PRE-FACULTY VOCABULARY PRIMER

PRE‐FACULTY WORD LIST
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HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
Absolute Absolutely have absolute confidence
1 absolute absolutely amazing
Abstract abstract /
2 abstraction abstract abstract idea /concept
Accept glad to accept / happy to
accept /
be / seem / make stg
3 accept acceptance acceptable / unacceptable acceptably acceptable
Accompany be accompanied by
4 accompany accompaniment accompanied someone
Accountable on account of
bank account
make someone / hold
account someone accountable for
5 account accountability accountable stg
Accumulate slowly / rapidly accumulate
begin to accumulate
lead to / prevent
6 accumulate accumulation accumulated accumulation
Accustomed
be / become / get
7 accustomed accustomed to something
Acknowledge openly / publicly
acknowledge
acknowledgement from
8 acknowledge acknowledgement someone
9 Additive add addition additive food additive
Adjust quickly adjust / be difficult /
hard to adjust
10 adjust adjustment adjustable fully adjustable
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Administer administer an exam
11 administer administration administrative administrative duties
12 address address address an issue
address the audience
Advance advance,
13 advancement advanced in advance, advanced level
14 Aircraft aircraft
Allocate allocate stg for/ to stg
15 allocate allocation allocate time / money
Allowance weekly / daily allowance
16 allow allowance get / receive allowance
Ally have an ally/ find an ally
17 ally yourself to/ with
ally ally someone
Alter make alterations / undergo
18 alter alteration alteration
19 Ambiguity ambiguousness ambiguous ambiguously Ambiguous smile
ambiguity Ambiguous reply
analyse
carefully/critically/fully
in depth / detailed
/objective analysis leading
Analyst analyst / computer / business /
analyse
20 analysis analytical political analyst
Ancestor common ancestry
ancestor claim / have / share
21 ancestry ancestry
Angle from an angle / angle of /
22 angle angle between
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Apologize be/feel/look/sound
apologetic
make an apology / expect
an apology
apologize for something
23 apologize apology apologetic apologize to someone
Appendix something in in the
24 appendix appendix
25 Applaud applaud applause
Appoint appoint someone to do
something / appoint
someone as something
26 appoint appointment make an appointment
Approach
approach somebody for
something
approach a problem /task
27 approach approach approachable the approach of something
28 Arch arch
29 Arise arise arise from / arise out of
30 Artificial artificial artificially artificial flowers / light
31 Ash ash
32 Atmosphere atmosphere
Attain perfectly / fully / easily
33 attain attainability attainable attainable
Attempt
attempt to do stg / attempt
at doing stg
34 attempt attempt attempted attempted murder/ suicide
35 Attorney attorney
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Attribute attribute
36 attribute attribution attributive attribute stg to s.o
Authority deny / refuse / reject /
37 undermine authority
authorize authority authoritarian / authoritative authorize sb to do stg
38 Automatic automatic automatically automatic car
39 Axe axe
40 Backbone backbone
41 Barrel barrel
Basis base stg on stg
42
basis for
base basis basic basically on a ...basis
43 Beak beak bird beak
bear to be, become bearable
44 bear bearable, unbearable to make stg bearable
45 Beast beast beastly
46 Bend bend bend over / down
47 Beneath beneath
48 Beneficiary beneficiary beneficiary of
49 Bet bet
Bias political / gender / racial
50 bias biased bias
Bid bid against / bid for
51 bid bid make / place a bid
52 Bind bind binding be bound to
53 Blade blade
Boost give sb / provide sb with
54 boost / boost somebody's
confidence
boost boost booster boosted confidence booster
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55 Border on the border /across the
border border / cross the border
56 Bother bother bother bother to do something
Bound within the bounds / out of
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bounds
bound bound bound to do something
Boundary common / northern / state
58 boundary boundary
59 Breadth breadth breadth of stg
60 Breed breed breed rare breed / pure breed
Bribe bribe bribe someone to do stg
61 bribe bribery bribe someone with stg
62 Brief brief brief briefly
Broad broad range
63 broaden broad broaden your horizons
64 Brush brush brush brush your hair / teeth
65 Bubble bubble
66 Bulk bulk bulk of something
Bundle bundle of something
67 bundle bundle bundled in a bundle
68 Campaign launch / start / organise /
campaign campaign run / manage a campaign
69 Candidate candidate
Capable /Incapable (of) have capability
be capable of doing
70 capability capable / incapable something
71 Captain captain
Capture try to / manage to / attempt
72 capture capture, captive captured to capture
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Careless take care / provide
73 someone with care
/ care about
care become / get / grow
care carelessness careless carelessly careless
Carriage horse-drawn carriage, train
74 carriage carriage
Category categorize into
75 categorize category put stg into a category
Cease
declare /negotiate ceasefire
76 cease ceasefire cease to exist
77 Century Bride of the Century
century
78 Ceremony brief / formal / official
ceremony ceremonial ceremony
79 Chamber chamber
Cheat cheat on someone / turn
80 cheat cheat / cheater someone into a cheat
81 Chief chief chiefly chief of police / staff
82 Chin Chin
83 Cite cite citation cited works cited
Civil be civil to someone
84 civilian civil civil war
Clap give someone a big clap /
85 clap clap clap loudly
86 Client client
87 Cliff cliff
88 Coal Coal
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Code break / write in code / a
89 code code of behaviour /
code encode coded, encoded conduct/ practice
90 Collapse collapse collapse from stg
91 collaborate collaborate collaboration collaborative collaborate with someone /
on something
collaborate in doing sth
92 Colonise colonise colony colonised establish a colony
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93 Comfort comfort comfort comfortable / comforting find / get / seek comfort
94 Comment have / make a comment
comment on / about
comment comment something to someone
Commentary radio / sports / news
95 commentary commentary
Commerce cinema / radio / TV
commercial
do / make a commercial
commerce domestic / international
96 commercial commercial commerce
Commodity basic / common / cheap
97 commodity commodity
98 Company accompany company Film company
Food company
Compatible
99 (with)/Incompatible compatible / incompatible compatible with
100 Compensate compensate for something
get / receive / gain
compensate compensation compensated compensation
Compile compile something from /
101 for stg
compile compilation a compilation of
102 Component component
103 Compose composer /
compose composition compose stg
104 Comprehensive comprehensive / extremely / fully / quite
comprehend comprehension comprehensible comprehensive
105 Comprise comprise comprised be comprised of
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Compromise
agree on / arrive at / come
106 compromise compromise compromised to / reach a compromise
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107 Concern concern concern concerned concerned about
108 concrete concrete concretely concrete evidence
109 Conclude come to a conclusion / in
conclude conclusion conclusive conclusion
110 Confirm wait for / have / get
confirm confirmation confirmed confirmation
111 Conform conformity,
conform conformist conform to
112 Conscience conscience
113 Conscious consciously /
consciousness conscious / unconscious unconsciously be conscious of stg
114 Consensus arrive at / reach a
consensus consensus
115 Conservative conservatism conservative
116 Consistent consistency Consistent /Inconsistent
/Inconsistent inconsistency consistent with
117 Constant constant remain / stay constant
118 Constitute draw up / prepare / adopt /
constitute constitution enact a constitution
119 Constrain constrain constraint constrained constraint on
120 Consult consultation /
consult consultant consult sb about stg
121 contaminate contaminate contamination contaminated
122 Contest contest /

contestant
123 Continent continent
124 Contradict contradict contradiction
125 Contrary Contrariness Contrary Contrarily On the contrary
126 Controversial Controversial
controversy cause / create controversy
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127 Convene annual / international
convene convention conventional conventionally convention
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128 Coordinate coordinate with / lack of
coordination
coordinate coordination coordinated color coordinated
129 Corporate corporate
130 Correspond correspond correspondence correspond to
131 Cotton cotton
132 Coverage cover coverage live coverage
133 Crack crack crack
134 Craft craft
135 Creation
creation / creativity
create / creator creative creatively
136 Creature creature
137 Criteria Criteria (pl)
Criterion(sg)
138 Crown crown
139 Crucial crucial crucial for / crucial to
140 Cultivate cultivate cultivation cultivated
141 Curse curse curse curse for
142 cynical cynical
143 Dare How dare you ! I dare
dare dare daring you to ...
144 dam dam build a dam
145 Data data collect data
146 Debate debate about / on
debate between
debate debate debatable have a debate
147 Decade decade
148 Deceive deceive deception / deceit deceptive
149 Deed deed
150 Deer deer
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151 Defeat defeat defeat (un)defeated accept / admit defeat
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152 Defend defend defense defensive defend against
153 Delicate delicacy delicate
154 Derive derive derive from
155 Depress Depressive/ depressed / depressively
depressing
156 Deserve deserve
157 Desire desire desire desire for stg
158 Despair despair /
desperation in / with despair
159 Detect detection/
detect detective
160 Deviate deviate deviation deviate from
diagnose to diagnose correctly,
wrongly to
161 make / give diagnosis
correct/ right / tentative
diagnose diagnosis diagnosis
a bitter/long-running dispute
162 dispute dispute dispute disputed (border/ dispute over a problem
territory/goal) a pay/legal/trade dispute
to be in dispute with
someone
hotly disputed (passive)
163 distract distract
somebody/something from
distract distraction distracted something
164 Devote devote yourself to stg
devoted to
devote devotion devoted show devotion
165 Differentiate differentiate between
differentiate different differentiate from
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166 Dig dig digger dig for stg
167 Dimension dimension dimensional in two / three dimensions
168 Diminish diminish
169 Dine dine dinner dine out
Direct direct a film / film director
be extremely / very / quite
170 direct director direct direct
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171 Discriminate
positively/ unfairly
discriminate discriminate
against age / class /
gender / race religious
discrimination against
discriminate discrimination somebody
172 Dismiss dismissal of somebody
reason for dismissal
class / meeting is
dismiss dismissal dismissive, dismissed dismissed
173 Disobey
disobedience to somebody
disobedience / punish somebody for
disobey / obey obedience obedient/disobedient disobedience
174 Display clearly, prominently,
display display proudly display
175 Dispose rubbish, sewage, waste
disposal
dispose disposal disposable dispose of stg
176 Disregard demonstrate / show
disregard disregard disregard for / of stg
177 Disrespect Disrespectful/respectful
have, show, treat
disrespect disrespect somebody with disrespect
178 Dissimilar be / appear / look dissimilar
dissimilar / similar from / to
179 Dissolve Dissolve Dissolver, Dissolvable
dissolvent
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Distinct become / remain distinct
180 crucial, important, main
distinction distinct / distinctive distinction between
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181 Distort seriously, severely distort
stg
cause, create, lead to
distort distortion distortion of stg
182 Ditch ditch ditch deep, wide shallow ditch
183 Diversity growing, considerable
ethnic, genetic diversity
diversify diversity diverse diversely diversity in / of stg
184 Domain domain private / public domain
185 Domestic domestic market, economy,
domesticate domestic / domesticated pets
186 Dominate
*achieve, assert
dominance over sb/smtg
*seem, become, remain
dominant
*largely, increasingly
dominate
dominance / *complete,
dominate domination dominant dominantly cultural, economic,
political
domination
187 Dove dove peace dove
188 Downward downward downwards
189 Drag drag
190 drawback the drawbacks of sth
191 Drawer drawer open, pull a drawer
192 Drugstore drugstore
193 Eager eager eagerly appear, seem eager
194 Ease great, remarkable ease in
ease ease easy easily begin to , try to ease
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195 Edge edge on the edge
196 Elastic elastic elastic band
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Element basic, crucial, essential
197 element element
198 Eliminate eliminate elimination eliminate from
199 Emerge emerge from, into
emerge emergence emergence of
200 emit
carbon dioxide emissions,
emission levels
emit emission to cut, reduce emissions
201 Emphasis place, emphasis on
considerable, great
emphasis
emphasize emphasis emphatic strongly emphasize
202 Enable enable enabling enable sb / stg to do stg
203 Endurance endurance test
endure endurance endurable endure doing stg
204 Enemy defeat, destroy, confront,
enemy face an enemy
205 Energetic renewable, nuclear, solar
energy
generate, supply, consume
energise energy energetic energy
fully, strictly enforced
strict, effective enforcement
law, legal, police
enforcement
Enforce enforce a law / rule / policy
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enforce enforcement enforced
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207
engage s in stg
Engage previous, prior engagement
engage engagement engaged / engaging
deeply, heavily engaged
208 Entitle be entitled to do stg
entitle sb to do stg
entitlement to
holiday,benefit, pension
entitle entitlement entitled entitlement
209 Essence essence real, true essence
Estimate
estimate, difficult to, hard to estimate
overestimate, estimate / (under, early, initial estimate
underestimate over)estimation (under, over)estimated make an estimate
210 Ethics Ethical/Unethical personal, business medical
ethics (un)ethically ethics
211 Ethnic ethnic origin, ethnic
ethnic violence
212 evidence convincing, decisive
evidence
evidence evident evidently it is evident that ...
213 Evolution gradual, rapid, natural
evolution
evolve evolution evolved evolve from, evolve into
Examine fully, properly examine
careful, detailed, full
214 examine examination examination
Exceed expected to, likely to
215 exceed exceed
216 Excess excess excessive excess of
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Executive
Chief Executive Officer
217 execute executive executive (CEO), executive decision
Exhibit small, important, major
exhibition exhibit
218 exhibit exhibition symptoms
219 Exit exit exit
220 Expense leading, medical, travel
expense expensive expenses
221 Expertise lack, need , require
expertise, expert expertise
Exploit military, sexual exploit
b open to, be vulnerable to
222 exploit exploitation exploitation
Export Export Exportability Exportable
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224 eyebrow
Facilitate facilitation,
225 facilitate facilitator further facilitate
226 Facility
facility childcare, leisure facilities
227 Fade quickly fade, fade away,
fade begin to fade
228 feasible economically/technically/pol
feasibility feasible, infeasible itically feasible
229 Feast feast have a feast
230 Fellow fellow fellow fellow traveller
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231 Fierce fierce attack, opposition,
fierce fiercely criticism
232 File alphabetically file
file file fat, thick, secret, case file
233 Fine fine fine fined pay a (high) fine
a library/ parking fine
234 Finite/Infinite Finite/Infinite finite resources infinity
infinity of stg
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235 Fitness fitness fit
236 Flame flame
237 Flesh flesh
238 Flood flood flood flooded
239 Fluctuate sharply, considerably
fluctuate
fluctuate between A and B
fluctuate fluctuation cause fluctuation
240 Fond be fond of great,
fondness fond special fondness
241 Forever forever and ever
forever go on forever
242 Foundation The British Heart
found foundation founded Foundation
243 Frozen freeze freezer frozen freeze to death
244 Fundamental
seem, remain, consider stg,
regard stg as fundamental
fundamental truly, fairly fundamental
245 Funeral funeral funeral ceremony, service
246 Fur
fur furry thick, soft, artificial, fake fur
247 Furnish fully furnished, garden
furnish furniture furnished furniture
248 Furthermore furthermore
249 Gain gain control, power,
reputation
gain gain financial, economic gain
250 Gap gap gap between
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251 Genius genius
252 Gentle appear, look, seem gentle

perfect, real, true
gentleman gentle gently gentleman
253 Gifted gift gifted be gifted in
254 Glove gardening, surgical, oven
glove gloves
255 Glue glue glue put on glue
256 Grab grab try to, manage to grab
257 Grain grain
258 Grease covered in grease, remove,
grease dissolve grease
259 Grand grandness grand grandly
260 Grind grind grinder
261 Guarantee guarantee guarantee guaranteed full, life time guarantee
practical, clear, helpful
guidelines
develop, draw up, offer,
262 Guideline guide guideline guided stick to guidelines
263 Hang hang upside down, hang
hang from a place
264 Hardship
cause, endure, experience,
hardship hard face hardships
265 Harvest harvest harvest, harvester good, large , rich harvest
266 Haste frantic, great haste
haste hasty hastily with / without haste
267 Hay hay
268 Heel heel high-heels
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269 Hence hence
Hero great, brave hero
270 hero / heroin become, turn into a hero
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271 Hierarchy hierarchical structure,
hierarchy hierarchical hierarchically organisation
272 Hinder be likely to, tend to hinder
hinder hindrance without hindrance
273 Hip hip
274 Hire hire charge, cost, for hire
hire locally, by the day, by
hire hire hired the week
275 Historian contemporary, early, recent
history
throughout history
change the course of
historian, history historical historically history
276 Hollow hollow dark, natural, deep hallow
277 Holy holy holy city, man, book
278 Hook hook hooked be, become, get hooked
279 Hopeless /Hopeful Hopeless /Hopeful hope for, look seem
hope hope hopefully hopeless
280 hostile hostility hostile hostile to/towards
281 Horizon northern, southern, distant
horizon
broaden, expand, widen
horizon horizons
282 Horizontal/Vertical Horizontal/Vertical Horizontally/Verticall Horizontal/Vertical line
y
283 Humble in my humble opinion,
humble humbly humble apologies
humid a humid climate, high, low
284 humidity
humidify humidity humid humidity level
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285 Hunger extreme hunger, feel
hunger
become, get, make sb
hunger hungry hungry
286 Hunt fox, seal, tiger hunt
massive, nationwide hunt
hunt hunter, hunting treasure hunt
287 Hypothetical Hypothetical Hypothetically acceptable, working
hypothesis
entirely, purely, totally
hypothesis hypothetical
288 Identical look, seem identical
identical identically identical to / with
289 Ideological Ideology Ideological Ideologically
dominant, official, capitalist,
socialist ideology
290 Idle remain, leave stg, make stg
idle idly idle
291 Ignorant Ignorant show ignorance
appear, seem, seem,
ignore ignorance remain ignorant
Illegal /Legal legalize Illegal /Legal become, be legal
challenge, question, assert,
292 legality recognise legality
293 Imitate accurate, good, poor
imitate imitation imitated imitation
294 Immense Immense Immensely
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Immigrant Immigrate Immigrant, illegal, foreign, Italian
295 Immigration immigrant
illegal, large-scale,
immigration
immigration rules, officer,
service
immigrate from / to
Implication be implicated in stg
considerable, crucial,
major, important
296 implicate implication implications
297 Import imported
import importation
Imprison falsely, wrongly, temporarily
imprison ten years,
immediate , life
298 imprison imprisonment imprisonment
Improbable/probable Improbable/probable highly probable
probable outcome, result,
299 probability probably consequence
300 Improper/Proper Improper/Proper properly proper way, place
Impure/Pure Impure/Pure
301 pure silk
pure chance, coincidence
purity / impurity purely purity of tap water
302 Inaccessible/Accessible access, (in) Inaccessible/Accessible make stg, become, remain
access accessibility accessible
303 Incentive Incentive big, considerable, sufficient,
more, less, financial
incentive
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304 in charge
Incident Incident ,
305 incidence incidental incidentally major, serious incident
306 indifferent indifference indifferent show indifference
to/towards sth
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307 Inherit inheritance inheritance from sb
inherit large, small inheritance
308 Inclusive Inclusive, included possible inclusion
include inclusion all inclusive
309 Incorporate Incorporate
incorporated incorporate stg into / in stg
310 Incurable/curable cure cure Incurable/curable incurable disease, illness
311 Indefinite /definite Indefinite /definite (in)definitely Indefinite/definite article
312 Independence Independence Independent Independently
become, feel, make
somebody independent
full, total independence
enjoy, value independence
313 Indirect Indirect indirectly Indirect speech
314 Inevitable Inevitable inevitable result,
inevitably consequence
315 Infrastructure Infrastructure
316 Inherent Inherent Inherently be inherent in stg
317 Inhibit Inhibit tend to, severely inhibit
inhibition inhibit someone from stg
318 Initiate Initiate Initiative take the initiative, have
initiative
319 Inner Inner
320 Innovate Innovate Innovation Innovative successful, scientific
innovation
321 Inordinate Inordinateness Inordinate Inordinately Inordinate amount of time
Inordinate number of
problems
322 Insight Insight
have, gain, get insight into
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323 Insist Insist insist on
insistence insistent insistently become, remain insistent
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324 Inspect Inspect Inspection, carefully, thoroughly
inspector inspect
carry out, make, conduct
inspection
325 Instruct carefully, explicitly instruct
proper formal,
instruction, individualized, private
instruct instructor instruction
326 Insufficient/Sufficient Insufficient/Sufficient Insufficiently/Suffici
ently prove insufficient
327 Integral Integrate Integral integrate into / with
encourage, achieve, speed
up, require, lead to
integration
integration integral part of stg
328 Intense Intensity Intensive, intense Intensively
tend to, be likely to intensify
high, low intensity
intensive care, labour
intensify intensive
329 Internal /External Internal /External Internally
/Externally
330 intervene
to intervene directly, a
intervene intervention police, military intervention
331 Invade military invasion
fear of invasion
invade invasion, invader invaded invasion of privacy
Invaluable Invaluable, valuable remain, make stg
332 value value invaluable
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333 Irrational/rational Irrational/rational Irrationally/rationally
quite, totally irrational
334 Isolate political, complete, social
isolation isolate
somebody from somebody /
isolate isolation isolated stg
335 jail
336 Jaw jaw

337 Jewel jewel, jewellery
338 Joint joint knee, hip, elbow joint
339 Kingdom kingdom
340 Lab lab, laboratory
341 Label put a label on stg
correctly, falsely, properly,
label label wrongly label
342 Labour physical, hard labour
labour, labourer cheap, child labour
343 Ladder ladder climb a ladder
344 Lately late lately
345 Lay lay lay eggs, lay stg out
346 Layer layer thin, thick layer
347 League at the bottom / top of the
league, be in a different
league league
348 Lean lean on somebody
lean lean towards
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349 Liberal liberal leader, party
personal, political, religious
liberate liberty liberal liberty
350 Lid lid put a lid on stg
351 life expectancy life expectancy
352 Lifelong lifelong lifelong learning
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353 Lifetime in your lifetime
lifetime income,
lifetime employment, experience
354 Likewise likewise
355 Limb limb broken, injured, stiff limb
356 Lift lifted the ban on sth
lift sb's spirits
357 Load load load loaded heavy, work, full load
358 Lodging lodging lodging house
359 Log log keep a log, web log
360 Logic logic Logical, Illogical logically
361 Longevity
362 Lord Lord Good Lord!
363 Loyal extremely, very loyal
loyalty loyal show loyalty to, for, from
364 Magic pure, black magic
truly, totally magical
magic, magician magical magically do magic
365 Major big, vast majority, majority
majority major of
366 Mall mall shopping mall
367 Manipulate easily, deliberately
manipulate
manipulation, careful, clever, deliberate
manipulate manipulator manipulative manipulation
368 Mankind mankind history of mankind
369 Marker marker board marker
370 Massive enormous , huge, large
mass massive
heart attack
mass, masses massive massive argument
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371 Master master and servant
master master master the art of stg
372 Mat mat yoga mat
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373 Mate mate class, team, work mate
374 Maximum maximum amount, number
maximise opportunities,
maximise maximum maximum chances
375 Meantime meantime in the meantime
376 Meanwhile meanwhile
377 Mechanism locking, steering
mechanism
mechanism, avoidance, control, defence
mechanic mechanical mechanically mechanism
378 Melt melt melting, melted melt away
379 Memorial memorial ceremony,
memorial memorial service
380 Mentality mentality of teenagers,
youth
mentality mental mentally mental illness
381 Merchant merchant, rich, powerful merchant
merchandise buy, sell merchandise
382 Mere mere coincidence, mere
mere merely fact
383 Messenger messenger,
message message don't shoot the messenger
384 Midst midst in the midst of
385 Migrate migrant worker, migrate
migrate migration, migrant from, into, to
386 Mild mild mildly mild weather, illness
387 Military military forces,military
military military militarily action
388 Minimal minimal
389 Minimum maximum
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390 Mining mining, mine,
miner coal mine
391 Minority belong to, discriminate
minority minority against minority
392 Mixed ethnically, socially racially
mix mixture mixed mixed
393 Mode mode normal mode
394 Moderate in moderation
moderation moderate moderate amount of stg
395 Modest modesty modest modestly show modesty
396 Modify
modify modification modified genetically- modified food
397 Monitor monitor monitor monitorial baby monitor
monitorship monitor sb's cholesterol
levels
398 Motionless absolutely, virtually
motion motionless motionless
399 Motivate poor, low motivation, lack,
motivate motivation motivated lose motivation
400 Motive motive motive behind, for stg
401 Multiple multiple multiple choice
402 Multiply multiply multiplication multiplied
403 Muscle muscle
404 Mutual mutual trust, respect,
mutual mutually understanding
405 Namely namely
406 Neat neatness neat neatly
407 Neglect be accused of, guilty of
neglect negligence neglected, negligent negligence
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408 negotiate negotiate negotiation a negotiated negotiate with sb
negotiator agreement/settlement/ negotiate for a contract
solution negotiate an agreement
negotiate business deals
409 Neutral neutral remain, stay neutral
410 Nevertheless nevertheless
411 Noble noble noble family, blood
412 Nonetheless nobility nonetheless
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413 Norm become the norm, social,
norm normal cultural norms
414 notion of stg
Notable note notable example,
note notion notable notably achievement, success
415 Nuclear nuclear nuclear power
416 Nuisance Nuisance awful, terrible nuisance
417 Numerous number number numerous numerous occasions
418 Nut nut
419 Obedience (dis)Obedience Obedient/disobedient Obediently/disobedi
(dis)obey ently obedience to
420 obliged obligation obliged, obligatory
to be, feel obliged to do stg
to be obligatory for sb to do
stg
421 Omit omit omission
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423 Ongoing ongoing ongoing project, research
424 Operate operate operation Operate (machinery)
425 Option option optional have an option
426 Otherwise Otherwise
427 Outbreak outbreak outbreak of disease
428 Outcome outcome major outcome
429 Outlook outlook
430 Outwards outward Outwards facing, looking outwards
431 Overlap overlap overlap overlapping overlap with
432 Pan pan
433 Parallel parallel parallel to
434 Paste
paste paste copy and paste, tooth-paste
435 Patriotic patriotism, patriot patriotic
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436 Pattern pattern pattern of stg
437 Pearl pearl
438 Peculiar peculiarity peculiar become, remain peculiar
439 Penalty penalize Penalty pay a penalty
a penalty of up to three
440 Periodical periodical years in prison.
441 Persist
persist persistence persistent persist in, show persistence
442 Pile pile a pile of
443 Pinch pinch a pinch of
444 Pipe pipe water pipe
445 Pitch pitch football pitch
446 Plot plot plot of a film, story
447 Plough plough plough plough through
448 Plug plug plug plugged / unplugged pull the plug, plug stg in
449 Policy foreign, economic, public
policy policy
450 Pose
pose pose a threat, danger, risk
451 Possess Possess Possession family, personal, private
possessive possession
452 Potential reach, realize, fulfil
potential potential potentially potential
453 Poverty reduce, eliminate poverty
extreme, severe,
widespread, rural, urban
poverty poor poverty
454 Powder powder gun powder
455 Practical practical person
practicality practical practically practicalities of stg
456 Precious precious precious stone
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457 Prejudice prejudice prejudice Prejudicial
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458 Preliminary preliminary stages
preliminary preliminary as a preliminary
459 Premises on the premises, off the
premises premises
460 Preservation Preserve Preservation environmental, building
preservation
food, wood, artificial
preservative
preservative preserve stg for stg
461 Presumably Presume Presumably
rightly, wrongly presume
strong, general
presumption presumption about, against
462 Pretend pretend pretension pretentious pretentiously pretend to be
463 Pride pride pride proud proudly have pride, out of pride
464 Primarily primary primary Primarily primary care
Prior prioritize Priority Prior high, major, top, immediate
465 , low priority
Prior to stg
466 Prize get, receive, take, accept a
prize prize
467 Procedure Procedure complex, complicated
simple procedure
468 Proceed decide to, intend to
proceed
criminal,justice, legal
proceed proceedings proceedings
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469 Prohibit Prohibit prohibit from
impose, abolish , lift
prohibitions
prohibition prohibitory prohibition against, of
470 Projection Project
Projection
471 Promote promote stg, widely

promoted, efforts to
promoter, promote
promote promotion get a promotion
472 Prompt promptness Prompt Promptly prompt action
473 Proof
prove to be innocent, guilty
prove proof proven be proof against stg
474 Properly (im)Properly proper name, behaviour,
place
improper conduct,
proper / improper behaviour
475 Proportion Proportion proportion of stg
476 Proposal marriage proposal
propose doing stg
propose proposal propose an idea
477 Prospective Prospective Prospective
(buyers/employers)
prospect job, career prospects
478 Protection protect against, from
be protective against,
towards protection
protect protection protective against, from
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479 Radical Radical Radical radical changes, ideas
480 Random
random randomly random sample, selection
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481 Rank rank high, low
be ranked fourth, number
rank rank one
482 Ratio ratio ratio between
483 Raw raw raw material / food
484 Reactor react reactor nuclear reactor
485 rebel rebel against stg
rebel rebel, rebellion rebellious rebel forces/soldiers
486 Recall recall clearly, vividly, well
recall recall total recall
487 Reckon reckon reckoning reckon stg to be stg
488 Reform go through reform
carry out , implement, put
reform, into practice reforms
reformation, attempt to, seek to, try to
reform reformist reform
489 Refresh refresh Refreshments refreshing, refreshed
490 Refuse Refuse Refusal refuse to do stg, refusal to
do stg
491 Regard regard stg as stg
show, pay, considerable,
great regard
regard regard regarding, regardless regardless of
492 Regime new, old, current, socialist
regime regime
493 Regulate Regulate Regulation strict, tight, government,
regulated school regulations
494 Reinforce positive, negative
reinforce reinforcement reinforced reinforcement
495 Rejoice Rejoice rejoicer Rejoicing, rejoiceful Rejoicingly
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496 Relate Relatively
relate stg to stg
relate relation, relative related relation between / with / to
497 Relief considerable, deep,
enormous relief a
sense of relief, tears of
relieve relief relief
498 Reluctant be reluctant to / reluctance
reluctance reluctant reluctantly to
499 Remark remark make a remark
500 Replicate Replicate replica replicate the original
experiment
501 Reproduce reproduce reproduction reproductory reproductory organs
502 Request request request make a request
503 Rescue rescue rescue
504 Residence residents of a place
residential home, course,
reside residence, resident residential neighbourhood
505 Resign resign from
announce, accept, reject
resign resignation resignation
506 Resist Resistance popular army, organised,
resist irresistible political resistance
507 Resolve
an attempt to resolve,
resolve resolution resolved resolve stg through / by stg
508 Resource financial, limited, natural
resource resourceful resources
509 Restless restless
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510 Restrain restrain from
considerable, great,
restrain restraint restrained remarkable restraint
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Restrict
without restriction
restrict yourself/somebody
to (doing) something
511 restrict restriction restrictive, restricted restricted access, area
retain employees
retain land
retain old customs
512 Retain
retain retainment retainable
Reverse reversal of stg
reverse a
513 reverse reversal reversible decision/verdict/policy
514 Revenue Revenue
515 Rigid be, appear , seem rigid
academic, intellectual,
rigour rigid logical rigour
516 Rival rival, rivalry rival company/firm/team
517 Rose rose rosy rosy cheeks
518 Rough rough roughly
519 Route route scenic route
520 Rubber rubber rubber gloves
521 Rumour
rumour spread,hear, start a rumour
522 Rural /urban urbanization rural / urban rural area
523 Rush do something in a rush
rush rush rush to do something
524 Sacrifice Sacrifice Sacrifice make sacrifices
sacrifice something for
something
525 Sand sand
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526 sarcasm sarcastic heavy sarcasm
527 Scale scale on a large scale
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528 Scare care the life/living
scare scare Scared daylights/hell etc out of
somebody
a bomb scare
a health scare
529 scarce resources
Scarce Scarcity
the scarcity of skilled
workers
530 Scenario Scenario worst-case/nightmare

scenario
531 Schedule /Scheme Schedule /Scheme
make a schedule
532 Scope beyond/outside/within the
scope scope of something
533 Seal seal seal hunt
534 Sector sector sectoral public/private sector
535 Seek seek refuge/asylum/shelter
seek revenge/damages/
compensation
job/attention/publicity etc
seeker
seek seeker
536 Seize seize something from
seize somebody
537 Senior senior senior management.
538 Sentence
539 Sequence Sequence in a ... Sequence
out of sequence
sequential sequentially sequence of events
540 Session session
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541 Settle Settlement, settler
settle settled in
542 Shift shift shift
543 Shot Shot Shot of …
544 Siblings Siblings

545 Simultaneous Simultaneous Simultaneously
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546 Shade
shade shaded in the shade (of something)
547 Sharp sharpen sharpener sharp sharp edge
548 Sheet (of paper) Sheet Sheet of paper
549 Shelter Shelter
animal shelter
shelter sb/sth from sb/sth
shelter
550
Shield Shield shield shield against shield
somebody/something from
somebody/something
551 Shift shift

shift shift attention/emphasis/focus
552 Shoot shoot somebody in the
leg/head etc a
shoot shoot photo shoot
553 Shore Shore sea shore
554 Shortage Shortage water/food/housing etc
shortage
shortage of
555 sin sin to commit, confess a sin
it is a sin to do stg
556 Sincere sincerity Sincere Sincerely
557 Slight Slight Slightly
558 Smart smart
559 So called So called
560 Soil soil
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561 Sole sole solely solely responsible
562 Solid solid
563 Sow sow sowing the seeds of
564 Specialist Specialize Specialist specialised Specially specialize in
565 Sphere sphere spherical
566 Spill spill spill spilt cry over spilt milk
567 Spin spin
568 Spit spit
569 Spite Spite Spite Spiteful In spite of
570 Splendid Splendid splendidly
571 Split Split
572 Spot Spot spot the difference
573 Stable in a stable condition
shut/close the stable door
after the horse has bolted
stable stable British English
574 Stare (at) Stare Stare (at)
575 Stem stem stem Stem (from)
576 Sticky stick sticky stick to
577 Stiff Stiff Stiff joints
578 Sting A bee, wasp, scorpion can
sting sting
579 Stir stir something with
something
stir something in/into
stir something
580 Stocking stockings
581 Stove stove
582 Straw straw the last straw
583 Stretch stretch
584 Strict Strict Strictly
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585 Strike Strike Strike strike something with
something
586 Substance Substance Substantial substantially substantial amount of stg
587 Suburb Suburbs
588 Suck suck
589 Superior superiority Superior superiority complex
590 Surround Surround Surrounding
591 Suspend Suspend Suspended
total, temporary, immediate
suspension suspend
suspension somebody from something
592 Sustain Sustain Sustainable
sustainability environmentally sustainable
593 Swing swing swing swing back and forth
594 Sword sword
595 Tackle tackle somebody about
tackle something
596 talent talent for stg
artistic / unique talent
to have / demonstrate
talent to be very
talent talented talented
597 Temple temple
598 Tempt Tempt Temptation tempt somebody into doing
tempting something
599 Tension tension tense
600 Terminate termination, early, sudden termination
terminate terminator terminated terminate a contract
601 terrify terrify terrified, terrifying
602 Thereby thereby thereby doing something
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603 Threat Threaten Threatening threaten to do something
threaten somebody with
something life-
threatening pose
threat a threat
604 Tight /Loose tighten / loosen Tight /Loose Tightly /Loosely
605 Timeless time Timeless
606 Timely
time in a timely manner/fashion
607 tolerate
tolerate tolerance tolerant, intolerant tolerance of/towards/for / to
608 Trace trace something (back) to
trace trace something
609 Tradition Tradition Traditional
610 Transit transit transit passengers
611 Transmit disease Transmit disease
the transmission of disease
transmit transmission
612 Trait personality/character trait
613 Trap be/feel trapped

trap somebody into (doing)
trap trap something
614 Treat Treat Treat treat somebody like/as
something
badly treated/well treated
treat somebody with
respect/contempt/courtesy
my treat
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615 Treatment Treat treatment treatment of/for
get/receive treatment
treat somebody with
something
616 Tremble tremble trembling tremble with anger/fear
617 Trigger Trigger Trigger trigger a memory
trigger the alarm
pull the trigger
618
have trouble with , ask for
Trouble troubling trouble, trouble somebody
trouble trouble with something
619 Tube tube take/catch the tube
9 Underestimate
620 Underestimate, Underestimated underestimate the
estimate importance/extent/effect/
estimation power etc of something
621 Undergo operation Undergo Undergo operation
622 Undertake Undertake Undertake (responsibility)
(responsibility)
623 Uneasy Uneasy uneasily uneasy about
624 United Unity United economic unity , economic
unity
625 Upward upward upward trend/movement
626 Urge upward trend/movement
urge urge urge to do something
627 Utilise Utilise Utility utilizable utility room
628 Vain vain in vain
629 Vast vast vast majority
630 Vehicle Vehicle motor vehicle
631 Veil veil
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632 Vessel vessel
633 Violate Violate Violation, violator violate rights, privacy
violated violation of
634 Virtual virtual virtually
635 Virtue virtue virtuous virtuously
636 Vision
good/normal/poor etc vision
vision have visions of something
637 Visual visualize visual visually
638 Vital vital to do something
vital vital organs
639 Waist waist
640 Whisper whisper something to
whisper whisper somebody
641 Wing wing
642 Widespread Widespread widespread

support/acceptance/
criticism
643 Wonder wonder how
technological wonders
the Seven Wonders of the
wonder wonder World
644 Worm worm book worm
645 Worship worship
646 Wreck wreck ship wreck
647 Zone an earthquake zone
a nuclear-free zone
a danger zone
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122 Contest contest /

252 Gentle appear, look, seem gentle

336 Jaw jaw

471 Promote promote stg, widely

530 Scenario Scenario worst-case/nightmare

543 Shot Shot Shot of …

544 Siblings Siblings

551 Shift shift

613 Trap be/feel trapped

642 Widespread Widespread widespread

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