somethingfamily: encouraged, encourages, encouraging, encouragement, discourage | My parents encouraged me to join the school swimming team. |
| enter ✓✓en·ter/ˈɛntɚ/ | v. | to go into a placefamily: entrance | Knock before you enter. |
| expect ✓✓ex·pect/ɪkˈspɛkt/ | v. | to think that something will probably happenfamily: expectation, expected, expecting, unexpected | We expect the new library to open next month. |
| explain ≠ex·plain/ɪkspˈleɪn/ | v. | to make something clear to someonefamily: explanation | Please explain the rule again. |
| fall ≠/fɔl/ | v. | to drop down towards the groundfamily: fell, fallen, falling, falls | Be careful, the floor is wet and you might fall. |
| follow ≠fol·low/ˈfɑloʊ/ | v. | to go after or behind someone or somethingfamily: followed, follower, followers, following, follows | The puppy followed the children all the way to school. |
| forward ✓✓for·ward/ˈfɔɹwɚd/ | adv. | towards the front or the direction you are facingfamily: forwards, forwarded, forwarding | Step forward when I call your name, please. |
| gather ≠gath·er/ˈɡæðɚ/ | v. | to come together, or to collect things into one placefamily: gathered, gathering, gatherer, gathers | The students gathered in the hall to hear the announcement. |
| hid ⚠/hɪd/ | v. | past tense of hidefamily: hide, hidden | The cat hid under the bed. |
| hit ✓✓/hɪt/ | v. | to strike something with forcefamily: hitting | The ball hit the wall. |
| hits ⚠/hɪts/ | n. | plural of hitfamily: hit | The song had two big hits. |
| improve ≠im·prove/ˌɪmpˈɹuv/ | v. | to become or make betterfamily: improvement | His writing improved quickly. |
| include ≠in·clude/ɪnˈklud/ | v. | to have something or someone as one part of a wholefamily: included, includes, including, inclusion, inclusive | The price includes lunch and a guided tour. |
| indicate ≠in·di·cate/ˈɪndəˌkeɪt/ | v. | to show or make clear that something is truefamily: indication, indicator, indicated, indicating, indicative, indicates | The red light indicates that the printer needs more paper. |
| invent ✓✓in·vent/ɪnˈvɛnt/ | v. | to make or think of something completely new for the first timefamily: invention, inventor, inventive, invented, inventing, invents | The students invented a simple machine that sorts coins by size. |
| let ≠/lɛt/ | v. | to allow someone to do somethingfamily: letting | Let them finish first. |
| lets ⚠/lɛts/ | v. | third person form of letfamily: let, letting | She lets the students choose. |
| lie ≠/laɪ/ | v. | to rest flat; also to say something untruefamily: lay, lying | Lie down and rest. |
| lied ⚠/laɪd/ | v. | past tense of lie, meaning not telling the truthfamily: lie, lying | He lied about his homework. |
| lies ⚠/laɪz/ | v. | third person form of liefamily: lie, lay | The book lies on the desk. |
| lose ≠/luz/ | v. | to stop having something, or not to winfamily: lost, loser, loss | Try not to lose your worksheet. |
| loses ⚠los·es/ˈluzəz/ | v. | the form of lose used with he, she and itfamily: lose, lost | He loses his place without a ruler. |
| mix ≠/mɪks/ | v. | to put different things together so they become onefamily: mixture, mixed, mixer, mixes, mixing | Mix the flour and eggs in a large bowl. |
| onto ≠on·to/ˈɑntu/ | prep. | moving to a position on something | Copy it onto the board. |
| organize ✓✓or·ga·nize/ˈɔɹɡəˌnaɪz/ | v. | to plan and arrange something so that it works wellfamily: organization, organized, organizer, organizing, organizes | Our class organized a farewell party for the school librarian. |
| perform ✓✓per·form/pɚˈfɔɹm/ | v. | to act, sing, dance or play music in front of peoplefamily: performance, performer, performed, performing, performs | Our class will perform a short play on Friday afternoon. |
| predict ✓✓pre·dict/pɹɪˈdɪkt/ | v. | to say what will happen in the futurefamily: prediction, predictable, predictor, predicted, predicting, predicts | Weather experts predicted heavy rain for the whole weekend. |
| prepare ≠pre·pare/pɹiˈpɛɹ/ | v. | to get something readyfamily: preparation | I prepare lessons on Sunday. |
| pretend ≠pre·tend/pɹiˈtɛnd/ | v. | to behave as if something is true when it is notfamily: pretence, pretended, pretender, pretending, pretends | The children pretended to be doctors and nurses in the playground. |
| pull ✓✓/pʊl/ | v. | to move something towards you, often with your handsfamily: pulled, pulling, pulls | She pulled the heavy box across the classroom floor. |
| raise ✓✓/ɹeɪz/ | v. | to lift, or to make higherfamily: raised, raising | Raise your hand to answer. |
| realize ✓✓re·al·ize/ˈɹiəˌlaɪz/ | v. | to understand or notice something that you did not know beforefamily: real, realization, realized, realizes, realizing | I suddenly realized that I had left my keys at home. |
| receive ✓✓re·ceive/ɹəˈsiv/ | v. | to get something that is sent or givenfamily: receipt | I received your letter. |
| refer ✓✓re·fer/ɹəˈfɝ/ | v. | to mention or talk about someone or somethingfamily: reference, referral, referred, referring, refers | The teacher referred to last week's lesson before starting the test. |
| repeat ≠re·peat/ɹɪˈpit/ | v. | to say or do something againfamily: repetition | Repeat after me. |
| replace ✓✓re·place/ˌɹiˈpleɪs/ | v. | to put something new instead of something old or brokenfamily: place, replacement, replaceable, replaced, replacing, replaces | We need to replace the broken window before the rainy season. |
| return ≠re·turn/ɹɪˈtɝn/ | v. | to come back, or to give something back | Return the books by Friday. |
| rub ≠/ɹʌb/ | v. | to move your hand over a surface with pressurefamily: rubbed, rubbing, rubber | Rub the board clean before you write. |
| ruin ≠ru·in/ˈɹuən/ | v. | to spoil or destroy something completelyfamily: ruined, ruins | Rain ruined the sports day. |
| seek ≠/sik/ | v. | to look for; to try to getfamily: sought | Seek advice before you decide. |
| set ≠/sɛt/ | v. | to put something in a place or positionfamily: setting | Set the books on the desk. |
| shoot ≠/ʃut/ | v. | to fire a bullet or arrow from a weaponfamily: shot, shoots, shooting, shooter | At the camp we learned to shoot arrows at a paper target. |
| shout ✓✓/ʃaʊt/ | n. | a loud call or cry made with the voicefamily: shouts, shouted, shouting | We heard a shout from the playground and ran to look. |
| shut ✓✓/ʃʌt/ | v. | to close | Shut the windows before the storm. |
| steal ✓✓/stil/ | v. | to take something that is not yoursfamily: stole, stolen | Someone stole the front wheel. |
| step ✓✓/stɛp/ | n. | one movement of the foot; also one stage in a process | Take one step forward. |
| stole ⚠/stoʊl/ | v. | past tense of stealfamily: steal, stolen | Someone stole the duster again. |
| surf ✓/sɝf/ | v. | to ride waves on a board; to move around the internetfamily: surfing | They surf at the southern beaches. |
| survive ≠sur·vive/sɚˈvaɪv/ | v. | to continue to live or exist after a dangerous or difficult eventfamily: survival, survivor, survivors, survived, surviving, survives | Only a few plants survived the long dry season this year. |
| tied ⚠/taɪd/ | v. | past tense of tiefamily: tie, tying | He tied his shoes. |
| weigh ≠/weɪ/ | v. | to measure how heavy something isfamily: weight, weighed, weighing, weighs, weighty | The nurse weighed each student before the health check. |
| win ≠/wɪn/ | v. | to come first in a game or contestfamily: won, winner, winning | Which team will win the spelling game? |
| won ⚠/wʌn/ | v. | past tense of winfamily: win, winner | Our team won the game. |
| wonder ≠won·der/ˈwʌndɚ/ | v. | to think about something and want to know the answerfamily: wondered, wondering, wonders, wonderful, wonderfully, wonderment | I wonder why the shop closes so early on Sundays. |
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| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| advanced ≠ad·vanced/ədˈvænst/ | adj. | at a high or difficult level, not for beginnersfamily: advance, advancement | She joined the advanced class because her English was excellent. |
| arts ⚠/ɑɹts/ | n. | subjects such as music, painting and dramafamily: art | She studies the arts. |
| average ✓✓av·er·age/ˈævɚɪdʒ/ | n. | the middle value found by adding numbers and dividing by how manyfamily: averaged, averages, averaging | The class average in the maths test was seventy per cent. |
| campus ≠cam·pus/ˈkæmpəs/ | n. | the land and buildings of a university or collegefamily: campuses | The library is on the main campus, next to the science building. |
| case ≠/keɪs/ | n. | a container, or a particular situation | In that case, wait here. |
| chapter ≠chap·ter/ˈtʃæptɚ/ | n. | a main part of a book | Read chapter three tonight. |
| chart ≠/tʃɑɹt/ | n. | a drawing that shows information | Put the results on a chart. |
| clue ≠/klu/ | n. | a piece of information that helps you find an answer | The first letter is your clue. |
| column ✓✓col·umn/ˈkɑləm/ | n. | a line of words or numbers going down a page or tablefamily: columns, columnist | Write your name in the first column of the table. |
| competition ✓✓com·pe·ti·tion/ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən/ | n. | an event where people try to do better than everyone elsefamily: compete, competitor, competitive, competitively, competitions | Her class won first prize in the school singing competition. |
| context ✓✓con·text/ˈkɑntɛkst/ | n. | the situation or words around something that help you understand itfamily: contexts, contextual | You can often guess a new word from its context. |
| correct ≠cor·rect/kɚˈɛkt/ | adj. | right, with no mistakesfamily: correction, correctly | That answer is correct. |
| cross ✓✓/kɹɔs/ | n. | a mark or shape made of two lines that meet in the middlefamily: crosses, crossed, crossing | Put a tick or a cross in each box. |
| description ≠de·scrip·tion/dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/ | n. | words that say what someone or something is likefamily: describe, described, describing, descriptions, descriptive | Write a short description of your favourite place in your hometown. |
| detail ≠de·tail/dɪˈteɪl/ | n. | a small piece of informationfamily: detailed | One detail is missing. |
| dot ≠/dɑt/ | n. | a small round markfamily: dotted | Put a dot above the letter i. |
| dots ⚠/dɑts/ | n. | plural of dot: small round marksfamily: dot | Join the dots to make the letter. |
| education ✓✓ed·u·ca·tion/ˌɛdʒəˈkeɪʃən/ | n. | the teaching and learning that happens at school or universityfamily: educate, educated, educational, educator | Her parents saved money for many years for her education. |
| educational ≠ed·u·ca·tion·al/ˌɛdʒəˈkeɪʃənəl/ | adj. | connected with teaching and learningfamily: educate, education, educated, educator, educates, educating | The science centre runs educational programmes for local primary schools. |
| else ≠/ɛls/ | adv. | in addition, or instead | What else did you notice? |
| error ✓✓er·ror/ˈɛɹɚ/ | n. | something done wrongly, especially by accidentfamily: err, errors, erroneous | The teacher circled every spelling error in my essay. |
| essay ✓✓es·say/ˈɛseɪ/ | n. | a short piece of writing on one subject, often for schoolfamily: essays, essayist | We have to write an essay about our hometown for homework. |
| exam ≠ex·am/ɪɡˈzæm/ | n. | an official test of knowledgefamily: examine, examination | The exam is on Friday. |
| explanation ✓✓ex·pla·na·tion/ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/ | n. | words that help someone understand why or how something happensfamily: explain, explained, explaining, explanations, explanatory | The teacher gave a clear explanation of the new grammar rule. |
| fail ✓✓/feɪl/ | v. | to not pass; to not succeedfamily: failure, failed | Nobody failed the retest. |
| fiction ✓✓fic·tion/ˈfɪkʃən/ | n. | stories about people and events that are not realfamily: fictional, non-fiction | She writes fiction about a girl who can talk to animals. |
| graduate ≠grad·u·ate/ˈɡɹædʒuˌeɪt/ | v. | to complete your studies and get a degree from a universityfamily: graduation, graduated, graduating, graduates, undergraduate | My brother graduated from university last year and now works as an engineer. |
| grammar ≠gram·mar/ˈɡɹæmɚ/ | n. | the rules for building sentencesfamily: grammatical | English grammar takes practice. |
| ink ≠/ɪŋk/ | n. | the colored liquid used for writingfamily: inky, inked | His pen ran out of ink. |
| invention ✓✓in·ven·tion/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/ | n. | a new machine or idea that someone has createdfamily: invent, inventor, inventive, inventions | The telephone was an important invention that changed how people talk. |
| its ≠/ɪts/ | det. | belonging to a thing or animalfamily: it | The dog wagged its tail. |
| kit ≠/kɪt/ | n. | a set of tools or clothes for an activity | Bring your sports kit on Friday. |
| knowledge ✓✓knowl·edge/ˈnɑlədʒ/ | n. | the information, understanding and skills you get from learning or experiencefamily: know, knowledgeable, known | The test will check your knowledge of English grammar. |
| learner ✓learn·er/ˈlɝnɚ/ | n. | a person who is studying a subject or a skillfamily: learn, learned, learnt, learning, learners | Young learners often remember new words better when they play games. |
| lesson ≠les·son/ˈlɛsən/ | n. | a period of time for learning | The lesson lasts one hour. |
| main ≠/meɪn/ | adj. | largest or most importantfamily: mainly | What is the main idea? |
| mark ✓✓/mɑɹk/ | n. | a number or letter that shows how good a student's work isfamily: marked, marker, markers, marking, marks | She got full marks in the spelling test on Monday. |
| mats ⚠/mæts/ | n. | plural of matfamily: mat | Roll out the mats for the game. |
| mean ≠/min/ | v. | to have a particular meaningfamily: meant, meaning | What does this word mean? |
| meaning ≠mean·ing/ˈminɪŋ/ | n. | what a word or sentence expressesfamily: mean, meaningful | Look up the meaning. |
| mistake ≠mis·take/mɪsˈteɪk/ | n. | something done wronglyfamily: mistaken | Everyone makes mistakes. |
| model ≠mod·el/ˈmɑdəl/ | n. | a small copy of something such as a building or carfamily: models, modelled, modelling, modeller | He built a model of the bridge from paper and glue. |
| none ≠/nʌn/ | pron. | not one, not any | None of the answers was correct. |
| note ≠/noʊt/ | n. | a short piece of writing to help you rememberfamily: notebook | Make a note of the date. |
| notes ⚠/noʊts/ | n. | short pieces of writing to help you rememberfamily: note | Take notes during the lesson. |
| noun ✓/naʊn/ | n. | a word that names a person, place or thingfamily: nouns | Circle every noun in the sentence. |
| novel ✓✓nov·el/ˈnɑvəl/ | n. | a long written story about people and events that are not realfamily: novelist, novels | She read the whole novel in two days because the story was exciting. |
| ones ⚠/wʌnz/ | pron. | particular members of a groupfamily: one | Choose the ones you like. |
| pass ✓✓/pæs/ | v. | to succeed in a test; to go pastfamily: passed, passing | Most of the class passed the exam. |
| playground ✓play·ground/ˈpleɪˌɡɹaʊnd/ | n. | an outdoor area where children can play, often with swingsfamily: playgrounds | The children ran to the playground as soon as class ended. |
| plus ≠/plʌs/ | prep. | added to; and also | Two plus three is five. |
| poem ≠po·em/ˈpoʊəm/ | n. | a piece of writing arranged in linesfamily: poet, poetry | They learned a short poem. |
| practice ≠prac·tice/ˈpɹæktəs/ | n. | doing something repeatedly to improvefamily: practiced, practical | Practice makes it easier. |
| punctuation ✓punc·tu·a·tion/ˌpʌŋktʃuˈeɪʃən/ | n. | the marks such as commas and full stops used in writingfamily: punctuate | Check your punctuation before you hand in the essay. |
| quiz ✓/kwɪz/ | n. | a short test of what someone knows, often played as a gamefamily: quizzes, quizzed | Our teacher gives a short quiz every Friday. |
| race ≠/ɹeɪs/ | n. | a competition of speedfamily: racing | Run the word race in teams. |
| rang ⚠/ɹæŋ/ | v. | past tense of ringfamily: ring, rung | The bell rang at noon. |
| reach ✓✓/ɹitʃ/ | v. | to arrive at a place or level | They reached the top. |
| reason ≠rea·son/ˈɹizən/ | n. | why something happens or is donefamily: reasonable | Explain the reason for your choice. |
| result ≠re·sult/ɹɪˈzʌlt/ | n. | what happens because of something | The result surprised everyone. |
| row ≠/ɹoʊ/ | n. | a line of people or things side by side | Sit in the front row. |
| rule ≠/ɹul/ | n. | an instruction saying what is allowedfamily: rules, ruler | The first rule is to listen carefully. |
| scale ≠/skeɪl/ | n. | a range of levels; also a machine for weighing | Grades sit on a five-point scale. |
| score ≠/skɔɹ/ | n. | the number of points gainedfamily: scored, scoring | Write your score at the top. |
| search ≠/sɝtʃ/ | v. | to look carefully for somethingfamily: researcher | Search the list for your word. |
| semester ✓se·mes·ter/səˈmɛstɚ/ | n. | one of the two halves of a school or university yearfamily: semesters | I am taking five courses this semester. |
| sentence ≠sen·tence/ˈsɛntəns/ | n. | a group of words with a complete meaning | Write one sentence for each word. |
| sets ⚠/sɛts/ | n. | more than one group of related thingsfamily: set | Divide the words into two sets. |
| singular ✓sin·gu·lar/ˈsɪŋɡjəlɚ/ | n. | the form of a word used for only one person or thingfamily: singularly | The singular of the word children is child. |
| sort ≠/sɔɹt/ | v. | to arrange things into groupsfamily: sorting | Sort the words by length. |
| spelling ≠spell·ing/ˈspɛlɪŋ/ | n. | the way letters form a wordfamily: spell, spelt | Check your spelling. |
| strategy ✓✓strat·e·gy/ˈstɹætədʒi/ | n. | a careful plan that helps you reach a goalfamily: strategic, strategically, strategies | Our teacher showed us a useful strategy for remembering new words. |
| subject ≠sub·ject/səbˈdʒɛkt/ | n. | an area of study | English is my favourite subject. |
| sums ⚠/sʌmz/ | n. | plural of sum: simple calculationsfamily: sum | Ten sums, five minutes. |
| tape ≠/teɪp/ | n. | a long thin strip used to stick things | Stick the poster with tape. |
| tapes ⚠/teɪps/ | n. | plural of tapefamily: tape | Old listening tapes fill the cupboard. |
| teams ⚠/timz/ | n. | plural of teamfamily: team | Split the class into four teams. |
| tens ⚠/tɛnz/ | n. | groups of tenfamily: ten | Count in tens. |
| text ≠/tɛkst/ | n. | the written words in a book, article or on a screenfamily: texts, texted, texting, textbook | Read the text on page ten and answer the questions. |
| topic ≠top·ic/ˈtɑpɪk/ | n. | the subject of a talk or text | Choose a topic you know well. |
| uniform ✓✓u·ni·form/ˈjunəˌfɔɹm/ | n. | a special set of clothes worn by everyone in a school or jobfamily: uniforms, uniformed, uniformity, uniformly | All students must wear the school uniform on weekdays. |
| unit ✓✓u·nit/ˈjunət/ | n. | one of the equal parts a course is divided into | We finished unit three. |
| units ⚠u·nits/ˈjunəts/ | n. | more than one unitfamily: unit | We finished three units. |
| university ≠u·ni·ver·si·ty/ˌjunəˈvɝsəti/ | n. | a place where students study for a degree after leaving schoolfamily: universities | My brother hopes to study engineering at university next year. |
| verb ✓/vɝb/ | n. | a word for an action, such as run or eatfamily: verbs, verbal | Underline the verb in each sentence on the worksheet. |
| writing ≠writ·ing/ˈɹaɪtɪŋ/ | n. | the activity or skill of putting words on paper or a screenfamily: write, writes, wrote, written, writer, writers | Her writing has improved a lot since she started keeping a diary. |
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| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| accident ✓✓ac·ci·dent/ˈæksədənt/ | n. | something bad that happens by chance and is not plannedfamily: accidents, accidental, accidentally | A car accident on the main road made everyone late for work. |
| adventure ✓✓ad·ven·ture/ædˈvɛntʃɚ/ | n. | an exciting and unusual experience, often with some dangerfamily: adventures, adventurous, adventurer | Camping in the mountains was a real adventure for the children. |
| asleep ✓✓a·sleep/əsˈlip/ | adj. | sleepingfamily: sleep, sleepy | The baby is asleep. |
| award ✓✓a·ward/əˈwɔɹd/ | n. | a prize given to someone for doing something very wellfamily: awards, awarded, awarding | She received an award for the best science project in school. |
| badminton ✓bad·min·ton/ˈbædˌmɪntən/ | n. | a game in which players hit a small feathered object over a high net | We play badminton in the school hall every Wednesday afternoon. |
| belt ✓✓/bɛlt/ | n. | a band worn around the waist | The belt matches his uniform. |
| call ≠/kɔl/ | v. | to shout a name; to telephonefamily: called, calling | Call the names in order. |
| cap ≠/kæp/ | n. | a soft hat with a curved front | He wore a blue cap. |
| caps ⚠/kæps/ | n. | plural of capfamily: cap | The team wore red caps. |
| catch ≠/kætʃ/ | v. | to take hold of something movingfamily: caught, catching | Catch the ball. |
| chain ≠/tʃeɪn/ | n. | a line of metal rings joined togetherfamily: chains, chained, chaining | He locked his bicycle to the gate with a thick chain. |
| chat ✓✓/tʃæt/ | v. | to talk in a friendly, informal wayfamily: chatting | They chatted before class. |
| chess ✓/tʃɛs/ | n. | a board game for two players using sixteen pieces each | We play chess in the library at lunchtime. |
| climbing ✓climb·ing/ˈklaɪmɪŋ/ | n. | the sport or activity of going up rocks, walls or mountainsfamily: climb, climbed, climber, climbers, climbs | Indoor climbing is a popular weekend activity for many students. |
| comb ✓/koʊm/ | n. | a flat tool with thin teeth for making your hair tidyfamily: combs, combed, combing | He keeps a small comb in his bag. |
| cricket ✓crick·et/ˈkɹɪkət/ | n. | a game in which two teams hit a ball with a bat and runfamily: cricketer, cricketers, crickets | My cousins in India play cricket in the street every afternoon. |
| cycling ✓cy·cling/ˈsaɪkəlɪŋ/ | n. | the sport or activity of riding a bicyclefamily: cycle, cycled, cycles, cyclist, cyclists | Cycling to work is cheaper and healthier than driving. |
| diary ✓✓di·a·ry/ˈdaɪɚi/ | n. | a book in which you write what happens each dayfamily: diaries | She writes in her diary every night before bed. |
| disco ✓dis·co/ˈdɪskoʊ/ | n. | a place or party where people dance to loud pop musicfamily: discos | The school disco is on Friday night in the sports hall. |
| drawing ✓✓draw·ing/ˈdɹɔɪŋ/ | n. | a picture made with a pencil or penfamily: draw, drew, drawn, drawings | Her drawing of the old tree won first prize. |
| dressed ≠/dɹɛst/ | adj. | having put on your clothesfamily: dress, dresses, dressing, undressed | The children were dressed and ready for school by seven o'clock. |
| earring ✓ear·ring/ˈɪɹɪŋ/ | n. | a small piece of jewellery worn on the earfamily: earrings | She lost one earring somewhere between the bus and the office. |
| episode ≠ep·i·sode/ˈɛpəˌsoʊd/ | n. | one part of a television or radio seriesfamily: episodes, episodic | We watched the last episode of the series together on Sunday. |
| exhibition ≠ex·hi·bi·tion/ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən/ | n. | a public event where art or interesting objects are shownfamily: exhibit, exhibited, exhibitor, exhibitions | The school held an exhibition of student photographs last week. |
| fans ⚠/fænz/ | n. | plural of fanfamily: fan | Two fans cool the hall. |
| fashion ✓✓fash·ion/ˈfæʃən/ | n. | a style of clothes or hair that is popular at a certain timefamily: fashionable, unfashionable, fashions | Long skirts are back in fashion this year. |
| film ≠/fɪlm/ | n. | a story shown as moving pictures in a cinema or on televisionfamily: films, filmed, filming, filmmaker | We saw a funny film at the cinema last night. |
| fit ≠/fɪt/ | v. | to be the right size or shapefamily: fitted, fitting | These shoes do not fit. |
| float ✓/floʊt/ | n. | a light object that stays on top of water, used when learning to swimfamily: floated, floating, floats | The children held onto floats while they practised kicking. |
| glove ≠/ɡlʌv/ | n. | a piece of clothing that covers your hand and each fingerfamily: gloves, gloved | Wear thick gloves when you take the hot tray from the oven. |
| golf ✓✓/ɡɑlf/ | n. | a game in which players hit a small ball into holes with special sticksfamily: golfer, golfers, golfing | My father plays golf with his friends every Saturday morning. |
| handbag ✓hand·bag/ˈhændˌbæɡ/ | n. | a small bag for carrying money, keys and other personal thingsfamily: handbags | She keeps her phone and keys in her handbag. |
| hockey ✓✓hock·ey/ˈhɑki/ | n. | a team game in which players hit a small ball with curved sticks | Our school hockey team won the match on Saturday. |
| instrument ✓✓in·stru·ment/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/ | n. | an object used to make music, or a tool for careful workfamily: instrumental, instruments | The piano is the only instrument she can play well. |
| joke ✓✓/dʒoʊk/ | n. | something said or done to make people laughfamily: jokes, joked, joker, joking | Everyone laughed at the joke my brother told at dinner. |
| leisure ≠lei·sure/ˈliʒɚ/ | n. | free time when you are not working or studyingfamily: leisurely | In her leisure time she likes to paint and read novels. |
| lifestyle ✓✓life·style/ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/ | n. | the way that a person lives, including their habits and daily activitiesfamily: lifestyles | A healthy lifestyle includes good food, exercise and enough sleep. |
| notice ✓✓no·tice/ˈnoʊtəs/ | n. | a written sign or announcement that gives people informationfamily: notices, noticed, noticeable, noticing | A notice on the door said the library would close early today. |
| perfume ✓per·fume/ˈpɝˌfjum/ | n. | a liquid with a pleasant smell that you put on your skinfamily: perfumes, perfumed, perfumer | My sister wears a light perfume when she goes to work. |
| photograph ≠pho·to·graph/ˈfoʊtəˌɡɹæf/ | n. | a picture of a person, place or thing made with a camerafamily: photo, photographer, photography, photographic, photographs | This black and white photograph shows my grandmother as a young student. |
| photography ≠pho·tog·ra·phy/fəˈtɑɡɹəfi/ | n. | the art or skill of taking pictures with a camerafamily: photograph, photo, photographer, photographic | She joined a photography club to learn how to use light well. |
| portrait ≠por·trait/ˈpɔɹtɹət/ | n. | a painting, drawing or photo of a person, usually showing the facefamily: portraits, portraiture | The artist painted a portrait of her grandfather sitting in his chair. |
| races ⚠rac·es/ˈɹeɪsəz/ | n. | more than one race or competitionfamily: race, racing | The races start at nine. |
| relax ≠re·lax/ɹɪˈlæks/ | v. | to rest and become calm and less worriedfamily: relaxation, relaxed, relaxes, relaxing | After the exams, we relaxed on the beach for a week. |
| remind ≠re·mind/ɹiˈmaɪnd/ | v. | to help someone remember something they must dofamily: reminder, reminded, reminding, reminds | Please remind me to bring my ID card tomorrow. |
| repair ≠re·pair/ɹɪˈpɛɹ/ | n. | the work of fixing something that is brokenfamily: repairs, repaired, repairing, repairable | The bicycle repair took only an hour at the shop. |
| rest ≠/ɹɛst/ | n. | a period of not working; also the remaining partfamily: restful | Take a short rest. |
| ring ✓✓/ɹɪŋ/ | n. | a circle of metal worn on a fingerfamily: rang, rung | She wears a silver ring. |
| rings ⚠/ɹɪŋz/ | n. | plural of ringfamily: ring | She wears two silver rings. |
| rugby ≠rug·by/ˈɹʌɡbi/ | n. | a team game played with an oval ball that players carry and kick | Our school rugby team practises every Saturday morning. |
| running ✓✓run·ning/ˈɹʌnɪŋ/ | n. | the sport or activity of moving quickly on your feetfamily: run, runs, ran, runner, runners | Running in the park every morning keeps her fit and happy. |
| sailing ✓✓sail·ing/ˈseɪlɪŋ/ | n. | the sport of travelling across water in a boat moved by the windfamily: sail, sailor, sailed | We went sailing on the lake every weekend last summer. |
| sake ≠/seɪk/ | n. | the good or purpose of someone or something | Please be quiet for the sake of the class. |
| scarf ✓/skɑɹf/ | n. | a long piece of cloth worn around the neckfamily: scarves | She wore a warm scarf because the morning was cold. |
| scene ✓✓/sin/ | n. | one part of a play or film; a view of a place | Act out the market scene in pairs. |
| singing ✓✓sing·ing/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ | n. | the activity of making music with your voicefamily: sing, sang, sung, singer, song | Her singing was so beautiful that everyone stopped to listen. |
| skate ✓/skeɪt/ | n. | a boot with a blade or wheels for sliding alongfamily: skates, skated, skating, skater, skaters | She put on her skates and glided across the ice. |
| skating ✓skat·ing/ˈskeɪtɪŋ/ | n. | the sport of moving on boots with a blade or wheelsfamily: skate, skates, skated, skater | Skating on the frozen lake is popular in winter. |
| skiing ✓✓ski·ing/ˈskiɪŋ/ | n. | the sport of sliding over snow on two long, narrow boardsfamily: ski, skis, skied, skier | They go skiing in the mountains every winter holiday. |
| sock ✓✓/sɑk/ | n. | a soft covering for the foot, worn inside a shoefamily: socks | One sock went missing again. |
| somewhere ✓✓some·where/ˈsʌmˌwɛɹ/ | adv. | in or to a place that is not named or knownfamily: some, somebody, someone, something, sometimes | I left my keys somewhere in the house, but I cannot find them. |
| stamp ✓✓/stæmp/ | n. | a small piece of paper stuck on a letter to pay for its deliveryfamily: stamps, stamped, stamping | He bought two stamps at the post office and posted the card. |
| sunglasses ✓sun·glass·es/ˈsʌnˌɡlæsɪz/ | n. | dark lenses worn to protect the eyes from strong lightfamily: glass, glasses | She wore her sunglasses on the beach because the light was strong. |
| sweater ≠sweat·er/ˈswɛtɚ/ | n. | a warm piece of clothing with long sleeves, worn over a shirtfamily: sweat, sweaters, sweaty | Take a sweater, because the classroom is cold in the morning. |
| swimsuit ✓swim·suit/ˈswɪmˌsut/ | n. | a piece of clothing that you wear in the sea or a poolfamily: swim, swimsuits | Remember to pack a swimsuit for the trip to the beach. |
| symphony ✓sym·pho·ny/ˈsɪmfəni/ | n. | a long piece of music written for a large group of musiciansfamily: symphonies, symphonic | The school orchestra played a symphony at the end-of-year concert. |
| tie ✓✓/taɪ/ | n. | a narrow band of cloth worn round the neck | He wore a blue tie. |
| ties ⚠/taɪz/ | n. | more than one tie; also connections between peoplefamily: tie | The school ties are blue. |
| title ≠ti·tle/ˈtaɪtəl/ | n. | the name of a book, film, song or piece of writingfamily: titles, titled, subtitle | What is the title of the book you are reading now? |
| tops ⚠/tɑps/ | n. | plural of topfamily: top | Match the tops to the bottles. |
| usual ✓✓u·su·al/ˈjuʒəwəl/ | adj. | the same as what happens most of the timefamily: usually, unusual, unusually | We met at the usual place outside the library after class. |
| violin ✓vi·o·lin/vaɪəˈlɪn/ | n. | a small wooden musical instrument played with a bowfamily: violins, violinist, violinists | My sister practises the violin for an hour every evening. |
| walking ✓walk·ing/ˈwɔkɪŋ/ | n. | the activity of moving on foot for exercise or pleasurefamily: walk, walks, walked, walker, walkers | Walking is a cheap and healthy way to stay fit. |
| wears ⚠/wɛɹz/ | v. | the form of wear used with he, she and itfamily: wear, wore | She wears the same lucky pin. |
| wedding ✓✓wed·ding/ˈwɛdɪŋ/ | n. | the ceremony or party where two people get marriedfamily: wed, weddings | My cousin's wedding will be held in a garden next month. |
| wool ≠/wʊl/ | n. | the soft thick hair of sheep, used to make warm clothesfamily: woollen, woolly | This scarf is made of wool, so it keeps you warm. |
| wore ⚠/wɔɹ/ | v. | past tense of wearfamily: wear, worn | She wore a white robe. |
food61 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| bake ≠/beɪk/ | v. | to cook food such as bread or cakes in an ovenfamily: baked, baker, bakery, baking, bakes | My aunt bakes fresh bread every Sunday morning. |
| barbecue ✓bar·be·cue/ˈbɑɹbɪˌkju/ | n. | an outdoor meal where food is cooked over an open firefamily: barbecued, barbecues, barbecuing | We had a barbecue in the garden on Saturday evening. |
| boil ✓✓/bɔɪl/ | v. | to heat liquid until it bubblesfamily: boiled, boiling | Boil the water for three minutes. |
| boiled ✓/bɔɪld/ | adj. | cooked in very hot waterfamily: boil, boiling | I usually have a boiled egg for breakfast. |
| cafeteria ✓caf·e·te·ri·a/ˌkæfəˈtɪɹiə/ | n. | a restaurant in a school or office where you carry food to your tablefamily: cafeterias | Students can buy cheap lunches in the university cafeteria. |
| cans ⚠/kænz/ | n. | plural of can: metal containers for food or drinkfamily: can | Two cans of fish, please. |
| carrot ≠car·rot/ˈkæɹət/ | n. | a long orange vegetable that grows under the groundfamily: carrots | She cut two carrots into small pieces for the soup. |
| cereal ✓ce·re·al/ˈsɪɹiəl/ | n. | a breakfast food made from grain, usually eaten with milkfamily: cereals | I usually have a bowl of cereal before school. |
| champagne ✓cham·pagne/ʃæmˈpeɪn/ | n. | an expensive French sparkling wine served at celebrationsfamily: champagnes | Champagne is made from grapes grown in one region of France. |
| chili ✓chil·i/ˈtʃɪli/ | n. | a small red or green pepper with a very hot tastefamily: chilies | Thai cooks add fresh chili to many dishes. |
| cola ✓co·la/ˈkoʊlə/ | n. | a sweet brown fizzy drink | Two colas and one water, please. |
| cooking ≠cook·ing/ˈkʊkɪŋ/ | n. | the activity of preparing food by heating itfamily: cook, cooked, cooker, cookery, cooks | My grandmother's cooking is famous in our family. |
| corn ≠/kɔɹn/ | n. | a tall plant with yellow seeds; maize | They grow corn behind the school. |
| cream ≠/kɹim/ | n. | the thick fat part of milkfamily: creamy | Add cream to the soup. |
| curry ✓cur·ry/ˈkʌɹi/ | n. | a dish of meat or vegetables cooked in a spicy saucefamily: curries, curried | My mother makes a green curry with chicken every Sunday. |
| dessert ✓des·sert/dɪˈzɝt/ | n. | sweet food eaten at the end of a mealfamily: desserts | We had mango with sticky rice for dessert after dinner. |
| dip ≠/dɪp/ | v. | to put something quickly into a liquidfamily: dipped, dipping | Dip the bread in the soup. |
| dried ⚠/dɹaɪd/ | adj. | with the water removed, to keep it longerfamily: dry, drying | Dried fish hangs at the market. |
| flour ≠/ˈflaʊɚ/ | n. | a white powder made from wheat, used for making bread and cakesfamily: floury | Mix the flour, sugar and eggs in a large bowl. |
| fork ✓✓/fɔɹk/ | n. | a small tool with three or four points, used for eatingfamily: forks, forked | Could you bring me a fork and a spoon, please? |
| fresh ✓✓/fɹɛʃ/ | adj. | recently made or picked, not oldfamily: freshly | Fresh bread smells wonderful. |
| fried ✓/fɹaɪd/ | adj. | cooked in hot oilfamily: fry, fries, frying | We ordered fried rice and a plate of vegetables for lunch. |
| fries ⚠/fɹaɪz/ | n. | informal plural: fried potato sticksfamily: fry, fried | One plate of fries to share. |
| garlic ✓gar·lic/ˈɡɑɹlɪk/ | n. | a strong-smelling plant bulb used to add flavour to food | Fry the garlic in a little oil before adding the vegetables. |
| grilled ✓/ɡɹɪld/ | adj. | cooked on metal bars over strong heatfamily: grill, grills, grilling | We ordered grilled fish and rice at the small restaurant. |
| honey ✓hon·ey/ˈhʌni/ | n. | a sweet, sticky food made by bees | I put a spoon of honey in my hot tea. |
| jam ✓✓/dʒæm/ | n. | a sweet, thick food made from fruit and sugar, spread on breadfamily: jams | For breakfast I had toast with strawberry jam and a cup of tea. |
| lemon ✓✓lem·on/ˈlɛmən/ | n. | a yellow fruit with sour juice used in drinks and cookingfamily: lemons, lemonade, lemony | Add a little lemon juice to the fish before you serve it. |
| lime ⚠/laɪm/ | n. | a small green fruit with a sour tastefamily: limes | Add lime juice to the salad. |
| meats ⚠/mits/ | n. | plural of meat: kinds of meatfamily: meat | The market sells dried meats. |
| menu ≠/ˈmɛnju/ | n. | the list of food a restaurant serves | The menu has an English page. |
| mushroom ✓mush·room/ˈmʌʃɹum/ | n. | a soft food that grows like a plant, with a round topfamily: mushrooms | Add the mushrooms to the soup and cook for five minutes. |
| noodle ⚠noo·dle/ˈnudəl/ | n. | a long thin strip of pasta or dough | The noodle soup was hot. |
| nut ≠/nʌt/ | n. | a hard dry fruit with a shellfamily: nutty | He is allergic to nuts. |
| nuts ⚠/nʌts/ | n. | more than one nutfamily: nut | Add nuts to the salad. |
| oil ✓✓/ɔɪl/ | n. | a thick liquid used for cooking or fuelfamily: oily | Heat the oil in a pan. |
| oils ⚠/ɔɪlz/ | n. | plural of oilfamily: oil, oily | Some oils burn at low heat. |
| onion ≠on·ion/ˈʌnjən/ | n. | a round vegetable with layers and a strong smell, used in cookingfamily: onions | Cutting an onion often makes your eyes water. |
| pan ≠/pæn/ | n. | a flat metal container for cooking | Heat the pan first. |
| pasta ✓pas·ta/ˈpɑstə/ | n. | an Italian food made from flour and water, such as spaghetti | We cooked pasta with tomato sauce for dinner last night. |
| pea ✓/pi/ | n. | a small round green vegetable | Add the peas at the end. |
| pear ✓/pɛɹ/ | n. | a sweet fruit, narrow at the top | She ate a ripe pear. |
| peas ⚠/piz/ | n. | more than one peafamily: pea | Add the peas last. |
| pepper ≠pep·per/ˈpɛpɚ/ | n. | a hot-tasting powder used to add flavour to foodfamily: peppers, peppery | Add a little salt and pepper to the soup before serving. |
| pie ≠/paɪ/ | n. | a baked dish with pastry around a filling | She baked an apple pie. |
| pies ⚠/paɪz/ | n. | more than one piefamily: pie | She baked two pies. |
| plate ✓✓/pleɪt/ | n. | a flat dish for eating fromfamily: plates | One plate of rice each. |
| pour ≠/pɔɹ/ | v. | to make liquid flow from a containerfamily: pouring | Pour the water slowly. |
| roast ✓/ɹoʊst/ | v. | to cook in an oven or over a firefamily: roasted | Roast the peanuts slowly. |
| salty ≠salt·y/ˈsɔlti/ | adj. | containing or tasting of saltfamily: salt | The soup is too salty. |
| sauce ✓✓/sɔs/ | n. | a thick liquid that is put on food to add flavourfamily: sauces, saucer, saucers | Would you like some chilli sauce with your noodles? |
| seafood ✓sea·food/ˈsiˌfud/ | n. | fish, prawns, crabs and other animals from the ocean eaten as a meal | The restaurant near the beach sells fresh seafood every evening. |
| slice ≠/slaɪs/ | n. | a thin flat piece cut from somethingfamily: sliced | One slice of mango each. |
| soda ✓so·da/ˈsoʊdə/ | n. | a sweet drink with bubbles | One soda, no ice, please. |
| spaghetti ✓spa·ghet·ti/spəˈɡɛti/ | n. | long thin pieces of pasta | We cooked spaghetti with tomato sauce for lunch. |
| spoon ✓✓/spun/ | n. | a small tool with a round end, used for eating or serving foodfamily: spoons, spoonful, spoonfuls | Please give me a spoon for my soup. |
| steak ✓/steɪk/ | n. | a thick flat piece of meat, usually beeffamily: steaks | He ordered a steak with chips at the restaurant. |
| supper ✓sup·per/ˈsʌpɚ/ | n. | a meal eaten in the eveningfamily: suppers | We usually have supper at seven o'clock. |
| taco ⚠ta·co/ˈtɑkoʊ/ | n. | a folded corn pancake filled with meat or vegetablesfamily: tacos | He ordered one more taco. |
| taste ≠/teɪst/ | n. | the flavour of a food in your mouthfamily: tasty, tasteless | The soup has a salty taste. |
| toast ✓/toʊst/ | n. | bread that has been heated until it is brown and crispfamily: toasted, toaster, toasting, toasts | I had two slices of toast with butter for breakfast. |
nature61 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| ant ≠/ænt/ | n. | a small insect that lives in groups | Ants carried crumbs away. |
| ants ⚠/ænts/ | n. | more than one antfamily: ant | Ants crossed the path. |
| bat ≠/bæt/ | n. | a small animal that flies at nightfamily: bats | A bat flew out from under the roof. |
| bats ⚠/bæts/ | n. | plural of batfamily: bat | Bats leave the cave at dusk. |
| bay ≠/beɪ/ | n. | a curved part of a coast | Boats shelter in the bay. |
| bear ≠/bɛɹ/ | n. | a large heavy wild animal with thick furfamily: bears, bearskin | A bear can smell food far away. |
| bears ⚠/bɛɹz/ | n. | plural of bearfamily: bear | Bears sleep through the cold months. |
| bee ≠/bi/ | n. | a flying insect that makes honey | A bee landed on the flower. |
| bloom ✓/blum/ | n. | a flower on a plant, especially when fully openfamily: bloomed, blooming, blooms | The cherry trees were covered in pink blooms this spring. |
| branch ≠/bɹæntʃ/ | n. | a part of a tree growing from the trunk | A branch fell in the storm. |
| bug ≠/bʌɡ/ | n. | an insect; also an error in a computer program | A bug crawled across the page. |
| bush ≠/bʊʃ/ | n. | a plant like a small low treefamily: bushes | A bird nests in the bush by the gate. |
| coast ✓✓/koʊst/ | n. | the area of land along the edge of the seafamily: coasts, coastal, coastline | We drove along the coast and stopped at a small fishing village. |
| continent ✓✓con·ti·nent/ˈkɑntənənt/ | n. | one of the seven very large areas of land in the worldfamily: continents, continental | Asia is the largest continent, and Australia is the smallest. |
| diamond ≠dia·mond/ˈdaɪmənd/ | n. | a very hard, clear, valuable stone used in jewelleryfamily: diamonds | The ring has a small diamond that shines in the light. |
| die ≠/daɪ/ | v. | to stop livingfamily: death, dying | The plant died without water. |
| dies ⚠/daɪz/ | v. | third person form of diefamily: die, died | The plant dies without water. |
| dig ≠/dɪɡ/ | v. | to make a hole in the groundfamily: dug, digging | They dig a new well every dry season. |
| dino ⚠di·no/ˈdaɪnoʊ/ | n. | informal: a dinosaurfamily: dinosaur | Every child drew a different dino. |
| earth ✓✓/ɝθ/ | n. | the planet we live on; also soilfamily: earthy | The earth turns once a day. |
| earthquake ≠earth·quake/ˈɝθˌkweɪk/ | n. | a sudden, strong shaking of the groundfamily: earth, quake, earthquakes | The earthquake shook the buildings, but nobody was hurt. |
| fires ⚠/ˈfaɪɚz/ | n. | plural of firefamily: fire | Cooking fires glow at dusk. |
| flea ✓/fli/ | n. | a tiny jumping insect that bites animals | The dog scratched at a flea. |
| forest ✓✓for·est/ˈfɔɹəst/ | n. | a large area covered with treesfamily: forestry | A path led into the forest. |
| fur ≠/fɝ/ | n. | the soft thick hair covering some animalsfamily: furry | The cat's fur was wet with rain. |
| hen ⚠/hɛn/ | n. | a female chicken | The hen laid two eggs. |
| insect ✓✓in·sect/ˈɪnˌsɛkt/ | n. | a small animal with six legs | An insect landed on the page. |
| island ≠is·land/ˈaɪlənd/ | n. | land with water all around it | The island has no roads. |
| lake ✓✓/leɪk/ | n. | a large area of water with land around it | We swam in the lake. |
| leaf ≠/lif/ | n. | a flat green part of a plantfamily: leaves | One leaf floated on the water. |
| lion ≠li·on/ˈlaɪən/ | n. | a large wild cat with a mane | The lion rested in the shade. |
| lions ⚠li·ons/ˈlaɪənz/ | n. | plural of lionfamily: lion | Stone lions guard the gate. |
| mice ⚠/maɪs/ | n. | more than one mousefamily: mouse | Mice got into the store room. |
| natural ✓nat·u·ral/ˈnætʃɚəl/ | adj. | coming from the world around us, not made by peoplefamily: nature, naturally, naturalness, unnatural, naturalist | The soap is made from natural ingredients such as coconut oil. |
| nest ≠/nɛst/ | n. | a place a bird builds for its eggs | A bird built a nest in the tree. |
| net ≠/nɛt/ | n. | material with holes, used to catch things | The fish escaped the net. |
| nets ⚠/nɛts/ | n. | more than one netfamily: net | The nets dried in the sun. |
| oak ✓/oʊk/ | n. | a large tree with hard wood | An old oak shades the yard. |
| owl ≠/aʊl/ | n. | a bird that hunts at night | An owl called from the tree. |
| path ≠/pæθ/ | n. | a narrow way for walkingfamily: paths | The path to the pond is muddy. |
| planet ✓✓plan·et/ˈplænət/ | n. | a very large round object in space that moves around a starfamily: planets, planetary | Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. |
| rat ≠/ɹæt/ | n. | a small animal with a long tail | A rat ran under the shed. |
| reflect ≠re·flect/ɹɪˈflɛkt/ | v. | to send back light or an image from a surfacefamily: reflection, reflective, reflector, reflected, reflecting | The calm lake reflected the mountains perfectly. |
| rock ✓✓/ɹɑk/ | n. | stone; a large piece of itfamily: rocky | The path climbs over bare rock. |
| root ≠/ɹut/ | n. | the part of a plant that grows underground | The roots hold the soil together. |
| rope ≠/ɹoʊp/ | n. | thick strong string | Tie the boat with a rope. |
| ropes ⚠/ɹoʊps/ | n. | more than one ropefamily: rope | Coil the ropes neatly. |
| roses ⚠ros·es/ˈɹoʊzɪz/ | n. | more than one rosefamily: rose | She planted roses by the gate. |
| seas ⚠/siz/ | n. | more than one seafamily: sea | The seas were rough that week. |
| seed ≠/sid/ | n. | the small part of a plant that grows into a new onefamily: seeds, seedling | Plant the seed in wet soil. |
| shade ≠/ʃeɪd/ | n. | an area out of the sunfamily: shady | We read in the shade of the tree. |
| shine ≠/ʃaɪn/ | v. | to give out or reflect lightfamily: shiny, shone | The wet road shines after rain. |
| shore ≠/ʃɔɹ/ | n. | the land along the edge of the sea or a lake | Boats lined the shore. |
| silver ✓✓sil·ver/ˈsɪlvɚ/ | n. | a valuable shiny grey-white metal used for jewellery and coinsfamily: silvery, silvers | The necklace is made of silver, so it shines brightly. |
| space ≠/speɪs/ | n. | an empty area with nothing in itfamily: spaces | Leave a space after each answer. |
| stone ≠/stoʊn/ | n. | a small piece of rockfamily: stony | He picked up a smooth stone. |
| tail ≠/teɪl/ | n. | the part sticking out at the back of an animal | The cat has a long tail. |
| tails ⚠/teɪlz/ | n. | plural of tailfamily: tail | The kites have long paper tails. |
| valley ✓✓val·ley/ˈvæli/ | n. | low land between hills | The valley floods each year. |
| wave ✓✓/weɪv/ | n. | a raised line of water moving across the seafamily: waves, waved, waving, wavy | The waves were too big for swimming this morning. |
| wild ✓✓/waɪld/ | adj. | living or growing in nature, not kept or controlled by peoplefamily: wildly, wildlife, wilderness, wildness | Wild elephants still live in the forests of the national park. |
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| adult ≠a·dult/əˈdʌlt/ | n. | a person who is fully grown, not a childfamily: adulthood, adults | Children under twelve must be with an adult at the pool. |
| aged ≠/eɪdʒd/ | adj. | being a particular number of years oldfamily: age, ages | The course is open to children aged ten to fourteen. |
| ages ⚠ag·es/ˈeɪdʒəz/ | n. | more than one age; also a very long timefamily: age, aged | Students of all ages attend. |
| angel ≠an·gel/ˈeɪndʒəl/ | n. | a spiritual being, often shown with wings | The card shows an angel. |
| argument ✓✓ar·gu·ment/ˈɑɹɡjəmənt/ | n. | a talk in which people disagree, often angrilyfamily: argue, argues, argued, arguing, arguments, arguable | The two brothers had an argument about who should wash the dishes. |
| armed ≠/ɑɹmd/ | adj. | carrying weaponsfamily: arm, arms | An armed guard watches the vault. |
| athlete ✓✓ath·lete/ˈæθˌlit/ | n. | a person who is good at sports and competes in themfamily: athletes, athletic, athletics | The young athlete trains for three hours every morning. |
| audience ✓✓au·di·ence/ˈɑdiəns/ | n. | the people who watch or listen to a show, speech or filmfamily: audiences | The audience laughed loudly at the end of the play. |
| author ✓✓au·thor/ˈɔθɚ/ | n. | a person who has written a book or other textfamily: authors, authorship | The author will visit our school to talk about her books. |
| background ✓✓back·ground/ˈbækˌɡɹaʊnd/ | n. | a person's family, education and past experiencefamily: backgrounds | Students from many different backgrounds study at this university. |
| beginner ✓be·gin·ner/bɪˈɡɪnɚ/ | n. | a person who has just started learning or doing somethingfamily: begin, began, begun, beginning, beginners | This course is for beginners who have never played the guitar. |
| born ⚠/bɔɹn/ | adj. | having started life; used with befamily: birth | She was born in the rainy season. |
| bride ≠/bɹaɪd/ | n. | a woman on her wedding day | The bride arrived by boat. |
| captain ≠cap·tain/ˈkæptən/ | n. | the person in charge of a ship, an aircraft or a sports teamfamily: captains, captained, captaincy | The captain of our football team chose the players for Saturday's match. |
| childhood ≠child·hood/ˈtʃaɪldˌhʊd/ | n. | the years of a person's life before they grow upfamily: child, children, childhoods, childish | He spent his childhood in a small village by the sea. |
| couple ✓✓cou·ple/ˈkʌpəl/ | n. | two people who are married or in a relationshipfamily: couples, coupled | The couple next door have two young children. |
| dancer ≠danc·er/ˈdænsɚ/ | n. | a person who moves to music, especially as a jobfamily: dance, danced, dancing, dances, dancers | The dancers practised for weeks before the school show. |
| dear ≠/dɪɹ/ | adj. | much loved; also used to open a letter | Dear Sir, thank you for your reply. |
| dentist ✓✓den·tist/ˈdɛntəst/ | n. | a person whose job is to care for people's teethfamily: dentists, dental | I have an appointment with the dentist on Friday afternoon. |
| expert ✓✓ex·pert/ˈɛkspɚt/ | n. | a person who knows a lot about a subjectfamily: expertise, experts, expertly | Ask an expert if you are not sure about the rules. |
| favour ≠fa·vour/ˈfeɪvɚ/ | n. | a kind action that you do to help someonefamily: favourable, favoured, favouring, favourite, favouritism, favours | Could you do me a favour and carry these books? |
| fighter ✓fight·er/ˈfaɪtɚ/ | n. | a person who takes part in a physical contest such as boxingfamily: fight, fought, fighting, fights, fighters, firefighter | The fighter trained every morning before the boxing competition. |
| friendship ≠friend·ship/ˈfɹɛndʃɪp/ | n. | the close relationship between people who like and trust each otherfamily: friend, friends, friendly, unfriendly, friendships | Their friendship began when they sat together in primary school. |
| generation ≠gen·er·a·tion/ˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ | n. | all the people born at about the same timefamily: generate, generated, generating, generations, generational, generator | My grandmother's generation grew up without mobile phones. |
| guest ≠/ɡɛst/ | n. | a person you invite to your home or event | We had six guests for dinner. |
| hero ✓✓he·ro/ˈhɪɹoʊ/ | n. | a person admired for courage or great actionsfamily: heroic, heroine | The firefighter became a local hero. |
| herself ✓✓her·self/hɚˈsɛlf/ | pron. | used to refer to the same girl or woman already mentioned | My sister taught herself to play the guitar from videos. |
| himself ✓✓him·self/hɪmˈsɛlf/ | pron. | him, used when he is also the person the action happens to | He cut himself while cooking dinner last night. |
| hunter ✓hunt·er/ˈhʌntɚ/ | n. | a person who looks for and catches wild animalsfamily: hunt, hunted, hunting, hunts, hunters | The hunter followed the deer tracks quietly through the forest. |
| intelligence ≠in·tel·li·gence/ɪnˈtɛlədʒəns/ | n. | the ability to learn, understand and think about thingsfamily: intelligent, intelligently, unintelligent | Her intelligence helped her solve the difficult maths problem very quickly. |
| invite ✓✓in·vite/ɪnˈvaɪt/ | v. | to ask someone to come to an event or placefamily: invitation, invited, invites, inviting | They invited the whole class to the party on Saturday. |
| kids ⚠/kɪdz/ | n. | informal plural of kid: childrenfamily: kid | The kids cleared the yard fast. |
| king ≠/kɪŋ/ | n. | a man who rules a country by right of birthfamily: kingdom, kings | The story tells of a generous king. |
| law ✓✓/lɔ/ | n. | the rules of a countryfamily: lawyer, lawful | The new law starts in May. |
| lover ✓lov·er/ˈlʌvɚ/ | n. | a person who likes something very much, such as music or animalsfamily: love, loved, loving, lovely, lovers | As a real music lover, she goes to a concert every month. |
| male ✓✓/meɪl/ | n. | a man, boy, or animal of the sex that cannot give birth | Tick male or female on the form. |
| males ⚠/meɪlz/ | n. | plural of malefamily: male | The survey counted males and females. |
| married ≠mar·ried/ˈmɛɹid/ | adj. | having a husband or wifefamily: marry, marries, marrying, marriage, marriages, unmarried | My sister has been married for two years and lives in Chiang Mai. |
| marry ✓✓mar·ry/ˈmɛɹi/ | v. | to become the husband or wife of someonefamily: marries, married, marrying, marriage, marriages, unmarried | They married two years after they finished university. |
| member ≠mem·ber/ˈmɛmbɚ/ | n. | a person who belongs to a group, club or organisationfamily: members, membership | Every member of the club receives a newsletter each month. |
| myself ✓✓my·self/maɪˈsɛlf/ | pron. | me, used when I am also the person the action happens to | I made myself a cup of tea before class. |
| native ≠na·tive/ˈneɪtɪv/ | adj. | connected with the place where a person was bornfamily: natively, natives | Her native language is Thai, but she also speaks fluent Japanese. |
| neighbour ≠neigh·bour/ˈneɪbɚ/ | n. | a person living near youfamily: neighbourhood | Our neighbour keeps chickens. |
| orphan ✓or·phan/ˈɔɹfən/ | n. | a child whose parents have diedfamily: orphans, orphanage, orphaned | The charity provides schooling for orphans in the region. |
| ours ≠/ˈaʊɚz/ | pron. | the one that belongs to usfamily: our | That classroom is ours. |
| ourselves ✓✓our·selves/aʊɚˈsɛlvz/ | pron. | used instead of 'us' when the subject of the sentence is 'we'family: our, ours | We introduced ourselves to the new teacher on the first day. |
| pals ⚠/pælz/ | n. | informal plural of pal: friendsfamily: pal | The two pals share a desk. |
| personality ✓✓per·son·al·i·ty/ˌpɝsəˈnælɪti/ | n. | someone's character, shown in the way they think, feel and behavefamily: person, personal, personally, personalities | Her warm personality makes everyone in the office feel welcome. |
| photographer ≠pho·tog·ra·pher/fəˈtɑɡɹəfɚ/ | n. | a person who takes pictures with a camera, often as a jobfamily: photograph, photo, photography, photographers | The photographer asked the whole class to smile and stand closer together. |
| pilot ✓✓pi·lot/ˈpaɪlət/ | n. | a person whose job is to fly a planefamily: pilots, piloted, piloting | The pilot told the passengers that the flight would land ten minutes early. |
| queen ✓✓/kwin/ | n. | a woman who rules a country, or the wife of a kingfamily: queens, queenly | In the old story, the queen gives the clever farmer a reward. |
| runner ✓✓run·ner/ˈɹʌnɚ/ | n. | a person who moves fast on foot, especially in a racefamily: run, ran, running, runners | The fastest runner in our class finished the race first. |
| secretary ✓✓sec·re·tar·y/ˈsɛkɹəˌtɛɹi/ | n. | an office worker who types letters, answers calls and arranges meetingsfamily: secretaries, secretarial | The secretary booked a meeting room for us on Tuesday morning. |
| soldier ✓✓sol·dier/ˈsoʊldʒɚ/ | n. | a person who serves in an armyfamily: soldiers | My uncle was a soldier for ten years before becoming a teacher. |
| speaker ✓✓speak·er/ˈspikɚ/ | n. | a person who gives a talk, or who uses a particular languagefamily: speak, spoke, spoken, speech, speakers | The next speaker will talk about how to study more effectively. |
| superstar ✓su·per·star/ˌsupɚˈstɑɹ/ | n. | an extremely famous singer, actor or sports playerfamily: star, superstars | The young singer became a superstar after her first album. |
| sweetheart ✓sweet·heart/ˈswitˌhɑɹt/ | n. | the person that someone is in love withfamily: sweet, heart, sweethearts | Her grandparents were childhood sweethearts who met at school. |
| teenage ✓✓teen·age/ˈtinˌeɪdʒ/ | adj. | aged 13 to 19, or made for people of that agefamily: teen, teens, teenager, teenagers, teenaged | Many teenage students spend hours online after school. |
| teenager ≠teen·ag·er/ˈtiˌneɪdʒɚ/ | n. | a young person between thirteen and nineteen years oldfamily: teen, teens, teenage, teenagers | Most teenagers in the survey spend over three hours online daily. |
| visitor ≠vis·i·tor/ˈvɪzɪtɚ/ | n. | a person who goes to see a place or someonefamily: visit, visits, visited, visiting, visitors | The museum welcomes thousands of visitors every year. |
| winner ✓✓win·ner/ˈwɪnɚ/ | n. | the person or team that comes first in a game or competitionfamily: win, wins, won, winning, winners | The winner of the spelling contest received a book prize. |
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| apartment ≠a·part·ment/əˈpɑɹtmənt/ | n. | a set of rooms for living in, inside a larger buildingfamily: apartments | They rent a small apartment on the fifth floor near the university. |
| balcony ✓bal·co·ny/ˈbælkəni/ | n. | a small open area outside a room on an upper floorfamily: balconies | Our flat has a small balcony where we grow herbs in pots. |
| blanket ≠blan·ket/ˈblæŋkət/ | n. | a thick cover for keeping warm | She pulled up the blanket. |
| bookshelf ✓book·shelf/ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/ | n. | a flat board where you keep the things you readfamily: bookshelves, shelf, shelves | I put my dictionaries on the top bookshelf in my room. |
| container ≠con·tain·er/kənˈteɪnɚ/ | n. | a box, bottle or other object for keeping things infamily: contain, contained, containing, containers | Please put the rice in a plastic container with a lid. |
| cooker ✓✓cook·er/ˈkʊkɚ/ | n. | a machine in the kitchen that you use to heat foodfamily: cook, cooked, cooking, cookery | Turn off the cooker when the soup is ready. |
| cupboard ✓✓cup·board/ˈkʌbɚd/ | n. | a piece of furniture with shelves and doors | The plates are in the cupboard. |
| downstairs ≠down·stairs/ˌdaʊnˈstɛɹz/ | adv. | to or on a lower floor of a buildingfamily: stairs, stair, upstairs, staircase | The kitchen is downstairs, next to the living room. |
| drawer ✓draw·er/dɹɔɹ/ | n. | a box that slides in and out of furniture | The keys are in the drawer. |
| entrance ≠en·trance/ˈɛntɹəns/ | n. | the door or gate where you go into a buildingfamily: enter, entered, entering, entry, entrances | We waited for our friends at the main entrance of the cinema. |
| fence ≠/fɛns/ | n. | a line of wooden posts or wire around a garden or fieldfamily: fences, fenced, fencing | The farmer built a fence to keep the cows in the field. |
| fridge ✓✓/fɹɪdʒ/ | n. | a large cold box in the kitchen that keeps food freshfamily: refrigerator, fridges | Put the milk back in the fridge after breakfast. |
| furniture ✓✓fur·ni·ture/ˈfɝnɪtʃɚ/ | n. | large objects such as tables, chairs and beds used in a roomfamily: furnish, furnished | They bought new furniture for the living room last month. |
| garage ≠ga·rage/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/ | n. | a building where a car is keptfamily: garages | Dad parked the car in the garage before it rained. |
| gate ✓✓/ɡeɪt/ | n. | a door in a wall or fence | Close the gate behind you. |
| heating ≠heat·ing/ˈhitɪŋ/ | n. | the system that keeps a building warm in cold weatherfamily: heat, heated, heater, heaters | The heating in the classroom was not working this morning. |
| irons ⚠/ˈaɪɚnz/ | n. | plural of iron: the tools for pressing clothesfamily: iron | Both irons run hot. |
| junk ✓/dʒʌŋk/ | n. | old or broken things that have no use or value | We cleared all the junk out of the garage on Sunday. |
| kettle ≠ket·tle/ˈkɛtəl/ | n. | a container for boiling water | Put the kettle on. |
| lamp ✓✓/læmp/ | n. | a device that gives light | The desk lamp flickers. |
| lid ≠/lɪd/ | n. | the cover of a box or pot | Put the lid back on. |
| lock ✓✓/lɑk/ | n. | a device on a door or box that you open with a keyfamily: locks, locked, locker, unlock | The lock on the gate is old and hard to open. |
| mat ⚠/mæt/ | n. | a small piece of material for the floor | Sit on the mat. |
| mess ≠/mɛs/ | n. | a dirty or untidy statefamily: messy, messed | The classroom was a mess after the game. |
| mirror ✓✓mir·ror/ˈmɪɹɚ/ | n. | glass that shows your reflection | He looked in the mirror. |
| mug ✓/mʌɡ/ | n. | a large cup with straight sides | His tea mug never leaves the desk. |
| oven ✓✓ov·en/ˈʌvən/ | n. | a box that becomes hot inside, used for baking and roasting foodfamily: ovens | Put the cake in the oven for thirty minutes. |
| pack ≠/pæk/ | n. | a set of things wrapped or sold together, such as cards or tissuesfamily: packs, packed, packing, package, packaging, packet | Bring a pack of cards so we can play during the long journey. |
| pans ⚠/pænz/ | n. | plural of panfamily: pan | Dry the pans before you stack them. |
| pile ≠/paɪl/ | n. | a number of things on top of each other | A pile of books sat by the door. |
| pin ≠/pɪn/ | n. | a thin pointed piece of metal for fastening | Fix the notice with a pin. |
| pins ⚠/pɪnz/ | n. | plural of pin: thin pointed pieces of metalfamily: pin | Use pins to hold the cloth. |
| refrigerator ✓re·frig·er·a·tor/ɹəˈfɹɪdʒɚˌeɪtɚ/ | n. | a large cold box in a kitchen that keeps food freshfamily: refrigerators, refrigerate, fridge | Put the milk back in the refrigerator after breakfast. |
| rods ⚠/ɹɑdz/ | n. | plural of rod: straight thin barsfamily: rod | Curtain rods hold the cloth up. |
| roof ✓✓/ɹuf/ | n. | the top part of a building that keeps out the rainfamily: roofs, roofing, roofer, rooftop | Rain came through a hole in the roof during the storm. |
| seats ⚠/sits/ | n. | plural of seatfamily: seat | Save two seats in front. |
| shampoo ✓sham·poo/ʃæmˈpu/ | n. | a liquid soap that you use to wash your hairfamily: shampoos, shampooed, shampooing | I need to buy some shampoo because the bottle is almost empty. |
| sink ✓/sɪŋk/ | n. | a fixed basin with taps for washing | Leave the cups in the sink. |
| soap ✓✓/soʊp/ | n. | a substance used with water for washing | Wash your hands with soap. |
| stair ✓✓/stɛɹ/ | n. | one step in a set of stairsfamily: stairs, staircase | The bottom stair creaks. |
| stove ✓/stoʊv/ | n. | a piece of equipment used for cooking or heating a roomfamily: stoves | Heat the oil in a pan on the stove. |
| taps ⚠/tæps/ | n. | plural of tapfamily: tap | Check that both taps are off. |
| upstairs ≠up·stairs/əpˈstɛɹz/ | adv. | to or on a higher floor of a buildingfamily: stair, stairs, staircase, downstairs | The children ran upstairs to their bedrooms. |
| wood ✓✓/wʊd/ | n. | the hard material that trees are made of, used for building thingsfamily: wooden, woods, wooded | This table is made of wood, so keep it away from water. |
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| ability ✓✓a·bil·i·ty/əˈbɪləti/ | n. | the skill or power to do somethingfamily: able, abilities, unable, inability | She has the ability to learn new languages very quickly. |
| addition ≠ad·di·tion/əˈdɪʃən/ | n. | something extra that is put together with what was already therefamily: add, added, adding, additional, additionally, additions | The new library is a welcome addition to the campus. |
| advantage ✓✓ad·van·tage/ædˈvæntɪdʒ/ | n. | something that helps you or puts you in a better positionfamily: advantages, disadvantage, advantageous, advantaged | Living near the university is a big advantage for students. |
| advice ≠ad·vice/ædˈvaɪs/ | n. | an opinion about what someone should dofamily: advise, adviser, advisor, advisable | My teacher gave me some useful advice about choosing a university. |
| batch ✓/bætʃ/ | n. | a group of things made or dealt with at the same timefamily: batches, batched, batching | She baked a fresh batch of biscuits for the class party. |
| beauty ≠beau·ty/ˈbjuti/ | n. | the quality of being very pleasing to look at or listen tofamily: beautiful, beautifully, beautify, beauties | Tourists come to the island for the beauty of its beaches. |
| behaviour ✓✓be·hav·iour/bɪˈheɪvjɚ/ | n. | the way a person or animal acts towards othersfamily: behave, behaved, behaving, behavioural, behaviours | The teacher praised the class for their good behaviour on the trip. |
| challenge ≠chal·lenge/ˈtʃæləndʒ/ | n. | something difficult that tests your abilityfamily: challenges, challenged, challenging, challenger, challengers | Learning to swim was a real challenge for me last year. |
| chance ✓✓/tʃæns/ | n. | a possibility that something will happenfamily: chances, chancy | There is a good chance of rain later, so bring an umbrella. |
| choice ✓✓/tʃɔɪs/ | n. | the act of deciding between two or more thingsfamily: choose, chose, chosen, choices | You have a choice between the morning and evening class. |
| consequence ≠con·se·quence/ˈkɑnsəkwəns/ | n. | a result of something that happened earlierfamily: consequences, consequent, consequently | One consequence of the heavy rain was that classes were cancelled. |
| contrast ≠con·trast/ˈkɑntɹæst/ | n. | a clear difference between two things when you compare themfamily: contrasts, contrasted, contrasting, contrastive | There is a strong contrast between city life and village life. |
| control ✓✓con·trol/kənˈtɹoʊl/ | n. | the power to make someone or something do what you wantfamily: controls, controlled, controlling, controller | The teacher quickly took control of the noisy classroom. |
| danger ✓✓dan·ger/ˈdeɪndʒɚ/ | n. | the chance that something bad or harmful will happenfamily: dangerous, dangerously, dangers | The sign warns swimmers of the danger of strong waves. |
| difficulty ≠dif·fi·cul·ty/ˈdɪfəkəlti/ | n. | a problem that makes something hard to dofamily: difficult, difficulties | Some students have difficulty understanding fast native speakers. |
| disadvantage ≠dis·ad·van·tage/ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪdʒ/ | n. | something that makes a situation harder or less good for youfamily: advantage, disadvantages, disadvantaged, advantageous | Living far from campus is a disadvantage when classes start early. |
| effect ✓✓ef·fect/ɪˈfɛkt/ | n. | a change that happens because of something elsefamily: effects, effective, effectively, effectiveness, ineffective | Too much sugar can have a bad effect on your teeth. |
| ending ✓✓end·ing/ˈɛndɪŋ/ | n. | the last part of a story, film or eventfamily: end, ended, endings, ends, endless | The film has a happy ending that made everyone smile. |
| exist ✓✓ex·ist/ɪɡˈzɪst/ | v. | to be real or present in the worldfamily: existence, existed, existing, exists | Dinosaurs existed millions of years before the first people. |
| experience ✓✓ex·pe·ri·ence/ɪkˈspɪɹiəns/ | n. | knowledge or skill that comes from doing something for a long timefamily: experienced, experiences, experiencing, inexperienced | She has five years of experience as a nurse. |
| fact ≠/fækt/ | n. | something that is known to be truefamily: facts, factual | It is a fact that water boils at one hundred degrees. |
| feature ✓✓fea·ture/ˈfitʃɚ/ | n. | an important or typical part or quality of somethingfamily: features, featured, featuring | The best feature of this phone is its long battery life. |
| importance ≠im·por·tance/ɪmˈpɔɹtəns/ | n. | how much something matters or affects other thingsfamily: important, importantly, unimportant | The teacher explained the importance of sleeping well before an exam. |
| influence ≠in·flu·ence/ˈɪnfluəns/ | n. | the power to change how someone thinks or actsfamily: influences, influenced, influencing, influential, influencer | Teachers can have a strong influence on what students read. |
| itself ✓✓it·self/ɪtˈsɛlf/ | pron. | it, used when the thing is also what the action happens to | The machine turns itself off after ten minutes. |
| level ✓✓lev·el/ˈlɛvəl/ | n. | how high or how good something is compared with othersfamily: levels | My English level improved after a year of daily practice. |
| magic ≠mag·ic/ˈmædʒɪk/ | n. | the use of special powers to make impossible things happenfamily: magical, magically, magician, magicians | The children believed the old clock worked by magic. |
| manner ✓✓man·ner/ˈmænɚ/ | n. | the way in which something is done or happensfamily: manners, mannered, mannerism | The nurse spoke to the patient in a calm and friendly manner. |
| opportunity ✓✓op·por·tu·ni·ty/ˌɑpɚˈtunəti/ | n. | a chance to do something that you want to dofamily: opportunities, opportune | Studying abroad gave him the opportunity to practise his English daily. |
| plenty ✓plen·ty/ˈplɛnti/ | n. | a large amount that is more than enoughfamily: plentiful | There is plenty of food, so please take more. |
| position ✓✓po·si·tion/pəˈzɪʃən/ | n. | the place where someone or something isfamily: positions, positional, positioned, positioning | Please move the desk back to its usual position by the window. |
| power ✓✓pow·er/ˈpaʊɚ/ | n. | the ability to control people or eventsfamily: powers, powerful, powerless, powered | A manager has the power to change the work schedule. |
| quality ✓✓qual·i·ty/ˈkwɑləti/ | n. | how good or bad something isfamily: qualities, qualitative | The quality of the photos was much better on the new phone. |
| secret ✓✓se·cret/ˈsikɹət/ | n. | something that you keep hidden and do not tell other peoplefamily: secrets, secretly, secretive, secrecy | Please keep this a secret and do not tell the other students. |
| solution ✓✓so·lu·tion/səˈluʃən/ | n. | a way of dealing with a problemfamily: solve, solved, solving, solutions | Working in pairs was a good solution to the noise problem. |
| source ✓✓/sɔɹs/ | n. | the place or thing that something comes fromfamily: sources, sourced, sourcing | Fruit and vegetables are a good source of vitamins. |
| square ✓✓/skwɛɹ/ | n. | a shape with four equal straight sides and four equal cornersfamily: squares, squared, squarely | Draw a square and colour it blue. |
| structure ✓✓struc·ture/ˈstɹʌktʃɚ/ | n. | the way that the parts of something are arranged or organisedfamily: structural, structurally, structured, structures, structuring, restructure | The teacher explained the structure of a good essay. |
| support ✓✓sup·port/səˈpɔɹt/ | n. | help or encouragement that you give to someonefamily: supporter, supporters, supportive, supported, supporting, supports | Thank you for your support during my first year at university. |
| symbol ✓✓sym·bol/ˈsɪmbəl/ | n. | a sign, mark or picture that stands for something elsefamily: symbols, symbolic, symbolically, symbolise, symbolism | The dove is a symbol of peace in many countries. |
| system ✓✓sys·tem/ˈsɪstəm/ | n. | a set of parts or rules that work together as one wholefamily: systems, systematic, systematically, systemic | The school has a new system for reporting absences online. |
| thought ✓✓/θɔt/ | n. | an idea or opinion that comes into your mindfamily: think, thinker, thinking, thoughtful, thoughtless, thoughts | She wrote down her thoughts about the book in a notebook. |
| trouble ✓✓trou·ble/ˈtɹʌbəl/ | n. | problems or difficulties that worry youfamily: troubles, troubled, troubling, troublesome | She had trouble finding a parking space near the university. |
feelings41 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| ambition ≠am·bi·tion/æmˈbɪʃən/ | n. | a strong wish to become successful or achieve somethingfamily: ambitious, ambitiously, ambitions | Her ambition is to become a doctor and work in a village hospital. |
| amusement ✓a·muse·ment/əˈmjuzmənt/ | n. | the feeling of finding something funny or enjoyablefamily: amuse, amused, amusing, amusements | The children watched the puppy chase its tail with great amusement. |
| angrily ✓✓an·gri·ly/ˈæŋɡɹəli/ | adv. | in a way that shows you are very annoyedfamily: anger, angry, angrier, angriest | He shouted angrily when the bus drove past without stopping. |
| annoy ≠an·noy/əˈnɔɪ/ | v. | to make someone a little angryfamily: annoyance, annoyed, annoying, annoyingly, annoys | The loud music from next door annoyed everyone in the office. |
| annoying ≠an·noy·ing/əˈnɔɪɪŋ/ | adj. | making you feel a little angry or impatientfamily: annoy, annoyance, annoyed, annoyingly | The constant noise from the road works is really annoying. |
| appreciate ≠ap·pre·ci·ate/əˈpɹiʃiˌeɪt/ | v. | to be grateful for something someone has donefamily: appreciation, appreciated, appreciates, appreciating, appreciative | I really appreciate your help with my homework last night. |
| bored ≠/bɔɹd/ | adj. | feeling tired and unhappy because nothing is interestingfamily: bore, boring, boredom | The children got bored during the long car journey. |
| care ≠/kɛɹ/ | v. | to feel that something mattersfamily: careful, careless | They care about their students. |
| cared ⚠/kɛɹd/ | v. | past tense of carefamily: care, caring | Nobody cared about the score by then. |
| cares ⚠/kɛɹz/ | v. | third person form of carefamily: care, careful | She cares about her students. |
| confident ≠con·fi·dent/ˈkɑnfədənt/ | adj. | feeling sure that you can do something wellfamily: confidence, confidently, confide | She felt confident about passing her driving test on Friday. |
| confuse ≠con·fuse/kənˈfjuz/ | v. | to make someone unable to think clearly or understandfamily: confusion, confused, confusing, confusingly, confuses | The map confused us, so we asked a shopkeeper for directions. |
| confused ≠con·fused/kənˈfjuzd/ | adj. | unable to understand something or think clearlyfamily: confuse, confusion, confusing | I was confused by the map and took the wrong bus. |
| cries ⚠/kɹaɪz/ | v. | third person form of cryfamily: cry, cried | The baby cries at night. |
| disappointed ≠dis·ap·point·ed/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ | adj. | sad because something was not as good as you hopedfamily: disappoint, disappointing, disappointment | The children were disappointed when the trip to the zoo was cancelled. |
| dislike ≠dis·like/dɪˈslaɪk/ | n. | a feeling that someone or something is unpleasantfamily: like, liked, disliked, dislikes, disliking | She has a strong dislike of noisy restaurants. |
| embarrassing ≠em·bar·rass·ing/ɪmˈbɛɹəsɪŋ/ | adj. | making you feel shy or uncomfortable in front of othersfamily: embarrass, embarrassed, embarrassment | It was embarrassing to arrive late on the first day. |
| envy ✓en·vy/ˈɛnvi/ | n. | the unhappy feeling of wanting what another person hasfamily: envious, enviable, envied, envies, envying | He looked at his friend's new bicycle with envy. |
| expression ✓✓ex·pres·sion/ɪkˈspɹɛʃən/ | n. | the look on your face that shows what you feelfamily: express, expressed, expressive, expressions | Her expression changed when she read the exam results. |
| happily ✓✓hap·pi·ly/ˈhæpəli/ | adv. | in a pleased and cheerful wayfamily: happy, happiness, unhappily | The children played happily in the garden all afternoon. |
| happiness ≠hap·pi·ness/ˈhæpinəs/ | n. | the feeling you have when you are pleased and enjoying lifefamily: happy, happily, unhappy, unhappiness, unhappily | Spending time with friends brings me a lot of happiness. |
| hate ≠/heɪt/ | v. | to dislike something very stronglyfamily: hatred | She hates being late. |
| hates ⚠/heɪts/ | v. | the form of hate used with he, she and itfamily: hate | He hates losing his place in a book. |
| honest ≠hon·est/ˈɑnəst/ | adj. | telling the truthfamily: honesty | Give me an honest answer. |
| horror ≠hor·ror/ˈhɔɹɚ/ | n. | a strong feeling of shock and fearfamily: horrible, horribly, horrify, horrifying, horrors | She watched in horror as the bookshelf fell over. |
| interest ≠in·ter·est/ˈɪntɹəst/ | n. | the feeling of wanting to know or learn more about somethingfamily: interested, interesting, interests, interestingly, uninterested, uninteresting | The students showed great interest in the visit to the museum. |
| mad ≠/mæd/ | adj. | very angry, or not thinking clearlyfamily: madly, madness | He was mad about the broken bicycle. |
| nervous ✓✓nerv·ous/ˈnɝvəs/ | adj. | worried about something that will happenfamily: nerves, nervously | He was nervous before the exam. |
| pleased ✓✓/plizd/ | adj. | happy because something good has happenedfamily: please, pleasure, pleasant, pleasing | The teacher was pleased with our group's presentation. |
| prefer ≠pre·fer/pɹəˈfɝ/ | v. | to like one thing more than anotherfamily: preference | I prefer working in pairs. |
| pride ≠/pɹaɪd/ | n. | the good feeling of having done wellfamily: proud | She showed the certificate with pride. |
| promise ≠prom·ise/ˈpɹɑməs/ | v. | to say you will certainly do something | He promised to return it. |
| proud ≠/pɹaʊd/ | adj. | pleased about something you didfamily: pride, proudly | Her parents were proud. |
| relaxed ≠re·laxed/ɹɪˈlækst/ | adj. | calm and not worried or stressedfamily: relax, relaxation, relaxing | She felt relaxed after listening to quiet music for an hour. |
| sadly ✓✓sad·ly/ˈsædli/ | adv. | in a way that shows you are unhappyfamily: sad, sadness, sadden | He smiled sadly as he waved goodbye to his friends. |
| sense ✓✓/sɛns/ | n. | a natural ability like sight; a feeling; good judgementfamily: sensible | Use your sense of hearing first. |
| smart ≠/smɑɹt/ | adj. | clever; also neat in appearance | That was a smart answer. |
| surprised ✓✓sur·prised/sɚˈpɹaɪzd/ | adj. | feeling that something has happened that you did not expectfamily: surprise, surprising, surprisingly | I was surprised to see my old teacher at the market. |
| unhappy ✓✓un·hap·py/ənˈhæpi/ | adj. | feeling sad or not pleasedfamily: happy, happiness, unhappiness, unhappily | He was unhappy about the low mark on his history essay. |
| worried ✓✓wor·ried/ˈwɝid/ | adj. | feeling unhappy because you think something bad may happenfamily: worry, worries, worrying, worriedly | Her parents were worried when she came home very late. |
| worry ✓✓wor·ry/ˈwɝi/ | v. | to keep thinking about a problem and feel unhappyfamily: worried | Do not worry about the test. |
work41 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| agent ≠a·gent/ˈeɪdʒənt/ | n. | a person who acts for another person or companyfamily: agency | The travel agent booked the vans. |
| apply ✓✓ap·ply/əˈplaɪ/ | v. | to ask officially for something such as a job or a coursefamily: application, applicant, applied, applies, applying | She applied for a part-time job at the library last week. |
| appointment ≠ap·point·ment/əˈpɔɪntmənt/ | n. | an arranged time to meet or see someone, such as a doctorfamily: appoint, appointed, appointments | She booked an appointment with the bank manager for Friday morning. |
| astronaut ✓as·tro·naut/ˈæstɹəˌnɑt/ | n. | a person whose job is to travel into spacefamily: astronauts | The astronaut waved to the camera before the rocket took off. |
| barber ✓bar·ber/ˈbɑɹbɚ/ | n. | a person whose job is to cut men's hairfamily: barbers | The barber gave my brother a very short haircut yesterday. |
| based ✓/beɪst/ | adj. | having your home or main office in a particular placefamily: base, basis | The company is based in Chiang Mai but sells worldwide. |
| boss ✓✓/bɑs/ | n. | the person in charge at work | Her boss approved the course fees. |
| businessman ✓✓busi·ness·man/ˈbɪznəsˌmæn/ | n. | a man who works in trade or runs a companyfamily: business, businessmen, businesswoman | The businessman opened three new shops in the city this year. |
| cash ✓✓/kæʃ/ | n. | money in coins and notesfamily: cashier | I paid in cash. |
| chef ✓✓/ʃɛf/ | n. | a professional cook, especially the main cook in a restaurantfamily: chefs | The chef prepared a special menu for the school dinner. |
| cleaner ✓clean·er/ˈklinɚ/ | n. | a person whose job is keeping rooms and buildings tidyfamily: clean, cleaning, cleaners, cleanliness | The cleaners empty the office bins every evening. |
| company ≠com·pa·ny/ˈkʌmpəˌni/ | n. | a business that sells goods or services | The company has forty staff. |
| customer ≠cus·tom·er/ˈkʌstəmɚ/ | n. | a person who buys goods or services | A customer asked for a refund. |
| decision ≠de·ci·sion/dɪˈsɪʒən/ | n. | a choice made after thinkingfamily: decide | It was a difficult decision. |
| director ✓✓di·rec·tor/dəˈɹɛktɚ/ | n. | a person who is in charge of a company or organisationfamily: direct, directed, direction, directors | The director of the company gave a short speech to the staff. |
| editor ≠ed·i·tor/ˈɛdətɚ/ | n. | a person whose job is to prepare and correct texts before they are publishedfamily: edit, edited, editing, edition, editorial, editors | The editor asked the writer to make the article shorter. |
| fisherman ✓fish·er·man/ˈfɪʃɚˌmæn/ | n. | a person who catches sea or river animals as a job or for pleasurefamily: fish, fishing, fished, fishermen | The fisherman sold his morning catch at the harbour market. |
| guard ≠/ɡɑɹd/ | n. | a person whose job is to protect a place, person or thingfamily: guards, guarded, guarding, guardian | A guard checks every visitor's bag at the museum entrance. |
| issue ≠is·sue/ˈɪʃu/ | n. | an important topic or problem; one edition of a magazinefamily: issues | Raise the issue at the meeting. |
| labor ✓la·bor/ˈleɪbɚ/ | n. | hard work, especially work done with the hands and bodyfamily: laborer, laborers, labored, laboring, labors | Building the road took months of hard labor in the heat. |
| lawyer ✓✓law·yer/ˈlɔjɚ/ | n. | a person whose job is to give legal advice and speak in courtfamily: law, lawful, lawyers | She asked a lawyer to check the contract before she signed it. |
| load ≠/loʊd/ | n. | an amount carried at one timefamily: loaded | The truck took a full load of fruit. |
| maker ✓mak·er/ˈmeɪkɚ/ | n. | a person or company that produces somethingfamily: make, made, making, makes, makers | The maker of this phone promises a two-year guarantee. |
| manager ✓✓man·ag·er/ˈmænədʒɚ/ | n. | a person who controls a business or teamfamily: manage | Ask the manager for approval. |
| meeting ≠meet·ing/ˈmitɪŋ/ | n. | an event where people discuss somethingfamily: meet, met | The meeting starts at ten. |
| offer ✓✓of·fer/ˈɔfɚ/ | n. | something that a person says they will give or do for youfamily: offers, offered, offering | She accepted the job offer from the school the next day. |
| painter ✓✓paint·er/ˈpeɪntɚ/ | n. | an artist who makes pictures using coloursfamily: paint, painting, painted, painters | The painter sold three pictures at the art fair. |
| produce ✓✓pro·duce/pɹəˈdus/ | v. | to make, grow or create somethingfamily: production, product, producer, produced, produces, producing | This factory produces about two thousand bicycles every month. |
| production ≠pro·duc·tion/pɹəˈdʌkʃən/ | n. | the making of goods in large amounts, usually in a factoryfamily: produce, produced, producer, producing, product, productive | Car production at the factory stopped for two days last month. |
| professional ✓✓pro·fes·sion·al/pɹəˈfɛʃənəl/ | adj. | connected with a job that needs special training or skillfamily: profession, professions, professionally, professionalism | You should get professional advice before signing the contract. |
| project ≠proj·ect/ˈpɹɑdʒɛkt/ | n. | a planned piece of work | The project finishes in June. |
| quit ≠/kwɪt/ | v. | to stop doing something, or to leave a job or schoolfamily: quits, quitting, quitter | She quit her job to study full time. |
| report ≠re·port/ɹiˈpɔɹt/ | n. | a written or spoken account of somethingfamily: reporter | Send the report by Friday. |
| retire ≠re·tire/ɹɪˈtaɪɹ/ | v. | to stop working because you have reached a certain agefamily: retirement, retired, retiree, retires, retiring | My grandfather retired from the bank when he was sixty. |
| retired ≠re·tired/ɹɪˈtaɪɹd/ | adj. | no longer working because of your agefamily: retire, retirement, retiree, retiring | Our retired neighbour spends every morning in her garden. |
| serve ✓✓/sɝv/ | v. | to give food or help to someonefamily: service, serving | Volunteers serve lunch at noon. |
| service ≠serv·ice/ˈsɝvəs/ | n. | work done for other peoplefamily: serve | The service was excellent. |
| staff ≠/stæf/ | n. | all the people who work for a company or organisationfamily: staffed, staffing | The hotel staff were friendly and helped us with our bags. |
| target ✓✓tar·get/ˈtɑɹɡət/ | n. | a result or amount that you are trying to reachfamily: targets, targeted, targeting | Our target is to finish the project before Friday. |
| task ✓✓/tæsk/ | n. | a piece of work to be done | One task per pair, ten minutes. |
| training ✓✓train·ing/ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/ | n. | the teaching and practice that prepare someone for a job or sportfamily: train, trained, trainer, trainee | All new staff receive two weeks of training before they start. |
travel40 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| abroad ✓✓a·broad/əˈbɹɔd/ | adv. | in or to a foreign country | My sister is studying abroad in Japan this year. |
| ahead ≠a·head/əˈhɛd/ | adv. | in front of you or further forward | Look ahead and you will see the station on the left. |
| airport ≠air·port/ˈɛɹˌpɔɹt/ | n. | a place where planes take off and land | We reached the airport early. |
| around ≠a·round/əˈɹaʊnd/ | adv. | to different places or in different directions | We walked around for an hour before finding the museum. |
| cab ✓/kæb/ | n. | a car with a driver you pay to take you somewherefamily: cabs | We took a cab from the station. |
| camping ✓✓camp·ing/ˈkæmpɪŋ/ | n. | a holiday or trip where you sleep outdoors in a tentfamily: camp, camper, campsite | We went camping by the river and cooked over a fire. |
| castle ✓✓cas·tle/ˈkæsəl/ | n. | a large old building with high walls, built to keep people safefamily: castles | We visited an old castle on the hill during our school trip. |
| direction ✓✓di·rec·tion/dɚˈɛkʃən/ | n. | the way something moves or facesfamily: direct | We walked in the wrong direction. |
| distance ≠dis·tance/ˈdɪstəns/ | n. | the space between two placesfamily: distant | The distance is about ten kilometres. |
| driving ✓driv·ing/ˈdɹaɪvɪŋ/ | n. | the activity of controlling a car or other vehiclefamily: drive, drove, driven, driver, drives | Driving in the city centre is slow during the morning rush. |
| east ≠/ist/ | n. | the direction where the sun risesfamily: eastern | The temple faces east. |
| explore ≠ex·plore/ɪkˈsplɔɹ/ | v. | to travel around a new place to find out what it is likefamily: exploration, explorer, explored, exploring, explores, explorers | We spent the afternoon exploring the old town on foot. |
| fare ≠/fɛɹ/ | n. | the money you pay for a journey | The bus fare went up in May. |
| flight ≠/flaɪt/ | n. | a journey by aircraftfamily: fly, flew | The flight was delayed. |
| foreign ≠for·eign/ˈfɔɹən/ | adj. | belonging to another countryfamily: foreigner | He speaks three foreign languages. |
| guide ≠/ɡaɪd/ | n. | a person or book that shows the wayfamily: guidance | Our guide spoke three languages. |
| hike ✓/haɪk/ | n. | a long walk in the countrysidefamily: hiking | The hill hike takes all morning. |
| miles ⚠/maɪlz/ | n. | plural of milefamily: mile | The camp is three miles away. |
| passenger ✓✓pas·sen·ger/ˈpæsəndʒɚ/ | n. | a person travelling in a vehicle who is not driving itfamily: passengers | All passengers must show their tickets before boarding the train. |
| passport ≠pass·port/ˈpæsˌpɔɹt/ | n. | an official document for travel abroad | Show your passport at the desk. |
| petrol ✓✓pet·rol/ˈpɛtɹoʊl/ | n. | the liquid fuel put into cars to make them gofamily: petroleum | We stopped to buy petrol before driving up into the hills. |
| rails ⚠/ɹeɪlz/ | n. | plural of rail: the metal bars a train runs onfamily: rail, railway | Grass grows between the old rails. |
| rides ⚠/ɹaɪdz/ | n. | plural of ride: journeys, or fair machinesfamily: ride, rode, ridden | The fair has six rides. |
| rode ⚠/ɹoʊd/ | v. | past tense of ridefamily: ride, ridden | They rode bicycles to school. |
| seaside ✓sea·side/ˈsiˌsaɪd/ | n. | the coast, especially as a place for holidays and day tripsfamily: sea, seasides | Every summer my family spends a week at the seaside. |
| sightseeing ✓sight·see·ing/ˈsaɪtˌsiɪŋ/ | n. | visiting interesting places as a touristfamily: sightsee, sightseer, sightseers | We spent the first day sightseeing in the old town. |
| ski ≠/ski/ | v. | to move over snow on long narrow boardsfamily: skis, skiing, skier | They learned to ski last winter. |
| suitcase ✓suit·case/ˈsutˌkeɪs/ | n. | a case for carrying clothes when travelling | My suitcase is too heavy. |
| tent ≠/tɛnt/ | n. | a shelter made of cloth held up by poles | They slept in a tent. |
| tour ✓✓/tʊɹ/ | n. | a journey visiting several placesfamily: tourist | They went on a tour of the temples. |
| tourist ≠tour·ist/ˈtʊɹəst/ | n. | a person visiting a place on holidayfamily: tour, tourism | Tourists fill the old town. |
| tours ⚠/tʊɹz/ | n. | plural of tour: journeys to see placesfamily: tour, tourist | Temple tours start at nine. |
| towards ✓✓to·wards/təˈwɔɹdz/ | prep. | in the direction of something or someonefamily: toward | The children ran towards the school gate when the bell rang. |
| travel ≠trav·el/ˈtɹævəl/ | n. | the activity of making journeys, especially to places far awayfamily: traveller, travelling, travelled, travels, travellers | Air travel has become much cheaper over the past twenty years. |
| traveler ✓trav·el·er/ˈtɹævəlɚ/ | n. | American spelling of travellerfamily: traveller | Tired travelers waited at the station for the late night train. |
| traveller ✓✓trav·el·ler/ˈtɹævəlɚ/ | n. | a person who goes on journeys, especially to faraway placesfamily: travel, travelled, travelling, travellers | The airport was full of tired travellers waiting for their flights. |
| trip ≠/tɹɪp/ | n. | a short journey | We took a trip to the temple. |
| vans ⚠/vænz/ | n. | plural of vanfamily: van | Three vans carry the whole school. |
| view ✓✓/vju/ | n. | everything you can see from a certain placefamily: views, viewer, viewers, viewed, viewing | Our hotel room had a lovely view of the sea. |
| west ≠/wɛst/ | n. | the direction where the sun goes downfamily: western | The road runs west to the hills. |
body28 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| ankle ✓✓an·kle/ˈæŋkəl/ | n. | the part of the body where the foot joins the legfamily: ankles | She twisted her ankle while running down the stairs. |
| blood ✓✓/blʌd/ | n. | the red liquid that moves around inside your bodyfamily: bleed, bled, bloody, bloodless | The nurse took a small amount of blood for the test. |
| bone ≠/boʊn/ | n. | one of the hard parts inside the bodyfamily: bony | The X-ray showed a broken bone. |
| breathe ≠/bɹið/ | v. | to take air in and outfamily: breath, breathing | Breathe slowly and relax. |
| chest ≠/tʃɛst/ | n. | the front upper part of the body | He folded his arms across his chest. |
| chin ✓/tʃɪn/ | n. | the part of the face below the mouth | He rested his chin on his hand. |
| death ✓✓/dɛθ/ | n. | the end of a person's or animal's lifefamily: die, dead, died, dying, deaths, deadly | After the death of her grandfather, she kept his old watch. |
| drug ✓✓/dɹʌɡ/ | n. | a substance used as a medicine, or one that is illegal to takefamily: drugs | The doctor explained how the new drug helps control blood pressure. |
| health ≠/hɛlθ/ | n. | the condition of your bodyfamily: healthy | Exercise improves health. |
| ill ✓✓/ɪl/ | adj. | not well; sickfamily: illness | She is ill and stayed home. |
| illness ≠ill·ness/ˈɪlnəs/ | n. | a condition of being unwellfamily: ill | He missed class through illness. |
| lip ≠/lɪp/ | n. | one of the two soft edges of the mouth | He bit his lip. |
| lips ⚠/lɪps/ | n. | plural of lip: the edges of the mouthfamily: lip | Round your lips for this sound. |
| medical ✓✓med·i·cal/ˈmɛdəkəl/ | adj. | relating to illness and its treatment by doctorsfamily: medicine, medically | Students need a medical certificate if they miss an exam. |
| medicine ≠med·i·cine/ˈmɛdəsən/ | n. | something taken to treat illnessfamily: medical | Take the medicine after food. |
| overweight ✓o·ver·weight/ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/ | adj. | heavier than is healthyfamily: weight, weigh, weights | The doctor said my uncle was overweight and should walk more. |
| pain ≠/peɪn/ | n. | the feeling you have when part of you hurtsfamily: painful, painless | She felt a sharp pain in her knee. |
| physical ✓✓phys·i·cal/ˈfɪzɪkəl/ | adj. | connected with the body rather than the mindfamily: physically | Regular physical exercise helps students sleep better and think clearly. |
| physically ✓phys·i·cal·ly/ˈfɪzɪkəli/ | adv. | in a way connected with the bodyfamily: physical | Farm work is physically hard, so he sleeps well at night. |
| rests ⚠/ɹɛsts/ | v. | the form of rest used with he, she and itfamily: rest | The team rests between rounds. |
| shoulder ≠shoul·der/ˈʃoʊldɚ/ | n. | the joint between arm and neck | He touched my shoulder. |
| skin ≠/skɪn/ | n. | the outer covering of the body | Sun can damage the skin. |
| sore ≠/sɔɹ/ | adj. | painful when touched or used | I have a sore throat. |
| stomach ✓✓stom·ach/ˈstʌmək/ | n. | the part of the body that holds food | My stomach hurts. |
| sweat ✓/swɛt/ | v. | to produce salty water through your skin when you are hotfamily: sweaty, sweater, sweating, sweated, sweats | We were sweating heavily after running up the stairs. |
| throat ≠/θɹoʊt/ | n. | the passage at the back of the mouth | I have a sore throat. |
| voice ✓✓/vɔɪs/ | n. | the sound you make when you speak or singfamily: voices, voiced, voiceless, voicing | She has a clear voice, so everyone can hear her. |
| weight ✓✓/weɪt/ | n. | how heavy something or someone isfamily: weigh, weighed, weighing, weights, weighty | The nurse checked my height and weight. |
discourse27 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| actually ✓✓ac·tu·al·ly/ˈækˌtʃuəli/ | adv. | in fact, when the truth may surprise youfamily: actual, actuality | I thought the shop was closed, but actually it was open. |
| although ✓✓al·though/ˌɔlˈðoʊ/ | conj. | used before a fact that makes the rest of the sentence surprisingfamily: though | Although it was raining, we still walked to school. |
| among ✓✓a·mong/əˈmʌŋ/ | prep. | surrounded by or included in a group of people or thingsfamily: amongst | She found her keys among the papers on the desk. |
| anyway ✓✓an·y·way/ˈɛniˌweɪ/ | adv. | in spite of that, or used to change the subject | The bus was late, but we arrived on time anyway. |
| claim ≠/kleɪm/ | v. | to say that something is true, without proving itfamily: claimed, claiming, claims, claimant, claimable | He claims he finished the homework, but I have not seen it. |
| complaint ≠com·plaint/kəmˈpleɪnt/ | n. | a statement that you are unhappy about somethingfamily: complain, complained, complaining, complains, complaints | The hotel received a complaint about the noisy air conditioner. |
| disagree ✓✓dis·a·gree/dɪsəˈɡɹi/ | v. | to have a different opinion from someonefamily: agree, agreement, disagreement, disagreed, disagrees, disagreeing | My brother and I often disagree about which film to watch. |
| discussion ✓✓dis·cus·sion/dɪˈskʌʃən/ | n. | a talk in which people share their ideas about somethingfamily: discuss, discussed, discussing, discussions | We had a class discussion about how to save water at home. |
| especially ✓✓es·pe·cial·ly/əˈspɛʃli/ | adv. | more than usual or more than othersfamily: special, specially | I love fruit, especially mangoes from the market near my home. |
| except ✓✓ex·cept/ɪkˈsɛpt/ | prep. | not including a particular person or thingfamily: exception, exceptional, excepted, excepting | The shop is open every day except Sunday. |
| fortunately ✓✓for·tu·nate·ly/ˈfɔɹtʃənətli/ | adv. | used to say that something good happened by luckfamily: fortune, fortunate, unfortunately | Fortunately, the rain stopped just before the sports day began. |
| however ≠how·ev·er/ˌhaʊˈɛvɚ/ | adv. | used to add a fact that contrasts with what was just said | The test was hard; however, most students passed it. |
| importantly ✓im·por·tant·ly/ɪmˈpɔɹtəntli/ | adv. | used to show that a point matters a great dealfamily: important, importance, unimportant | Most importantly, remember to bring your ID card to the exam. |
| indeed ≠in·deed/ɪnˈdid/ | adv. | used to make a statement stronger or to agree | The exam was indeed harder than we expected. |
| instead ✓✓in·stead/ɪnˈstɛd/ | adv. | in place of someone or something else | The bus was late, so we walked to school instead. |
| mainly ≠main·ly/ˈmeɪnli/ | adv. | more than anything else, or in most casesfamily: main | Our customers are mainly students from the nearby university. |
| mention ≠men·tion/ˈmɛnʃən/ | n. | a few words said or written about somethingfamily: mentioned, mentioning, mentions, mentionable | There was no mention of the exam date in the email. |
| perhaps ✓✓per·haps/pɚˈhæps/ | adv. | used when something is possible but not certain | Perhaps we should leave early to avoid the traffic. |
| possibly ≠pos·si·bly/ˈpɑsəbli/ | adv. | used to say that something may be true but is not certainfamily: possible, possibility, impossibly | We could possibly finish the project a week early. |
| probably ≠prob·a·bly/ˈpɹɑbəbli/ | adv. | almost certainly, but not completely surefamily: probable, probability, improbable | It will probably rain this afternoon, so take an umbrella. |
| quite ≠/kwaɪt/ | adv. | to some degree, but not very much | The lecture was quite long, but nobody felt bored. |
| reply ✓✓re·ply/ɹɪˈplaɪ/ | n. | something said or written as an answerfamily: replied, replies, replying | I sent the email on Monday but have had no reply yet. |
| request ✓✓re·quest/ɹɪˈkwɛst/ | n. | the act of asking for something politely or formallyfamily: requested, requesting, requests | The teacher agreed to our request for extra time on the essay. |
| response ✓✓re·sponse/ɹɪˈspɑns/ | n. | an answer or reaction to something that someone says or doesfamily: respond, responded, responding, responses, responsive | I sent an email yesterday, but I have had no response. |
| statement ≠state·ment/ˈsteɪtmənt/ | n. | something that you say or write to give information or an opinionfamily: state, stated, stating, statements | The teacher asked us to decide if each statement was true or false. |
| therefore ≠there·fore/ˈðɛɹˌfɔɹ/ | adv. | for that reason, as a result | The bus was late, and therefore we missed the first lesson. |
| while ✓✓/waɪl/ | conj. | during the time that something else is happeningfamily: whilst | Please do not talk while the teacher is explaining the lesson. |
tech27 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| apps ⚠/æps/ | n. | plural of app: programs on a phonefamily: application | Two apps do the same job. |
| atom ✓at·om/ˈætəm/ | n. | the smallest unit of a chemical element | Water is two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen. |
| battery ≠bat·ter·y/ˈbætɚi/ | n. | a small object that gives electric power to a devicefamily: batteries | My phone battery dies before lunch, so I carry a charger. |
| cassette ✓cas·sette/kəˈsɛt/ | n. | a small plastic box with tape inside for playing or recording soundfamily: cassettes | My grandfather still listens to old songs on cassettes. |
| click ≠/klɪk/ | v. | to press a button on a computer mouse to choose somethingfamily: clicked, clicking, clicks, clickable | Click the blue button to send your answers. |
| clone ✓/kloʊn/ | v. | to make an exact copy of a living thing or a filefamily: cloned, clones, cloning, clonal | Scientists cloned the plant to study its unusual leaves. |
| connected ✓con·nect·ed/kəˈnɛktɪd/ | adj. | joined to another thing or to a networkfamily: connect, connection, connections, connector, disconnected | Make sure your phone is connected to the Wi-Fi before the quiz. |
| download ✓✓down·load/ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/ | v. | to copy a file from the internet | Download the worksheet here. |
| electric ✓✓e·lec·tric/ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/ | adj. | working by the power that flows through wires and cablesfamily: electricity, electrical, electrician | We bought an electric kettle for the office kitchen. |
| headphone ✓head·phone/ˈhɛdˌfoʊn/ | n. | one of a pair of small speakers worn over or in the earsfamily: headphones | He put on his headphones and listened to the lecture recording. |
| image ✓✓im·age/ˈɪmədʒ/ | n. | a picture of a person or thing, for example on a screenfamily: images, imagery, imaging | The image on the screen was too small to read clearly. |
| mail ≠/meɪl/ | n. | letters and parcels sent by post | The mail arrives at noon. |
| mails ⚠/meɪlz/ | v. | the form of mail used with he, she and itfamily: mail, mailed | The office mails the results in May. |
| material ✓✓ma·te·ri·al/məˈtɪɹiəl/ | n. | a substance that things are made from, such as wood or plasticfamily: materials, materialise, materialism, materialist, materially | Wood is a good material for making tables and chairs. |
| metal ✓✓met·al/ˈmɛtəl/ | n. | a hard, shiny material such as iron, gold or silverfamily: metallic, metals | The gate is made of metal, so it will not break easily. |
| online ≠on·line/ˈɔnˌlaɪn/ | adj. | connected to or done through the internetfamily: offline | Our teacher posted the online quiz on the class website. |
| password ≠pass·word/ˈpæsˌwɝd/ | n. | a secret word that lets you use something | Change your password often. |
| post ≠/poʊst/ | v. | to send a letter, or put something onlinefamily: postal, poster | Post the form by Friday. |
| print ✓✓/pɹɪnt/ | v. | to put words or pictures onto paper using a machinefamily: printer, printed, printing, prints, printable | Can you print two copies of this report before the meeting? |
| printer ✓✓print·er/ˈpɹɪntɚ/ | n. | a machine that puts words and pictures from a computer onto paperfamily: print, printed, printing, prints, printable, printers | The printer in the office has run out of paper again. |
| screen ✓✓/skɹin/ | n. | the flat surface showing images on a device | The screen is cracked. |
| sent ⚠/sɛnt/ | v. | past tense of sendfamily: send, sending | I sent the email yesterday. |
| site ≠/saɪt/ | n. | a place, or a place on the internetfamily: website | The site loads slowly. |
| tap ≠/tæp/ | v. | to hit lightly and quicklyfamily: tapping | Tap the screen once. |
| web ✓✓/wɛb/ | n. | a spider's net of threads; the internet, with the | The lesson plan is on the web. |
| website ≠web·site/ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/ | n. | a set of pages on the internetfamily: web | Their website loads slowly. |
| wires ⚠/ˈwaɪɚz/ | n. | plural of wirefamily: wire | Tape the loose wires together. |
city25 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| aisle ✓/aɪl/ | n. | a walkway between rows of seats or shelves | Rice is in the last aisle. |
| architecture ✓✓ar·chi·tec·ture/ˈɑɹkəˌtɛktʃɚ/ | n. | the art of planning and designing buildingsfamily: architect, architects, architectural | The city centre is famous for its modern architecture. |
| bar ≠/bɑɹ/ | n. | a long straight piece of metal or woodfamily: bars, crossbar | An iron bar held the gate shut. |
| bridge ≠/bɹɪdʒ/ | n. | a structure built over a river or road | Cross the bridge and turn left. |
| capital ≠cap·i·tal/ˈkæpətəl/ | n. | the main city of a country, where the government worksfamily: capitals | Bangkok is the capital of Thailand. |
| centre ≠cen·tre/ˈsɛntɚ/ | n. | the middle part of somethingfamily: central | The hotel is in the town centre. |
| corner ≠cor·ner/ˈkɔɹnɚ/ | n. | the point where two lines or streets meet | The shop is on the corner. |
| country ≠coun·try/ˈkʌntɹi/ | n. | an area of land that has its own government and peoplefamily: countries, countryside | Every country has its own flag, laws and government. |
| countryside ≠coun·try·side/ˈkʌntɹiˌsaɪd/ | n. | land outside towns and cities, with fields, farms and villagesfamily: country, countries | We drove through the countryside and saw many rice fields. |
| crowd ✓✓/kɹaʊd/ | n. | a large group of people together in one placefamily: crowded, crowds | A big crowd waited outside the stadium before the concert. |
| crowded ✓✓crowd·ed/ˈkɹaʊdəd/ | adj. | full of people, with little space leftfamily: crowd, crowds | The train was so crowded that we had to stand. |
| drugstore ✓drug·store/ˈdɹʌɡˌstɔɹ/ | n. | a shop that sells medicines and everyday health productsfamily: drugstores | I bought some plasters and toothpaste at the drugstore near campus. |
| elevator ✓el·e·va·tor/ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/ | n. | a machine that carries people up and down inside a buildingfamily: elevate, elevated, elevation, elevators | Take the elevator to the fifth floor and turn left. |
| gallery ✓✓gal·ler·y/ˈɡælɚi/ | n. | a room or building where people look at paintings and other artfamily: galleries | The new gallery in town shows paintings by local artists. |
| mall ≠/mɔl/ | n. | a large building with many shops insidefamily: malls | We spent the afternoon at the mall looking for new shoes. |
| museum ≠mu·se·um/mjuˈziəm/ | n. | a building where people can look at old or important objectsfamily: museums | Our class visited the science museum and saw a real dinosaur bone. |
| sign ≠/saɪn/ | n. | a board with words or a picture giving informationfamily: signal | Follow the sign to the exit. |
| stadium ≠sta·di·um/ˈsteɪdiəm/ | n. | a large building with seats around a sports fieldfamily: stadiums | Thousands of fans filled the stadium for the final match. |
| statue ≠stat·ue/ˈstæˌtʃu/ | n. | a large figure of a person or animal made from stone or metalfamily: statues | There is a statue of a famous writer in the town square. |
| store ≠/stɔɹ/ | n. | a shop; also to keep something for laterfamily: storage | Buy it at the store. |
| temple ≠tem·ple/ˈtɛmpəl/ | n. | a building used for religious worship | The temple is open to visitors. |
| traffic ≠traf·fic/ˈtɹæfɪk/ | n. | vehicles moving on a road | The traffic was heavy this morning. |
| village ≠vil·lage/ˈvɪlədʒ/ | n. | a small group of houses in the countrysidefamily: villager | She grew up in a village. |
| wheelchair ✓wheel·chair/ˈwilˌtʃɛɹ/ | n. | a seat on wheels used by a person who cannot walk easilyfamily: wheelchairs | The new building has a ramp for wheelchair users. |
| zone ≠/zoʊn/ | n. | an area kept for a particular use | The school sits in a quiet zone. |
money24 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| account ≠ac·count/əˈkaʊnt/ | n. | a service from a bank where you keep your moneyfamily: accounts, accountant, accountants, accounting, accountable | She opened a bank account to save money for university. |
| advertising ✓✓ad·ver·tis·ing/ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɪŋ/ | n. | the business of telling people about products so they buy themfamily: advertise, advertisement, advertised, advertiser | The company spends a lot of money on advertising every year. |
| banking ✓bank·ing/ˈbæŋkɪŋ/ | n. | the business of keeping and lending money for people and companiesfamily: bank, banker, banks, bankers | Online banking lets you pay your bills without leaving the house. |
| bill ≠/bɪl/ | n. | a piece of paper showing how much money you must payfamily: bills, billed, billing | The waiter brought the bill after we finished our dessert. |
| bookshop ✓book·shop/ˈbʊkˌʃɑp/ | n. | a place that sells novels, magazines and other things to readfamily: book, books, booklet, bookshops, bookstore | The bookshop near the university sells second-hand textbooks cheaply. |
| brand ≠/bɹænd/ | n. | a type of product made by one company under a particular namefamily: brands, branded, branding | Which brand of toothpaste do you usually buy? |
| cent ≠/sɛnt/ | n. | a small unit of money in some countries | It cost ninety-nine cents. |
| cents ⚠/sɛnts/ | n. | plural of centfamily: cent | The pencil costs ninety cents there. |
| coin ≠/kɔɪn/ | n. | a small round piece of metal money | He dropped a coin. |
| coins ⚠/kɔɪnz/ | n. | more than one coinfamily: coin | He counted the coins. |
| cost ≠/kɑst/ | n. | the money needed to buy or do somethingfamily: costly | The cost of travel is rising. |
| credit ✓✓cred·it/ˈkɹɛdət/ | n. | a way of buying something now and paying for it laterfamily: credits, credited, creditor | She bought the new laptop on credit and pays monthly. |
| earn ✓✓/ɝn/ | v. | to get money by workingfamily: earnings | She earns enough to save. |
| lend ✓✓/lɛnd/ | v. | to let someone use something for a timefamily: lent | Can you lend me a ruler? |
| owed ⚠/oʊd/ | v. | past tense of owefamily: owe, owing | He owed the shop forty baht. |
| owns ⚠/oʊnz/ | v. | the form of own used with he, she and itfamily: own, owned | The temple owns the orchard. |
| product ≠prod·uct/ˈpɹɑdəkt/ | n. | something that is made or grown to be soldfamily: produce, producer, production, productive, products | The company sells its products online and in small local shops. |
| receipt ≠re·ceipt/ɹɪˈsit/ | n. | a piece of paper showing that you have paid for somethingfamily: receive, received, receipts | Keep your receipt in case you need to return the shoes. |
| sale ≠/seɪl/ | n. | the selling of something, often cheaplyfamily: sell, seller | The shop has a sale. |
| sample ≠sam·ple/ˈsæmpəl/ | n. | a small amount of something that shows what the rest is likefamily: samples, sampled, sampling, sampler | The shop gave us a free sample of the new cheese. |
| save ≠/seɪv/ | v. | to keep money instead of spending itfamily: savings, saver | He saves half his salary. |
| sold ⚠/soʊld/ | v. | past tense of sellfamily: sell, sale | They sold every mango by noon. |
| spent ⚠/spɛnt/ | v. | past tense of spendfamily: spend, spending | They spent the morning revising. |
| wallet ✓wal·let/ˈwɔlət/ | n. | a small flat case for carrying money and cardsfamily: wallets | I left my wallet at home, so I could not buy lunch. |
time24 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| already ≠al·read·y/ɔlˈɹɛdi/ | adv. | before now, or earlier than expected | They have already left. |
| beginning ≠be·gin·ning/bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ/ | n. | the point or time at which something startsfamily: begin, began, begun, beginner, beginners, beginnings | At the beginning of the lesson, the teacher checked our homework. |
| break ≠/bɹeɪk/ | n. | a short time when you stop working or studying to restfamily: breaks, broke, broken, breaking, breakable | We have a fifteen-minute break after the second lesson. |
| calendar ✓cal·en·dar/ˈkæləndɚ/ | n. | a chart or book showing the days, weeks and months of a yearfamily: calendars | I marked the exam date on the calendar in the kitchen. |
| century ≠cen·tu·ry/ˈsɛntʃɚi/ | n. | a period of one hundred yearsfamily: centuries | This temple was built more than two centuries ago. |
| daily ✓✓dai·ly/ˈdeɪli/ | adj. | happening or done once every twenty-four hoursfamily: day, today | Brushing your teeth should be part of your daily routine. |
| dates ⚠/deɪts/ | n. | plural of datefamily: date | Circle the exam dates. |
| ever ≠ev·er/ˈɛvɚ/ | adv. | at any time | Have you ever been abroad? |
| final ≠fi·nal/ˈfaɪnəl/ | adj. | coming last, after all the othersfamily: finally, finalise, finalist, finals, finale | The final exam is on the last Friday of the term. |
| finally ✓✓fi·nal·ly/ˈfaɪnəli/ | adv. | after a long time or at the endfamily: final | After two hours of waiting, the train finally arrived. |
| forever ≠for·ev·er/fəˈɹɛvɚ/ | adv. | for all time in the future, without endingfamily: ever | I will remember my first day at university forever. |
| future ≠fu·ture/ˈfjutʃɚ/ | n. | the time that has not happened yet | Nobody knows the future. |
| nite ⚠/naɪt/ | n. | informal spelling of night, used on signsfamily: night | The sign reads open all nite. |
| noon ≠/nun/ | n. | twelve o'clock in the middle of the day | The bell rings at noon. |
| once ≠/wʌns/ | adv. | one time only | Read the passage once. |
| present ≠pres·ent/ˈpɹɛzənt/ | n. | the time happening now; also a giftfamily: presently | Focus on the present moment. |
| recently ✓✓re·cent·ly/ˈɹisəntli/ | adv. | a short time agofamily: recent | We recently moved to a new flat near the university. |
| regular ✓✓reg·u·lar/ˈɹɛɡjəlɚ/ | adj. | happening again and again, always after the same length of timefamily: regularly, regularity, irregular | We have regular meetings with our project supervisor every Friday afternoon. |
| regularly ≠reg·u·lar·ly/ˈɹɛɡjəlɚli/ | adv. | often, and usually at the same time each day or weekfamily: regular, regularity, irregular | She goes swimming regularly, usually twice a week. |
| schedule ✓✓sched·ule/ˈskɛdʒʊl/ | n. | a list of the times when things will happen or be donefamily: schedules, scheduled, scheduling, reschedule | Check the schedule to see when your next class starts. |
| season ≠sea·son/ˈsizən/ | n. | one of the main parts of the yearfamily: seasonal | The rainy season starts in May. |
| since ✓✓/sɪns/ | prep. | from a past time until now | She has taught here since April. |
| till ≠/tɪl/ | prep. | informal: untilfamily: until | The library stays open till six. |
| yet ≠/jɛt/ | adv. | up to now | They have not arrived yet. |
society22 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| attack ✓✓at·tack/əˈtæk/ | n. | an act of trying to hurt someone or damage a placefamily: attacker, attacked, attacking, attacks | The old city walls once protected people from attack. |
| court ≠/kɔɹt/ | n. | the place where a judge decides whether someone has broken the lawfamily: courts, courtroom | The driver had to go to court after the accident. |
| crime ✓✓/kɹaɪm/ | n. | an action that is against the lawfamily: criminal, crimes | The police work hard to reduce crime in the city. |
| custom ≠cus·tom/ˈkʌstəm/ | n. | a traditional way of behaving that people in a society sharefamily: customs, customary | It is a local custom to take off your shoes indoors. |
| developed ✓de·vel·oped/dɪˈvɛləpt/ | adj. | having strong industry, good services and a high standard of livingfamily: develop, developer, developing, development, develops | Japan is a developed country with excellent public transport. |
| emergency ≠e·mer·gen·cy/ɪˈmɝdʒənsi/ | n. | a sudden dangerous situation that needs action at oncefamily: emerge, emergencies | In an emergency, call the number on the classroom wall. |
| government ✓✓gov·ern·ment/ˈɡʌvɚmənt/ | n. | the group of people who control and make decisions for a countryfamily: govern, governor, governmental, governments | The government plans to open a new hospital in our town. |
| illegal ≠il·le·gal/ɪˈliɡəl/ | adj. | not allowed by lawfamily: legal, illegally, illegality, legally | It is illegal to park on this side of the road. |
| nation ≠na·tion/ˈneɪʃən/ | n. | a country, together with all the people who live in itfamily: national, nationality, international, nationally, nations, nationwide | The whole nation celebrated when the team won the gold medal. |
| national ✓✓na·tion·al/ˈnæʃənəl/ | adj. | connected with a whole country, not just one part of itfamily: nation, nationality, nationally, international | The national museum is free for all students on Sundays. |
| official ≠of·fi·cial/əˈfɪʃəl/ | adj. | approved by the government or by the people in chargefamily: office, officially, officer, officials | The official exam results will be posted on the university website. |
| permission ✓✓per·mis·sion/pɚˈmɪʃən/ | n. | the agreement that lets someone do somethingfamily: permit, permissions | You need permission from the office to use the meeting room. |
| police ≠po·lice/pəˈlis/ | n. | the official group whose job is to stop crime and keep people safefamily: policing, policeman, policewoman | The police stopped the traffic so the students could cross safely. |
| political ≠po·lit·i·cal/pəˈlɪtəkəl/ | adj. | connected with government and public affairsfamily: politics, politician, politicians, politically | The students discussed political news from around the world in class. |
| population ✓✓pop·u·la·tion/ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən/ | n. | the number of people who live in a country, town or areafamily: populate, populated, populations | The population of Bangkok grows every year as people move there for work. |
| publish ✓✓pub·lish/ˈpʌblɪʃ/ | v. | to make a book, magazine or article available for people to readfamily: publication, publisher, published, publishes, publishing | Her first book was published last year and sold well. |
| represent ≠rep·re·sent/ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt/ | v. | to speak or act for a person or groupfamily: representative, representation, represented, representing, represents | Two students will represent our school at the competition. |
| society ✓✓so·ci·e·ty/səˈsaɪəti/ | n. | all the people who live together in a country or communityfamily: social, socially, societal, societies | Every society needs rules that people agree to follow. |
| terrorist ✓ter·ror·ist/ˈtɛɹɚɪst/ | adj. | connected with the use of violence to frighten people for political reasonsfamily: terror, terrorism, terrorists | Airports check every bag carefully to prevent terrorist attacks. |
| thief ✓✓/θif/ | n. | a person who steals things from othersfamily: thieves, theft, thieving | A thief took my bicycle from outside the library yesterday. |
| tradition ✓✓tra·di·tion/tɹəˈdɪʃən/ | n. | a way of doing things that people have followed for many yearsfamily: traditional, traditionally, traditions | It is a tradition in our family to eat together on Sunday evenings. |
| worldwide ≠world·wide/ˌwɝldˈwaɪd/ | adv. | in every part of the worldfamily: world, worlds, worldly | This charity has helped children worldwide for over thirty years. |
buddhism8 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| energy ≠en·er·gy/ˈɛnɚdʒi/ | n. Pali: viriya | the strength to act and keep actingfamily: energetic | Children have endless energy. |
| feeling ≠feel·ing/ˈfilɪŋ/ | n. Pali: vedanā | what you experience as pleasant, painful, or neitherfamily: feel, felt | A strange feeling came over her. |
| monk ≠/mʌŋk/ | n. Pali: bhikkhu | a man who has left ordinary life to follow a religious path | The monks walk for alms at dawn. |
| nun ⚠/nʌn/ | n. Pali: bhikkhunī | a woman who has left ordinary life to follow a religious path | The nuns study in the afternoon. |
| peace ≠/pis/ | n. Pali: santi | a calm state without worry or warfamily: peaceful | Meditation brings a feeling of peace. |
| pray ≠/pɹeɪ/ | v. | to speak to a god or holy power, often silentlyfamily: prayer | She prays before sleeping. |
| prayer ≠/pɹɛɹ/ | n. | the words or act of prayingfamily: pray | The prayer lasted ten minutes. |
| truth ≠/tɹuθ/ | n. Pali: sacca | what is real and correctfamily: true, truly | Tell the truth. |
weather7 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| degree ✓✓de·gree/dɪˈɡɹi/ | n. | a unit for measuring temperature or the size of an anglefamily: degrees | It was thirty-five degrees in Bangkok this afternoon. |
| fog ✓/fɑɡ/ | n. | thick cloud near the ground that makes it hard to seefamily: foggy, fogs | The morning fog was so thick that we could not see the road. |
| freeze ≠/fɹiz/ | v. | to become solid like ice because it is very coldfamily: froze, frozen, freezing, freezer, freezes | Water freezes when the temperature drops below zero degrees. |
| heat ✓✓/hit/ | n. | the quality of being hotfamily: heater, heating | The heat rose all afternoon. |
| storm ✓✓/stɔɹm/ | n. | very bad weather with strong wind and heavy rainfamily: storms, stormy, thunderstorm | The storm last night broke branches from the trees along our road. |
| temperature ✓✓tem·per·a·ture/ˈtɛmpɹətʃɚ/ | n. | how hot or cold something is, measured in degreesfamily: temperatures, temperate | The temperature in Bangkok often reaches thirty-five degrees in April. |
| thunder ≠thun·der/ˈθʌndɚ/ | n. | the loud noise heard during a stormfamily: thunderstorm | Thunder woke the children. |
academic5 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| chemical ≠chem·i·cal/ˈkɛməkəl/ | adj. | relating to substances and how they combine or changefamily: chemistry, chemist, chemicals, chemically | Mixing the two liquids caused a chemical change in colour. |
| evidence ✓✓ev·i·dence/ˈɛvədəns/ | n. | facts or objects that show something is truefamily: evident, evidently, evidenced | The scientists collected evidence to support their new idea. |
| figure ✓✓fig·ure/ˈfɪɡjɚ/ | n. | a number that shows an amount, price or totalfamily: figures, figured, figuring | The latest figures show that more students are cycling to campus. |
| research ✓✓re·search/ˈɹiˌsɝtʃ/ | n. | careful study to find new facts about a subjectfamily: researcher, researchers, researched, researching | Her research on sleep and memory took two years to finish. |
| scientific ≠sci·en·tif·ic/ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/ | adj. | based on careful, tested knowledge about the natural worldfamily: science, scientist, scientifically, sciences, scientists | The students followed a scientific method to test the river water. |
classroom3 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| attention ✓✓at·ten·tion/əˈtɛnʃən/ | n. | careful watching, listening or thinking about one thingfamily: attend, attentive, attentively, inattentive | Please pay attention to the instructions before you start the test. |
| blackboard ✓black·board/ˈblækˌbɔɹd/ | n. | a large dark surface on a classroom wall for writing with chalkfamily: black, board, blackboards | The teacher wrote the new words on the blackboard in large letters. |
| pronounce ✓✓pro·nounce/pɹəˈnaʊns/ | v. | to say the sounds of a word or letterfamily: pronunciation, pronounced, pronounces, pronouncing | How do you pronounce this word in English? |
outside2 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| surfing ✓surf·ing/ˈsɝfɪŋ/ | n. | the sport of riding waves while standing on a long boardfamily: surf, surfer, surfers | My cousin goes surfing every weekend at the beach. |
| track ✓✓/tɹæk/ | n. | a narrow path or rough road, often through fields or forestfamily: tracks, tracked, tracking, tracker | We followed a muddy track through the forest to the lake. |
environment1 words
| Word | Part of speech | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| recycle ✓✓re·cy·cle/ɹiˈsaɪkəl/ | v. | to use old paper, glass or plastic again to make new thingsfamily: recycling, recyclable, recycled, recycles | Our school recycles all its paper and plastic bottles. |
Practice these words
Six scrambles taken from the list above. Each one opens in the unscrambler with the letters already entered, so you can try it in your head first and then check.
To practice a set you choose yourself, paste your own words into the scramble maker and print a sheet with an answer key. If you are a teacher, the worksheet library has ready-made sets with a classroom procedure attached.
Study notes for A2
A2 is the level at which word families start paying for themselves. Read the small grey line under each meaning. If you know travel, you nearly know traveller and travelling; you only have to learn the ending, not the word.
Use the example sentence as the test, not the meaning. Cover the meaning column, read the example, and see whether the sentence still makes sense to you. A word you can only define is a word you cannot yet use.
If you are working towards a school target — many national curricula set A2 as the end of lower secondary — spread the list over weeks rather than attacking it. Twenty words a week, with the previous week's twenty revised on Friday, beats a hundred in one evening every time.
Where to go next
When most of this list is familiar, move up to B1 vocabulary. Do not wait until you know every word — the bands overlap, and the fastest way to consolidate one level is to start meeting the next.
All six bands are explained on the levels page. The unscrambler shows the band on every learner entry, so any learner word you look up tells you roughly how hard it is. Teachers matching these bands to a national curriculum may want the Thai curriculum mapping.
Sources: Meanings are written for learners rather than adapted from any single dictionary, and checked against established learner dictionaries. CEFR levels are evidence-graded against the CEFR-J Wordlist v1.5 (© Tono Laboratory, TUFS), the Oxford 3000/5000 level bands and, for C1–C2, the Octanove Vocabulary Profile (CC BY-SA 4.0); each level carries one of five evidence marks (✓✓ ✓ ≠ ✓* ⚠). Pronunciations derive from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Copyright © 1993–2015 Carnegie Mellon University), General American. Full methodology, exact counts and the change log: methodology & sources. Last checked: 24 August 2026.