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PRE‐FACULTY WORD LISTLIST HEADWORD, VERB, NOUN, ADJECTIVE, ADVERB.TRANSCRIPT
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1Absolute
absoluteAbsolutely have absolute confidence
absolutely amazing
2Abstract abstract /
abstraction abstract abstract idea /concept
3
Accept
accept acceptance acceptable / unacceptable acceptably
glad to accept / happy to accept / be / seem / make stg acceptable
4Accompany
accompany accompaniment accompaniedbe accompanied by someone
5
Accountable
accountaccount accountability accountable
on account of bank account make someone / hold someone accountable for stg
6
Accumulate
accumulate accumulation accumulated
slowly / rapidly accumulate begin to accumulate lead to / prevent accumulation
7
Accustomed
accustomedbe / become / get accustomed to something
8
Acknowledge
acknowledge acknowledgement
openly / publicly acknowledge acknowledgement from someone
9 Additive add addition additive food additive
10
Adjust
adjust adjustment adjustable
quickly adjust / be difficult / hard to adjust fully adjustable
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11Administer
administer administration administrativeadminister an exam administrative duties
12Advance advance,
advancement advanced in advance, advanced level13 Aircraft aircraft
14Allocate
allocate allocationallocate stg for/ to stg allocate time / money
15Allowance
allow allowanceweekly / daily allowance get / receive allowance
16
Ally
ally ally
have an ally/ find an ally ally yourself to/ with someone
17Alter
alter alterationmake alterations / undergo alteration
18
Analyst
analyseanalyst analysis analytical
analyse carefully/critically/fully in depth / detailed /objective analysis leading / computer / business / political analyst
19
Ancestorancestor ancestry
common ancestry claim / have / share ancestry
20Angle
anglefrom an angle / angle of / angle between
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21
Apologize
apologize apology apologetic
be/feel/look/sound apologetic make an apology / expect an apology apologize for something apologize to someone
22Appendix
appendixsomething in in the appendix
23 Applaud applaud applause
24
Appoint
appoint appointment
appoint someone to do something / appoint someone as something make an appointment
25
Approach
approach approach approachable
approach somebody for something approach a problem /task the approach of something
26 Arch arch27 Arise arise arise from / arise out of28 Artificial artificial artificially artificial flowers / light29 Ash ash30 Atmosphere atmosphere
31Attain
attain attainability attainable perfectly / fully / easily attainable
32
Attempt
attempt attempt attempted
attempt to do stg / attempt at doing stg attempted murder/ suicide
33 Attorney attorney
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34Attribute
attributeattribute attribution attributive attribute stg to s.o
35
Authority
authorize authority authoritarian / authoritative
deny / refuse / reject / undermine authority authorize sb to do stg
36 Automatic automatic automatically automatic car37 Axe axe38 Backbone backbone39 Barrel barrel
40
Basis
base basis basic basically
base stg on stg basis for on a ...basis
41 Beak beak bird beak
42bear
bear bearable, unbearableto be, become bearable to make stg bearable
43 Beast beast beastly44 Bend bend bend over / down45 Beneath beneath46 Beneficiary beneficiary beneficiary of
47Bias
bias biasedpolitical / gender / racial bias
48Bid
bid bidbid against / bid for make / place a bid
49 Bind bind binding be bound to50 Blade blade
51
Boost
boost boost booster boosted
give sb / provide sb with boost / boost somebody's confidence confidence booster
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52Border
borderon the border /across the border / cross the border
53 Bother bother bother bother to do something
54
Bound
bound bound
within the bounds / out of bounds bound to do something
55Boundary
boundarycommon / northern / state boundary
56 Breadth breadth breadth of stg57 Breed breed breed rare breed / pure breed
58Bribe
bribebribe bribery
bribe someone to do stg bribe someone with stg
59 Brief brief brief briefly
60Broad
broaden broadbroad range broaden your horizons
61 Brush brush brush brush your hair / teeth62 Bubble bubble63 Bulk bulk bulk of something
64Bundle
bundle bundle bundledbundle of something in a bundle
65Campaign
campaign campaignlaunch / start / organise / run / manage a campaign
66 Candidate candidate
67
Capable /Incapable (of)
capability capable / incapable
have capability be capable of doing something
68 Captain captain
69Capture
capture capture, captive capturedtry to / manage to / attempt to capture
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70
Careless
carecare carelessness careless carelessly
take care / provide someone with care care about become / get / grow careless
71Carriage
carriagehorse-drawn carriage, train carriage
72Category
categorize categorycategorize into put stg into a category
73
Cease
cease ceasefiredeclare /negotiate ceasefire cease to exist
74Ceremony
ceremony ceremonialbrief / formal / official ceremony
75 Chamber chamber
76Cheat
cheat cheat / cheatercheat on someone / turn someone into a cheat
77 Chief chief chiefly chief of police / staff78 Cite cite citation cited works cited
79Civil
civilian civil be civil to someone civil war
80Clap
clap clapgive someone a big clap / clap loudly
81 Client client82 Cliff cliff
83
Code
codecode encode coded, encoded
break / write in code / a code of behaviour / conduct/ practice
84 Collapse collapse collapse from stg85 Colonise colonise colony colonised establish a colony
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86 Comfort comfort comfort comfortable / comforting find / get / seek comfort
87
Comment
comment comment
have / make a comment comment on / about something to someone
88Commentary
commentaryradio / sports / news commentary
89
Commerce
commerce commercial commercial
cinema / radio / TV commercial do / make a commercial domestic / international commerce
90Commodity
commoditybasic / common / cheap commodity
91Compatible (with)/Incompatible compatible / incompatible compatible with
92
Compensate
compensate compensation compensated
compensate for something get / receive / gain compensation
93
Compile
compile compilation
compile something from / for stg a compilation of
94 Component component
95Compose
composecomposer / composition compose stg
96Comprehensive
comprehend comprehensioncomprehensive / comprehensible
extremely / fully / quite comprehensive
97 Comprise comprise comprised be comprised of
98
Compromise
compromise compromise compromisedagree on / arrive at / come to / reach a compromise
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99 Concern concern concern concerned concerned about100 concrete concrete concretely concrete evidence
101Conclude
conclude conclusion conclusivecome to a conclusion / in conclusion
102Confirm
confirm confirmation confirmedwait for / have / get confirmation
103Conform
conformconformity, conformist conform to
104 Conscience conscience
105Conscious
consciousness conscious / unconsciousconsciously / unconsciously be conscious of stg
106Consensus
consensusarrive at / reach a consensus
107 Conservative conservatism conservative
108Consistent /Inconsistent consistency
inconsistencyConsistent /Inconsistent
consistent with109 Constant constant remain / stay constant
110Constitute
constitute constitutiondraw up / prepare / adopt / enact a constitution
111 Constrain constrain constraint constrained constraint on
112Consult
consultconsultation / consultant consult sb about stg
113Contest contest /
contestant114 Continent continent115 Contradict contradict contradiction
116Controversial
controversyControversial
cause / create controversy
117Convene
convene convention conventional conventionallyannual / international convention
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118
Coordinate
coordinate coordination coordinated
coordinate with / lack of coordination color coordinated
119 Corporate corporate120 Correspond correspond correspondence correspond to121 Cotton cotton122 Coverage cover coverage live coverage123 Crack crack crack124 Craft craft
125
Creation
createcreation / creativity / creator creative creatively
126 Creature creature127 Criteria criteria128 Crown crown129 Crucial crucial crucial for / crucial to130 Cultivate cultivate cultivation cultivated131 Curse curse curse curse for132 cynical cynical
133Dare
dare dare daringHow dare you ! I dare you to ...
134 dam dam build a dam135 Data data collect data
136
Debate
debate debate debatable
debate about / on debate between have a debate
137 Decade decade138 Deceive deceive deception deceptive139 Deer deer140 Defeat defeat defeat (un)defeated accept / admit defeat
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141 Defend defend defence defensive defend against142 Delicate delicacy delicate143 Derive derive derive from144 Deserve deserve145 Desire desire desire desire for stg
146Despair despair /
desperation in / with despair
147Detect
detectdetection/ detective
148 Deviate deviate deviation deviate from
149
diagnose
diagnose diagnosis
to diagnose correctly, wrongly to make / give diagnosis correct/ right / tentative diagnosis
150
distract
distract distraction distracted
distract somebody/something from something
151
Devote
devote devotion devoted
devote yourself to stg devoted to show devotion
152Differentiate
differentiate differentdifferentiate between differentiate from
153 Dig dig digger dig for stg154 Dimension dimension dimensional in two / three dimensions155 Diminish diminish156 Dine dine dinner dine out
157
Direct
direct director direct
direct a film / film director be extremely / very / quite direct
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158
Discriminate
discriminate discrimination
positively/ unfairly discriminate discriminate against age / class / gender / race religious discrimination against somebody
159
Dismiss
dismiss dismissal dismissive, dismissed
dismissal of somebody reason for dismissal class / meeting is dismissed
160
Disobey
disobey / obeydisobedience / obedience obedient/disobedient
disobedience to somebody punish somebody for disobedience
161Display
display displayclearly, prominently, proudly display
162
Dispose
dispose disposal disposable
rubbish, sewage, waste disposal dispose of stg
163Disregard
disregard disregarddemonstrate / show disregard for / of stg
164
Disrespect
disrespect disrespect
Disrespectful/respectfulhave, show, treat somebody with disrespect
165Dissimilar
dissimilar / similarbe / appear / look dissimilar from / to
166
Distinct
distinction distinct / distinctive
become / remain distinct crucial, important, main distinction between
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167
Distort
distort distortion
seriously, severely distort stg cause, create, lead to distortion of stg
168 Ditch ditch ditch deep, wide shallow ditch
169
Diversity
diversify diversity diverse diversely
growing, considerable ethnic, genetic diversity diversity in / of stg
170 Domain domain private / public domain
171Domestic
domesticate domestic / domesticateddomestic market, economy, pets
172
Dominate
dominatedominance / domination dominant dominantly
achieve, assert dominance over seem, become, remain dominant largely, increasingly dominate complete, cultural, economic, political domination
173 Dove dove peace dove174 Downward downward downwards175 Drag drag176 Drawer drawer open, pull a drawer177 Drugstore drugstore178 Eager eager eagerly appear, seem eager
179Ease
ease ease easy easilygreat, remarkable ease in begin to , try to ease
180 Edge edge on the edge181 Elastic elastic elastic band
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182Element
elementbasic, crucial, essential element
183 Eliminate eliminate elimination eliminate from
184Emerge
emerge emergenceemerge from, into emergence of
185
emit
emit emission
carbon dioxide emissions, emission levels to cut, reduce emissions
186
Emphasis
emphasize emphasis emphatic
place, emphasis on considerable, great emphasis strongly emphasize
187 Enable enable enabling enable sb / stg to do stg
188Endurance
endure endurance endurableendurance test endure doing stg
189Enemy
enemydefeat, destroy, confront, face an enemy
190
Energetic
energise energy energetic
renewable, nuclear, solar energy generate, supply, consume energy
191
Enforce
enforce enforcement enforced
fully, strictly enforced strict, effective enforcement law, legal, police enforcement enforce a law / rule / policy
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192
Engage
engage engagement engaged / engaging
engage s in stg previous, prior engagement deeply, heavily engaged
193
Entitle
entitle entitlement entitled
be entitled to do stg entitle sb to do stg entitlement to holiday,benefit, pension entitlement
194 Essence essence real, true essence
195
Estimate estimate, overestimate, underestimate
estimate / (under, over)estimation (under, over)estimated
difficult to, hard to estimate early, initial estimate make an estimate
196Ethics
ethicsEthical/Unethical
(un)ethicallypersonal, business medical ethics
197Ethnic
ethnicethnic origin, ethnic violence
198
evidence
evidence evident evidently
convincing, decisive evidence it is evident that ...
199
Evolution
evolve evolution evolved
gradual, rapid, natural evolution evolve from, evolve into
200
Examine
examine examination
fully, properly examine careful, detailed, full examination
201Exceed
exceedexpected to, likely to exceed
202 Excess excess excessive excess of
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203
Executive
execute executive executiveChief Executive Officer (CEO), executive decision
204
Exhibit
exhibit exhibition
small, important, major exhibition exhibit symptoms
205 Exit exit exit
206Expense
expense expensiveleading, medical, travel expenses
207Expertise
expertise, expertlack, need , require expertise
208
Exploit
exploit exploitation
military, sexual exploit b open to, be vulnerable to exploitation
209Facilitate
facilitate facilitation, facilitator further facilitate
210Facility
facility childcare, leisure facilities
211Fade
fadequickly fade, fade away, begin to fade
212feasible
feasibility feasible, infeasibleeconomically/technically/politically feasible
213 Feast feast have a feast214 Fellow fellow fellow fellow traveller
215Fierce
fierce fiercelyfierce attack, opposition, criticism
216File
file filealphabetically file fat, thick, secret, case file
217Finite/Infinite
infinityFinite/Infinite finite resources infinity
of stg
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218 Fitness fitness fit219 Flame flame220 Flesh flesh221 Flood flood flood flooded
222
Fluctuate
fluctuate fluctuation
sharply, considerably fluctuate, fluctuate between cause fluctuation
223Fond
fondness fondbe fond of great, special fondness
224Forever
foreverforever and ever go on forever
225Foundation
found foundation foundedThe British Heart Foundation
226 Frozen freeze freezer frozen freeze to death
227
Fundamental
fundamental
seem, remain, consider stg, regard stg as fundamental truly, fairly fundamental
228 Funeral funeral funeral ceremony, service
229Fur
fur furry thick, soft, artificial, fake fur
230Furnish
furnish furniture furnishedfully furnished, garden furniture
231 Furthermore furthermore
232
Gain
gain gain
gain control, power, reputation financial, economic gain
233 Gap gap gap between
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234
Gentle
gentleman gentle gently
appear, look, seem gentle perfect, real, true gentleman
235 Gifted gift gifted be gifted in
236Glove
glovegardening, surgical, oven gloves
237 Glue glue glue put on glue238 Grab grab try to, manage to grab239 Grain grain
240Grease
greasecovered in grease, remove, dissolve grease
241 Grind grind grinder242 Guarantee guarantee guarantee guaranteed full, life time guarantee
243 Guideline guide guideline guided
practical, clear, helpful guidelines develop, draw up, offer, stick to guidelines
244Hang
hanghang upside down, hang from a place
245
Hardship
hardship hardcause, endure, experience, face hardships
246 Harvest harvest harvest, harvester good, large , rich harvest
247Haste
haste hasty hastilyfrantic, great haste with / without haste
248 Hay hay249 Heel heel high-heels250 Hence hence
251Hero
hero / heroingreat, brave hero become, turn into a hero
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252Hierarchy
hierarchy hierarchical hierarchicallyhierarchical structure, organisation
253Hinder
hinder hindrancebe likely to, tend to hinder without hindrance
254 Hip hip
255
Hire
hire hire hired
hire charge, cost, for hire hire locally, by the day, by the week
256
Historian
historian, history historical historically
contemporary, early, recent history throughout history change the course of history
257 Hollow hollow dark, natural, deep hallow258 Holy holy holy city, man, book259 Hook hook hooked be, become, get hooked
260Hopeless /Hopeful
hope hopeHopeless /Hopeful
hopefullyhope for, look seem hopeless
261 hostile hostility hostile hostile to/towards
262
Horizon
horizon
northern, southern, distant horizon broaden, expand, widen horizons
263Horizontal/Vertical Horizontal/Vertical Horizontally/Verticall
yHorizontal/Vertical line
264Humble
humble humblyin my humble opinion, humble apologies
265
humid
humidify humidity humid
a humid climate, high, low humidity humidity level
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266
Hunger
hunger hungry
extreme hunger, feel hunger become, get, make sb hungry
267
Hunt
hunt hunter, hunting
fox, seal, tiger hunt massive, nationwide hunt treasure hunt
268
Hypothetical
hypothesis
Hypothetical Hypothetically acceptable, working hypothesis entirely, purely, totally hypothetical
269Identical
identical identicallylook, seem identical identical to / with
270
Ideological Ideology Ideological Ideologicallydominant, official, capitalist, socialist ideology
271Idle
idle idlyremain, leave stg, make stg idle
272
Ignorant
ignore ignorance
Ignorant show ignorance appear, seem, seem, remain ignorant
273
Illegal /Legal
legality
Illegal /Legal become, be legal challenge, question, assert, recognise legality
274Imitate
imitate imitation imitatedaccurate, good, poor imitation
275 Immense Immense Immensely
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276
Immigrant Immigrate Immigrant, Immigration
illegal, foreign, Italian immigrant illegal, large-scale, immigration immigration rules, officer, service immigrate from / to
277
Implication
implicate implication
be implicated in stg considerable, crucial, major, important implications
278
Imprison
imprison imprisonment
falsely, wrongly, temporarily imprison ten years, immediate , life imprisonment
279
Improbable/probable
probability
Improbable/probable
probably
highly probable probable outcome, result, consequence
280 Improper/Proper Improper/Proper properly proper way, place
281
Impure/Pure
purity / impurity
Impure/Pure
purely
pure silk pure chance, coincidence purity of tap water
282Inaccessible/Accessible
accessaccess, (in) accessibility
Inaccessible/Accessible make stg, become, remain accessible
283
Incentive Incentive big, considerable, sufficient, more, less, financial incentive
284Incident Incident ,
incidence incidental incidentally major, serious incident
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285Inherit
inheritinheritance inheritance from sb
large, small inheritance
286Inclusive
include inclusionInclusive, included possible inclusion
all inclusive
287Incorporate Incorporate
incorporated incorporate stg into / in stg288 Incurable/curable cure cure Incurable/curable incurable disease, illness289 Indefinite /definite Indefinite /definite (in)definitely Indefinite/definite article
290
Independence Independence Independent Independentlybecome, feel, make somebody independent full, total independence enjoy, value independence
291 Indirect Indirect indirectly Indirect speech
292Inevitable Inevitable
inevitablyinevitable result, consequence
293 Infrastructure Infrastructure294 Inherent Inherent Inherently be inherent in stg
295Inhibit Inhibit
inhibitiontend to, severely inhibit inhibit someone from stg
296Initiate Initiate Initiative take the initiative, have
initiative297 Inner Inner
298Innovate Innovate Innovation Innovative successful, scientific
innovation
299Insight Insight
have, gain, get insight into
300Insist (on) Insist
insistence insistent insistentlyinsist on become, remain insistent
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301
Inspect Inspect Inspection, inspector
carefully, thoroughly inspect carry out, make, conduct inspection
302
Instruct
instructinstruction, instructor
carefully, explicitly instruct proper formal, individualized, private instruction
303Insufficient/Sufficient Insufficient/Sufficient Insufficiently/Suffici
ently prove insufficient
304
Integral Integrate
integration
Integral integrate into / with encourage, achieve, speed up, require, lead to integration integral part of stg
305
Intense
intensify
Intensity Intensive, intense Intensivelytend to, be likely to intensify high, low intensity intensive care, labour intensive
306Internal /External Internal /External Internally
/Externally
307
intervene
intervene interventionto intervene directly, a police, military intervention
308
Invade
invade invasion, invader invaded
military invasion fear of invasion invasion of privacy
309Invaluable
value valueInvaluable, valuable remain, make stg
invaluable
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310Irrational/rational Irrational/rational Irrationally/rationally
quite, totally irrational
311
Isolate
isolate isolation isolated
political, complete, social isolation isolate somebody from somebody / stg
312 Jaw jaw313 Jewel jewel, jewellery314 Joint joint knee, hip, elbow joint315 Kingdom kingdom316 Lab lab, laboratory
317
Label
label label
put a label on stg correctly, falsely, properly, wrongly label
318Labour
labour, labourerphysical, hard labour cheap, child labour
319 Ladder ladder climb a ladder320 Lately late lately321 Lay lay lay eggs, lay stg out322 Layer layer thin, thick layer
323
League
league
at the bottom / top of the league, be in a different league
324Lean
leanlean on somebody lean towards
325
Liberal
liberate liberty liberal
liberal leader, party personal, political, religious liberty
326 Lid lid put a lid on stg327 Lifelong lifelong lifelong learning
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328
Lifetime
lifetime
in your lifetime lifetime income, employment, experience
329 Likewise likewise330 Limb limb broken, injured, stiff limb331 Load load load loaded heavy, work, full load332 Lodging lodging lodging house333 Log log keep a log, web log334 Lord Lord Good Lord!
335Loyal
loyalty loyalextremely, very loyal show loyalty to, for, from
336
Magic
magic, magician magical magically
pure, black magic truly, totally magical do magic
337Major
majority majorbig, vast majority, majority of
338 Mall mall shopping mall
339
Manipulate
manipulatemanipulation, manipulator manipulative
easily, deliberately manipulate careful, clever, deliberate manipulation
340 Mankind mankind history of mankind341 Marker marker board marker
342
Massive
mass, masses massive
enormous , huge, large mass massive heart attack massive argument
343Master
master mastermaster and servant master the art of stg
344 Mat mat yoga mat
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345 Mate mate class, team, work mate
346
Maximum
maximise maximum maximum
maximum amount, number maximise opportunities, chances
347 Meantime meantime in the meantime348 Meanwhile meanwhile
349
Mechanism
mechanism, mechanic mechanical mechanically
locking, steering mechanism avoidance, control, defence mechanism
350 Melt melt melting, melted melt away
351Memorial
memorial memorialmemorial ceremony, service
352
Mentality
mentality mental mentally
mentality of teenagers, youth mental illness
353Merchant merchant,
merchandiserich, powerful merchant buy, sell merchandise
354Mere
mere merelymere coincidence, mere fact
355Messenger
messagemessenger, message don't shoot the messenger
356 Midst midst in the midst of
357Migrate
migrate migration, migrantmigrant worker, migrate from, into, to
358 Mild mild mildly mild weather, illness
359Military
military military militarilymilitary forces,military action
360 Minimal minimal361 Minimum maximum
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362Mining mining, mine,
miner coal mine
363Minority
minority minoritybelong to, discriminate against minority
364Mixed
mix mixture mixedethnically, socially racially mixed
365 Mode mode normal mode
366Moderate
moderation moderatein moderation moderate amount of stg
367 Modest modesty modest modestly show modesty
368Modify
modify modification modified genetically- modified food
369Motionless
motion motionlessabsolutely, virtually motionless
370Motivate
motivate motivation motivatedpoor, low motivation, lack, lose motivation
371 Motive motive motive behind, for stg372 Multiple multiple multiple choice373 Multiply multiply multiplication multiplied374 Muscle muscle
375Mutual
mutual mutuallymutual trust, respect, understanding
376 Namely namely377 Neat neatness neat neatly
378Neglect
neglect negligence neglected, negligentbe accused of, guilty of negligence
379 Neutral neutral remain, stay neutral380 Nevertheless nevertheless381 Noble noble noble family, blood382 Nonetheless nobility nonetheless
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383Norm
norm normalbecome the norm, social, cultural norms
384
Notable
notion notable notably
notion of stg notable example, achievement, success
385 Nuclear nuclear nuclear power386 Nuisance Nuisance awful, terrible nuisance387 Numerous number number numerous numerous occasions388 Nut nut
389Obedience
(dis)obey(dis)Obedience Obedient/disobedient Obediently/disobedi
ently obedience to
390
obliged obligation obliged, obligatoryto be, feel obliged to do stg to be obligatory for sb to do stg
391 Omit omit omission392 On the contrary On the contrary 393 Ongoing ongoing ongoing project, research394 Operate operate operation Operate (machinery) 395 Option option optional have an option396 Otherwise Otherwise 397 Outbreak outbreak outbreak of disease398 Outcome outcome major outcome399 Outwards outward Outwards facing, looking outwards400 Overlap overlap overlap overlapping overlap with401 Pan pan402 Parallel parallel parallel to
403Paste
paste paste copy and paste, tooth-paste404 Patriotic patriotism, patriot patriotic
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405 Pattern pattern pattern of stg406 Pearl pearl407 Peculiar peculiarity peculiar become, remain peculiar408 Periodical periodical
409Persist
persist persistence persistent persist in, show persistence410 Pile pile a pile of411 Pinch pinch a pinch of412 Pipe pipe water pipe413 Pitch pitch football pitch414 Plot plot plot of a film, story415 Plough plough plough plough through416 Plug plug plug plugged / unplugged pull the plug, plug stg in
417Policy
policyforeign, economic, public policy
418Pose
pose pose a threat, danger, risk
419Possess Possess Possession
possessivefamily, personal, private possession
420Potential
potential potential potentiallyreach, realize, fulfil potential
421
Poverty
poverty poor
reduce, eliminate poverty extreme, severe, widespread, rural, urban poverty
422 Powder powder gun powder
423Practical
practicality practical practicallypractical person practicalities of stg
424 Precious precious precious stone
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425Preliminary
preliminary preliminarypreliminary stages as a preliminary
426Premises
premiseson the premises, off the premises
427
Preservation Preserve Preservation
preservative
environmental, building preservation food, wood, artificial preservative preserve stg for stg
428
Presumably Presume
presumption
Presumablyrightly, wrongly presume strong, general presumption about, against
429 Pretend pretend pretension pretentious pretentiously pretend to be430 Pride pride pride proud proudly have pride, out of pride431 Primarily primary primary Primarily primary care
432
Prior Priority Prior high, major, top, immediate , low priority Prior to stg
433Prize
prizeget, receive, take, accept a prize
434Procedure Procedure complex, complicated
simple procedure
435
Proceed
proceed proceedings
decide to, intend to proceed criminal,justice, legal proceedings
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436
Prohibit Prohibit
prohibition prohibitory
prohibit from impose, abolish , lift prohibitions prohibition against, of
437
Promote
promotepromoter, promotion
promote stg, widely promoted, efforts to promote get a promotion
438 Prompt promptness Prompt Promptly prompt action
439
Proof
prove proof provenprove to be innocent, guilty be proof against stg
440
Properly
proper / improper
(im)Properly proper name, behaviour, place improper conduct, behaviour
441 Proportion Proportion proportion of stg
442
Proposal
propose proposal
marriage proposal propose doing stg propose an idea
443
Prospective
prospect
Prospective Prospective (buyers/employers) job, career prospects
444
Protection
protect protection protective
protect against, from be protective against, towards protection against, from
445 Radical Radical Radical radical changes, ideas
446Random
random randomly random sample, selection
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447
Rank
rank rank
rank high, low be ranked fourth, number one
448 Ratio ratio ratio between449 Raw raw raw material / food450 Reactor reactor nuclear reactor
451rebel
rebel rebel, rebellion rebelliousrebel against stg rebel forces/soldiers
452Recall
recall recallrecall clearly, vividly, well total recall
453 Reckon reckon reckoning reckon stg to be stg
454
Reform
reform
reform, reformation, reformist
go through reform carry out , implement, put into practice reforms attempt to, seek to, try to reform
455 Refresh refresh Refreshments refreshing, refreshed
456Refuse Refuse Refusal refuse to do stg, refusal to
do stg
457
Regard
regard regard regarding, regardless
regard stg as stg show, pay, considerable, great regard regardless of
458Regime
regimenew, old, current, socialist regime
459Regulate Regulate Regulation
regulatedstrict, tight, government, school regulations
460Reinforce
reinforce reinforcement reinforcedpositive, negative reinforcement
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461
Relate
relate relation, relative related
Relatively relate stg to stg relation between / with / to
462
Relief
relieve relief
considerable, deep, enormous relief a sense of relief, tears of relief
463Reluctant
reluctance reluctant reluctantlybe reluctant to / reluctance to
464 Remark remark make a remark465 Reproduce reproduce reproduction reproductory reproductory organs466 Request request request make a request467 Rescue rescue rescue
468
Residence
reside residence, resident residential
residents of a place residential home, course, neighbourhood
469
Resign
resign resignation
resign from announce, accept, reject resignation
470Resist
resistResistance
irresistiblepopular army, organised, political resistance
471
Resolve
resolve resolution resolvedan attempt to resolve, resolve stg through / by stg
472Resource
resource resourcefulfinancial, limited, natural resources
473 Restless restless
474
Restrain
restrain restraint restrained
restrain from considerable, great, remarkable restraint
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475
Restrict
restrict restriction restrictive, restricted
without restriction restrict yourself/somebody to (doing) something restricted access, area
476
Reverse
reverse reversal reversible
reversal of stg reverse a decision/verdict/policy
477
Rigid
rigour rigid
be, appear , seem rigid academic, intellectual, logical rigour
478 Rival rival, rivalry rival company/firm/team479 Rose rose rosy rosy cheeks480 Rough rough roughly481 Route route scenic route482 Rubber rubber rubber gloves
483Rumour
rumour spread,hear, start a rumour484 Rural /urban urbanization rural / urban rural area
485Rush
rush rushdo something in a rush rush to do something
486
Sacrifice Sacrifice Sacrifice make sacrifices sacrifice something for something
487 Sand sand488 Scale scale on a large scale
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489
Scare
scare scare
Scared care the life/living daylights/hell etc out of somebody a bomb scarea health scare
490Scenario Scenario worst-case/nightmare
scenario
491Schedule /Scheme Schedule /Scheme
make a schedule
492Scope
scopebeyond/outside/within the scope of something
493 Seal seal seal hunt494 Sector sector sectoral public/private sector
495
Seek
seek seeker
eek refuge/asylum/shelter seek revenge/damages/compensation job/attention/publicity etc seeker
496Seize
seizeseize something from somebody
497 Senior senior senior management.
498
Sequence Sequence
sequential sequentially
in a ... Sequence out of sequence sequence of events
499 Session session
500Settle
settleSettlement, settler
settled in501 siblings siblings502 simultaneous simultaneous simultaneously
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503Shade
shade shaded in the shade (of something)504 Sharp sharpen sharpener sharp sharp edge505 Sheet (of paper) Sheet Sheet of paper
506
Shelter
shelter
Shelter animal shelter shelter somebody/something from somebody/something
507
Shield Shield Shield
shield against shield somebody/something from somebody/something
508Shift
shift shiftshift attention/emphasis/focus
509
Shoot
shoot shoot
shoot somebody in the leg/head etc a photo shoot
510 Shore Shore sea shore
511
Shortage Shortage water/food/housing etc shortage shortage of
512sin sin to commit, confess a sin
it is a sin to do stg513 Sincere sincerity Sincere Sincerely514 Slight Slight Slightly515 Smart smart516 So called So called 517 Soil soil
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518 Sole sole solely solely responsible519 Solid solid520 Sow sow sowing the seeds of521 Specialist Specialize Specialist specialised Specially specialize in522 Sphere sphere spherical523 Spill spill spill spilt cry over spilt milk 524 Spin spin525 Spit spit526 Splendid Splendid splendidly527 Split Split 528 Spot Spot spot the difference
529
Stable
stable stable
in a stable condition shut/close the stable door after the horse has bolted British English
530 Stare (at) Stare Stare (at) 531 Stem stem stem Stem (from) 532 Sticky stick sticky stick to533 Stiff Stiff Stiff joints
534Sting
stingA bee, wasp, scorpion can sting
535
Stir
stir
stir something with something stir something in/into something
536 Stocking stockings537 Stove stove538 Straw straw the last straw539 Stretch stretch540 Strict Strict Strictly
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541Strike Strike Strike strike something with
something542 Substance Substance Substantial substantially substantial amount of stg543 Suburb Suburbs544 Suck suck545 Superior superiority Superior superiority complex546 Surround (go around) Surround Surrounding
547
Suspend Suspend
suspension
Suspendedtotal, temporary, immediate suspension suspend somebody from something
548Sustain Sustain
sustainabilitySustainable
environmentally sustainable 549 Swing swing swing swing back and forth550 Sword sword
551Tackle
tackletackle somebody about something
552
talent
talent talented
talent for stg artistic / unique talent to have / demonstrate talent to be very talented
553 Temple temple
554Tempt Tempt Temptation
temptingtempt somebody into doing something
555 Tension tension tense
556Terminate
terminatetermination, terminator terminated
early, sudden termination terminate a contract
557 terrify terrify terrified, terrifying558 Thereby thereby thereby doing something
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PRE-FACULTY WORD LISTHEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
559
Threat Threaten
threat
Threatening threaten to do something threaten somebody with something life-threatening pose a threat
560 Tight /Loose tighten / loosen Tight /Loose Tightly /Loosely561 Timeless time Timeless
562Timely
time in a timely manner/fashion
563tolerate
tolerate tolerance tolerant, intolerant tolerance of/towards/for / to
564Trace
trace tracetrace something (back) to something
565 Tradition Tradition Traditional 566 Transit transit transit passengers
567
Transmit disease
transmit transmission
Transmit disease the transmission of disease
568
Trap
trap trap
be/feel trapped trap somebody into (doing) something
569
Treat Treat Treat treat somebody like/as something badly treated/well treated treat somebody with respect/contempt/courtesy my treat
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570
Treatment Treat treatment treatment of/for get/receive treatment treat somebody with something
571 Tremble tremble trembling tremble with anger/fear
572
Trigger Trigger Trigger trigger a memory trigger the alarm pull the trigger
573
Trouble
trouble trouble
have trouble with , ask for trouble, trouble somebody with something
574 Tube tube take/catch the tube
575
Underestimate Underestimate, estimate
estimation
Underestimated underestimate the importance/extent/effect/ power etc of something
576 Undergo operation Undergo Undergo operation
577Undertake (responsibility)
Undertake Undertake (responsibility)
578 Uneasy Uneasy uneasily uneasy about
579United Unity United economic unity , economic
unity580 Upward upward upward trend/movement
581Urge
urge urgeupward trend/movement urge to do something
582 Utilise Utilise Utility utilizable utility room583 Vain vain in vain584 Vast vast vast majority585 Vehicle Vehicle motor vehicle586 Veil veil
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587 Vessel vessel
588Violate Violate Violation, violator
violatedviolate rights, privacy violation of
589 Virtual virtual virtually590 Virtue virtue virtuous virtuously
591
Vision
visiongood/normal/poor etc vision have visions of something
592 Visual visual visually
593Vital
vitalvital to do something vital organs
594 Waist waist
595Whisper
whisper whisperwhisper something to somebody
596
Widespread Widespread widespread support/acceptance/criticism
597
Wonder
wonder wonder
wonder how technological wondersthe Seven Wonders of the World
598 Worm worm book worm599 Worship worship600 Wreck wreck ship wreck
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