Globish 学会这 1500 个英语单词走遍全世界
October 12, 2018
- a "a" before a noun ( "an" if the noun begins with a vowel)
- able having the necessary power
- about having to do with
- above overhead
- accept to receive or to take something given
- according (to) as stated by
- account a list of money operations
- accuse charge with having done something wrong
- achieve to succeed
- across to the opposite side
- act process of doing something
- adapt make fit for
- add to put with
- admit to permit to enter, to accept
- adult one who is of legal age
- advertisement to give public notice ( press, radio, TV, web, roadside )
- advise to give advice
- affect to have an effect upon
- afraid filled with fear
- after behind, next to, later in time
- again once more
- against in an opposite direction to
- age time of life
- agency a business or service acting for others
- ago gone by, past
- agree have the same opinion
- ahead in a forward direction
- aid to help
- aim to direct, a purpose
- air gases that surround the earth
- alive having life
- all the whole of
- allow to permit
- ally to unite or join for a purpose
- almost nearly, not quite
- alone apart from other people
- along on, with a forward motion
- already by this time
- also in addition, besides
- although even if
- always every time, continuously
- among in the middle of
- amount a total
- and used to connect words or sentences
- anger strong feeling of displeasure
- angle space between two lines extending from the same point
- announce make known
- another some other
- answer words in return to a question
- any one out of many
- apartment a series of connected rooms, a flat
- apologize to express regret
- appeal make a request
- appear to come to be seen
- apple a round fruit
- apply 1°to put into service 2°to ask for something
- appoint to name to a position
- approve to agree with something or somebody, to okay
- area a space
- argue to discuss with someone who disagrees
- arm human upper body part, weapon
- army a group of people armed for war
- around on all sides
- arrest to seize or hold by legal authority
- arrive to come to a place
- art the creation of beautiful or important things
- as to the same degree
- ask to put a question to
- assist to help
- at near to, by, in
- attach to join one thing to another by some means
- attack to set upon with force
- attempt to make an effort at
- attend to be present at
- attention a mental effort toward one thing
- authority the power to enforce something on someone
- automatic acting or operating by itself
- autumn the season between summer and winter, the fall
- available for use by someone
- average usual quantity
- avoid to keep away from
- awake to stop sleeping
- award to give for high performance or quality
- away at a distance from a given place or position
- baby a very young child
- back 1°opposite of "front" 2°return
- bad not good
- bag a soft container with a single opening
- balance equality between two parts or two quantities
- ball a round object used in games
- ballot a paper used to vote
- ban forbid by law or authority
- bank a place where one can borrow money
- bar long piece of solid material, a place where one can buy and enjoy drinks
- barrier a structure to block a way
- base the lowest material
- basket a small container
- bath large container used to wash the body
- battle a fight between armed forces
- be describes the quality of being
- bear to carry, to support
- beat to strike with force more than once
- beauty quality that gives pleasure to the senses
- because for the reason that
- become to grow or come to be
- bed anything to sleep on
- beer a drink which is dangerous for self-control
- before earlier
- begin to do the first step of an action
- behind at the back
- believe to accept as true or real
- bell an object that made a warning sound when struck
- belong to be the property of
- below in or to a lower place
- bend opposite of straighten
- beside at the side of
- best most excellent
- betray to be disloyal
- better higher in quality
- between in the space or time separating
- big of great size
- bill a statement of charges
- bird a flying animal with wings
- birth the act of being born
- bit a small quantity
- bite to cut into or off with the teeth
- black opposite to white
- blade cutting part of anything like a knife
- blame to hold responsible, to express disagreement
- blank surface not written or printed on
- blanket bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- bleed to lose blood
- blind not able to see
- block 1° a space in town within 4 streets 2° to stop the way
- blood the red fluid which the heart sends to all parts of the body
- blow to move as the wind does
- blue a color like that of a clear sky
- board 1° a flat piece of wood 2° to sleep and take meals (at)
- boat a small open floating structure to travel on water
- body the whole material part of a human being
- bomb a weapon dropped on a target
- bone material that makes up the skeleton
- bonus an extra to an employee
- book printed material with pages between covers
- boot shoe that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- border line separating two countries, properties, or subjects
- born brought into existence
- borrow to get from someone and be returned
- boss a person who exercises control over employees
- both two together
- bottle a container, usually glass
- bottom the lowest or deepest part
- box a container, often with a cover
- boy a male child
- boycott to refuse dealing with, as a way of protest
- brain in the head, for the exercise of emotion and thought
- brake a device for slowing or stopping motion
- branch a division of something
- brave controlling one's fear when facing a danger
- bread common food made from wheat
- break to cause to come to pieces
- breathe to get air in and out of one's chest
- brick a block of hard material used in building
- bridge a structure to pass over a waterway, or another road
- brief to inform
- bright shining
- bring take something or somebody with oneself to a nearer position
- broad wide
- broadcast to send on by radio or television
- brother a male person having the same parents as another
- brown a colour similar to that of dark wood or earth
- brush a tool with hair firmly set into a handle for cleaning
- budget a plan for meeting costs
- build make by putting materials together
- bullet a piece of metal to be shot from a gun
- burn to be or set on fire
- burst to force open or fly apart suddenly
- bury to place in the ground
- business a company, a professional activity
- busy actively at work
- but however
- butter a yellow fat food made from milk
- button a small disk on a piece of clothing, to keep it closed
- buy to get by giving money
- by by means of
- cabinet piece of furniture to store things
- call a loud cry often in protest, opposition, or when asking for an answer
- calm quiet
- camera equipment for taking pictures
- camp a shelter for a short time
- campaign a series of actions taken to get something done
- can 1° a metal container 2° to be able to
- cancel to suppress
- capture to take by force
- car automobile
- card a small flat piece of thin cardboard
- care serious attention
- carriage an outdated four-wheel vehicle
- carry to take from one place to another
- case 1° an example 2° a container
- cash money in the form of paper-bills or metal
- cat a small family animal
- catch to capture
- cause a reason
- celebrate to observe an event with ceremonies
- cell 1° a small material of a whole 2° a device for storing electricity
- center a middle point
- century a period of 100 years
- ceremony a formal set of acts done according to custom
- certain definite, sure
- chain any series of things
- chair a seat with a back
- chairman one that holds first place, the officer who presides the meeting
- challenge an invitation to compete, to debate a point of view
- champion an active supporter
- chance a possibility due to a good combination of conditions
- change 1° to make different 2° the money received when what you give is too high
- channel a body of water joining two larger ones, a television broadcasting station
- character combination of qualities of a person
- charge 1° to ask as a price 2° to accuse
- chart 1° a map 2° a display of information
- chase to go after to try to catch
- cheap not dear ( in terms of money )
- check to prove true or right
- cheer shout of approval
- cheese food made from milk
- chemical dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
- chest the part of the body between neck and stomach
- chief a person who is in charge and gives orders to others
- child a young person, not an adult
- choose select among others
- church a building for religious meetings
- circle a round line always at the same distance from a central point
- citizen a person belonging to a nation
- city a large town
- civilian a person in civil life, not in the armed forces
- claim to demand as one's due
- clash make or cause to make a loud sound
- class a group of students working together
- clean 1° not dirty 2° to make clean by removing dirt
- clear easy to see through
- climate the weather of the place
- climb to go upward with continuous progress
- clock an instrument showing time
- close to cause to stop operation, to suppress an opening ( door, window…)
- cloth material, textile
- cloud a white or gray natural body moving by the wind in the sky
- coal a black substance used as natural fuel
- coast the land next to the sea
- coat a warm article of clothing covering the whole body, worn outside
- code a set of laws or rules
- cold opposite of hot
- collect to get or gather together
- college an organization of higher learning
- colony a group of people who settle far from their parent country
- color quality of light of an object
- combine to put or add together
- come to move toward, travel toward
- comfort a state of being calm and feeling no pain
- command orders(s) to do something
- comment a statement that expresses a personal opinion
- committee a group to perform a job
- common belonging to a community as a whole
- communicate to give and receive information
- community a group of people living in the same area
- company a person who is frequently with another
- compare to examine similarities and differences
- compete to measure oneself against others
- complete having all necessary parts
- compromise a middle way between two extremes
- computer a data storing and processing machine
- concern 1° something that interests you 2° to be on the mind of
- condemn to express strong disapproval of
- condition the state in which a person or thing is, at a given moment
- conference a meeting
- confirm to establish or support with new evidence or fact
- congratulate to express pleasure at someone’s success
- congress a meeting of representatives
- connect to join or link
- consider to examine
- consumption the act of buying goods or services
- contact when surfaces, points, or people join
- contain to have within
- continent one of the main land parts of the earth
- continue to keep up
- control to exercise authoritative power over
- cook to get food ready for eating by heat
- cool the quality of being at a pleasant low temperature
- cooperate to work together
- copy a totally similar thing
- cork used to stop a bottle
- corn a yellow vegetable
- corner point where lines or surfaces meet
- correct free from mistakes
- cost the price which one has to pay
- cotton soft white vegetable used in making clothing
- count 1° the act of counting 2°the total number counted
- country 1° a large area outside towns 2° territory occupied by a nation
- course series of studies
- court a place where justice is given
- cover to put something over so as to protect
- cow a female animal giving milk
- crash a loud repeating noise
- create to cause to exist
- credit money that one can borrow
- crew a team of employees
- crime an act that is against the law
- crisis a difficult turning point
- criteria a basis for comparison
- criticize to find something wrong with
- crop what plants provide
- cross to go across
- crowd a large number of people together
- crush to press with violence
- cry to make a sound that shows pain, fear
- culture feelings, thoughts, tastes of a society
- cup a small, open container with a handle for drinking
- cure to bring back to health
- current belonging to the present time
- custom a usual practice
- cut 1° the act of reducing the amount or number 2° to separate with a sharp instrument
- damage the occurrence of a change for the worse
- dance to move according to music
- danger the condition of being harmed or injured
- dark no light, lacking light
- date the day of the month
- daughter a female human child
- day a 24 hour period or between sunrise and sunset
- dead no longer living
- deaf unable to hear
- deal the act of buying or selling
- dear in a close or affectionate relationship
- debate to discuss reasons for or against
- debt something owed
- decide to settle a problem for good
- declare to make known formally
- decrease change to a lower degree
- deep extending far down
- defeat to win victory over
- defend to protect from danger or attack
- define to tell the main quality of, to explain what it is
- degree a position on a scale of intensity
- delay to act later than planned
- delicate pleasing and easily damaged
- deliver to bring to a place where it is supposed to go
- demand to ask with authority
- demonstrate to establish that something is correct or true
- denounce to speak out against
- deny to declare untrue
- departure the act of going away
- depend to count on, as for support
- deploy to spread out
- depression the state of being sad
- describe to tell about
- desert* a dry area without trees
- design a drawing plan
- desire to wish strongly for
- destroy to ruin
- detail an individual part of a whole
- develop to bring, grow to a more complete state
- device machine or thing used for a definite purpose
- die to stop living
- diet a choice of food
- differ to be different
- difficult hard to do or to understand
- dig to make a hole in the ground
- dinner a main meal in the evening
- diplomat a person representing a party/nation to another party/nation
- direct 1° to set a line of action 2° to send ( someone or something )
- dirt dust, earth, anything of this nature
- disappear to pass out of existence or not to be seen any longer
- discover to arrive at through search and study
- discuss to talk over
- disease illness
- disk a round, thin, flat object
- dismiss to send away
- dispute to argue
- distance separation in space or time
- divide separate into parts
- do 1° to carry out, to perform 2° used as an auxiliary for verbs
- doctor a person qualified to treat diseases
- document a paper with information on it
- dog a common animal
- door for closing up an opening in a building or a room
- doubt not to believe
- down to a lower position
- drain a pipe for carrying water or other liquid
- draw to pull
- dream a series of pictures or ideas in the mind during sleep
- dress a piece of clothing for women or girls
- drink to take in liquids
- drive to operate a vehicle
- drop 1°a small, rounded body of liquid 2° to let something fall down
- drug a medicine
- dry free from liquid
- during through the period
- dust fine dry earth, any fine powder
- duty the thing that a person has to do
- each every single one considered individually
- ear body part for hearing and balance
- early near the beginning
- earn to gain as a result for one's labor
- earth the globe on which we live, the soft material on which plants grow
- east opposite to west, the region where the sun rises in the morning
- easy not difficult to do
- eat take food into the mouth and swallow it
- edge the limit of a surface
- education a development by training, study or experience
- effect whatever is produced by a cause
- effort the use of physical or mental energy
- egg given by birds, also used as a food
- either one or the other
- elastic having the quality of springing back
- electricity a flow of electrons
- element a small material quantity of something
- else other than what is under consideration
- embassy a diplomatic building in a foreign country
- emergency something sudden and unexpected demanding immediate action
- emotion a strong feeling
- employ to put into service
- empty containing nothing
- end bring to a halt
- enemy a person or group that hates and fights another
- enforce to make sure the law is observed
- engine a machine that can start others moving
- enjoy to experience a feeling of pleasure
- enough as much or as many as needed
- enter to come or go into
- entertain to hold the attention of
- environment all the surrounding conditions that affect a living thing
- equal to be identical
- equate to consider as identical
- equipment instrument(s) needed to perform a service
- erase to remove
- escape to run away from a danger or a prison
- especially in a special way
- establish to set up permanently
- estimate a rough amount
- ethnic of a given race or social group
- evaporate to change a liquid into a gas
- even 1° flat, smooth surface 2° at the same level
- event a happening
- ever at any time
- every each and all
- evidence data on which a proof can be based
- evil morally wrong, bad
- exact complete agreement with reality
- example a representative of one group
- except not included
- exchange to give to, and receive from one another
- excuse to forgive, give a reason
- execute to carry out, to perform
- exercise systematic training
- exist to be or live
- exit the act of going out
- expand to extend in one or more directions
- expect to consider something as probable
- expense money spent
- experience the quantity of knowledge or skill that results from direct activity
- experiment a test to find out something
- expert a person highly knowledgeable
- explain to make clear, to make plain
- explode to burst or cause to burst suddenly and violently
- explore to go or travel for the purpose of finding out about
- export* to sell out of one country for use in another
- express to put into words
- extend to stretch out
- extra added to a regular quantity
- extreme of the greatest possible degree or intensity
- eye body part by which we see
- face the front part of the head
- fact an event known to have happened or something known to have existed
- factory a building in which goods are manufactured
- fail an action that does not reach success
- fair free from self-interest
- fall to drop from a higher position
- false not true
- family mother, father, and their children
- famous widely known and valued
- far at a great distance
- fast acting or moving quickly
- fat oily substance formed in the bodies of living creatures
- father a male parent
- fear being afraid
- feather covering of the birds
- feature structure, appearance, form of someone or something
- feed to give food
- feel to touch, to experience an emotion
- female a woman or girl, or the equivalent in animals
- fertile able to reproduce
- few not many, a rather small number
- field a piece of land, an area
- fierce marked by extreme and violent energy
- fight an intense dispute
- figure a number or a written thing other than a letter
- file a place for keeping papers in order
- fill put into until there is room for no more
- film motion picture
- final at the end of a process
- finance the management of money
- find discover the existence, presence or fact
- fine satisfactory
- finger one of the five end members of the hand
- finish to bring to an end, to complete a job
- fire 1° to shoot with a firearm 2° to lay off an employee
- firm 1° not soft, resisting pressure 2° company, business
- first coming before all others
- fish a water animal
- fist the hand closed firmly
- fit to suit
- fix to repair
- flag a piece of cloth used as a symbol of an organization
- flat 1°a series of rooms in an apartment house 2°an even smooth surface
- float to be suspended on water, in space
- floor the inside lower surface of a room
- flow to move in or as if in a liquid
- flower the brightly-coloured part of plant
- fluid a substance that flows easily
- fly move through the air with wings
- fog a cloud of fine drops of water above the earth's surface which limits what one can see
- fold to bend or lay so that one part covers the other
- follow to come or go after
- food material taken to keep up life and growth
- fool a person without sense
- foot the end part of the leg
- for 1°in place of, representing…etc 2° during
- forbid to order not to do something
- force to press someone or something to do something
- foreign having to do with other countries
- forest large area of land covered with trees
- forget to be unable to remember
- forgive to excuse for an offense
- form 1° the shape of a body 2° a printed document with spaces in which to write
- former the first of two
- forward in the direction of a position ahead
- frame a supporting structure over which something is built
- free able to act at will
- freeze to turn into ice
- fresh new, not old
- friend a person one likes
- frighten to cause fear
- from a lower limit,, a cause..
- front the forward part of a thing or of a living creature
- fruit the usual product of plants, the result of an effort
- fuel anything burned to provide heat or energy
- full containing as much or as many as is possible
- fun pleasant activity
- future the time yet to come
- gain to win something through one's efforts
- gallon 3.785 litres (US) / 4.545 litres ( UK)
- game a sport or pastime
- gang a group of people acting or going around together
- garden land used for growing vegetables or flowers
- gas any fluid substance that can expand without limit
- gather to bring or come together
- general concerning all
- gentle kind, soft, pleasant
- get 1° to find, to buy 2° to become 3° to move
- gift something given
- girl a female child or young woman
- give to pass a possession to somebody without money
- glass mineral material that one can see through
- global of the earth as a whole
- go move along
- goal a purpose
- god He who created everything
- gold a yellow and very dear metal
- good having the right qualities
- govern to exercise authority on
- grass small green plants with narrow leaves
- gray (grey) the color made by mixing black and white
- great extremely large in size or number or extent
- green the color of most plants and leaves
- ground the solid material of the earth's surface
- group a number of individuals or things with similarities
- grow to increase in size
- guarantee to admit responsibility
- guard 1° a person who keeps watch 2° a device designed to prevent injury
- guess to form an opinion without really knowing
- guide a person or thing that shows the way
- guilty responsible for or having done an act against the law
- gun a weapon with a metal tube to shoot bullets
- guy a familiar term for a youth or a man
- hair growing from the skin of humans and animals
- half one of two equal parts
- halt a stop of movement
- hand the end part of the arm
- hang be suspended
- happen to take place
- happy enjoying pleasure or good luck
- hard strong, resisting weight or pressure
- harm damage, injury, to hurt another person
- hat a covering for the head
- hate a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
- have to possess, to hold
- he third person male pronoun
- head 1° the top part of the human body 2 °to start to one direction
- heal to bring back to health
- health general condition of body and mind
- hear to understand with the ears
- heart the part of the body which moves the blood through the body
- heat the quality or state of being hot
- heavy having great weight
- help assistance or support to someone
- her a form of "she"
- here the present location
- hide to place where it can't be seen
- high far above the ground
- hijack to seize control of a vehicle
- hill a very small mountain
- him a form of "he"
- hire to employ someone for work
- his belonging to him
- history a record of past events
- hit a physical contact of one thing with another
- hold to have possession, or ownership, to keep
- hole an opening into or through something
- holiday a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
- hollow an empty space inside something
- holy belonging to or coming from God
- home the place where one lives
- honest of one who respects the laws and does not rob others
- hope expectation that what one desires will happen
- horrible an intense feeling of fear, terror
- horse a large animal for riding or carrying loads
- hospital organization providing treatment for the sick and injured
- hostage a person held to make sure that another party will meet demanded terms
- hostile very unfriendly
- hot opposite of “cold”
- hour a unit of time measuring 60 minutes
- house four walls and a roof for a family to live in
- how in what way
- however despite anything else
- huge unusually large
- human relating to a person
- humor the quality of seeing the funny side of things
- hunger a strong desire or need for food
- hunt to catch or kill animals for food or sport
- hurry to move or cause to move with speed
- hurt cause pain, or damage
- husband a married man
- I pronoun used for the speaker
- ice frozen water
- idea a thought
- identify to establish the identity of
- if used to express a condition
- ill not well, having some disease
- imagine to picture in one's head
- import* to bring in from a foreign country
- important meaning much
- improve to make or become better
- in to or toward the inside of
- inch a unit of length
- incident a single event
- include to consider as part of something
- increase* to make or become greater
- independent free from any control
- indicate to point out
- individual a single thing or person
- industry the manufacturing of goods
- infect to communicate a disease to
- influence a power affecting a person or events
- inform to give knowledge, or facts or news
- inject to force a fluid into
- injure to hurt
- innocent free from wrong doing
- insane person with mental disorder
- insect a very small animal with six legs
- inspect to look over carefully
- instead in place of someone or something
- insult* an offensive remark
- insurance protection against future damage or loss
- intelligence 1° the ability to get and use knowledge 2° secret information
- intense being of a very high degree
- interest a feeling of wanting to know
- interfere to come between so as to be in the way
- international between or among nations
- into motion to a point within something
- invade to enter by force in order to get by fighting
- invent to make for the first time ever
- invest to buy something that is expected to produce a profit
- investigate to search into carefully
- invite to ask to come to some place
- involve to carry out an activity; be involved in it as a member of a team
- iron a grey metallic element
- island a piece of land surrounded by water
- issue a point of discussion
- it the thing named
- item a single unit
- jacket piece of clothing for the upper part of the body
- jail a prison
- jewel a valuable stone
- job work
- join to put together
- joint a point at which two things are joined
- joke a fun story
- joy a strong feeling of pleasure
- judge public official who decides cases in a court of law
- jump to move forward by a long and high step
- jury a group of persons chosen to judge
- just honorable and fair
- keep to continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- key an instrument that locks and unlocks
- kick to strike out with the foot
- kid a child
- kill to put to death
- kind showing a helpful and considerate nature
- king the male ruler of a nation
- kiss to touch with the lips as an expression of love or kindness
- kit a set of materials
- kitchen a room in which food is cooked
- knife a cutting blade with a handle
- know to have information about
- labor the effort in doing something, work
- laboratory a place for scientific research or equipment
- lack to have less than enough
- lake a large body of fresh water surrounded by land
- land the solid part of the earth's surface
- language human speech to communicate with sounds
- large of more than the usual size, number, quantity
- last 1° to continue to live 2° coming after all others
- late coming after the expected time
- laugh to make sounds showing happiness
- law a country's body of rules
- lay to place in a position of rest
- lead to take somebody to some place
- leak an accidental hole that lets a fluid out
- learn to gain knowledge
- least what is less important than anything else
- leave to go away
- left side that is toward the west when main side faces north
- leg a member used to support the body
- legal based upon law
- lend to let another have or use for a time
- length the measure of something along its greatest extent
- less not as great in amount or degree
- let to allow
- letter a sign that represent speech sound, a piece of mail
- level position
- lie a statement that is not true
- lie to be in a position that is parallel to the ground
- life the condition of living or the state of being alive
- lift to raise in a higher position
- light that by which we see
- like to find pleasant or agreeable
- limit the point or line where something ends
- line a long narrow mark
- link one element of a chain
- lip either of the two edges of the mouth
- liquid a substance that flows freely like water
- list a written list of things
- listen to make an effort to hear something
- little small in size, opposite of much
- live to have life, to exist,
- load to fill or place a load on
- loan the act of lending
- local a limited place
- locate to find the position of
- lock to keep from being entered into or taken our or away
- log a section of tree as it comes from the tree
- lone feeling oneself alone
- long measuring much
- look to use one's eyes to see, physical appearance
- loose not attached
- lose to be unable to keep
- lot a large number or amount
- loud intensity of sound
- love great attachment
- low not high or tall
- luck chance
- mail things and messages sent by post or internet
- main most important
- major of greater importance
- make to execute, to do
- male a man or a boy
- man an adult person who is male
- manufacture make by hand or by machine
- many in great number
- map a written picture of an area of the earth
- march to walk as soldiers
- mark a sign made on an object
- market a place for people for buying and selling
- marry to join as a husband and wife
- master person having control over others
- match 1° a competition 2° a thin piece to light a fire
- material substance used to make up an object
- matter 1° substance 2° subject of action or concern
- may 1° to allow 2° make something possible 3°in relation to something which could possibly happen
- mayor the person at the head of a city, town, village
- me a form of "I"
- meal food served in one sitting
- mean express, average (adj), to have a sense
- measure to find out the size, the quantity, etc ..
- meat animal parts used as food
- media a means for communicating
- meet to come face to face
- member one of the persons or things that make up a group
- memory the store of things one can remember
- mental having to do with the mind
- mercy more kindness than justice requires
- message a communication from one person to another
- metal a substance that is hard and usually shiny
- method a way of doing something
- middle in the centre
- might possibility, power, to express a wish or a permission
- mile a unit for measuring distance
- military having to do with soldiers
- milk a white liquid produced by female animals
- mind 1° the seat of reason 2° to pay close attention to
- mine belonging to me, 1°a hole in the earth 2° a bomb
- minister a person taking part in the charge of a government
- minor lesser in amount, size, or importance
- miscellaneous formed of different things or parts
- miss to fail to hit
- mistake something done that is not correct or exact
- mix to put together
- mob a large number of people, a crowd
- model 1° a small copy 2° an example to be followed
- moderate not extreme
- modern of the present time or times
- money the most common means of exchange
- month one of the 12 parts of the year
- moon the natural satellite of the earth
- moral as per common ideas of right or wrong
- more greater in number
- morning early part of the day ending at noon
- most greatest in quantity, amount, measure, degree
- mother a female parent who has given birth to a child
- motion the condition of moving
- mountain very high hill
- mouth the opening in the human face through which food is taken
- move to change position
- much in great quantity
- murder killing of a human being by another
- muscle body parts that produce movement
- music an organization of sounds
- must to have to
- my belonging to me
- mystery anything that is unexplained or secret
- nail 1° a thin pointed piece of metal 2° hard plate on back side of fingers
- name a word to call someone or something
- narrow of small or limited extent from one side to the other
- nation community of people occupying a defined territory
- native a person born in a certain place or country
- navy all the ships of war of a country
- near opposite of far
- necessary that must be
- neck body part that connects the head with the rest of the body
- need a state in which something is necessary
- neighbor one living near another
- neither not either
- nerve channels which connect different parts of the body for orders or information
- neutral not taking part in
- never not ever
- new not old
- news new information of any kind
- next following at once, nearest
- nice pleasing
- night the period between evening and morning
- no opposite of "yes"
- noise loud sound
- noon twelve o'clock in the day
- normal of the usual type
- north direction to the right as one faces the setting sun
- nose the part of the head just above the mouth for smelling
- not to express the opposite for a word or a group of words
- note a short written document
- nothing a zero quantity
- notice to discover the existence, presence or fact
- now at the present time
- nowhere in no place, at no place
- number a quantity of units
- obey to do what one is ordered
- object anything that can be seen or touched
- observe to watch attentively
- occupy to be busy, to live in
- occur to take place
- of forming a part of
- off 1° at a distance in space or time 2° not in operation
- offensive giving offense
- offer to present for acceptation, to suggest
- office a place of business
- officer any person in the armed services
- often frequently
- oil 1° a thick liquid used as fuels 2° a mineral
- old having existed long
- on 1° on top of 2° in operation
- once one time
- only one and no more
- open 1° opposite of”close” 2° not shut or closed
- operate to work
- opinion a judgment not backed by proof
- opportunity a possibility to seize
- opposite place face to face or back to back
- oppress to keep down unjustly
- or used to give another choice
- order a command
- organize to form as a structured whole
- other the remaining one
- ounce a unit of weight
- our belonging to us
- ours belonging to us (pronoun)
- oust to remove from a position or office
- out away from inside
- over above in place or position
- owe to be in debt to
- own of or belonging to
- page each thin piece of paper of a book
- pain an unpleasant feeling in the body
- paint liquid that can be put on a surface to dry as a coating
- pan open container for holding liquids, for cooking, etc..
- pants a piece of clothing for the lower body
- paper a material used mainly for writing
- parade a group moving along in an orderly way
- parcel a box with things in it
- parent father or mother
- parliament lawmaking body of a country
- part something less than the whole
- party a group of people doing something together
- pass 1° to travel past 2° to go through a test
- passenger a person travelling in a ship, train, airplane, etc..
- past the time that is behind us
- paste something that will stick papers together
- path a track made by people or animals walking
- patient a person who requires medical care
- pattern an order of shapes, lines, colors, etc..
- pay to give what is due
- peace no war
- pen instrument for writing with a liquid
- pencil instrument for writing - dry
- people a body of persons of the same country
- percent the one hundredth part of something
- perfect without mistake
- perform to do, to carry out
- perhaps possibly
- period between two points in time
- permanent fixed and lasting
- permit to allow to do something
- person a human being
- physical of the body
- pick to select from a group
- picture a print of something on a flat surface taken by a camera
- piece one of the parts of a thing
- pig animal raised for food
- pilot a person trained to operate a plane
- pint a unit for measuring liquids
- pipe a tube through which a liquid or gas flows
- place a part of space
- plain simple, pure, evident to the mind
- plan a scale drawing of a structure
- plane an airplane
- plant 1° any living thing that is not an animal 2° a factory
- plastic that can be shaped or formed
- plate from which food is eaten
- play to have fun
- please to give pleasure to
- plenty a full supply
- pocket a small flat bag fixed into or onto pants or clothing
- point a geometric element where two lines are crossing
- poison a substance that is very dangerous to health
- policy a plan of action
- politics the science of government
- pollute to make physically unclean
- poor having little money
- popular widely liked
- port town where ships and boats can take shelter from storms
- position a place where a thing or person is
- possess to have or own
- possible that can happen or exist
- postpone to delay until a future time
- potato eaten as cooked vegetable
- pound 1° the basic unit of money of the UK 2° a unit of weight
- pour to flow or cause to flow
- powder a solid reduced to dust
- power force
- practice to work on over and over in order to learn a skill
- praise the act of saying that a thing or person is good
- pray to speak to God
- pregnant carrying a developping baby
- present 1° period of time between past and future 2° a gift
- press 1° to act upon through continuous strength 2° the publishing of news in all forms
- pretty nice-looking or pleasing
- prevent to keep from happening
- price money asked or given for something
- print to reproduce things on paper
- prison a public building in which criminals are kept
- private belonging to one person or persons
- prize a reward won in a competition
- problem a hard question
- process a set of actions in a special order
- product a thing that is manufactured
- professor a teacher of the highest level in a university
- profit the return on a business undertaking
- program a listing of events for a public presentation
- progress* movement toward a goal
- project* a plan
- property any thing or things owned
- propose to suggest
- protect to keep from being hurt
- protest a statement that objects strongly
- prove to provide evidence for
- provide to supply
- public of the community or the people
- publish to prepare and issue for the public
- pull to move by drawing something toward oneself
- punish to cause discomfort to a person because of some offense
- purchase to buy
- pure not mixed with anything else
- purpose goal, aim
- push to move away by pressing against it
- put to cause to be in some place
- quality a high and desirable level in a given thing or person
- quart a unit of liquid
- quarter one of four equal parts
- queen a female ruler of a country, a king's wife
- question something asked
- quick fast
- quiet silent, peaceful
- quit put an end to an activity or a state
- quite completely
- race a competition of speed
- radiation the act of spreading out from a centre
- raid a surprise attack
- rail a metal bar
- rain water falling in drops from the clouds
- raise cause to rise
- range the act of spreading out from a centre
- rare not often to be found
- rate a quantity, amount in relation to something else
- rather somewhat
- ray a group of parallel lines of radiation
- reach to get to, to come to
- react to act in return to
- read to understand something that is written
- ready set for immediate action
- real true, having happened in fact
- reason the cause for an action
- receive to take or get
- recognize to identify from past experience
- record* 1° written account 2° set down in permanent form
- recover 1° to get back 2° to find a former condition
- red the color of blood
- reduce to make less
- refugee a person who leaves his country in time of war
- refuse* not accept
- regret to feel disappointed about
- regular fixed by rule, usual, normal
- reject to refuse to take
- relation connections between people
- release to let go, to let loose
- remain to continue in a place, stay
- remember to bring back to the mind
- remove to move from one place to another
- repair to fix
- repeat to do or make again
- report an account of facts
- represent to stand for
- request express the need or desire for
- require to demand
- rescue to save from danger
- research a careful hunting for facts or truth
- resign to give up
- resist to work against
- resolution an action decided upon
- resource any supply that will meet a need
- respect to honor
- responsible involving the ability to act on one's own
- rest to stop acting when tired
- restrain to control
- result to exist as an end
- retire to withdraw from working life
- return to go or come back
- revolt to fight against a leader
- reward a return made for something done
- rice food grown throughout the world
- rich possessing great wealth
- ride to sit and travel on the back of an animal
- right 1° correct 2° opposite of left
- ring 1° a circle 2° to sound loudly
- riot a wild, violent public action
- rise to move up
- risk the possibility of loss or danger
- river large stream of water that flows into an ocean, a lake, etc..
- road an open way for vehicles
- rob to steal from
- rock a hard part of natural matter
- rocket a device projected into space
- roll turning over and over
- roof the top covering of a building
- room a part of a house
- root part of a plant that grows into the ground
- rope a strong thick line
- rough not smooth
- round shaped like a ball
- row a line of people or things
- rub to move one thing back and forth against another
- rubber an elastic material made from the blood of a special tree
- ruin total destruction
- rule governing power
- run to move the legs quickly
- sad opposite of “happy”
- safe free from danger
- sail a piece of cloth spread to the wind to make a ship move
- salt white substance added to food for taste
- same not another
- sand very small loose pieces of rock
- satisfy meet a want or need
- save to rescue from danger
- say to speak
- scale the relation between the real size of something and its size on a map
- scare to frighten
- school a place for teaching and learning
- science knowledge of general facts
- score a number or letter marking quality
- script something written by hand
- sea a large body of salt water
- search to check in hopes of finding something
- season one of the four periods of the year
- seat a surface or place for sitting
- second 1° a unit of time 2° one next after the first
- secret kept from being generally known
- section a part, a division
- security freedom from danger
- see to use the eyes to look
- seed the thing from which a flower or vegetable grows
- seek to try to find
- seem to appear to be
- seize to take hold of suddenly
- seldom not often to be found
- self one's own person
- sell to exchange for money
- senate a lawmaking body of the government
- send cause to go to some other place
- sense of the following: hearing, touching, smelling, tasting, seeing
- sentence a group of words with a subject and a verb
- separate be between, keep apart
- series a number of similar things one after another
- serious concerned with important matters rather than play
- serve to work for
- set to put in some place
- settle to choose a house and become established
- several being more than two or three but not many
- severe very serious
- sex either of the two divisions: male or female
- shade a partly dark place, not in the sun
- shake to move quickly backwards and forwards, up and down
- shall auxiliary, to show duty or express a command
- shame a feeling of having done something wrong
- shape the form of a thing
- share a part of anything owned with others
- sharp having a cutting edge
- she third person female pronoun
- sheet a thin piece of anything like paper
- shelf a flat piece of wood or metal to hold things such as books
- shell a hard outside covering of an animal or fruit
- shelter something that covers or protects from weather, danger
- shine to send out light
- ship 1° a very big boat 2° to send
- shirt piece of clothing for the upper body
- shock a sudden, violent shake, blow or crash
- shoe covering of a person's foot
- shoot to hit with a bullet
- shop a place where one buys goods
- short not long, small from end to end
- should past tense of "shall"
- shout to make an extremely loud sound with the mouth
- show to cause to be seen
- shrink to become smaller
- shut to close, closed
- sick in poor health, having some disease
- side either the left or right half of a body
- sign to mark with one's name
- signal any mark used to mean or represent something
- silence no sound at all
- silk fine soft material used to make clothing
- silver a white metal valued for jewellery
- similar alike though not identical
- simple easy to do or understand
- since 1° from then until now 2° because
- sing to produce music with the voice
- single one only
- sister a female having the same parents as another
- sit to rest on the lower backside
- situation a place
- size the amount of surface or space a thing takes up
- skill ability gained by practising
- skin the covering of the body
- skirt a piece of clothing that covers the low part of the body
- sky the space high above the earth
- slave a person who is the property of another
- sleep a natural state of rest
- slide to move slowly along a surface while touching
- slip to slide
- slow not moving quickly
- small little
- smart intelligent
- smash to break into pieces
- smell what the nose does
- smile to look pleased
- smoke part of gases that one can see when anything burns
- smooth having an even surface
- snack a light meal
- snake a long animal with no legs
- sneeze to force out breath in an uncontrolled action
- snow drops of frozen water falling to earth in winter
- so to such a degree
- soap a substance to help clean or wash
- social living in groups, of human society
- society the totality of human relationships
- soft opposite of “hard”
- soil earth, ground
- soldier a person who serves in an army
- solid not a liquid or a gas
- solve to find an answer
- some a certain quantity
- son a male child in relation to his parents
- song a short music with words
- soon in a short time
- sorry feeling regret, sadness
- sort a kind, a class
- soul the part of the body which survives a person
- sound what can be heard
- south the direction to the left when facing the sunset
- space the area in which all things exist
- speak to give an understandable message
- special of a given kind
- speech communication by word of mouth
- speed distance travelled in a given time
- spell to write or say the letters of a word
- spend 1° to pay out 2° to pass the time
- spirit the emotional nature of the human being
- spot an exact point
- spread cover or cause to cover a large area
- spring season between winter and summer
- spy a person who keeps secret watch on the actions of others
- square a form with four equal sides and right angles
- stage a period in a series of events
- stairs a series of steps for going from one level to another
- stamp a small piece of paper to put on letters as payment
- stand a person in an upright position
- star a space body one can see at night
- start to get in motion
- starve to die because of hunger
- state 1° the condition of a person or thing 2° a nation
- station a place equipped with special equipment for a given purpose
- status condition, state
- stay to continue to be as before
- steal to take without the owner's permission
- steam gas into which water is changed when heated
- steel a hard mix of iron and other metal
- step a single movement of the foot in walking
- stick a long piece of wood
- still quiet
- stomach a large structure inside the body to process food
- stone solid mineral matter
- stop to keep from moving
- store a place where goods can be bought
- storm strong winds with rain or snow
- story an account of some happening
- straight direct
- strange not familiar, unusual
- stream a natural body of running water
- street a public road in a city
- stretch to make longer by pulling
- strike 1°to hit against 2° to stop work
- string a thin line of winded light material
- strong having much force or power
- structure organization
- struggle to fight
- study to give careful consideration to
- stupid not intelligent
- subject under the power of another
- substance matter
- substitute a person or thing taking the place of another
- succeed to achieve an event that reaches its purpose
- such of that kind
- sudden without warning
- suffer to feel pain
- sugar a sweet substance
- suggest to propose
- suit a set of clothes to be worn together
- summer the warmest of the four seasons in the North half of the Earth
- sun the central star of our system
- supervise to watch and direct, to monitor
- supply to provide
- support to hold up or in position
- suppose consider as a possibility
- suppress to hold back, to take out
- sure certain
- surface the outside of anything
- surprise an unexpected thing
- surround come or be all around
- survive to remain alive or in existence
- suspect to mistrust, one who is mistrusted
- suspend to remove for a period
- swallow to pass food from the mouth to the stomach
- swear to give one's word before a judge
- sweet having a taste like sugar
- swim to move through the water like a fish
- symbol something that represents something else
- sympathy a sharing of another's trouble
- system a group of items which are part of a whole
- table piece of furniture with flat top on legs
- tail a thin part extending from the back of animals
- take 1° to get possession of 2° to transport
- talk to speak
- tall higher than the average
- target a mark for shooting
- task work to be done
- taste the feeling produced by the mouth when eating
- tax money given by people for the support of government
- tea a drink made from tea leaves
- teach to communicate skills or knowledge to young people
- team a group of players in a game
- tear drops of clear liquid produced buy the eyes
- tear to pull apart
- tell to express in words
- term a limited or fixed period of time
- terrible causing fear or terror
- territory land
- terror a huge feeling of fear
- test a means to prove something
- than compare to that which
- thank to express and show pleasure afrer receiving a present or help
- that which
- the definite article
- theater a place for acting performances
- their belonging to them ( adjective)
- theirs belonging to them (pronoun)
- them objective form of "they"
- then at that time in the past or future
- theory an explanation based on thought
- there away from the speaker
- these plural of this
- they people in general
- thick not thin
- thin having a short distance between opposite sides
- thing any object or substance
- think to form in the mind
- third the number three in a series
- this points to a person or a thing
- those plural of “that”
- though in spite of the fact that
- thought the content of the mind
- threaten say what will be done to hurt
- through from end to end
- throw send through the air by a movement of the arm
- thus in this
- tie to attach with something
- tight held firmly
- time 1° a period 2° the time given by a clock
- tin a container
- tiny extremely small
- tire what a very hard work or sport does to a person who has then difficulties to do more
- title a name given to a book, a painting
- to in the direction of
- today the present day
- together in company
- tomorrow the day after today
- tone any sound considered with respect to its quality
- tongue moving body part in the mouth
- tonight on the present night
- too 1° also 2° a quantity larger than needed
- tool a hand instrument
- tooth one of the hard parts in the mouth for biting
- top the highest point or part
- total whole
- touch to cause a part of the body to physically feel something
- toward in the direction of
- town a population centre smaller than a city
- track a mark left by feet or vehicles
- trade 1° an occupation 2° business of buying and selling
- tradition customs handed down from parents to children
- traffic the amount of vehicles on roads
- train 1° connected line of railway cars 2° exercising
- transport* to carry from one place to another
- travel to go from one place to another
- treason betraying one's country
- treasure valuable things
- treat to act toward, to handle
- treaty a formal agreement between two or more states
- tree a tall plant with big branches
- trial the act of testing and trying
- tribe a social organization or division
- trick something done to lead someone in the wrong direction
- trip a traveling experience
- troop a group of people, soldiers
- trouble worry or difficulty
- truck a vehicle to transport loads
- true not false, agreeing with the facts
- trust quality of a person who respects the laws
- try to test
- tube a round container
- turn the act of changing direction
- twice two times
- tyre a round rubber covering for a wheel
- under to a lower place or side
- understand to know, get the meaning of
- unit a thing, group, person as part of a whole
- universe the whole world
- unless if not, if it were not that
- until up to the time of
- up toward a higher position
- upon on
- urge a very strong desire
- us form of "we"
- use to put into action
- valley low land between hills or mountains
- value worth, importance
- vary be subject to change
- vegetable a plant grown to be eaten
- vehicle a machine to carry passengers or goods on land
- version a description from a personal point of view
- very extremely
- veto the right or power to forbid or reject
- vicious mean, marked by vice
- victim one affected or killed by accident, disease
- victory the total defeat of an enemy
- view the act of seeing something
- violence rough force in action
- visit to go to see for business or pleasure
- voice a sound produced by humans
- volume 1° the amount of a space 2° a sound level
- vote a formal expression of choice
- wage pay
- wait to do nothing until something happens
- walk to go on foot
- wall an up and down structure of a building
- want to desire
- war open fighting carried out by armies between nations
- warm more hot than cold
- warn to signal of a possible danger
- wash to clean with water or other liquid
- waste to spend without need
- watch 1° to look carefully 2° small clock
- water a clear liquid necessary for life
- wave 1° a"hill" of water that moves across the surface of a liquid 2°signal with movement of the hand
- way a line leading from one place to another
- we plural of "I" (you and me)
- weak lacking power
- wealth much money or property
- weapon an instrument used in wars
- wear to have on the body as clothing
- weather the condition of the atmosphere
- week a period of seven days
- weight to measure the weight
- welcome to receive in a friendly way
- well satisfactorily
- west the direction of the sunset, opposite to east
- wet covered with a liquid
- what which thing, which one
- wheat the substance with which you make bread
- wheel a solid disk that turns , a car rests on four such disks
- when at what time
- where at what place
- whether if it is so that
- which pronoun used in asking about one person in a group
- while 1° at the same time that 2° a period of time
- white the color of snow or salt
- who used to ask the name of a person
- whole complete
- why for what cause
- wide opposite of narrow, filling much space from end to end
- wife a married woman
- wild living in the forest
- will used for the future .
- win finish first in a race
- wind air in motion
- window a wall opening that admits light or air
- wine a drink coming from a fruit with spirit in it, can make you drunk
- wing the part of a bird used in flying
- winter the coldest of the four season in the North part of the Earth
- wire metal drawn out into a thin line
- wise having knowledge and good judgment
- wish to want
- with in the company of
- withdraw draw back
- without not having
- woman an adult female
- wonder to have a wish or desire to know something
- wood the hard substance of a tree
- wool made from the hair of some animals
- word an independent unit of language
- work all forms of human activity towards a given result
- world the earth
- worry to feel uneasy
- worse more bad
- worth value or importance
- wound an injury
- wreck 1° a person without physical or mental health 2° a machine totally out of order
- write communicate by marking letters on a surface
- wrong not right, bad
- yard 1° a unit of length (=3 feet) 2° a piece of land enclosed for aspecial activity
- year 12 months or 365 days
- yellow the color of gold
- yes expresses agreement
- yesterday the day before today
- yet up to the present time
- you the person one is speaking to
- young in an early period of life