Exhaustive Vocabulary Encyclopedia for the 2026 Postgraduate English Entrance Examination (Red Book)

Vocabulary Lists 1–15: Core Academic Foundations and Conceptual Relations

• List 1: Relations and Context

  • Remote ($adj.$): Distant, far-off, slim or faint; ($n.$) remote control.
  • Remove ($v.$): To move, relocate, get rid of, or eliminate.
  • Removal ($n.$): The act of removing, relocation, or dismissal from office.
  • Remain ($v.$): To stay, remain, or maintain a state.
  • Remainder ($n.$): The rest, residue, or a mathematical remainder; ($v.$) to sell at a discount.
  • Remains ($n.$): Ruins, remains, or a corpse; ($v.$) stays or remains.
  • Remedy ($n.$): Therapy, cure, or correction; ($v.$) to correct or treat.
  • Remember ($v.$): To recall or memorize.
  • Remind ($v.$): To alert or make someone remember.
  • Render ($v.$): To make something become, to give, to express in a certain way, or to translate.
  • Contemporary ($adj.$): Modern, current, or belonging to the same era; ($n.$) a contemporary person or peer.
  • Contempt ($n.$): Scorn or disdain.
  • Content ($n.$): Content, amount, or a table of contents; ($adj.$) satisfied; ($v.$) to satisfy.
  • Contend ($v.$): To claim, argue, compete, or debate.
  • Contest ($n.$): A match or competition; ($v.$) to compete for or dispute/refute.
  • Context ($n.$): Context, linguistic environment, or surroundings.
  • Contract ($n.$): Contract or agreement; ($v.$) to shrink, sign a contract, or catch an infection.
  • Contradict ($v.$): To refute or be in contradiction with.
  • Contrary ($n.$): The opposite; ($adj.$) opposite or contrary.
  • Contrast ($n.$): Contrast, opposition, or standing out; ($v.$) to compare or form a contrast.
  • Diverse ($adj.$): Various or different.
  • Diversion ($n.$): Diversion, detour, distraction, or pastime.
  • Divert ($v.$): To turn aside, shift, entertain, or distract.
  • Divide ($v.$): To separate, divide, or divide by (mathematics).
  • Dividend ($n.$): A dividend in mathematics, or a share of profits/dividends in finance.
  • Division ($n.$): Division, disagreement, division (math), or a department.
  • Document ($n.$): File, document, or literature; ($v.$) to record or provide proof for.
  • Documentary ($adj.$): Recorded or factual; ($n.$) a documentary film.
  • Execute ($v.$): To execute, implement, or put to death.
  • Executive ($n.$): Decision-maker, administrator, or manager; ($adj.$) executive or administrative.

• List 2: Influence and Subsistence

  • Exemplify ($v.$): To illustrate by example or exemplify.
  • Exert ($v.$): To utilize or exert (effort/influence).
  • Exhaust ($v.$): To use up, deplete, or make exhausted; ($n.$) exhaust pipe or gas.
  • Existence ($n.$): Existence or survival.
  • Exotic ($adj.$): Foreign, strange, or exotic.
  • Moral ($adj.$): Ethical or moral; ($n.$) a moral or ethics.
  • Morality ($n.$): Ethics or morality.
  • Moreover ($adv.$): Furthermore or in addition.
  • Mostly ($adv.$): Chiefly, mostly, or usually.
  • Prior ($adj.$): Prior, previous, or of higher priority.
  • Priority ($n.$): Right of way, priority, or something that needs primary consideration.
  • Privacy ($n.$): Privacy or the right to privacy.
  • Private ($adj.$): Private or personal.
  • Privilege ($n.$): Privilege or honor; ($v.$) to grant a privilege or treat specially.
  • Prudent ($adj.$): Cautious, careful, or shrewd.
  • Submit ($v.$): To submit, hand in, or surrender.
  • Subordinate ($adj.$): Secondary or subordinate; ($n.$) a secondary person or object; ($v.$) to make secondary.
  • Subscribe ($v.$): To agree, donate, subscribe (to a publication), sign, or subscribe for shares.
  • Subsequent ($adj.$): Subsequent or following.
  • Substance ($n.$): Substance, object, essence, or main point.
  • Substantial ($adj.$): Large, major, essential, or sturdy.
  • Substitute ($v.$): To substitute; ($n.$) a substitute or alternative.
  • Subtle ($adj.$): Subtle, delicate, or obscure.
  • Associate ($v.$): To connect, socialize; ($n.$) colleague or partner; ($adj.$) associate or secondary.
  • Association ($n.$): Association, connection, or mental association.
  • Amend ($v.$): To amend, correct, or improve.
  • Among ($prep.$): Between or among.
  • Amongst ($prep.$): Between or in the midst of.
  • Amount ($n.$): Amount or sum; ($v.$) to total or be equal to.

• List 3: Status and Anticipation

  • Ample ($adj.$): Adequate, abundant, or plenty.
  • Stance ($n.$): Stance, position, or attitude.
  • Startle ($v.$): To startle or surprise.
  • Statistics ($n.$): Statistics (the science) or statistical figures.
  • Statue ($n.$): Statue or sculpture.
  • Status ($n.$): Status, identity, state, position, or importance.
  • Statute ($n.$): Statute, regulation, or decree.
  • Steer ($v.$): To drive, guide, steer, or manipulate; ($n.$) a bullock/steer.
  • Stem ($n.$): Handle, stem, or root of a word; ($v.$) to stop or originate ($\sim \text{from}$).
  • Stern ($adj.$): Severe, strict, or harsh; ($n.$) the stern of a ship.
  • Anonymous ($adj.$): Anonymous or unnamed.
  • Answer ($n.$): Answer or solution; ($v.$) to answer or reply.
  • Anticipate ($v.$): To expect, anticipate, or look forward to; to act ahead of.
  • Anxiety ($n.$): Worry, anxiety, or longing.
  • Anxious ($adj.$): Anxious, worried, or eager.
  • Apart ($adv.$): Apart or separated; ($adj.$) separate or divided.
  • Assassinate ($v.$): To assassinate or murder.
  • Assault ($n.$): Attack, assault, or physical battery; ($v.$) to attack or raid.

• List 4: Assembly and Discipline

  • Assemble ($v.$): To assemble, gather, or put together.
  • Assembly ($n.$): Assembly, meeting, or gathering.
  • Assert ($v.$): To claim, assert, or insist upon.
  • Compose ($v.$): To compose, form, or calm oneself.
  • Composition ($n.$): Composition, work, composing, essay, or creative skill.
  • Comprehend ($v.$): To understand, grasp, or include.
  • Comprehension ($n.$): Understanding or comprehension.
  • Comprehensive ($adj.$): Comprehensive, wide-ranging, or detailed.
  • Condemn ($v.$): To condemn or sentence.
  • Condense ($v.$): To condense, concentrate, or abridge.
  • Condition ($n.$): State, condition, or environment; ($v.$) to condition, affect, or maintain.
  • Conduct ($v.$): To carry out, behave, direct, or conduct (heat/electricity); ($n.$) behavior or implementation.
  • Conductor ($n.$): Conductor, ticket collector, or physical conductor.
  • Disable ($v.$): To disable or incapacitate.
  • Disappoint ($v.$): To disappoint or frustrate.
  • Discipline ($n.$): Discipline, training, punishment, or an academic subject; ($v.$) to train or punish.
  • Disclose ($v.$): To reveal, disclose, or leak.
  • Discovery ($n.$): Discovery or detection.
  • Hoist ($v.$): To lift or hoist; ($n.$) a lifting mechanism or crane.
  • Hold ($v.$): To hold, conduct, possess, or contain; ($n.$) holding or control.
  • Holder ($n.$): Holder, owner, or support.
  • Household ($n.$): Household; ($adj.$) domestic or well-known.
  • However ($adv.$): However, nevertheless, or regardless.
  • Huddle ($n.$): A cluster or huddle; ($v.$) to crowd together.
  • Narrative ($n.$): Narrative or story; ($adj.$) narrative-style.
  • Narrow ($adj.$): Narrow or small; ($v.$) to make narrow.
  • Nasty ($adj.$): Ugly, unpleasant, dirty, or vulgar.

• List 5: Constitution and Distinction

  • Nationality ($n.$): Nationality or ethnic group.
  • Native ($adj.$): Local, native, or innate; ($n.$) local person or native.
  • Natural ($adj.$): Natural or innate.
  • Overall ($adv.$): Altogether or generally; ($n.$) coveralls; ($adj.$) overall or total.
  • Overlap ($v.$): To overlap or partial overlap; ($n.$) overlapping part.
  • Portion ($n.$): Part, portion, or share; ($v.$) to divide into parts.
  • Possibility ($n.$): Possibility or chance.
  • Possible ($adj.$): Possible or may happen.
  • Potential ($n.$): Potential; ($adj.$) latent or possible.
  • Pour ($v.$): To pour or swarm.
  • Console ($v.$): To comfort or console; ($n.$) control console.
  • Consist ($v.$): To consist (of), lie (in), or be consistent (with).
  • Consistent ($adj.$): Consistent or constant.
  • Constant ($adj.$): Fixed, unchanging, or continuous; ($n.$) a constant (math).
  • Constituent ($adj.$): Composing or constitutional; ($n.$) component or constituent (voter).
  • Constitute ($v.$): To constitute, be regarded as, or establish.
  • Constitution ($n.$): Constitution, establishment, or physique.
  • Constrain ($v.$): To force or constrain.
  • Construct ($v.$): To build, construct, or draw (geometry); ($n.$) structure or concept.
  • Distinct ($adj.$): Distinct, clear, or obvious.
  • Distinction ($n.$): Distinction, difference, or high grade.
  • Fruitful ($adj.$): Productive or successful.
  • Frustrate ($v.$): To frustrate or defeat.
  • Fulfil ($v.$): To fulfill, implement, or satisfy.
  • Fulfill ($v.$): To fulfill, realize, or complete.

Vocabulary Lists 6–10: Modernity, Ethics, and Logic

• List 6: Functions and Fundamentals

  • Function ($n.$): Function, duty, or function (math); ($v.$) to work, operate, or function.
  • Fund ($n.$): Fund or capital; ($v.$) to provide funding.
  • Fundamental ($adj.$): Basic, fundamental, or essential; ($n.$) basic principles.
  • Evident ($adj.$): Obvious or clear.
  • Evil ($n.$): Evil or sin; ($adj.$) wicked.
  • Environment ($n.$): Environment.
  • Enterprise ($n.$): Enterprise, business, or initiative.
  • Entertain ($v.$): To entertain, amuse, or harbor (thoughts).
  • Entertainment ($n.$): Leisure entertainment or treating guests.
  • Monopoly ($n.$): Monopoly.
  • Monotonous ($adj.$): Monotonous or dull.
  • Transmission ($n.$): Transmission, broadcast, or gearbox.
  • Transmit ($v.$): To transmit, broadcast, or pass on.
  • Stock ($n.$): Stock, shares, or livestock; ($v.$) to store or stock up.
  • Stride ($v.$): To stride or take a step; ($n.$) stride or pace.
  • Strike ($v.$): To strike, strike (work), attack, or strike a match; ($n.$) strike or raid.
  • Striking ($adj.$): Striking or notable.
  • String ($n.$): String, wire, or series.
  • Stun ($v.$): To stun or shock.
  • Prime ($adj.$): Best, primary, or basic; ($n.$) prime time/peak; ($v.$) to prepare.
  • Primitive ($adj.$): Primitive or simple.
  • Principal ($adj.$): Most important or main; ($n.$) principal (school) or principal (money).

• List 7: Principles and Viewpoints

  • Principle ($n.$): Principle or law.
  • Psychiatry ($n.$): Psychiatry.
  • Psychology ($n.$): Psychology.
  • Liability ($n.$): Responsibility, obligation, or debt.
  • Liable ($adj.$): Tending to, legally responsible, or vulnerable to.
  • Liberal ($adj.$): Open-minded, liberal, or generous; ($n.$) a liberal.
  • Liberate ($v.$): To liberate or release.
  • License/Licence ($n.$): License or permit; ($v.$) to license.
  • Innocent ($adj.$): Innocent, pure, or naive.
  • Innovation ($n.$): Innovation or reform.
  • Anguish ($n.$): Extreme physical or mental pain.
  • Annoy ($v.$): To annoy or irritate.
  • Annual ($adj.$): Yearly; ($n.$) yearbook/annual.
  • Anchor ($n.$): Anchor or pillar of support; ($v.$) to anchor, stabilize, or host a program.
  • Confine ($v.$): To limit or imprison.
  • Confirm ($v.$): To confirm, verify, or approve.
  • Confidential ($adj.$): Secret, confidential, or intimate.
  • Configuration ($n.$): Configuration, layout, or structure.
  • Trail ($v.$): To trail, follow, or lag; ($n.$) trail, path, or trace.
  • Train ($n.$): Train or line; ($v.$) to train or coach.
  • Training ($n.$): Training or exercise.
  • Trait ($n.$): Trait or characteristic.
  • View ($n.$): View, sight, or opinion; ($v.$) to view or examine.
  • Viewpoint ($n.$): Point of view.
  • Violence ($n.$): Violence or atrocity.
  • Violent ($adj.$): Violent or intense.

• List 8: Virtues and Estates

  • Virtual ($adj.$): Virtual, actual, or almost.
  • Virtue ($n.$): Virtue or merit.
  • Apparent ($adj.$): Apparent, obvious, or superficial.
  • Appeal ($n.$): Plea, appeal, or attraction; ($v.$) to appeal or attract.
  • Appearance ($n.$): Appearance or look.
  • Appliance ($n.$): Appliance or tool.
  • Applicable ($adj.$): Applicable or suitable.
  • Application ($n.$): Application or use.
  • Appoint ($v.$): To appoint, assign, or designate.
  • Appointment ($n.$): Appointment, date, or position.
  • Apply ($v.$): To apply, use, or smear.
  • Appreciate ($v.$): To appreciate, understand, or increase in value.
  • Discriminate ($v.$): To discriminate against or distinguish.
  • Discuss ($v.$): To discuss or elaborate.
  • Disease ($n.$): Disease or illness.
  • Escape ($v.$): To escape or avoid; ($n.$) escape.
  • Especially ($adv.$): Especially or specifically.
  • Essay ($n.$): Essay, article, or attempt; ($v.$) to try.
  • Essence ($n.$): Essence or extract.
  • Essential ($adj.$): Essential, basic, or necessary; ($n.$) essentials.
  • Establish ($v.$): To establish, confirm, or set up.
  • Estimate ($v.$): To estimate or value; ($n.$) estimate.
  • Ethic ($n.$): Ethic or moral code.
  • Ethnic ($adj.$): Ethnic or racial; ($n.$) member of an ethnic minority.
  • Evaluate ($v.$): To evaluate or estimate.
  • Industrial ($adj.$): Industrial.
  • Industrialize/Industrialise ($v.$): To industrialize.
  • Industry ($n.$): Industry, field, or diligence.

• List 9: Necessities and Outlines

  • Inevitable ($adj.$): Inevitable or certain.
  • Miserable ($adj.$): Miserable or wretched.
  • Misery ($n.$): Misery or pain.
  • Mixture ($n.$): Mixture or blending.
  • Necessary ($adj.$): Necessary or inevitable.
  • Necessitate ($v.$): To necessitate or require.
  • Necessity ($n.$): Necessity or essential item.
  • Negative ($adj.$): Negative, cynical, or passive; ($n.$) negative number or film negative.
  • Negotiate ($v.$): To negotiate, consult, or pass through.
  • Outer ($adj.$): Outer or remote.
  • Outlet ($n.$): Outlet, vent, dealership, or discount store.
  • Outline ($n.$): Outline or draft; ($v.$) to outline or summarize.
  • Outlook ($n.$): View, prospect, or world view.
  • Output ($n.$): Output or production.
  • Poverty ($n.$): Poverty or shortage.
  • Practical ($adj.$): Practical or useful.
  • Practice ($n.$): Practice, exercise, or habit; ($v.$) to practice.
  • Practitioner ($n.$): Practitioner or practitioner of a profession.
  • Preach ($v.$): To preach or advocate.
  • Precede ($v.$): To precede or go before.
  • Precaution ($n.$): Precaution or preventative measure.
  • Precedent ($n.$): Precedent or previous example.
  • Preceding ($adj.$): Preceding or previous.
  • Precise ($adj.$): Precise or exact.
  • Precision ($n.$): Precision or accuracy.

• List 10: Pressure and Presence

  • Stress ($n.$): Stress, pressure, or emphasis; ($v.$) to stress or emphasize.
  • Stretch ($v.$): To stretch, extend, or last; ($n.$) stretch or span.
  • Holy ($adj.$): Holy or sacred.
  • Honor/Honour ($n.$): Honor or respect; ($v.$) to respect or give honor.
  • Honorable/Honourable ($adj.$): Honorable or respectable.
  • Horizon ($n.$): Horizon or scope of thought.
  • Horizontal ($adj.$): Horizontal.
  • Ingenious ($adj.$): Ingenious or clever.
  • Ingredient ($n.$): Ingredient or factor.
  • Initial ($adj.$): Initial or starting; ($n.$) initials; ($v.$) to initial.
  • Initiate ($v.$): To initiate, launch, or impart knowledge to.
  • Initiative ($n.$): Initiative, right of initiative, or measure.
  • Locality ($n.$): Locality or area.
  • Locate ($v.$): To locate, find, or situated.
  • Negligible ($adj.$): Negligible or insignificant.
  • Prescribe ($v.$): To prescribe medicine or stipulate.
  • Prescription ($n.$): Prescription or formula.
  • Presence ($n.$): Presence or attendance.
  • Present ($n.$): Present or gift; ($adj.$) present or in attendance; ($v.$) to present or propose.
  • Presently ($adv.$): Now or soon.
  • Preserve ($v.$): To preserve or keep; ($n.$) exclusive domain or nature preserve.
  • Preside ($v.$): To preside over or chair a meeting.
  • Press ($v.$): To press; ($n.$) press, publishers, or news industry.
  • Pressure ($n.$): Pressure, stress, or tension; ($v.$) to pressure.
  • Prestige ($n.$): Prestige or reputation.

Vocabulary Lists 11–20: Strategy, Transformation, and Logic

• List 11: Transaction and Architecture

  • Presumably ($adv.$): Presumably or probably.
  • Presume ($v.$): To assume, presume, or take the liberty.
  • Prevent ($v.$): To prevent or hinder.
  • Previous ($adj.$): Previous.
  • Prey ($n.$): Prey or victim; ($v.$) to prey on or torment.
  • Reliable ($adj.$): Reliable or trustworthy.
  • Reliance ($n.$): Reliance or trust.
  • Religious ($adj.$): Religious or devout.
  • Straight ($adj.$): Straight, honest, or frank; ($adv.$) directly.
  • Straightforward ($adj.$): Simple, frank, or honest.
  • Strain ($n.$): Stress, strain, pull, or breed; ($v.$) to strain, pull, or try hard.
  • Strategy ($n.$): Strategy.
  • Strength ($n.$): Strength, power, or advantage.
  • Strengthen ($v.$): To strengthen or consolidate.
  • Strenuous ($adj.$): Strenuous, arduous, or vigorous.
  • Transaction ($n.$): Transaction or business.
  • Transfer ($v.$): To transfer, assign, or relocate; ($n.$) transfer.
  • Transform ($v.$): To transform or remodel.
  • Transient ($adj.$): Transient or short-lived.
  • Architect ($n.$): Architect or designer.
  • Architecture ($n.$): Architecture, system architecture, or design.
  • Archive ($n.$): Archive or file; ($v.$) to archive.
  • Arena ($n.$): Arena or stage.
  • Argument ($n.$): Argument, point, or debate.
  • Arise ($v.$): To appear, happen, or rise.

• List 12: Vision and Dispute

  • Arouse ($v.$): To arouse (interest/anger).
  • Array ($n.$): Wide array or sequence; ($v.$) to arrange or deploy.
  • Visible ($adj.$): Visible.
  • Vision ($n.$): Vision, sight, or imagination.
  • Visual ($adj.$): Visual or related to sight.
  • Vital ($adj.$): Vital, essential, or lively.
  • Void ($adj.$): Empty, void, or invalid; ($n.$) blank or void; ($v.$) to cancel.
  • Volume ($n.$): Volume (book), volume (space), or volume (sound).
  • Consequence ($n.$): Consequence or result.
  • Consequently ($adv.$): Consequently or therefore.
  • Conservation ($n.$): Conservation, protection, or saving (resources).
  • Conservative ($adj.$): Conservative or traditional; ($n.$) a conservative.
  • Considerable ($adj.$): Considerable, major, or significant.
  • Considerate ($adj.$): Considerate or thoughtful.
  • Dispute ($n.$): Dispute or disagreement; ($v.$) to dispute.
  • Dissolve ($v.$): To dissolve, disband, or lose control.
  • Exchange ($n.$): Exchange, stock market, or currency exchange; ($v.$) to exchange.
  • Exclude ($v.$): To exclude or reject.
  • Exclusive ($adj.$): Exclusive, elite, or exclusionary.
  • Stick ($v.$): To stick, pierce, put, or endure; ($n.$) stick or rod.
  • Stimulate ($v.$): To stimulate or motivate.
  • Stir ($v.$): To stir, mix, or arouse.
  • Stipulate ($v.$): To stipulate or define clearly.
  • Infer ($v.$): To infer or deduce.
  • Inference ($n.$): Inference or deduction.
  • Inferior ($adj.$): Inferior or lower-class.

• List 13: Approach and Distraction

  • Approach ($v.$): To approach, handle, or deal with; ($n.$) approach or method.
  • Appropriate ($adj.$): Proper or suitable; ($v.$) to appropriate (funds) or embezzle.
  • Approve ($v.$): To approve, pass, or endorse ($\text{of}$).
  • Apt ($adj.$): Likely to, appropriate, or clever.
  • Conform ($v.$): To conform, comply, or adapt.
  • Confront ($v.$): To face, encounter, or confront.
  • Confuse ($v.$): To confuse or mislead.
  • Congress ($n.$): Congress or representative assembly.
  • Connexion ($n.$): Connection or relation.
  • Conscious ($adj.$): Conscious, aware, or intentional.
  • Continual ($adj.$): Continuous or incessant.
  • Continue ($v.$): To continue.
  • Continuous ($adj.$): Continuous or ongoing.
  • Dismiss ($v.$): To dismiss, fire, or reject (a legal case).
  • Disorder ($n.$): Disorder, confusion, or illness.
  • Disperse ($v.$): To disperse or scatter.
  • Displace ($v.$): To replace, displace, or remove from home.
  • Distribute ($v.$): To distribute or scatter.
  • Distort ($v.$): To distort, warp, or misrepresent.
  • Distract ($v.$): To distract, shift, or divert.

• List 14: Evolution and Reflection

  • Evolve ($v.$): To evolve or develop.
  • Exaggerate ($v.$): To exaggerate or overstate.
  • Mock ($v.$): To mock or imitate; ($adj.$) mock or fake; ($n.$) mock exam.
  • Mode ($n.$): Mode, style, or pattern.
  • Moderate ($adj.$): Moderate, mild, or steady; ($v.$) to moderate; ($n.$) a moderate.
  • Modernization/Modernisation ($n.$): Modernization.
  • Modest ($adj.$): Modest, small, or moderate.
  • Modify ($v.$): To modify or qualify (grammar).
  • Predecessor ($n.$): Predecessor.
  • Predict ($v.$): To predict or forecast.
  • Preface ($n.$): Preface or foreword.
  • Preferable ($adj.$): Preferable or better.
  • Prejudice ($n.$): Prejudice or bias; ($v.$) to cause bias or harm.
  • Preliminary ($adj.$): Preliminary or preparatory.
  • Premier ($n.$): Premier or prime minister; ($adj.$) first or primary.
  • Premise ($n.$): Premise or assumption; ($v.$) to set as a premise.
  • Premium ($n.$): Premium (insurance), prize, or additional fee; ($adj.$) high-priced or high-quality.
  • Preparation ($n.$): Preparation.
  • Reflect ($v.$): To reflect, mirror, contemplate, or reconsider.
  • Reflection/Reflexion ($n.$): Reflection or meditation.
  • Reform ($n, v.$): Reform or remodel.
  • Reject ($v.$): To reject or refuse; ($n.$) a misfit or defective product.
  • Rejoice ($v.$): To rejoice or be happy.
  • Relate ($v.$): To narrate, relate, identify with, or connect.

• List 15: Relation and Concentration

  • Relation ($n.$): Relation, connection, or relative.
  • Relative ($n.$): Relative; ($adj.$) relative or comparative.
  • Relativity ($n.$): Relativity or theory of relativity.
  • Overseas ($adj, adv.$): Overseas or foreign.
  • Pose ($v.$): To pose (a question/danger), pose for a photo, or impersonate; ($n.$) a pose.
  • Possession ($n.$): Possession or property.
  • Dilute ($v.$): To dilute; ($adj.$) diluted.
  • Dim ($adj.$): Dim or fuzzy; ($v.$) to dim or weakens.
  • Diminish ($v.$): To decrease, weaken, or belittle.
  • Amateur ($n.$): Amateur; ($adj.$) amateur.
  • Amaze ($v.$): To amaze or shock.
  • Ambiguous ($adj.$): Ambiguous or unclear.
  • Ambitious ($adj.$): Ambitious or aspiring.
  • Bubble ($n.$): Bubble, foam, or illusion; ($v.$) to bubble or overflow with.
  • Compress ($v.$): To compress or squeeze; ($n.$) surgical compress.
  • Comprise ($v.$): To comprise, consist of, or constitute.
  • Compromise ($n, v.$): Compromise, settlement, or endangerment.
  • Conceive ($v.$): To conceive, imagine, or become pregnant.
  • Concentrate ($v.$): To concentrate or boil down; ($n.$) concentrate liquid.

Vocabulary Lists 21–40: Society, Law, and Action

• List 21: Union and Variation

  • Unemployment ($n.$): Unemployment.
  • Unexpected ($adj.$): Unexpected.
  • Unify ($v.$): To unify, unite, or integrate.
  • Union ($n.$): Union, alliance, or labor union.
  • Universal ($adj.$): Universal or general.
  • Vague ($adj.$): Vague or imprecise.
  • Valid ($adj.$): Valid, legitimate, or effective.
  • Valuable ($adj.$): Valuable.
  • Vanish ($v.$): To vanish or disappear.
  • Variable ($adj.$): Variable or unstable; ($n.$) a variable.
  • Variance ($n.$): Variance or disagreement.
  • Variation ($n.$): Variation or change.
  • Vast ($adj.$): Vast or huge.
  • Wage ($n.$): Wage; ($v.$) to wage (war).
  • Wander ($v.$): To wander or roam.
  • Weary ($adj.$): Tired, weary, or bored; ($v.$) to tire or bore.
  • Weird ($adj.$): Weird, odd, or bizarre.
  • Welfare ($n.$): Welfare or social relief.
  • Whirl ($v.$): To whirl or spin; ($n.$) a whirl, swirl, or attempt.
  • Yield ($v.$): To produce, profit, surrender, or yield; ($n.$) yield or profit.
  • Zigzag ($adj, n, adv, v.$): Zigzag, curved, or to move in a zigzag.

• List 22: Pattern and Means

  • Zoom ($v.$): To hum, fly fast, or skyrocket; ($n.$) rapid rise or hum.
  • Key ($n.$): Key; ($adj.$) key or critical.
  • Knit ($v.$): To knit.
  • Patch ($n, v.$): Patch, small piece, or to mend.
  • Patent ($n, adj.$): Patent or patented.
  • Pattern ($n, v.$): Pattern, model, or to model after.
  • Peculiar ($adj.$): Peculiar or unique.
  • Peer ($v.$): To peer or stare; ($n.$) peer or nobleman.
  • Per ($prep.$): Per or each.
  • Perceive ($v.$): To perceive or understand.
  • Perfect ($adj, v.$): Perfect or to make perfect.
  • Rail ($n, v.$): Rail, track, or to rail/complain against.
  • Railroad/Railway ($n.$): Railroad/railway.
  • Raise ($v, n.$): To raise, lift, or heightening.
  • Rally ($v, n.$): To rally, recover, or a meeting.
  • Random ($adj, n.$): Random or arbitrarily.
  • Range ($n, v.$): Range, series, or to rank within a range.
  • Rank ($n, v, adj.$): Rank, row, or to categorize; extreme or lush.
  • Master ($n, v.$): Master or to master/control.
  • Masterpiece ($n.$): Masterpiece.
  • Mate ($n, v.$): Mate, partner, or to mate.
  • Material ($n, adj.$): Material or physical.
  • Mathematical ($adj.$): Mathematical.
  • Maximum ($n, adj.$): Maximum.
  • Mean ($v, adj, n.$): To mean, intend; mean/stingy; average/mean.
  • Meaning ($n, v.$): Meaning or significance.
  • Means ($n, v.$): Means, method, or income.
  • Meantime ($n.$): Meantime or meanwhile.
  • Opening ($n, adj, v.$): Opening, vacancy, or beginning.
  • Operational ($adj.$): Operational or functional.

• List 23: Oppression and Welfare

  • Opponent ($n.$): Opponent or rival.
  • Oppose ($v.$): To oppose or resist.
  • Opposite ($n, adj, prep, adv.$): Opposite, facing, or relative to.
  • Oppress ($v.$): To oppress or worry.
  • Scope ($n.$): Scope or field.
  • Scorn ($n, v.$): Scorn or to disdain.
  • Secure ($adj, v.$): Secure, stable, or to guarantee/obtain.
  • Thrift ($n.$): Thrift or frugality.
  • Thrill ($n, v.$): Thrill, excitement, or to shake with excitement.
  • Thrive ($v.$): To thrive, prosper, or grow.
  • Through/Throughout ($prep, adv, adj.$): Through, across, or entirely.
  • Tip ($n, v.$): Tip, hint, or to give a tip.
  • Title ($n.$): Title or headline.
  • Urban ($adj.$): Urban.
  • Urge ($v, n.$): To urge, advise, or internal drive.
  • Utilize/Utilise ($v.$): To utilize.
  • Utter ($v, adj.$): To utter/speak; complete/utter.
  • Wonder ($n, v.$): Wonder, miracle, or to doubt/wonder.
  • Worship ($n, v.$): Worship or to revere.
  • Worth/Worthwhile ($n, adj.$): Value or worth doing.
  • Abandon ($v.$): To abandon or give up.
  • Abide ($v.$): To abide, endure, or reside.
  • Able ($adj.$): Able or capable.

• List 40: Adversity and Adherence

  • Sour ($adj, v.$): Sour, ill-tempered, or to turn sour.
  • Advisable ($adj.$): Advisable or prudent.
  • Advocate ($v, n.$): To advocate or advocate/lawyer.
  • Aesthetic/Esthetic ($adj, n.$): Aesthetic or aesthetics.
  • Affection ($n.$): Affection or love.
  • Affiliate ($v, n.$): To affiliate or subsidiary.
  • Affirm ($v.$): To affirm or verify.
  • Breach ($n, v.$): Breach, rupture, or to violate.
  • Breed ($v, n.$): To breed, raise, or a breed.
  • Brevity ($n.$): Brevity or shortness.
  • Coincide ($v.$): To coincide or overlap.
  • Collapse ($v, n.$): To collapse or crash.
  • Collide ($v.$): To collide or clash.
  • Column ($n.$): Column or pillar.
  • Combat ($n, v.$): Combat or to fight/suppress.
  • Combine ($v.$): To combine.
  • Commend ($v.$): To recommend or praise.
  • Commission ($n, v.$): Commission or to delegate.
  • Committee ($n.$): Committee.
  • Commodity ($n.$): Commodity or goods.
  • Deter ($v.$): To deter or discourage.
  • Deteriorate ($v.$): To deteriorate or worsen.
  • Determine ($v.$): To determine or decide.

Vocabulary Lists 41–80: Professionalism, Technology, and Measurement

• List 41: Index and Plot

  • Devise ($v.$): To devise, design, or invent.
  • Entail ($v.$): To entail or require.
  • Indeed ($adv.$): Indeed or truly.
  • Index ($n.$): Index, indicator, or exponent (math).
  • Mere/Merely ($adj, adv.$): Mere or simply.
  • Plausible ($adj.$): Plausible or likely.
  • Plea ($n.$): Plea, appeal, or excuse.
  • Plead ($v.$): To plead, appeal, or defend in court.
  • Plot ($n, v.$): Plot, chart, or secret plan.
  • Polite ($adj.$): Polite or cultured.
  • Poll ($n, v.$): Poll or survey.
  • Ponder ($v.$): To ponder or deliberate.
  • Rescue ($n, v.$): Rescue.
  • Resent ($v.$): To resent or hate.
  • Refute ($v.$): To refute or batch.
  • Regulation ($n.$): Regulation or rule.
  • Assimilate ($v.$): To assimilate, absorb, or digest.
  • Controversial/Controversy ($adj, n.$): Controversial or controversy.

• List 56: Machinery and Metrics

  • Function ($n.$): Function or duty.
  • Fund ($n, v.$): Fund or to finance.
  • Fundamental ($adj, n.$): Fundamental, basic, or core principle.
  • Monopoly ($n.$): Monopoly.
  • Transmission ($n.$): Transmission, broadcast, or motor transfer.
  • Transmit ($v.$): To transmit or broadcast.
  • Stock ($n, v.$): Stock, shares, or to store.
  • Stride ($v, n.$): Stride or a big step.
  • Strike ($v, n.$): Strike, attack, or work stoppage.
  • Striking ($adj, v.$): Striking or significant.
  • String ($n.$): String or series.
  • Stun ($v.$): To stun or shock.
  • Prime ($adj, n, v.$): Prime, main, or to prepare.
  • Primitive ($adj.$): Primitive or simple.
  • Principal ($adj, n.$): Principal or main.
  • Merchandise ($n, v.$): Goods or to promote sales.
  • Merchant ($n.$): Merchant or trader.
  • Mercury ($n.$): Mercury ($Hg$).
  • Merge ($v.$): To merge or blend.
  • Merit ($n, v.$): Merit or to deserve.
  • Metre/Meter ($n.$): Meter ($m$) or gauge.
  • Metric ($adj.$): Metric.
  • Metropolitan ($adj.$): Metropolitan.

• List 80: Measurement and Time

  • Peel ($n, v.$): Peel or to strip skin/peel.
  • Peep ($v, n.$): To peep, peek, or a small sound.
  • Penalty ($n.$): Penalty or punishment.
  • Penetrate ($v.$): To penetrate, penetrate, or discern.
  • Peninsula ($n.$): Peninsula.
  • Pension ($n.$): Pension or retirement pay.
  • Perfume ($n, v.$): Perfume or scent.
  • Permanent ($adj.$): Permanent or lasting.
  • Permeate ($v.$): To permeate or penetrate.
  • Quantify/Quantitative ($v, adj.$): To quantify or quantitative ($n$).
  • Rack ($n, v.$): Rack, support, or torture.
  • Racket ($n, v.$): Noise, racket (sport), or to be noisy.
  • Radio ($n.$): Radio.
  • Radioactive ($adj.$): Radioactive.
  • Radius ($n.$): Radius ($r$) or range.
  • Rag ($n.$): Rag or scrap of cloth.
  • Rage ($n, v.$): Rage, fury, or to be intense.
  • Raid ($n, v.$): Raid or sudden attack.
  • Semester ($n.$): Semester or half-academic year.
  • Semiconductor ($n.$): Semiconductor.
  • Seminar ($n.$): Seminar.
  • Senate/Senator ($n.$): Senate or Senator.
  • Sentence ($n, v.$): Sentence (language or law).
  • Sentiment ($n.$): Sentiment, emotion, or opinion.

Vocabulary Lists 100–123: Daily Interactions, Science, and Environment

• List 100: Artifacts and Nature

  • Archaeology/Archeology ($n.$): Archaeology.
  • April ($n.$): April.
  • Arithmetic ($n.$): Arithmetic.
  • Aside ($adv.$): Aside or by the side.
  • Astronaut ($n.$): Astronaut.
  • Astronomy ($n.$): Astronomy.
  • Atom ($n.$): Atom.
  • Ask ($v.$): To ask or request.
  • At ($prep.$): At (location or direction).
  • Athlete ($n.$): Athlete.
  • Auto/Automobile ($n.$): Car or auto-.
  • Autumn ($n.$): Autumn.
  • Aviation ($n.$): Aviation or flight.
  • Away ($adv.$): Away or distant.
  • Bacon ($n.$): Bacon.
  • Bag ($n.$): Bag.
  • Balcony ($n.$): Balcony.
  • Balloon ($n, v.$): Balloon or to expand.
  • Banana ($n.$): Banana.
  • Bank ($n.$): Bank or river bank.
  • Barber ($n.$): Barber.
  • Baseball ($n.$): Baseball.
  • Basket ($n.$): Basket.
  • Basin ($n.$): Basin or river valley.
  • Basketball ($n.$): Basketball.
  • Bat ($n, v.$): Bat (animal/sport) or to hit.
  • Bathroom ($n.$): Bathroom.
  • Be ($v.$): To be or exist.
  • Beach ($n.$): Beach.
  • Bean ($n.$): Bean.
  • Beautiful/Beauty ($adj, n.$): Beautiful or beauty.
  • Because ($conj.$): Because.
  • Bed ($n.$): Bed or flower bed.
  • Bee/Beef/Beer ($n.$): Bee, beef, or beer.
  • Best ($adj, adv, n.$): Best or superlative of good/well.

• List 123: Time and Final Review

  • Volleyball ($n.$): Volleyball.
  • War ($n, v.$): War or to fight.
  • Water ($n, v.$): Water or to water plants.
  • We/Whether ($pron, conj.$): We; whether/if.
  • Weather ($n, v.$): Weather or to weather a storm.
  • Wednesday/Week/Weekend ($n.$): Day or time periods.
  • Welcome ($n, v, int.$): Welcome.
  • Well ($adv, adj, n, int.$): Well, healthy, a well (water/oil), or an interjection.
  • What/Whatsoever ($pron, adv.$): What or whatever.
  • When/Where/Which/Who/Whom/Whose/Why ($adv, pron, conj.$): Interrogatives and relative pronouns.
  • Wife/Husband ($n.$): Marriage partners.
  • Will ($auxv, v, n.$): Will, determination, or a testament.
  • Window ($n.$): Window.
  • Wine ($n, v.$): Wine or to treat with wine.
  • Winter ($n.$): Winter.
  • Wish ($n, v.$): Wish or blessing.
  • With/Without ($prep, adv.$): With or without.
  • Woman/Wonderful/Wood/Word/World ($n, adj, v.$): Core social and physical nouns.
  • Would/Wrong ($auxv, adj, n, adv, v.$): Modal auxiliary; wrong or error.
  • Year/Yellow/Yes/Yesterday ($n, adj, adv.$): Time, color, and affirmation.
  • You/Your/Yours/Yourself/Yourselves ($pron.$): Personal second-person pronouns.
  • Zoo ($n.$): Zoo.