UPPER- INTERMEDIATE WORD LIST

UPPERINTERMEDIATE
WORD LIST
HEADWORD

1 Abandon
2 Absorb

3 Abuse

VERB

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

abandon
absorb

abandonment

abandoned
absorbent

abuse

4 Account

5 Acquire

6 Adapt

abusive

accountability
account

accountable

to acquire knowledge/skills
language acquisition
to adapt successfully/well
to be adaptable
highly/very adaptable

acquisition

adapt

adaptation
adaptability

adaptable

adequacy
inadequacy

adequate
inadequate

7 Adequate/Inadequate

8 Admission

abuse
abuser

COLLOCATION
to be forced to abandon to
abandon stg
completely/entirely
to absorb quickly/rapidly
to be abused
emotionally/physically/sexua
lly/verbally
to
be/become abusive
take sth into account
bank account
to be accountable for sth
to make/hold sb
accountable

acquire

admit

admission

ADVERB

adequately
inadequately

adequacy of sth
to be/seem adequate for sth
to admit doing sth
to admit that + sentence
to admit
honestly/openly/freely
to refuse to admit
to be willing to admit

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9 Adopt (idea)

adopt

aim

aim

aimless
amusing
amused

12 Amuse

amuse

amusement

13 Analyze

analyze

analysis

14 Ancient
15 Anticipate

16 Anxiety
17 Anyhow

adopted

affair
affairs

10 Affair

11 Aim

adoption

to adopt a baby/child
to adopt a new approach

aimlessly

ancient
anticipate

anticipation

anxiety

anxious

anxiously
anyhow

to handle an affair
to deal with an affair
current affairs
national/international affairs
European/foreign affairs to
have an affair with sb
secret/love affair
to aim for/at sth
to aim to do sth
the aim of sth
main/primary aim
to amuse sb with sth
to be/look amused
amusement park
to analyze carefully/in
depth/scientifically
detailed/thorough analysis
to be/look ancient
extremely/very ancient
to anticipate a problem
in anticipation of sth
anxiety about/at/over sth
to cause/lead to/suffer from
anxiety
to feel/look/sound anxious
extremely/very/desperately
anxious
to be anxious about sth

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18 Apparent

19 Appeal to

20 Appreciate
Approach

21
22 Arrow (symbol)
23 Approximate

apparent

appeal

appreciate

approach

apparently

to be/become/seem
apparent
to be apparent that +
sentence

appeal

to appeal to sb/sth
to appeal for/to sth
to have/lose appeal
great/special/strong/ appeal
desperate/urgent appeal for
sth

appreciation

to really/fully appreciate
to deeply/greatly appreciate
to have/show/develop
appreciation
deep/great/real appreciation
to express/show
appreciation
a lack of appreciation
appreciative audience

approach
arrow

appreciative

appreciatively

approachable
approximate

24 Aside

approximately
aside

approach somebody for

something
approach a problem /task
the approach of something
to follow the arrows
approximate time of sth
to put sth aside
aside from

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25 Aspect

26 Assist

27 Associate

28 Astonish
29 Atom

all aspects of sth

in every aspect of sth
key/crucial aspects
to have/focus on/study an
aspect

aspect

assist

assistance
assistant

associate

associate
association

astonish

30 Attend
31 Available

attend

32 Award

award

astonishment
atom

attendance
availability

to assist greatly/actively
great/invaluable assistance
to give sb assistance
to offer (sb) assistance
to have/hire an assistant
a personal/shop assistant
to be associated with stg
to associate sth with sth
a business/political
associate
(inter)national/voluntary
association
association between sth
and sth

astonished
astonishing

available

award

astonishingly

to be/look/seem astonished
astonished at/by sth
really/truly astonishing

to attend regularly
to attend a concert/meeting
to be/become available
to be awarded sth for sth
award for sth
to receive/win award

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33 Aware /Unaware

awareness

34 Background info

background info

35 Bad-tempered
36 Balance

balance

37 Bankrupt

balance

bad-tempered
balanced

bankruptcy

bankrupt

bare
barefoot

38 Bare

39 Battle

battle

battle

40 Beg
41 Beyond

beg

beggar

42 Bitter

to have awareness
a lack of awareness
to be/become aware of sth
to give/provide background
info
general/cultural/economic
background
to be/seem/sound badtempered
to be well balanced

aware
unaware

barely
barefoot

beyond

bitterness

bitter

bitterly

to go/be/become bankrupt
to face/escape bankruptcy
to be completely bare
to be barefoot
to be barely alive
to walk barefoot
to fight in a fierce battle
to win/lose a battle
to win a battle against sth
constant/long/ongoing battle
to beg for sth
to beg sb (not) to do sth
to be beyond sb's control
to be/feel bitter about sth
to feel/show bitterness
to be bitterly disappointed
about sth

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43 Boast

boast

boast

44 Branch

branch

45 Brand
46 Brick

brand
brick

47 Burn

burn

burn

48 Bury

bury

burial
buyer
seller
cabinet

49 Buyer and seller

50 Cabinet

to boast about/of sth

to boast that + sentence
to boast proudly
a proud/empty boast
branch of a bank
branch of a tree

burning

a leading/top/famous brand
a brick wall/building
to burn to death
to be burnt to death
a nasty/severe burn
a first-/second-/third-degree
burn
a burn
mark
to bury sb alive
to be buried alive
to be buried in a cemetery
buried treasure
to attend a burial
to go to a burial
a Christian burial
a burial ceremony/service
a potential/prospective
buyer
cabinet member/minister

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51 Campaign
52 Candidate

53
54
55
56
57

campaign

Cancer
Capacity
Cape
Cardboard
Cattle

to campaign
actively/strongly
to campaign for/against sth
a big/huge/long campaign
to start/run/organize a
campaign
an effective/successful
campaigner

campaign
campaigner
candidate

breast/lung/skin cancer
to suffer from/have cancer
to die from/of cancer
cancer victim
to have/increase capacity

cancer
capacity
cape
cardboard
cattle

58 Caution

cardboard box
cattle farm

59 Celebrate
60 Chain

celebrate
chain

caution
celebration
celebrity
chain

61 Charm

charm

charm

charming

62 Chase

chase

chase
chemical
chemistry
chemist

chemical

63 Chemical

cautious

cautiously

charmingly

considerable/great caution
to be/become cautious
a big/special celebration
to have/hold a celebration
a chain reaction
great/natural charm
to have/possess charm
to be extremely charming
to look very charming
to chase after
car/police chase
to produce chemicals
to be exposed to chemicals

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64 Chest
65 Chimney

chest
chimney

66 Circumstance

favourable/difficult/unforese
en circumstances
under/in circumstances
due to circumstances

circumstance

citizen
citizenship

67 Citizen

68 Claim

claim

claim

69 Clarify

clarify

clarification

70 Classify
71 Client

classify

classification
client
coherence
incoherence
column
columnist

72 Coherent/ Incoherent
73 Column

74 Combine

chest of drawers
treasure chest

combine

classified
coherent
incoherent

combination
8

law-abiding citizen
good/responsible citizen
full/dual citizenship
to have/hold citizenship
to apply for/lose citizenship
to falsely/rightly claim
false claim
to make a claim
to accept/deny/reject a
claim
to fully clarify
clarification of sth
to classify by/according to
sth
to classify into groups
classified
material/information
to have/lack coherence
to be coherent
newspaper/daily column
a weekly column on sth
to combine successfully
perfect/right combination
in combination with sth

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75 Command

command

command
commander

76 Comment

comment

comment

77 Commission

78 Commit

79 Companion

commission

commit

commitment

committed

companion
companionship
9

to command sb to do sth
to give command
to be under the command of
sb
to be in command
army/navy/police
commander
to comment
critically/unfavourably
to comment about/on sth to
sb
to have/make a comment
about/on sth
a
brief/favourable/negative/crit
ical comment
international/national
commission
to set up/establish a
commission
the commission for/on sth
to commit suicide/a crime
to show/lack commitment
complete/full/lifelong
commitment
to be/feel committed to sth
to be deeply/highly
committed
a
good/entertaining/constant
companion
to seek/need/enjoy
companionship

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80 Complex

81 Complicate

complexity

complicate

complicated

82 Composition

compose

composition
composer

83 Concentrate

concentrate

concentration

84 Concept
Conclude
85

86 Conduct

87 Conference

complex

concentrated

concept
conclude

conclusion

conclusive

great/extreme complexity
to be/look complex
to be extremely/highly
complex
to complicate
greatly/enormously
to be/look/seem
complicated
to be very/highly/incredibly
complicated
to write a composition
to compose music
a
famous/leading/successful
composer
to fully concentrate on/upon
sth
deep/great concentration
to require concentration
to lose concentration
to be totally concentrated
to understand/grasp a
concept
abstract concepts
come to a conclusion / in
conclusion
to conduct survey/research
to conduct independently
to attend/go to/organize a
conference
(inter)national/annual/press
conference

conduct

conference
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88 Confess

confess

89 Congratulate

congratulate

90 Conquer

conquer

Conscious
91 /unconscious

92 Consequence

to confess freely/openly
to confess to sth
detailed/full/honest/signed
confession
to sign/make/obtain a
confession

confession

to congratulate warmly
to congratulate for/on sth
congratulations on/upon sth
congratulations to sb on sth
to express/extend/give
congratulations
deepest/sincere/hearty
congratulations

congratulations
conqueror
conquest

consciousness

conscious
unconscious

consciously
unconsciously

consequence

consequent

consequently

11

military conquest
to lose/regain
consciousness
to be highly/very conscious
of sth
to be/seem/become
conscious
to have
catastrophic/devastating/da
ngerous/severe
consequences
to have/lead to/suffer
consequences

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93 Consist (of)

94 Construct

consist

to consist of
to consist
entirely/mainly/largely of sth

construct

railway construction
construction work
to begin massive
construction
constructive advice/criticism

95 Consume
96 Contemporary

consume

97 Convert

convert

98 Cooperate
99 Cope (with)
100 Copper
101 Corn
102 Council
103 Counter (argument)

construction

constructive

to protect/satisfy consumer
to boost/increase/reduce
consumption
high/low consumption
alcohol/cigarette/food
consumption
contemporary music
to convert into sth
conversion chart

consumer
consumption
consumerism
contemporary

cooperate

conversion

cooperation

cooperative

cope
copper
corn
sweet corn
council
counterargument

cooperatively

to cooperate fully/closely
close/full cooperation
ask for/call for cooperation
cope with
to cope well/easily
to mine/produce copper
ripe/green corn
to grow/harvest corn
council meeting/member
a have counter-argument

12

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104 Coverage

cover

105 Coward

106 Crash

crash

107 Crisis

coverage
coward
cowardice

cowardly

crash

crisis

108 Crisp

109 Critic
110 Crucial

to cover objectives
newspaper/press/media
coverage
to have/receive coverage

crisp

criticize

criticism
critic

crisp
crispy

critical
crucial

13

critically
crucially

to crash into sth

to hear a
deafening/loud/terrible
crash
a crash of thunder
the crash of the waves
to cause a serious/fatal
crash
crash happens/occurs
crash kills sb
economic/financial/family
crisis
mid-life crisis
to be faced with a crisis
to go through a crisis
a packet of crisps
crisp apple/pastry
to criticize bitterly/severely
to be widely criticized
harsh/heavy criticism
to express/make criticism
about/against sth
to be/become critical
to prove/become crucial

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111 Cruel

cruelty

112 Currency

currency

113 Curve

curve

114 Damp

115 Deal

deal

cruel

damp

debatable

to be/smell/look damp
to deal with sth
to deal quickly/effectively
with sth
a business deal
to do/make a deal
a deal between sb and sb
to have/owe debt
big/huge/serious debt
to go/get into debt
debate about / on
debate between
have a debate

deceptive

dental/tooth decay
signs of decay
a smell of decay
to cause/stop/reverse decay
to deceive easily
to be very deceptive

deal
debt
debtor

116 Debt
Debate
117

curve
damp
dampness

to be/become cruel
extremely/very/deliberately
cruel
to show cruelty towards/to
sth or sb
extreme/great/animal
cruelty
domestic/foreign currency
to change currency
currency rise/fall
a sharp/tight curve
to make/form a curve

debate

debate

118 Decay

decay

decay

119 Deceive

deceive

deception

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120 Decline

decline

decline

121 Delay
122 Deliberate

delay

delay
deliberate

123 Delight

delight

124 Demonstrate

demonstrate

125 Deny
126 Deposit

deny

delightful
delighted

deliberately

to decline politely
to decline in
importance/size
steep/steady/sharp decline
in sth
to cause/lead to delay
long delay
a deliberate attempt
to be/seem delightful
to be/feel/look delighted at
sth
to be greatly/highly
delighted
to clearly demonstrate to sb
to peacefully demonstrate
against/for sth
to give sb a demonstration
to organize/hold a street
demonstration
a big/peaceful/protest
demonstration
to clash with/disperse
demonstrators
an anti-government
demonstrator
to deny
firmly/strongly/consistently
in denial
firm/strong denial
give/leave/pay a deposit

demonstration
demonstrator

denial
deposit

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127 Descend

128 Desire

descend

desire

129 Desperate

130 Diet

descendant

to descend from sb/sth

to be descended from
sb/sth
distant/remote descendant
to be a descendant of sb

desire

to greatly desire sth

to have/express a desire for
sth
a
burning/strong desire
to
be/become/seem desirable
a desired effect/result

desperation

diet

desirable
desired

desperate

diet

16

desperately

to feel sheer/growing
desperation about/at sth
to be in desperation
to do sth out of desperation
to be/look/feel desperate
a balanced/good/healthy
diet
to have a diet
strict/weight-loss diet
to follow/go on a diet
to
be on a diet

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131 Differ

differ
differentiate

132 Dimension
133 Dip (into)

different

difference

dimension
dip

134 Discipline

discipline

135 Discomfort

discomfort

disciplined

17

differently

to differ
considerably/enormously/gr
eatly
to differ from sth
to differentiate clearly
to differentiate between sth
and sth to be/appear
different
to be
very/significantly different
big/huge/political difference
between sth/sb
difference in sth
to add a new dimension to
sth
essential/important
dimension
to dip into
to dip into now and then
to impose/enforce
discipline
to have/lack discipline
strong/harsh discipline
a disciplined army
to have/suffer/experience
discomfort
to complain of discomfort
great/severe discomfort

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136 Dissatisfy/Satisfy

dissatisfy
satisfy

137 Distinguish

distinguish

138 Distribute

distribute

139 Disturb

disturb

dissatisfaction
satisfaction

dissatisfied
satisfied

distinguishable
distinguished
distribution

disturbance

disturbing
disturbed

18

to cause/lead to a growing
dissatisfaction among
people
dissatisfaction about/over
sth
deep/increasing/public
dissatisfaction
to feel/have satisfaction
complete/deep/great
satisfaction
to be/feel dissatisfied with
sth
to be/feel satisfied with sth

to distinguish clearly/easily
to distinguish between sth
and sth
to be clearly distinguishable
a distinguished writer
to distribute fairly/equally
equal/regional distribution
serious/major/considerable
disturbance
to cause disturbance
to be/become disturbing
very/extremely/slightly
disturbing
to be/become/seem
seriously disturbed

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140 Diverse
141 Dot (punctuation)
142 Dozen

diversity
dot
dozen

143 Drug

drug

144 Dull
145 Duty
146 Dynamic
147 Eastern

148 Economic

great/wide/immense
diversity
ethnic diversity
to create/protect diversity
to be/become diverse
a pattern of dots
dozens of sth
a powerful/strong drug
to be on/take drugs
illegal/dangerous drugs
to inject drugs
drug user/addict

diverse

dull
duty
dynamism
east

149 Edition

economy
edition
editor

150 Effort

effort

dynamic
eastern

economic
economical

effortless

19

economically

a dull place/person
to appear/be/seem/look dull
extremely/disappointingly
dull
to have a duty
to be on/off duty
a dynamic teacher/leader
Eastern Turkey
strong/weak economy
developing/growing
economy
economic growth/policy
to be/seem economical
latest/first/limited edition
to appear in an edition
to make an effort to do sth
physical/mental/intellectual
effort
to be/look effortless

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151 Elect
152 Elsewhere

153 Embarrass

elect

to elect
annually/democratically/free
ly
to be elected
fair/democratic election
election takes place
election campaign

election
elsewhere

embarrass

embarrassing
embarrassment embarrassed

154 Employ

employ

employment
unemployment
employer
employee

155 Enclose (attach)

enclose

enclosure

156 Encounter

encounter

encounter

employed
unemployed
enclosed

20

severe/total/slight
embarrassment
to feel/hide embarrassment
to blush/flush with
embarrassment
to be embarrassing
to be feel/look embarrassed
about sth
to increase employment
opportunities/possibilities/pr
ospects
fulltime/part-time employee
to recruit an employee
to be
temporarily/permanently
employed
to enclose
completely/fully/totally
to be likely to encounter
a chance/unexpected
encounter

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157 Endanger
158 Enhance

endanger
enhance

enhancement

Enquire (about)/
159 Inquire
160 Entire

enquire
inquire

enquiry
inquiry

to enquire about
to carry out/conduct enquiry
entire

161 Envy

envy

envy

envious

162 Equip (with)

equip

equipment
estate
real estate

equipped

163 Estate

164 Evaluate
165 Eventually

evaluate

to envy greatly
to show extreme envy
to be envious
to equip with sth
to be equipped with sth
office/scientific equipment
well equipped

evaluation

evidence
evil

168 Evolution

evolve

evolution

169 Exaggerate
170 Exclude

exaggerate
exclude

exaggeration

171 Exclusive

entirely

real estate agency/agent

to fully/carefully/thoroughly
evaluate
evaluation process
eventual

166 Evidence
167 Evil

to be highly endangered
endangered species/plants

endangered

eventually

evil

exaggerated

exclusive

21

exaggeratedly

to look for/have evidence

clear/strong evidence
to be/look/seem evil
to evolve gradually/rapidly
to evolve from sth
to exaggerate greatly
great/slight exaggeration
exaggerated reports
to be excluded from sth
to be exclusive to sth
an exclusive private club

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172 Exist

173 Expected
174 Export/Import

exist

expect
export
import

existence

expectation
export
import

175 Expose

expose

exposure

176 Express

express

expression

177 Extent

180 Extraordinary

great/high/low expectations
to have/hold expectations
expected result

expected
unexpected

the export/import of sth

to be directly exposed to sth
to clearly/fully expose sth
high/massive/excessive
exposure
to express well/fully/clearly
a clear/effective/powerful
expression
to use a
common/outdated/slang
expression
to some extent
to a great extent

extent
external
internal

178 External/Internal

179 Extract

really/still exist
to continue to exist
to deny/doubt existence

externally
internally

extract

extraordinary

22

extraordinarily

a brief/short/long extract
from sth
natural/herbal extract
extract of sth
to appear/be/look
extraordinary
to find sth extraordinary

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faint

to be/seem/sound extreme
very/a bit/a little/quite
extreme
in extreme cases
extreme pain/wealth
a main/significant/crucial
factor
to consider a factor
to be about to faint

fancy

to have faith in sth

to lose faith
absolute/complete/total faith
to be very faithful
fancy dress

181 Extreme

182 Factor
183 Faint

184 Faith
185 Fancy

186 Fat

extreme

extremely

factor

faith

fat

187 Fate

fate

188 Fault

fault

faithful
fancy

faithfully

fat

body fat
to break down/lose body fat
to cut down on fat
to be high/low in fat
to be/feel/look fat

faultless

a dreadful/terrible/cruel fate
a common/usual fate
to hold/have sb's fate in
your hands
to leave/put your fate in sb's
hands
to be all/entirely your fault
a faultless performance

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189 Fear

fear

190 Feather

191 Feature

fear

fearfully

feather

feature

feature

192 Federal

193 Feed

fearful
fearless

federal

feed

194 Fence

food
fence

195 Figure

figure

figure

196 Finance

finance

finance

financial

24

financially

deep/great/terrible fear
to experience/have/feel fear
the fear of sth
to really fear
to be/appear/look fearful
to be extremely/very fearful
about sth
to be/seem fearless
to be as light as a feather
feather pillow
to regularly/rarely feature
essential/important/key/mai
n features
to have features
the federal government
federal
agency/agent/employee
to breast-feed
to feed properly/well
to feed with
a garden/electric fence
to build a fence
to figure that + sentence
to figure out
according to the figures
a dominant/legendary figure
to have/keep a
good/beautiful figure
to finance largely/partially
a financial adviser

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197 Flash

flash

198 Flexible/ Inflexible

199 Flour

200 Forbid

201 Formulate
202 Forthcoming

flexibility
flour

forbid

formulate

flexible
inflexible

to flash sth at sb
to notice/see a bright flash
to have flexibility
to have
considerably/enormous/gre
at flexibility
to be/seem flexible
to be extremely/highly
flexible

forbidden

to forbid strictly
to be forbidden from doing
sth

flash

formulation
forthcoming

203 Fortunate/ Unfortunate

fortune

204 Founder

founder
foundation

found

fortunate
unfortunate

25

fortunately
unfortunately

to formulate plan/legislation
to formulate carefully
to be forthcoming
to have ill/good fortune
to bring sb fortune
to make a fortune
fortune-teller
to be fortunate to do sth
It is/was fortunate that +
sentence
to be/seem fortunate
to be founded in + year
original founder
to set up/establish
foundation
a charitable/private
foundation

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205 Frame

frame

frame

206 Fright

frighten

fright

207 Fund

fund

fund

208 Gamble
209 Gear

gamble

frightening
frightened

gender

211 Generate

generation
generator

to really frighten
to frighten sb to death
to be shaking with fright
to be/look/seem
frightening/frightened
to be very/terribly frightened
to fund largely/partially
to have limited funds
to allocate/raise funds
government/private/public
funds
to gamble on sth
a big/huge/desperate
gamble
compulsive/illegal gambling
a compulsive/heavy
gambler
fishing/camping gear
gender
differences/inequality
gender identity/role
to generate electricity
electricity/gas generation
electrical generator

gamble
gambling
gambler
gear

210 Gender

generate

to frame sth
a picture/window frame

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212 Generosity

generosity

213 Genuine

214 Global
215 Glory

globe
globalisation
glory

216 God

god
goddess

217 Govern

218 Gradual

govern

government
governor

generous

generously

genuine

genuinely

global
glorious

globally
gloriously

governmental

gradual
27

gradually

to show
extraordinary/great/unusual
generosity
to take advantage of
generosity
to be/become/seem
generous
exceedingly/exceptionally/e
xtraordinarily/incredibly
generous
to be/look genuine
to be completely/perfectly
genuine
to show genuine interest
to be genuinely interested in
sth
across the globe
around the globe
global language
global warming
to compete globally
the glory of sth
to believe in God
to worship/pray to/thank
God
to have faith in God
to govern well
to elect governor
a governmental decision
about sth
a gradual
change/improvement
to gradually change sth

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219 Grant

grant

220 Grateful
221 Grave
222 Greed

greed

223 Guilt

224
225
226
227
228

Gun
Hammer
Hammer
Handful
Handle

229 Harm

guilt
gun
gunfire
gunshot
hammer
hammer
handful

grateful
grave

gratefully

greedy

greedily

to grant sb sth
to be/feel/look grateful
to be grateful to sb for sth
to be
deeply/enormously/extremel
y grateful
a grave mistake
pure/sheer greed
to be driven by greed

guiltily

to be overwhelmed with
guilt
to feel/look guilty about sth
to feel extremely/incredibly
guilty
to find sb guilty of sth

guilty

handle

harm

harm

harmful
harmless
28

to be armed with a gun

to carry/have a gun
to hit sth with hammer
to hit sth with hammer
a handful of sth
to handle sth
to harm
seriously/deliberately/physic
ally
to cause/do harm
considerable/great/serious
harm
to be/become harmful
extremely/very harmful
to be/appear/look/sound
harmless

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230 Heaven

231 Hesitate
232 Highly
233 Highway

heaven

hesitate

234 Homeless

235 Honour
236 Horn

237 Humour

hesitation
height
highway
homelessness

honour

honour
horn

humour

to go to heaven
a heaven on earth

heavenly

to hesitate a little/a moment

to hesitate about sth
a brief/slight/momentary
hesitation
a moment of hesitation
high

highly

honoured
honourable

to be/become/end up
homeless
to be/feel honoured
deeply/greatly/truly
honoured
to be very/completely
honourable

humorous

to contain humour
to be/look humorous
extremely/very/quite/slightly
humorous

homeless

29

humorously

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238 Ignore

ignore

ignorance

239 Illustrate

illustrate

illustration

240 Image

ignorant

image

241 Immediate

242 Immigrant

to ignore
completely/totally/consistent
ly
to be widely ignored
to ignore the fact that +
sentence
complete/total ignorance
ignorance about sth
to show ignorance
to live in ignorance
to be ignorant of sth
to be/appear/seem ignorant
completely/entirely/totally
ignorant
to illustrate well/nicely
good/excellent/perfect
illustration
to give/provide an
illustration
to create a
positive/negative/macho
image
to improve image

immediate

immigrate

immediately

immediate response/effect
immigration policy/control
illegal immigration
to control immigration
an illegal/foreign immigrant
to accept/deport immigrants
immigrant population

immigration
immigrant
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morality
immorality

243 Immoral /moral

244 Impact

impact

impact

Implement (a
245 law/system/plan)

implement

implementation

moral
immoral

31

to protect/strengthen
morality
traditional/social morality
moral standards/values to
be/seem/sound immoral
to consider sth as immoral
to impact on sth
to have/create an impact
to have a
big/considerable/dramatic/e
normous impact
to implement fully/properly
to be forced/obliged to
implement
to implement
successfully/effectively
to implement a
law/system/plan
effective/successful/complet
e/full implementation

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246 Imply

imply

247 Impose
Incident
248

impose

to clearly/usually imply
to have a clear/obvious
implication
the implication is/was that +
sentence
to have/understand/assess
implications
to have serious implications
for sth
to
have
considerable/crucial/enormo
us implications
to impose sth
to impose on sb
to impose a ban/tax

implication

Incident ,
incidence

incidental

32

incidentally

major, serious incident

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249 Impress

impress

250 Income

251 Incomplete/ Complete complete

252 Inflation

impression

impressive
impressed

impressively

to impress sb with sth

to really impress
an attempt to impress
to form/gain/get/have a
strong impression about
sth/sb
to have the impression that
+ sentence
to make a
bad/good/wrong/right
impression
to make/create/leave a
lasting impression
an impressive
performance/view
to be/feel/seem impressed
about sth

completely

to have/receive income
high/large/low/small income
to depend on income
to complete on schedule/on
time
to complete successfully
completion date
to be/seem complete
to be/remain incomplete
to leave sth incomplete

income

completion

complete
incomplete

to cause inflation
to raise inflation
high/moderate/low inflation
rising inflation

inflation
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253 Initial

initial

initially

injury

injured

255 Innocent

innocence

innocent

256 Input

input

to injure
badly/severely/seriously
to cause injury
to suffer from injury
bad/terrible/severe injury
a risk of injury
to be/lie injured
to be badly/slightly/fatally
injured
to be convinced of sb's
innocence
to be innocent
to be completely/entirely
innocent of sth
to receive/get input
to provide input
data/computer input

inspection
inspector

to inspect
carefully/closely/thoroughly
to conduct
careful/close/detailed
inspection
school/tax inspector

254 Injure

257 Inspector

injure

inspect

34

innocently

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258 Inspiration

inspire

inspiration

259 Instant

260 Insult

261 Insure/Ensure

inspirational
inspiring
inspired

instant

insult

insure/ensure

insult

insurance

instantly

great/sheer inspiration
to find/get/gain inspiration
to give sb inspiration
to lack inspiration
an inspirational talk
to be/seem inspiring
to be deeply/very/really
inspiring
to be/feel inspired
to feel inspired to do sth
an instant success
instant coffee
instant messaging

insulting
insulted

to insult publicly
a bad/terrible/deliberate
insult to sb
to be/seem/sound insulting
to be very/highly/quite
insulting
an insulting remark
to be/feel deeply insulted

insured

to insure sb/sth against sth

to ensure that + sentence
to get sth insured
to be fully insured
long-term/short-term
insurance
to have/obtain insurance
insurance policy

35

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262 Intelligence

263 Intend

intend

intelligence

intelligent

intelligently

intention

intentional
unintentional

intentionally
unintentionally

intensive

intensively

264 Intensive

265 Interfere

266 Interior

interfere

to have/demonstrate/show
intelligence
considerable/great/high
intelligence
intelligence test
a child of low intelligence
to be/look/seem intelligent
to be extremely/highly
intelligent
to intend to do sth
intention to do sth
intention of doing sth
intensive training/course
intensive care

interference

to interfere directly/seriously
to interfere with/in sth
to have a right/no right to
interfere
government/political
interference
to prevent/tolerate
interference

interior

interior design
interior designer/decorator

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267 Interpret (understand) interpret

268 Invest

269 Investigate

270 Iron

to interpret
correctly/wrongly/differently
to be hard/difficult to
interpret
to make a interpretation
correct/right/valid/false/wron
g interpretation
to speak through an
interpreter

interpretation
interpreter

invest

investment
investor

investigate

investigation
investigator

iron

ironing
iron

to invest in sth
to decide to invest
to be willing to invest
to invest time/energy in sth
good/excellent/profitable
investment
a
big/large/potential/prospecti
ve investor
to investigate
carefully/closely
to carry out/conduct an
investigation
careful/close/detailed/exten
sive investigation
to produce iron
rusty iron
to need ironing
ironing board

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271 Irrational / Rational

272 Irritate

rationale

irritate

irritation

273 Issue (topic/subject)

issue

274 Judge

judgement
judge

275 Justice

judge

rational
irrational

irritating
irritated

rationally

irritatingly

judgemental

justice

38

the rationale behind sth

a rational
argument/debate/explanatio
n
to be/seem/appear irrational
to really irritate
to slightly/easily irritate
to be/feel/look irritated
deeply/visibly/a little irritated
an irritating habit
to raise/discuss an issue
a burning/critical/crucial
issue
to judge sth
correctly/rightly/wrongly
Don't judge a book by its
cover.
to make a judgement about
sth
to have good/bad
judgement
snap judgement
an experienced judge
to ask for/want justice
to get justice
to escape justice
to bring sb to justice

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280 Launch

launch

281 Lay

lay

to really/truly justify
to give (sb) justification
to provide (sb with)
justification
considerable/sufficient
justification
to be/seem justifiable
to consider sth justifiable
to be
economically/ethically/entire
ly justifiable
great/natural/unexpected
kindness
to show sb kindness
to receive kindness
to be (un)kind to sb
to kindly offer sth
to kneel down
the former
president/wife/employer
the launch of the space
shuttle
to lay eggs
to lay the table

lead
mislead

to lead to sth
to lead the way
a born/natural/charismatic
leader
to show/provide
effective/strong leadership
misleading
information/statements

276 Justify

277 Kindness
278 Kneel

justify

justification

justifiable

kind
unkind

kindly
unkindly

kneel

kindness
unkindness
knee

latter/former

latterly/formerly

279 Latter /Former

282 Lead

launch

leader
leadership

leading
misleading
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283 Liberty
284 Literary

liberty
literature

285 Lively

literary

lively

286 Loan

loan

loan

287 Locate

locate
dislocate

location
dislocation

288 Logic
Loyal
289
290 Lung

291 Mail

to fight to protect liberty

to lose/win liberty

logic
loyalty
lung

mail

liveliness

logical
illogical
loyal

mail
e-mail

40

logically
illogically

a lively conversation/debate
a lively child
to loan sth to sb
a bank loan
to apply for/ask for loan
a large/massive/longterm/short-term loan
to locate
accurately/precisely
the precise/exact/specific
location
to show the location
to dislocate a shoulder
to understand the logic
behind sth
to be/seem/sound (il)logical
extremely, very loyal
show loyalty to, for, from
lung cancer
to mail to sb
junk mail
voice mail

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292 Maintain

maintain

maintenance

293 Manual

manual

294 Manufacture

manufacture
manufacturing
manufacturer

manufacture

295 Mass

mass

296 Mayor

mayor

manual

mass
massive

41

manually

massively

to maintain order
to be difficult to maintain
to maintain
properly/well/poorly
annual/regular/routine
maintenance
to carry out/need/require
maintenance
preventative/careful
maintenance
manual labour/work
instruction manual
to check/consult a manual
to manufacture products
to start to manufacture
large-scale/industrial
manufacturing
big/large/leading
manufacturer
car/food manufacturing
mass of sth
enormous/great/huge/large
mass of sth
mass production/destruction
mass murderer
a massive building
massive debts
to elect sb as mayor
local mayor

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297 Media

298 Medical

media
medium

medicine

299 Mental

300 Ministry
301 Minor/ Major

media
coverage/reports/interest
local/national media
news/print/visual media
the medium of instruction

ministry
minister
minority
majority

medical

medically

mental

mentally

moody

303 Moonlight

mood
moon
moonlight

to be/seem minor
to be in a good/bad mood
cheerful/happy mood
to create a mood
to be moody

304 Motion

motion

motionless

bright/clear/pale moonlight
to make a motion
circular motion
to be/remain motionless

302 Mood

minor/major

modern/traditional medicine
to take medicine
powerful/strong medicine
medical advice/books
mental health/illness
a mentally ill person
The Ministry of
Education/Defence/Agricult
ure
prime/chief minister
to appoint sb as minister

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305 Motorist

306 Murder

307 Nail

a large/powerful motor
motor racing
a busy motorway
a powerful motorbike
police motorbike
to ride a motorbike
to murder brutally
to murder in cold blood
mass murder
terrible/vicious murder
to commit murder
murder witness
mass/serial murderer

motor
motorist
motorway
motorbike/motor
cycle

murder

nail

murder

murderer

nail

308 Naked

naked

309 Nationwide
310 Native

native

nationwide
native

311 Navy

navy

312 Needle

needle
43

nationwide

to nail sth to sth

nail polish
to bite your nails
sharp/long/manicured nails
to be/appear/feel naked
almost/completely/entirely
naked
to be seen with the naked
eye
to be invisible to the naked
eye
a nationwide campaign
to carry out nationwide
Native American
to have/build a navy
strong navy
to join the navy
long/sharp needle
to use a needle

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313 Network

network

314 Nonsense
315 Northern

nonsense
north

316 Objection

object

317 Observe

observe

318 Obstacle
319 Obtain

obtain

northern
to object to sth
objection to/against sth
to have/make objection
serious/strenuous/strong
objection

objection

observation
observer
obstacle

320 Occasion

321 Occupy

social network
television/computer network
to talk nonsense
absolute/complete/pure/utte
r nonsense

obtainable
occasion

occupy

occupier
occupation

occasional

occupied

44

occasionally

to observe carefully/closely
careful/close/detailed
observation
to overcome a main/major
obstacle
to obtain a degree
to remember occasions
a special occasion
to occupy the city
continuing/military
occupation
to take up an occupation
full-time/dangerous
occupation
occupied territory
to be occupied with sth
to keep sb occupied with sth

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322 Occur

occur

occurrence

323 Odd

odd

324 Offend

offend

offence
offender

325 Offer

offer

offer

326 Opponent

opponent

327 Oppose

opposition
opposite

oppose

oddly

offensive
offended

opposed

45

to occur
commonly/frequently
to be likely to occur
a common occurrence
to predict an occurrence
to be/feel/seem odd
It's odd that + sentence
to find sth odd
to offend
deeply/gravely/greatly
to be likely to offend
major/serious offence
to cause/give offence
a persistent offender
to appear/be/seem
offensive
extremely offensive
to feel/look offended
to offer kindly/generously
a job offer
to refuse/accept an offer
a dangerous/main opponent
a political opponent
to oppose firmly/strongly
to oppose doing sth
to express
considerable/strong
opposition
the opposite of sth
just/quite the opposite

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328 Origin

originate

329 Ornament

origin
originality

original

ornament

ornamental

330 Outstanding

331 Overcome

outstanding

overseas

outstandingly

overseas

owe

334 Pace

pace

335 Parliament

parliament

336 Partial
337 Particular

to be highly/very ornamental

overcome

332 Overseas

333 Owe

originally

partial
particular
46

to originate in + place
to be extremely/highly
original
to have/display originality
great/startling originality in
sth

partially
particularly

to be outstanding
to consider sth outstanding
particularly/really
outstanding
to be outstandingly
successful
to overcome
completely/successfully
to overcome a main/major
obstacle
an overseas student
to live/work overseas
to owe sb an
apology/explanation
to owe money
the pace of sth
to
increase/decrease/maintain
pace
parliament to approve sth
current parliament
to be partial
partially cooked

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passage
passageway

338 Passage
339 Passenger

340 Passion

341 Pause

passion

pause

peak

343 Pension

pension

perceive

passionate
passionless

peak

perception

345 Permanent

permanent

346 Permit

permissive
permissible

347 Perspective

permit

passionately

pause

342 Peak

344 Perceive

long/short/narrow passage
airline/train passenger

passenger

permission

perspective
47

permanently

to arouse/awaken passion
grand/great passion
to be passionate about sth
a passionless marriage
to pause briefly
to pause for a moment
to take a
brief/momentary/short/long
pause
to reach a peak
high/rocky peak
to live on state pension
to get/receive a pension
to perceive clearly
/easily/readily
to have/gain perception
clear/common/widely-held
perception
to be permanent
to make sth permanent
to permit legally
to have/gain permission
to be highly/extremely
permissive
to be permissible
different/new/broader
perspective
to see things from a
different perspective

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348 Phase

349 Phenomenon
350 Pint (of beer/milk)
351 Podcast

352 Portion

phase

to investigate a
phenomenon
phenomenon to
emerge/occur
common/universal/widespre
ad phenomenon
to be/become phenomenal
pint of beer/milk

phenomenon
(SG)
phenomena (PL) phenomenal
pint
podcast
podcasting

a portion of sth
a generous/large portion
to divide sth into portions

portion

353 Position

position

354 Presence
355 Previous

presence

356 Primary

357 Principle

during a phase
to go through a phase

correct/exact position
to change position
(un)comfortable/sitting
position
to strengthen/achieve/reach
position
business/economic/financial
position
the presence of sb/sth
to be/remain present

present
previous

previously

primary

primarily

primary responsibility
primary school
basic/central principle
to be against your principles

principle
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358 Profession

359 Progress
Prohibit

progress
Prohibit

progressively

progressive

362 Prospect

prospect

prospective

punch
punctuality

punctual

purchase

366 Pure

purify

purely

progress
progression

prohibitory

365 Purchase

to purchase sth
to purchase sth in advance
cash/credit purchase
to purify water/the air
purity of voice

professionally

prohibition
property

punch

punctually

profession
professionalism professional

360
361 Property

363 Punch
364 Punctual

medical/teaching profession
the lack of professionalism
to lack professionalism
to be strictly professional
to deal with sth
professionally
to progress well/rapidly
slow/rapid progress
to make progress
gradual/slow progression
to be highly/very
progressive
prohibit from
impose, abolish , lift
prohibitions
prohibition against, of
private/public property
the prospect of sth
a prospective buyer
to punch hard/lightly
to throw a
powerful/knockout punch
a punch on the nose
to be punctual

purchase
purity
purification

pure

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367 Pursue

368 Qualify

pursue

qualify

369 Quantity

370 Quarrel
371 Quote

372 Range
373 Rapid
374 Rarely

quarrel
quote

range

to pursue a career in + a
field
to pursue
effectively/successfully
the pursuit of happiness

pursuit

quantity

to have/hold a qualification
formal/recognized
qualification
to improve quality
excellent/good/low/poor
quality
to be qualified
a vast quantity of sth
in large quantities

quarrel
quotation

to quarrel about/over sth

to quarrel bitterly/fiercely
to have a quarrel about sth
to have a quarrel with sb
a serious/violent/family
quarrel
to take a quotation

qualification
quality

qualified

quarrelsome

range
rapid
rare

rapidly
rarely
50

to range from X to Y
to range enormously/widely
to have range
broad/enormous/extensive
range
a wide range of sth
to be/seem rapid
rapid change/growth
to be rare

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375 Rate

rate

376 Razor
377 Rear

378 Recover

379 Reflect

rate
razor
rear

recover

reflect

380 Region

to go at a tremendous rate
to shave with a razor
electric razor
rear door/window
to recover
completely/fully/partially
to make a recovery
amazing/full/fast/slow
recovery
to make a recovery from
sth
to show signs of recovery

rear

recovery

reflection

reflective

region

regional

regionally

regretful
regrettable

regretfully
regrettably

381 Regret

regret

regret

382 Regulation
383 Reject

regulate
reject

regulation
regulator
rejection

to reflect on sth
to reflect back
to gaze/stare at a reflection
clear/fain reflection
to be highly reflective
a regional
accent/dialect/newspaper
to regret doing sth
to regret that + sentence
to regret deeply/greatly
to have/feel regret
big/deep/great regret
a regretful glance/smile
to regulate carefully/closely
strict/tight regulation
to reject firmly

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384 Release

release

386 Reliable /unreliable

387 Remain

release
relevance
irrelevance

385 Relevant /Irrelevant

rely
remain

reliability
remains

388 Remarkable

389 Remedy
390 Reproduce

reproduce

391 Reputation

392 Restore

restore

393 Reveal

reveal

to release
quickly/eventually/accidental
ly
early release from prison
to have/lack/lose relevance
to be/seem/become
relevant

relevant
irrelevant

reliable
unreliable
remaining
remarkable
unremarkable

remedy
reproduction

reproductory

reputation

reputable
disreputable

restoration

revealing
52

reliably

to rely heavily/strongly on
sth
to assess/ensure reliability
high/poor reliability
to be very reliable
the remains of sth

remarkably

reputably

an effective remedy for sth

to need/take remedy
reproductory organs
to have a worldwide
reputation for sth
to destroy a reputation
to have a good/bad
reputation
to be highly/very reputable
to restore confidence
to restore antiques
to be closed for restoration
to reveal that + sentence
to be deeply/highly
revealing

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394 Revenge

revenge

revengeful

395 Revolution

revolution

revolutionary

396 Reward
397 Ripe

reward

reward
ripeness

rewarding
ripe

398 Risk
399 Role play

risk
role play

risk
role play
role
role model

risky

400
401
402
403

Role
Rotten
Rough
Rub

404 Ruin

rub

roughness
rub

ruin

ruin

rotten
rough

ruined
53

to seek/want revenge
to get/have revenge
sweet revenge
revenge attack/killing
an act of revenge
to carry out/conduct
revolution
successful/bloody/violent
revolution
revolution breaks
out/spreads
revolutionary changes
to reward generously/well
for sth
to gain/get considerable
reward
great/high/huge reward
to be rewarding
to find sth rewarding
to be/look/smell/taste ripe
to risk losing sth
to take a
big/considerable/great/high
risk
to be very risky
to have/play a
central/crucial/key role
rotten fruit
roughly
to rub hard
to ruin completely/totally
an ancient ruined castle

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405
406
407
408

Rule
Rusty
Sack
Sacred

409 Sacrifice

sake
sample

to rule justly
to impose rule
to follow/observe/obey the
rules
to break the rules
rusty nails
to get the sack
a sacred object
to make sacrifice
animal/human sacrifice
for the sake of sb/sth
for sb's sake
a sample of sth

satisfy

satisfaction
dissatisfaction

satisfactorily

to feel/gain/get satisfaction
complete/deep/great
satisfaction
to be/feel/appear satisfied
to be deeply/extremely
satisfying
to be/look satisfactory

save

safe
safety

safely

to save the planet

to save money

rule
misrule
rust
sack

413 Saving
414 Scale
415 Scent
416 Secretary (of state)

417 Secure /Insecure

rusty
sack
sacred

sacrifice

410 Sake
411 Sample

412 Satisfy

rule

sacrifice

scale
scent
secretary

security

satisfied
dissatisfied
satisfying
satisfactory
safe
saving
savings

scented

a large-scale investigation
to lose the scent

secure
insecure

security
measures/precautions
security alert
national security

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securely

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418 Seldom

419 Select

seldom

select

420 Selfish

selection

selective

selfishness

selfish

selfishly

sensitive
insensitive

sensitively

shameful
shameless

shamefully
shamelessly

421 Sensitive
422 Servant

servant

423
424
425
426
427
428

shame
shell
ship
silk
silver
simplification

429
430
431
432
433

Shame
Shell
Ship
Silk
Silver
Simply
Slide
Slope
Smash
Smooth
Somewhat

434 Source
435 Southern

ship

simplify
slide
smash

slide
slope
smash
smoothness

source
south

to select carefully
to make selection
to be very/extremely
selective
an act of selfishness
pure/utter selfishness
to be/feel selfish
to be extremely selfish
to be/become sensitive
deeply/extremely/highly
sensitive
to have/employ a servant
devoted/faithful servant
to be filled with shame
to bring/cause shame
deep shame
to be shameful/shameless
shameful scenes
sea shell
silk dress/shirt

simple

simply
to slide slowly/easily
to show slide
a steep slope

smooth

smoothly
somewhat

to be/feel/look smooth
the source of
income/information

southern
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436 Spare

437 Speciality
438 Specify

439 Spicy
440 Spirit

specialize
specify

spice

spare

spare

speciality
specification

specialized

spice
spirit

441 Spoil

spoil

442 Spray

spray

spray
sprayer

443 Stain

stain

stain

444 State
445 Statue

state

446 Steady /unsteady

447 Steam

spicy

to be spiced with sth

heavily/highly spiced
to be/smell/taste spicy
to be very/mildly/quite spicy

spoiled

to spoil completely
to spoil a child with sth
a spoiled child

stainless

hair spray
to be badly/heavily/slightly
stained
stubborn/dark stain
stainless steel

steady
unsteady

to state clearly/exactly
to be in a good/healthy state
a state of shock
to make statement
brief/short statement
a statue of sth
to be/seem steady
remarkably/very steady

state
statement
statue
steadiness

steam

specifically

spare parts
to specialize in sth
local/regional speciality
to be specialized in sth
to specify clearly/fully

steam

steaming

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to generate/produce steam

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448 Steel

steel

449 Steep
450 Steer

steepness
steer

451 Step

step

step

452 Stocks

stock

stocks

453 Stone
454 Straightforward
455 Strain

459 Strike

steeply

stone
straightforward
strain

456 Stranger

457 Strategy
458 Stream

steep

stream

strike

strain

strained

stranger

strange

strangely

strategy
stream

strategic

strategically

strike

striking

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stainless steel
to produce/manufacture
steel
steep hill
steep rise
to be/look steep
to rise steeply
to steer a car
to make/take/follow a step
big/considerable/huge/small
step
to be stocked
to stock plentifully/well/fully
heavy/hard stone
precious stone
to be/look straightforward
to strain hard
to be/feel strained
to be/feel/seem strange
a complete stranger
to behave strangely
effective/good/successful
strategy
strategic planning

to strike hard/firmly
It struck me that + sentence
to be struck by lightning
to go on strike
to be striking
a striking resemblance

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460 Stroke

stroke

461 Struggle
462 Studio

struggle

struggle
studio

463 Submit

submit

submission

464 Substitute

substitute

substitute

465 Suitable

suit

466 Sum

to have/suffer a stroke
serious/minor/fatal stroke

sum
summarize

suitable

suitably

to struggle with sth

to struggle desperately/hard
to struggle badly
great/life-and-death struggle
a recording studio
to submit formally
complete/total submission
to substitute for sth
a substitute teacher
to suit fine/well
to be suitable for sb
to be/look suitable
to be suitably dressed
To sum up,
to sum up the main points
of sth
to summarize
a large/small sum of money
to earn/raise sum
to make a summary

sum
summary

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survey

suspicion
suspect

to suspect that + sentence

to be widely suspected
to have a suspicion that +
sentence
the prime suspect
to be/feel suspicious
to be suspicious about sth
a suspicious-looking car/van

sun
sunlight
suntan
sunset

467 Sunlight

468 Survey

sun comes up/rises

blinding/bright sunlight
to be exposed to sunlight
to have a golden/good
suntan
to admire/watch the sunset
beautiful/glorious/stunning
sunset
to be/look sunny
to survey carefully
to carry out/conduct a
survey
detailed/extensive survey
survey to find out sth

survey

469 Suspect
Sustain
470

suspect
Sustain

471 Swallow

swallow

472 Swear

swear

sunny

suspicious
Sustainable

sustainability

suspiciously

environmentally sustainable
to swallow
quickly/accidentally
to swear at sb
to use a swear word
a bad/strong/mild swear
word

swear word

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473 Sweat
474 Sweep

475 Sweet

476 Switch

477 Sympathy

sweat
sweep

sweeten

switch

sympathize

478 Tail

479 Target

sweat
sweats
sweatshirt
sweater

sweetness
sweetener

sweaty

an artificial sweetener
to be/smell/taste sweet
to be very/extremely sweet
to look terribly sweet

sweet

to switch easily/readily
a sudden/immediate switch
to make a switch

switch

sympathy

sympathetic

tail

target

to sweat a lot/heavily
to make sb sweat
to drip /pour with sweat
heavy/cold sweat
to be/feel/look sweaty
sweep up

target

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sympathetically

to sympathize really/deeply
to feel/have/express
sympathy
deep/great/genuine
sympathy
to be sympathetic
long/short tail
to wag/wave tail
to target
carefully/deliberately/particu
larly
to target sb
to aim at a target
obvious/potential target

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480 Taste

taste

taste

tasty
tasteless
tasteful

481 Tear

tear

tear

tearful

tearfully

technique

technical

technically

to taste strongly/slightly
to taste like sth
to taste
awful/bitter/horrible/deliciou
s/good
to have a
distinctive/pleasant/refreshi
ng taste
to be tasty/tasteless
to be very tasteful
to be tastefully
dressed/decorated
to tear badly/easily
to burst into tears
to be in tears
to be/look tearful
to have a technique
effective/successful/simple
technique
to be very/extremely
technical
technically advanced
weapons

temporarily

a bad temper
to have/control/lose temper
to be bad-tempered
a temporary job
temporary housing

482 Technique

483 Temper

temper

484 Temporary

485 Tendency

bad-tempered
temporary

tend

tastefully

to tend to do sth
to have a tendency to do sth

tendency

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486 Tender

tenderness

487 Terminal
488 Thesis

489 Thirst
490 Thorough
Threat

terminal

terminally

thirsty
thorough
Threatening

thirstily
thoroughly

thesis

thirst
Threaten

491
492 Throughout
493 Tide

threat

494 Timetable

timetable
tin
tin opener
tone

throughout
tide

495 Tin
496 Tone

497 Transfer

transfer

transfer

498 Transform

transform

transformation

499 Transparent
500 Tray

tender

a tender kiss/look
to feel/show tenderness
extreme/great/infinite
tenderness
terminal cancer
terminally ill
to work on/write a thesis
a thirst for sth
to quench your thirst
to feel thirsty
a thorough investigation
threaten to do something
threaten somebody with
something
lifethreatening
pose
a threat

transparency
tray

high/low tide
to follow timetable
detailed/strict timetable
a tin of beans/soup
a biscuit/paint tin
the tone of the author

transparent

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to transfer sth from X to Y

to make a transfer
massive/successful transfer
to undergo a
dramatic/amazing
transformation
transparent plastic
to be/look transparent
tea tray, food tray

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501 Treasure

treasure

502 Trial
503 Triangle
504 Tropical

trial
triangle

505 Trunk

trunk

506 Trust
507 Typical
508 Ultimate
509 Uncover /cover
510 Underneath
511 Undo

512 Unforgettable
513 Union

trust

trust

trustworthy
typical
ultimate

typically
ultimately

a tropical climate
tree trunk, the trunk of a
car
to trust completely
trust to exist
to be trustworthy
to be typical of sb
the ultimate aim/solution
to uncover evidence

underneath
undo
forgettable
unforgettable

forget
union
uniqueness

515 Unlikely

517 Unsuitable

triangular
tropical

uncover
cover

514 Unique

516 Unpredictable

buried treasure
fair trial
to bring sb to trial
trial and error

predict

prediction

unique
likely
unlikely

predictable
unpredictable
suitable
unsuitable
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uniquely

suitably

to forget completely/entirely
to be truly unforgettable
The European Union
a unique opportunity
to be unique to sth
to be (un)likely to do sth
It's likely that + sentence
to predict
accurately/successfully
to predict that + sentence
to make correct prediction
to be/seem predictable
to be suitable for sb
to be suitably dressed

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sure
unsure
wanted
unwanted

518 Unsure
519 Unwanted
520 Upright
521 Upside (down)

want

upside down

522 Urgent

urgency

526 Victory

527 Visible
528 Volume

vary

upright
upside down

urgent
valid
invalid

urgently

variety
variability
victim

various

variously

victory

victorious

523 Valid

524 Various
525 Victim

surely

visibility
invisibility
volume

visible
invisible

64

visibly
invisibly

to be sure that + sentence

to be unsure about sth
to be unsure of yourself
to make sure that +
sentence
to want badly/desperately
to sit/stand upright
to turn sth upside down
a matter of great urgency
an urgent message
to be increasingly urgent
to be in urgent need of sth
a valid argument
to vary widely
to offer great/huge variety
extreme/great/wide
variability
various reasons
helpless/innocent victim
famous/glorious/historic
victory
a victorious army
clear/good/excellent visibility
to be barely/hardly visible
to be visible to the naked
eye
volume of sth

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529 Volunteer

volunteer

530 Vote

vote

531 Wander

wander

532 Warn

533 Wealth

534 Weapon

535 Welfare
536 Western
537 Wheat

warn

volunteer

voluntary

vote
voter
wander
wanderer

to wander slowly/aimlessly

warning

wealth

wealthy

to warn clearly/firmly
to warn
constantly/repeatedly
to warn that + sentence
to warn to do sth
to give (sb) a strong warning
to receive a warning
to have/possess wealth
great/enormous wealth
to be/look wealthy
a lethal/powerful weapon
to use/carry a weapon
to be armed with a weapon
nuclear weapons

weapon

welfare
west
wheat

voluntarily

to volunteer to do sth
unpaid volunteer
voluntary
work/organizations
to leave voluntarily
to vote for sb
to vote against sth
to persuade voter

to promote/improve welfare
child/community welfare
western
to grow wheat

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538 Whistle

whistle

539 Widow

540 Willing/ Unwilling

541 Wipe

wipe

542 Wire

wire

543 Wisdom

544 Wish
545 Withdraw

whistle
widow
widower
willingness
unwillingness

willing
unwilling

willingly
unwillingly

wire

wireless
wise
unwise

wisely

wisdom

wish
withdraw

546 Witness
547 Worldwide

witness

548 Wound

wound

to whistle softly/cheerfully
dog/police whistle
to blow whistle

wish
withdrawal

witness
worldwide

worldwide

wound

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to show/express willingness
to be (un)willing to do sth
to wipe out sth
to wire properly
electrical wire
deep/great wisdom
to be/look wise
to wish to do sth
to wish desperately
to have/express wish
strong/last wish
to witness sth
eyewitness
crucial/key witness
to be sold worldwide
to wound badly
bad/deep/serious wound