English Vocabulary In Use Unit 1

Routine (n)

Something you do often and usually in the same way

Weekly (adj)

happening, done or published once a week or every week

Daily (adj)

happening, done or produced every day

At least

Not less than

Revise (v)

to prepare for an exam by looking again at work that you have done

Active (adj)

involved in something; making a determined effort and not leaving something to happen by itself

Say it aloud (v phr)

Speak it so you can hear it

Silently (adv)

In your head, not speaking

Highlighter pen (n)

a special pen used for marking words in a text in bright colours

Rub sth out (v)

to remove the marks made by a pencil, etc., using a rubber

Eraser (n)

a small piece of rubber or a similar substance, used for removing pencil marks from paper; a piece of soft material used for removing chalk marks from a blackboard or pen from a whiteboard

Synonym (n)

Words with a similar meaning

Opposite (n)

Word with a different/opposite meaning

Bilingual (adj)

using two languages; written in two languages

Filthy (adj)

very dirty and unpleasant

Clean (adj)

Not dirty

Dirty (adj)

not clean

Permanent (adj)

lasting for a long time or for all time in the future; existing all the time

Kind (adj)

caring about others; gentle, friendly and generous

Smooth (adj)

completely flat and even, without any rough areas or holes

Entrance (n)

a door, gate, passage, etc. used for entering a room, building or place

Dead (adj)

no longer alive

Accept (v)

to take willingly something that is offered; to say ‘yes’ to an offer, invitation, etc.

Advice (n)

an opinion or a suggestion about what somebody should do in a particular situation

Advise (v)

to tell somebody what you think they should do in a particular situation

Argue (v)

to speak angrily to somebody because you disagree with them

Argument (n)

a conversation or discussion in which two or more people disagree, often angrily

Revise (v)

to prepare for an exam by looking again at work that you have done

Revision (n)

the process of learning work for an exam

Expand (v)

to become greater in size, number or importance; to make something greater in size, number or importance

Expansion (n)

an act of increasing or making something increase in size, amount or importance

Different (adj)

not the same as somebody/something; not like somebody/something else

Difference (n)

the way in which two people or things are not like each other; the way in which somebody/something has changed

Differ (v)

to be different from somebody something

Communicate (v)

Communication (n)

Communicative (adj)

Temporary (adj)

lasting or intended to last or be used only for a short time; not permanent