enough - ad. as much as necessary; pro. the amount needed enter - v. tocomeorgointo environment - n. allsurroundingthings, conditionsandinfluencesthataffectlife; thenaturalworldofland, sea, air, plantsandanimals equal - ad. thesameinamount, size, weightorvalue; havingthesamerights equipment - n. things, toolsormachinesneededforapurposeoractivity escape - v. togetfree; togetawayfrom; togetoutof especially - ad. morethanothers ("Welikedthefood, especiallythefish.") establish - v. tobringintoexistence; tocreate estimate - v. toformanopinionaboutavalue, sizeoramountusinglessthancompleteinformation ethnic - ad. oforconcerningpeoplebelongingtoalargegroupbecauseoftheirrace, religion, language, tribeorwheretheirancestorslived evaporate - v. tochangefromaliquidintoagas even - ad. inawaynotthoughtpossible ("Theysurvived, eventhoughthebuildingwasdestroyed.") event - n. thatwhichhappens, especiallysomethingofimportance ever - ad. atanytime every - ad. eachone; all evidence - n. materialorfactsthatprovesomething; areasonforbelieving evil - ad. notgood; extremelybad exact - ad. havingnomistakes; correctineverydetail examine - v. tostudyclosely example - n. apartthatshowswhattherestofathingorgroupislike excellent - ad. extremelygood except - prep. butfor exchange - v. totrade; togiveorreceiveonethingforanother excuse - v. totakeawayblame; topardon; toforgive; n. areason (sometimesfalse) foranaction execute - v. tokill exercise - n. anactivityoreffortforthepurposeofimprovingthebodyortostayingoodhealth exile - v. toforceapersontoleavehisorhercountry; toexpel; n. apersonwhoisforcedtoleavehisorhercountry exist - v. tobe; tolive expand - v. tomakelarger; togrowlarger expect - v. tothinkorbelievethatsomethingwillhappen; towaitforanevent expel - v. toforceout; toremovefrom; tosendaway experience - v. tolivethroughanevent, situationorcondition ("Sheexperiencedgreatpain."); n. somethingthatonehasdoneorlivedthrough ("Theexperiencecausedhergreatpain.") experiment - v. totest; n. atestortrialcarriedouttoproveifanideaistrueorfalse, ortodiscoversomething expert - n. apersonwithspecialknowledgeortraining explain - v. togivereasonsfor; tomakeclear; totellabout; totellthemeaning explode - v. tobreakapartviolentlywithaloudnoise, likeabomb explore - v. totravelinaplacethatisnotwellknowntolearnmoreaboutit; tomakeacarefulsearch; toexamineclosely export - v. tosendtoanothercountry; n. somethingsenttoanothercountry, usuallyforsale express - v. tosayclearly extend - v. tostretchoutinareaorlength; tocontinueforalongertime extra - ad. morethannormal, expectedornecessary extreme - ad. morethantheusualoraccepted extremist - n. apersonwithstrongreligiousorpoliticalbeliefswhoactsinanextremeorviolentway F face - n. thefrontofthehead: eyes, nose, mouth; v. tolooktoward; toturntoward; tohavebeforeyou, suchasaproblemordanger fact - n. somethingknownorprovedtobetrue factory - n. abuildingorgroupofbuildingswheregoodsaremade fail - v. tonotsucceed; tonotreachagoal fair - ad. just; honest; whatisright fall - v. togodownquickly; tocomedown; todroptothegroundoralowerposition false - ad. nottrue; notcorrect family - n. thegroupthatincludeschildrenandtheirparents famous - ad. knownverywelltomanypeople far - ad. at, toorfromagreatdistance farm - n. landusedtogrowcropsandanimalsforfood fast - ad. movingorworkingatgreatspeed; quick fat - n. tissueinthebodiesofhumansandanimalsusedtostoreenergyandtokeepwarm; ad. thick; heavy father - n. themaleparent; amanwhohasachildorchildren fear - v. tobeafraid; toworrythatsomethingbadisnearormayhappen ("He">He fearedfallingdown."); n. astrongemotionwhenthereisdangerortrouble ("He">He hadafearthathewouldfalldown.") federal - ad. oforhavingtodowithanationalorcentralgovernment feed - v. togivefoodto feel - v. tohaveorexperienceanemotion; toknowbytouching female - n. awomanorgirl; thesexthatgivesbirth; ad. oforaboutwomen fence - n. somethingaroundanareaoflandtokeepanimalsorpeopleinorout fertile - ad. richinproductionofplantsoranimals; producingmuch few - ad. notmany; asmallnumberof field - n. anareaofopenland, usuallyusedtogrowcropsortoraiseanimals fierce - ad. extremelystrong; violent; angry fight - v. touseviolenceorforce; toattempttodefeatordestroyanenemy; n. theuseofforce; abattle fill - v. toputorpoursomethingintoacontaineruntilthereisspacefornomore film - v. torecordsomethingsoitcanbeseenagain; tomakeamotionpictureormovie; n. athinpieceofmaterialformakingpictureswithacamera; amovie final - ad. attheend; last financial - ad. oforaboutthesystemthatincludestheuseofmoney, credit, investmentsandbanks find - v. todiscoverorlearnsomethingbysearchingorbyaccident; todecideacourtcase ("Thejuryfindsthemanguiltyofmurder.") fine - n. apaymentorderedbyacourttopunishsomeoneforacrime; ad. verygood; verysmallorthin finish - v. tocomplete; toend fire - v. toshootagun; n. theheatandlightproducedbysomethingburning firework - n. rocketsproducingbrightfireinthesky, usedinholidaycelebrations firm - ad. noteasilymovedorchanged ("Sheisfirminheropinion.") first - ad. comingbeforeallothers fish - n. acreaturethatlivesandcanbreatheinwater fit - v. tobeofthecorrectsizeorshape ("Theseshoesfitmyfeet.") fix - v. tomakegoodorrightagain flag - n. apieceofcoloredclothusedtorepresentanation, governmentororganization flat - ad. smooth; havingnohighplaces flee - v. torunawayfrom float - v. tobeonwaterwithoutsinking; tomoveorbemovedgentlyonwaterorthroughair flood - v. tocoverwithwater; n. themovementofwateroutofariver, lakeoroceanontoland floor - n. thebottompartofaroomforwalkingon ("Thebookfelltothefloor."); thelevelofabuilding ("Thefirewasonthefirstfloor.") flow - v. tomovelikealiquid flower - n. thecoloredpartofplantsthatcarryseeds fluid - n. anysubstancethatcanflow, suchasaliquid fly - v. tomovethroughtheairwithwings, likeabirdorairplane; totravelinanairplaneorflyingvehicle fog - n. amassofwetairthatisdifficulttoseethrough; acloudclosetotheground follow - v. tocomeorgoafter; toaccepttheruleorpowerof; toobey food - n. thatwhichistakeninbyalllivingthingsforenergy, strengthandgrowth fool - v. tomakesomeonebelievesomethingthatisnottrue; totrick; n. apersonwhoistrickedeasily foot - n. thebottompartoftheleg; thepartofthebodythattouchesthegroundwhenapersonoranimalwalks for - prep. becauseof ("He">He isfamousforhiswork."); inexchange ("Give">Give meonedollarforthebook."); throughspaceortime ("Theytravelledforonehour."); representativeof ("I">Ispeakforallpeople."); tobeemployedby ("Sheworksforacomputercompany.") force - v. tomakesomeonedosomethingormakesomethinghappenbyusingpower; n. power, strength; strengthusedagainstapersonorobject; militarypowerofanation; amilitarygroup foreign - ad. of, aboutorfromanothernation; notfromone'sownplaceorcountry forest - n. aplaceofmanytrees forget - v. tonotremember forgive - v. topardon; toexcuse; toremoveguilt form - v. tomake; tostart; toshape ("Theyformedaswimteam."); n. akind ("Swimmingisaformofexercise.") former - ad. earlierintime; notnow forward - ad. thedirectioninfrontof; towardthefront free - v. torelease; ad. notcontrolledbyanotherorbyoutsideforces; notinprison; independent; notlimitedbyrules; withoutcost freedom - n. theconditionofbeingfree freeze - v. tocauseortobecomeverycold; tomakeortobecomehardbycold fresh - ad. newlymadeorgathered; recent friend - n. apersononelikesandtrusts frighten - v. tocausegreatfear from - prep. havingaperson, placeorthingasabeginningorcause ("It">It isamessagefromthepresident."); ataplacedistant, notnear ("Theschoolisfivekilometersfrommyhome."); becauseof ("He">He issufferingfromcancer.") front - n. theforwardpart; theoppositeofback; thebeginning; thefirstpart fruit - n. foodfromtreesandplants fuel - n. anysubstanceburnedtocreateheatorpower full - ad. containingasmuchasapersonorthingcanhold; complete fun - n. anythingthatispleasingandcauseshappiness funeral - n. aceremonyheldinconnectionwiththeburialorburningofthedead future - n. timeafternow ("Wecantalkaboutitinthefuture."); ad. inthetimetocome ("Allfuturemeetingswillbeheldinthisroom.") G gain - v. togetpossessionof; togetmore; toincrease game - n. anactivitywithrulesinwhichpeopleorteamsplayorcompete, usuallysports gas - n. anysubstancethatisnotsolidorliquid; anysubstancethatburnstoprovideheat, lightorpower gather - v. tobringorcometogetherintoagrouporplace; tocollect general - n. ahighmilitaryleader; ad. withoutdetails; affectingorincludingalloralmostall gentle - ad. soft; kind; notroughorviolent get - v. toreceive; togain; togoandbringback; tobecome; tobecometheownerof gift - n. somethinggivenwithoutcost girl - n. ayoungfemaleperson give - v. topresenttoanothertokeepwithoutreceivingpayment glass - n. ahard, clearmaterialthatiseasilybroken, usedmostoftenforwindowsorforcontainerstoholdliquids go - v. tomovefromoneplacetoanother; toleave goal - n. thattowardwhichaneffortisdirected; thatwhichisaimedat; theendofatriporrace god - n. the spirit that is honored as creator of all things ("They believe in God."); a spirit or being believed in many religions to have special powers gold - n. ahighlyvaluedyellowmetal good - ad. pleasing; helpful; kind; correct; notbad goods - n. thingsownedormadetobesold govern - v. tocontrol; torulebymilitaryorpoliticalpower government - n. asystemofgoverning; theorganizationofpeoplethatrulesacountry, cityorarea grain - n. theseedofgrassplantsusedforfood, suchaswheat, riceandcorn; thoseplantsthatproducetheseeds granddaughter - n. thedaughterofaperson'sdaughterorson grandfather - n. thefatherofaperson'sfatherormother grandmother - n. themotherofaperson'sfatherormother grandson - n. thesonofaperson'sdaughterorson grass - n. aplantwithlong, narrow, greenleaves gray - ad. havingthecolorlikethatmadebymixingblackandwhite great - ad. verylargeormorethanusualinsizeornumber; verygood; important green - ad. havingthecolorlikethatmadebymixingyellowandblue; havingthecolorlikethatofgrowingleavesandgrass grind - v. toreducetosmallpiecesbycrushing ground - n. land; theearth'ssurface; soil group - n. anumberofpeopleorthingstogether; agatheringofpeopleworkingforacommonpurpose grow - v. todeveloporbecomebigger; toincreaseinsizeoramount guarantee - v. topromisearesult; topromisethatsomethingwillhappen guard - v. towatchandprotectaperson, placeorthing ("He">He guardsthepresident."); n. apersonorthingthatwatchesorprotects ("He">He isaprisonguard.") guerrilla - n. apersonwhofightsaspartofanunofficialarmy, usuallyagainstanofficialarmyorpolice guide - v. toleadto; toshowtheway; n. onewhoshowstheway guilty - ad. havingdonesomethingwrongorinviolationofalaw; responsibleforabadaction gun - n. aweaponthatshootsbullets H hair - n. thefinematerialthatgrowsfromtheskin, especiallyfromthehead half - n. oneoftwoequalpartsofsomething halt - v. tocomeorcausetocometoastop; tostop hang - v. toplacesomethingsothehighestpartissupportedandthelowerpartisnot; tokillbyhanging happen - v. tobecomeafactorevent; totakeplace happy - ad. pleased; satisfied; feelinggood; notsad hard - ad. noteasilycutorbroken; solid; difficulttodoorunderstand; needingmucheffortorforce harm - v. toinjure; todamage; n. damage; hurt harvest - v. togathercrops; n. thecropafteritisgathered hat - n. aheadcover hate - v. tohavestrongemotionsagainst; toconsiderasanenemy; oppositelove have - v. topossess; toown; tohold he - pro. theboyormanwhoisbeingspokenabout head - v. tolead; tocommand; n. leader; chief; thetoppartofsomething; thehighestposition headquarter - n. thecenterfromwhichordersaregiven; themainofficesofabusinessororganization heal - v. toreturntogoodhealth; tocure; tobecomewell health - n. thegeneralconditionofthebodyandmind; theconditionofbeingfreefromsicknessordisease hear - v. toreceivesoundthroughtheears; toreceivenewsabout heat - v. tomakehotorwarm; n. greatwarmth; thatwhichisproducedbyburningfuel; energyfromthesun heavy - ad. havingmuchweight; noteasytolift; ofgreatamountorforce helicopter - n. amachinewithoutwingsthatcanflyupordownorremaininoneplaceabovetheground help - v. togivesupport; toassist; tomakeeasier; n. support; aid here - ad. in, tooratthisplace hero - n. apersonhonoredforbeingbraveorwise hide - v. topreventfrombeingseenorfound; tomakesecret high - ad. tall; farup; farabovetheground; important; aboveothers hijack - v. toseizeortakecontrolofavehiclebyforce hill - n. asmallmountain history - n. thewrittenrecordordescriptionofpastevents; thestudyofthepast hit - v. tostrike; totouchwithforce hold - v. tocarryorsupport, usuallyinthehandsorarms; tokeepinoneposition; tokeepasaprisoner; tocontain; topossess; tooccupy; toorganizeandbeinvolvedin ("Thetwosidesholdtalksthisweek.") hole - n. anopening; atornorbrokenplaceinsomething holiday - n. adaywhenonedoesnotwork; adayonwhichnoworkisdonetohonororrememberapersonorevent holy - ad. greatlyhonoredinreligion home - n. thebuildingwhereapersonlives, especiallywithfamily; theplacewhereonewasbornorcomesfrom; theareaorcountrywhereonelives honest - ad. truthful; abletobetrusted honor - v. to obey; to show strong, good feelings for ("to honor one's parents"); n. an award; an act of giving special recognition ("He received many honors for his efforts to help others.") hope - v. toexpect; tobelievethereisagoodchancethatsomethingwillhappenaswanted; towantsomethingtohappen horrible - ad. causinggreatfear; terrible horse - n. alargeanimaloftenusedforracing, ridingorfarmwork hospital - n. aplacewheresickorinjuredpeoplearegivenmedicalcare hostage - n. apersoncapturedandheldasaguaranteethatademandorpromisewillbehonored hostile - ad. readytofight; readyforwar hot - ad. havingorfeelinggreatheatorahightemperature hotel - n. abuildingwithrooms, andoftenfood, fortravellers hour - n. ameasureoftime; sixtyminutes house - n. a building in which people live; a country's parliament or lawmaking group ("House of Representatives") how - ad. inwhatway; towhatamount however - conj. yet; but huge - ad. verybig; ofgreatsize human - ad. oforaboutpeople humor - n. theabilitytounderstand, enjoyorexpresswhatmakespeoplelaugh hunger - n. theneedforfood hunt - v. tosearchforanimalstocaptureorkillthem; toseek; totrytofind hurry - v. todoorgofast hurt - v. tocausepain, injuryordamage husband - n. amanwhoismarried I I - pro. the person speaking ice - n. frozenwater idea - n. athoughtorpictureinthemind; abelief identify - v. torecognizesomeoneorsomethingandtosaywhoorwhattheyare if - conj. on condition; provided that ("I will go if you go.") illegal - ad. notlegal; inviolationofalaw imagine - v. tomakeapictureinthemind; toformanidea immediate - ad. withoutdelay; verynearintimeorplace import - v. tobringfromanothercountry; n. somethingbroughtfromanothercountry, usuallyforsale important - ad. havinggreatmeaning, valueorpower improve - v. tomakebetter; tobecomebetter in - prep. inside; heldby; containedby; surroundedby; during incident - n. aneventorsomethingthathappens incite - v. tourgeorcauseanactionoremotion, usuallysomethingbadorviolent include - v. tohave; tomakeapartof increase - v. tomakemoreinsizeoramount independent - ad. notinfluencedbyorcontrolledbyanotherorothers; free; separate individual - n. oneperson industry - n. anybusinessthatproducesgoodsorprovidesservices; theworkandrelatedactivityinfactoriesandoffices; allorganizationsinvolvedinmanufacturing infect - v. tomakesickwithsomethingthatcausesdisease inflation - n. acontinuingriseinpriceswhilethevalueofmoneygoesdown influence - v. tohaveaneffectonsomeoneorsomething; tocausechange inform - v. totell; togiveknowledgeto information - n. knowledge; facts inject - v. toforceafluidinto, suchasputtingmedicineordrugsintothebodythroughtheskin injure - v. tocauseharmordamagetoapersonoranimal innocent - ad. notguiltyofacrime; notresponsibleforabadaction insane - ad. mentallysick insect - n. averysmallcreature, usuallywithmanylegsandsometimeswithwings inspect - v. tolookatsomethingcarefully; toexamine, especiallybyanexpert instead - ad. intheplaceof; takingtheplaceof instrument - n. atoolordevicedesignedtodosomethingortomakesomething insult - v. tosaysomethingortodosomethingthatmakesanotherpersonangryordishonored intelligence - n. theabilitytothinkorlearn; informationgatheredbyspying intelligent - ad. quicktounderstandorlearn intense - ad. verystrong; extremelyserious interest - n. what is important to someone ("He acted to protect his interests." "She had a great interest in painting."); a share in owning a business; money paid for the use of money borrowed interfere - v. togetinthewayof; toworkagainst; totakepartintheactivitiesofothers, especiallywhennotaskedtodoso international - ad. oforaboutmorethanonenationormanynations; ofthewholeworld intervene - v. tocomebetween; tocomebetweeninordertosettleorsolve invade - v. toenteranareaorcountrybyforcewithanarmy invent - v. toplanandmakesomethingnevermadebefore; tocreateanewthingorwayofdoingsomething invest - v. togivemoneytoabusinessororganizationwiththehopeofmakingmoremoney investigate - v. tostudyorexamineallinformationaboutanevent, situationorcharge; tosearchforthetruth invite - v. toasksomeonetotakepartinorjoinanevent, organizationorgathering involve - v. totakepartin; tobecomeapartof; toinclude iron - n. astrong, hardmetalusedtomakemachinesandtools island - n. alandareawithwaterallaroundit issue - n. animportantproblemorsubjectthatpeoplearediscussingorarguingabout it - pro. athing, place, eventorideathatisbeingspokenabout ("Theskyisblue, butitalsohasafewwhiteclouds.") J jail - n. aprisonforthosewaitingtobetriedforacrimeorforthoseservingsentencesforcrimesthatarenotserious jewel - n. avaluablestone, suchasadiamondoremerald job - n. theworkthatonedoestoearnmoney join - v. toputtogetherorcometogether; tobecomepartoforamemberof joint - ad. sharedbytwoormore joke - n. somethingdoneorsaidtocauseotherstolaugh judge - v. toformanopinionabout; todecideaquestion, especiallyalegalone; n. apublicofficialwhodecidesproblemsoflawinacourt jump - v. topushdownonthefeetandmoveupquicklyintotheair jury - n. agroupofpeoplechosentodecidewhatistrueinatrial just - ad. only ("Help me for just a minute."); very shortly before or after the present ("He just left."); at the same time ("He left just as I came in."); what is right or fair ("The law is just, in my opinion.") K keep - v. topossess; tohaveforoneself kick - v. tohitwiththefoot kidnap - v. toseizeandtakeawaybyforce kill - v. tomakedead; tocausetodie kind - n. sort ("Whatkindofdogisthat?"); ad. gentle; caring; helpful kiss - v. totouchwiththemouthtoshowloveorhonor knife - n. atoolorweaponusedtocut know - v. tounderstandsomethingascorrect; tohavethefactsabout; torecognizesomeonebecauseyouhavemetandtalkedtogetherbefore knowledge - n. thatwhichisknown; learningorunderstanding L labor - n. work; workersasagroup laboratory - n. aroomorplacewhereexperimentsinsciencearedone lack - v. tobewithout; n. theconditionofneeding, wantingornothaving lake - n. alargeareaoffreshwatersurroundedbyland land - v. tocometotheearthfromtheair ("Airplaneslandatairports."); n. thepartoftheearthnotcoveredbywater; theground language - n. wordsandtheiruse; whatpeoplespeakinacountry, nationorgroup large - ad. big; beingofmorethanusualsize, amountornumber; oppositesmall last - v. tocontinue ("Thetalkswilllastthreedays."); ad. afterallothers; theonlyoneremaining ("Sheisthelastpersoninline.") late - ad. afterthecorrecttime; neartheend; oppositeearly laugh - v. tomakesoundstoexpresspleasureorhappyfeelings launch - v. toputintooperation; tobegin; tosendintotheairorspace law - n. alloranyrulesmadebyagovernment lead - v. toshowtheway; tocommand; tocontrol; togofirst leak - v. tocomeoutofortoescapethroughasmallopeningorhole (usuallyagasorliquid) learn - v. togetknowledgeabout; tocometoknowafactorfacts leave - v. togoawayfrom; toletsomethingstaywhereitis left - ad. onthesidethatistowardthewestwhenoneisfacingnorth; oppositeright legal - ad. oforinagreementwiththelaw legislature - n. agovernmentlawmakinggroup lend - v. topermitsomeonetouseathingtemporarily; tomakealoanofmoney less - ad. smallerinamount; notasmuch let - v. topermittodoortobe; tomakepossible letter - n. amessagewrittenonpaper; acommunicationinwritingsenttoanotherperson level - n. theamountorheightthatsomethingreachesorrisesto; thepositionofsomethingorsomeone liberal - ad. onewhousuallysupportssocialprogressorchange lie - v. tohaveone'sbodyonthegroundorothersurface; tosaysomethingthatoneknowsisnottrue life - n. thetimebetweenbeingbornanddying; oppositedeath; alllivingthings lift - v. totakeorbringuptoahigherplaceorlevel light - n. aformofenergythataffectstheeyessothatoneisabletosee; anythingthatproduceslight; ad. bright; clear; notheavy lightning - n. lightproducedbyelectricityintheair, usuallyduringastorm like - v. tobepleasedwith; tohavegoodfeelingsforsomeoneorsomething; ad. inthesamewayas; similarto limit - v. torestricttoanumberoramount; n. thegreatestamountornumberpermitted line - n. along, thinmarkonasurface; anumberofpeopleorthingsorganized; oneafteranother; theedgeofanareaprotectedbymilitaryforces link - v. toconnect; touniteonethingoreventwithanother; n. arelationbetweentwoormorethings, situationsorevents liquid - n. asubstancethatisnotasolidorgas, andcanmovefreely, likewater list - v. toputinwritinganumberofnamesofpeopleorthings; n. awrittenseriesofnamesorthings listen - v. totrytohear literature - n. allthepoems, storiesandwritingsofaperiodoftimeorofacountry little - ad. nottallorbig; asmallamount live - v. tohavelife; toexist; ad. havinglife; alive load - v. toputobjectsonorintoavehicleorcontainer; n. thatwhichiscarried loan - n. moneyborrowedthatusuallymustbereturnedwithinterestpayments; somethingborrowed local - ad. aboutorhavingtodowithoneplace lonely - ad. feelingaloneandwantingfriends; visitedbyfewornopeople ("alonelyman") long - ad. notshort; measuringfrombeginningtoend; measuringmuch; formuchtime look - v. toturntheeyestowardsoastosee; tosearchorhuntfor; toseemtobe lose - v. tohavenolonger; tonotfind; tofailtokeep; tobedefeated loud - ad. havingastrongsound; fullofsoundornoise love - v. tolikeverymuch; tofeelastrong, kindemotion (sometimesinvolvingsex); n. astrong, kindemotionforsomeoneorsomething; oppositehate low - ad. nothighortall; belowthenormalheight; closetotheground loyal - ad. showingstrongfriendshipandsupportforsomeoneorsomething luck - n. somethingthathappensbychance M machine - n. adevicewithmovingpartsusedtodowork magazine - n. apublicationofnews, stories, picturesorotherinformation mail - n. letters, papersandotherthingssentthroughanofficialsystem, suchasapostoffice main - ad. themostimportantorlargest major - ad. greatinsize, importanceoramount majority - n. thegreaternumber; morethanhalf make - v. toproduce; tocreate; tobuild; todosomethingortocarryoutanaction; tocausetobeortobecome male - n. amanorboy; thesexthatisthefatherofchildren; ad. oforaboutmen man - n. anadultmalehuman manufacture - v. tomakegoodsinlargeamounts many - ad. alargenumberoramountof map - n. apictureoftheearth'ssurfaceorapartofit march - v. towalkinagrouplikesoldiers; towalktogetherinalargegrouptoprotestaboutsomething mark - v. tomakeasignorcutonsomething market - n. aplaceorareawheregoodsaresold, boughtortraded; aneconomicsysteminwhichthepricesofthingsaredecidedbyhowmanythereareandhowmuchmoneypeoplearewillingtopayforthem marry - v. tojoinamanandwomantogetherashusbandandwife; tobecomehusbandandwife (usuallyinareligiousorcivilceremony) mass - n. anamountofmatterhavingnospecialformandusuallyofalargesize mate - v. tobringtogetheramaleandafemaletocreateanothercreature material - n. thesubstance, substancesormatterofwhichsomethingismadeorfromwhichsomethingcanbemade, suchaswood, clothorstone; anythingthatcanbemadeintosomethingelse mathematics - n. thesciencedealingwithamounts, sizesandshapes, asexplainedbynumbersandsigns matter - n. anythingthatcanbeseenorfelt; whatthingsaremadeof may - v. a word used with an action word to mean permit or possible ("May I go?" "They may leave tomorrow.") mayor - n. thechiefofficialofacityortowngovernment meal - n. foodeatentosatisfyhunger, suchasdinner mean - v. towantto; togivetheideaof; tohavetheideaof measure - v. tolearntheamount, sizeordistanceofsomething; n. anactiontaken; alegislativeproposal meat - n. thepartofadeadanimalusedforfood media - n. allpublicinformationorganizations, includingnewspapers, televisionandradio medicine - n. asubstanceordrugusedtotreatdiseaseorpain; thescienceorstudyoftreatingandcuringdiseaseorimprovinghealth meet - v. tocometogetherwithsomeoneorsomethingatthesametimeandplace melt - v. tomakeasolidintoaliquidbyheatingit member - n. oneofagroup memorial - n. somethingdoneormadetohonorthememoryofapersonorevent memory - n. apictureinthemindofpastevents; theabilitytoremember; athingremembered mental - ad. aboutorhavingtodowiththemind mercy - n. kindnesstowardthosewhoshouldbepunished; thepowertobekindortopardon message - n. writtenorspokennewsorinformation; anotefromonepersontoanotherpersonorgroup metal - n. ahardsubstancesuchasiron, steelorgold method - n. thewaysomethingisdone microscope - n. adeviceusedtomakeverysmallthingslooklargersotheycanbestudied middle - n. thecenter; aplaceortimeofequaldistancefrombothsidesorends; ad. inthecenter militant - n. someoneactiveintryingtocausepoliticalchange, oftenbytheuseofforceorviolence military - n. thearmedforcesofanationorgroup; ad. oforaboutthearmedforces milk - n. thewhiteliquidproducedbyfemaleanimalstofeedtheiryoung mind - n. thethinking, feelingpartofaperson mine - v. todigusefulorvaluablesubstancesoutoftheearth; n. aplaceintheearthwheresuchsubstancesarefound; abombplacedunderthegroundorunderwatersoitcannotbeseen mineral - n. asubstancefoundinnaturethatisnotananimaloraplant, suchascoalorsalt minister - n. amemberofacabinet; ahighgovernmentofficial ("primeminister,"foreignminister") minor - ad. smallinsize; oflittleimportance minority - n. thesmallernumber; oppositemajority minute - n. ameasureoftime; oneofthesixtyequalpartsofanhour; sixtyseconds miss - v. tofailtohit, see, reachormeet missile - n. anyweaponthatcanbethrownorfiredthroughtheairandexplodeswhenitreachesitstarget missing - ad. lost; notfound mistake - n. awrongactionordecision; anactiondonewithouttheknowledgethatitwaswrong mix - v. toputdifferentthingstogethertomakeonething mob - n. alargegroupofwildorangrypeople model - n. anexample; something, usuallysmall, madetoshowhowsomethingwilllookorwork moderate - ad. notextreme modern - ad. ofthepresentorveryrecenttime; themostimproved money - n. piecesofmetalorpaperusedtopayforthings month - n. oneofthetwelveperiodsoftimeintowhichayearisdivided moon - n. thebrightobjectoftenseeninthenightskythatorbitstheearthabouteverytwenty-ninedays moral - ad. concerningwhatisrightorwronginsomeone'sactions more - ad. greaterinsizeoramount morning - n. theearlypartoftheday, fromsunriseuntilnoon most - ad. greatestinsizeoramount mother - n. thefemaleparent; awomanwhohasachildorchildren motion - n. amovement; acontinuingchangeofpositionorplace mountain - n. apartoftheearth'ssurfacethatriseshighabovetheareaaroundit mourn - v. toexpressorfeelsadness move - v. tochangeposition; toputorkeepinmotion; togo movement - n. theactofmovingorawayofmoving; aseriesofactsoreffortstoreachagoal movie - n. amotionpicture; afilm much - ad. greatinamount murder - v. tokillanotherpersonillegally; n. thecrimeofkillinganotherperson music - n. themakingofsoundsbysingingorusingamusicalinstrument must - v. awordusedwithanactionwordtomeannecessary ("Youmustgotoschool.") mystery - n. somethingthatisnotorcannotbeexplainedorunderstood; asecret N name - v. toappoint; tonominate; togiveanameto; n. awordbywhichaperson, animalorthingisknownorcalled narrow - ad. limitedinsizeoramount; notwide; havingashortdistancefromonesidetotheother nation - n. acountry, togetherwithitssocialandpoliticalsystems native - n. someonewhowasborninaplace, notonewhomovedthere natural - ad. oforaboutnature; normal; commontoitskind nature - n. alltheplants, animalsandotherthingsonearthnotcreatedbyhumans; eventsorprocessesnotcausedbyhumans navy - n. thepartofacountry'smilitaryforcetrainedtofightatsea near - ad. notfar; closeto necessary - ad. neededtogetaresultoreffect; required need - v. torequire; towant; tobenecessarytohaveortodo negotiate - v. totalkaboutaproblemorsituationtofindacommonsolution neither - ad. notoneortheotheroftwo neutral - ad. notsupportingonesideortheotherinadispute never - ad. atnotime; notever new - ad. notexistingbefore; notknownbefore; recentlymade, built, boughtorgrown; another; different news - n. informationaboutanyrecentevents, especiallyasreportedbythemedia next - ad. comingimmediatelyafter; nearest nice - ad. pleasing; good; kind night - n. thetimebetweenwhenthesungoesdownandwhenitrises, whenthereislittleornolight no - ad. usedtorejectortorefuse; notany; notatall noise - n. sound, especiallywhenloud nominate - v. tonamesomeoneasacandidateforanelection; toproposeapersonforanofficeorposition noon - n. themiddleoftheday; twelveo'clockinthedaytime normal - n. theusualcondition, amountorform; ad. usual; whatisexpected north - n. thedirectiontotheleftofapersonfacingtherisingsun not - ad. awordshowingthatsomethingisdeniedoruntrue ("Sheisnotgoing.") note - v. totalkaboutsomethingalreadyknown; n. awordorwordswrittentohelpapersonremember; ashortletter nothing - n. notanything; nothing now - ad. atthistime; immediately nowhere - ad. notin, tooratanyplace nuclear - ad. oforabouttheenergyproducedbysplittingatomsorbringingthemtogether; oforaboutweaponsthatexplodebyusingenergyfromatoms number - n. awordorsignusedtoshowtheorderoramountofthings O obey - v. toactasoneisorderedtoact object - v. toshowthatonedoesnotlikeorapprove; toprotest; n. somethingnotalivethatcanbeseenortouched observe - v. towatch; tolookatcarefully; tocelebrateorhonorsomething ("Theywillobservetheanniversaryofthedayshewasborn.") occupy - v. totakeandholdortocontrolbyforce ocean - n. theareaofsaltwaterthatcoversalmostseventy-fivepercentoftheearth'ssurface; anyofthefivemaindivisionsofthiswater of - prep. madefrom; belongingto; about; connectedto; includedamong off - ad. away; atadistance; conditionwhensomethingisnolongeroperatingorcontinuing; noton; notconnected offensive - n. amilitarycampaignofattack; ad. havingtodowithattacking offer - v. topresentorpropose; n. theactofpresentingorproposing; thatwhichispresentedorproposed office - n. aroomorbuildingwherebusinessorworkisdone; apublicpositiontowhichoneiselectedorappointed officer - n. apersoninthemilitarywhocommandsothers; anypersonwhoisamemberofapoliceforce official - n. apersonwithpowerinanorganization; arepresentativeofanorganizationorgovernment; ad. oforaboutanoffice; approvedbythegovernmentorsomeoneinpower often - ad. manytimes oil - n. athickliquidthatdoesnotmixwithwaterandthatburnseasily; ablackliquidtakenfromthegroundandusedasfuel old - ad. notyoungornew; havinglivedorexistedformanyyears on - prep. above and held up by; touching the upper surface of ("The book is on the table."); supported by ("He is on his feet."); about ("The report on the meeting is ready."); at the time of ("He left on Wednesday.") once - ad. onetimeonly only - ad. beingthesingleoneorones; nomorethan ("Wehaveonlytwodollars.") open - v. tostart ("Theyopenedtalks."); ad. notclosed; notsecret operate - v. todoworkorajob; tocutintothebodyformedicalreasons opinion - n. abeliefbasedonone'sownideasandthinking oppose - v. tobeagainst; tofightagainst opposite - ad. different as possible; completely different from; exactly the other way ("North is the opposite direction from south.") oppress - v. tomakeotherssuffer; tocontrolbytheuseofunjustandcruelforceorpower or - conj. givinganotheroftwochoices; givingthelastofseveralchoices orbit - v. totravelinspacearoundaplanetorotherobject; n. thepathorwayanobjecttravelsinspacearoundanotherobjectorplanet order - v. togiveacommand; totellsomeonewhattodo; n. acommand; thecorrectornormalwaythingsareorganized; apeacefulsituationinwhichpeopleobeylaws organize - v. toputinorder; toputtogetherintoasystem other - ad. different; ofanotherkind; theremainingoneoronesoftwoormore ("Thatmanisshort; theotheristall.") our - ad. oforbelongingtous oust - v. toforcetoleave; toremovebyforce out - ad. awayfromtheinside; oppositeofin over - conj. above; covering; across, inoroneverypartof ("allovertheworld") overthrow - v. toremovefrompower; todefeatorendbyforce owe - v. topayorhavetorepay (usuallymoney) inreturnforsomethingreceived own - v. tohaveorpossessforoneself P pain - n. ahurtorsufferingsomewhereinthebody paint - v. tocoverwithaliquidcolor; tomakeapicturewithliquidcolors; n. acoloredliquidusedtocoverorprotectasurface pan - n. ametalcontainerusedforcooking paper - n. athin, flatmaterialmadefromplantsorclothoftenusedforwriting parachute - n. adevicethatpermitsapersonorthingtofallslowlyfromanairplaneorhelicoptertotheground parade - n. agroupofpeopleandvehiclesmovingtogethertocelebrateaspecialeventoranniversary pardon - v. toforgiveforacrimeandreleasefrompunishment parent - n. afatherormother parliament - n. agovernmentlawmakinggroup part - n. somethinglessthanthewhole; notallofsomething party - n. agroupofpeopleworkingtogetherforapoliticalpurpose; agroupofpeopleorfriendsgatheredtogetherforenjoyment pass - v. togobyormovearoundsomething; tomovealong; tocauseorpermittogo passenger - n. apersontravellingbyairplane, train, boatorcarwhoisnotthepilotordriver passport - n. adocumentpermittingapersontotraveltoanothercountry past - n. thetimegoneby; thetimebefore; ad. recent; immediatelybefore; former path - n. anarrowwayforwalking; awayalongwhichsomethingmoves patient - n. apersonbeingtreatedbyadoctorforahealthproblem pay - v. togivemoneyforworkdoneorforsomethingbought peace - n. theconditionoffreedomfromwar, fightingornoise; rest; quiet people - n. anygroupofpersons; allthepersonsofagroup, race, religionornation ("theAmericanpeople") percent - n. a part of every hundred ("Ten is ten percent of one hundred.")
enough - ad. as much as necessary; pro. the amount neededenter - v. to come or go intoenvironment - n. all surrounding things, conditions and influences that affect life; the natural world of land, sea, air, plants and animalsequal - ad. the same in amount, size, weight or value; having the same rightsequipment - n. things, tools or machines needed for a purpose or activityescape - v. to get free; to get away from; to get out ofespecially - ad. more than others ("We liked the food, especially the fish.")establish - v. to bring into existence; to createestimate - v. to form an opinion about a value, size or amount using less than complete informationethnic - ad. of or concerning people belonging to a large group because of their race, religion, language, tribe or where their ancestors livedevaporate - v. to change from a liquid into a gaseven - ad. in a way not thought possible ("They survived, even though the building was destroyed.")event - n. that which happens, especially something of importanceever - ad. at any timeevery - ad. each one; allevidence - n. material or facts that prove something; a reason for believingevil - ad. not good; extremely badexact - ad. having no mistakes; correct in every detailexamine - v. to study closelyexample - n. a part that shows what the rest of a thing or group is likeexcellent - ad. extremely goodexcept - prep. but forexchange - v. to trade; to give or receive one thing for anotherexcuse - v. to take away blame; to pardon; to forgive; n. a reason (sometimes false) for an actionexecute - v. to killexercise - n. an activity or effort for the purpose of improving the body or to stay in good healthexile - v. to force a person to leave his or her country; to expel; n. a person who is forced to leave his or her countryexist - v. to be; to liveexpand - v. to make larger; to grow largerexpect - v. to think or believe that something will happen; to wait for an eventexpel - v. to force out; to remove from; to send awayexperience - v. to live through an event, situation or condition ("She experienced great pain."); n. something that one has done or lived through ("The experience caused her great pain.")experiment - v. to test; n. a test or trial carried out to prove if an idea is true or false, or to discover somethingexpert - n. a person with special knowledge or trainingexplain - v. to give reasons for; to make clear; to tell about; to tell the meaningexplode - v. to break apart violently with a loud noise, like a bombexplore - v. to travel in a place that is not well known to learn more about it; to make a careful search; to examine closelyexport - v. to send to another country; n. something sent to another country, usually for saleexpress - v. to say clearlyextend - v. to stretch out in area or length; to continue for a longer timeextra - ad. more than normal, expected or necessaryextreme - ad. more than the usual or acceptedextremist - n. a person with strong religious or political beliefs who acts in an extreme or violent wayFface - n. the front of the head: eyes, nose, mouth; v. to look toward; to turn toward; to have before you, such as a problem or dangerfact - n. something known or proved to be truefactory - n. a building or group of buildings where goods are madefail - v. to not succeed; to not reach a goalfair - ad. just; honest; what is rightfall - v. to go down quickly; to come down; to drop to the ground or a lower positionfalse - ad. not true; not correctfamily - n. the group that includes children and their parentsfamous - ad. known very well to many peoplefar - ad. at, to or from a great distancefarm - n. land used to grow crops and animals for foodfast - ad. moving or working at great speed; quickfat - n. tissue in the bodies of humans and animals used to store energy and to keep warm; ad. thick; heavyfather - n. the male parent; a man who has a child or childrenfear - v. to be afraid; to worry that something bad is near or may happen ("He feared falling down."); n. a strong emotion when there is danger or trouble ("He had a fear that he would fall down.")federal - ad. of or having to do with a national or central governmentfeed - v. to give food tofeel - v. to have or experience an emotion; to know by touchingfemale - n. a woman or girl; the sex that gives birth; ad. of or about womenfence - n. something around an area of land to keep animals or people in or outfertile - ad. rich in production of plants or animals; producing muchfew - ad. not many; a small number offield - n. an area of open land, usually used to grow crops or to raise animalsfierce - ad. extremely strong; violent; angryfight - v. to use violence or force; to attempt to defeat or destroy an enemy; n. the use of force; a battlefill - v. to put or pour something into a container until there is space for no morefilm - v. to record something so it can be seen again; to make a motion picture or movie; n. a thin piece of material for making pictures with a camera; a moviefinal - ad. at the end; lastfinancial - ad. of or about the system that includes the use of money, credit, investments and banksfind - v. to discover or learn something by searching or by accident; to decide a court case ("The jury finds the man guilty of murder.")fine - n. a payment ordered by a court to punish someone for a crime; ad. very good; very small or thinfinish - v. to complete; to endfire - v. to shoot a gun; n. the heat and light produced by something burningfirework - n. rockets producing bright fire in the sky, used in holiday celebrationsfirm - ad. not easily moved or changed ("She is firm in her opinion.")first - ad. coming before all othersfish - n. a creature that lives and can breathe in waterfit - v. to be of the correct size or shape ("These shoes fit my feet.")fix - v. to make good or right againflag - n. a piece of colored cloth used to represent a nation, government or organizationflat - ad. smooth; having no high placesflee - v. to run away fromfloat - v. to be on water without sinking; to move or be moved gently on water or through airflood - v. to cover with water; n. the movement of water out of a river, lake or ocean onto landfloor - n. the bottom part of a room for walking on ("The book fell to the floor."); the level of a building ("The fire was on the first floor.")flow - v. to move like a liquidflower - n. the colored part of plants that carry seedsfluid - n. any substance that can flow, such as a liquidfly - v. to move through the air with wings, like a bird or airplane; to travel in an airplane or flying vehiclefog - n. a mass of wet air that is difficult to see through; a cloud close to the groundfollow - v. to come or go after; to accept the rule or power of; to obeyfood - n. that which is taken in by all living things for energy, strength and growthfool - v. to make someone believe something that is not true; to trick; n. a person who is tricked easilyfoot - n. the bottom part of the leg; the part of the body that touches the ground when a person or animal walksfor - prep. because of ("He is famous for his work."); in exchange ("Give me one dollar for the book."); through space or time ("They travelled for one hour."); representative of ("I speak for all people."); to be employed by ("She works for a computer company.")force - v. to make someone do something or make something happen by using power; n. power, strength; strength used against a person or object; military power of a nation; a military groupforeign - ad. of, about or from another nation; not from one's own place or countryforest - n. a place of many treesforget - v. to not rememberforgive - v. to pardon; to excuse; to remove guiltform - v. to make; to start; to shape ("They formed a swim team."); n. a kind ("Swimming is a form of exercise.")former - ad. earlier in time; not nowforward - ad. the direction in front of; toward the frontfree - v. to release; ad. not controlled by another or by outside forces; not in prison; independent; not limited by rules; without costfreedom - n. the condition of being freefreeze - v. to cause or to become very cold; to make or to become hard by coldfresh - ad. newly made or gathered; recentfriend - n. a person one likes and trustsfrighten - v. to cause great fearfrom - prep. having a person, place or thing as a beginning or cause ("It is a message from the president."); at a place distant, not near ("The school is five kilometers from my home."); because of ("He is suffering from cancer.")front - n. the forward part; the opposite of back; the beginning; the first partfruit - n. food from trees and plantsfuel - n. any substance burned to create heat or powerfull - ad. containing as much as a person or thing can hold; completefun - n. anything that is pleasing and causes happinessfuneral - n. a ceremony held in connection with the burial or burning of the deadfuture - n. time after now ("We can talk about it in the future."); ad. in the time to come ("All future meetings will be held in this room.")Ggain - v. to get possession of; to get more; to increasegame - n. an activity with rules in which people or teams play or compete, usually sportsgas - n. any substance that is not solid or liquid; any substance that burns to provide heat, light or powergather - v. to bring or come together into a group or place; to collectgeneral - n. a high military leader; ad. without details; affecting or including all or almost allgentle - ad. soft; kind; not rough or violentget - v. to receive; to gain; to go and bring back; to become; to become the owner ofgift - n. something given without costgirl - n. a young female persongive - v. to present to another to keep without receiving paymentglass - n. a hard, clear material that is easily broken, used most often for windows or for containers to hold liquidsgo - v. to move from one place to another; to leavegoal - n. that toward which an effort is directed; that which is aimed at; the end of a trip or racegod - n. the spirit that is honored as creator of all things ("They believe in God."); a spirit or being believed in many religions to have special powersgold - n. a highly valued yellow metalgood - ad. pleasing; helpful; kind; correct; not badgoods - n. things owned or made to be soldgovern - v. to control; to rule by military or political powergovernment - n. a system of governing; the organization of people that rules a country, city or areagrain - n. the seed of grass plants used for food, such as wheat, rice and corn; those plants that produce the seedsgranddaughter - n. the daughter of a person's daughter or songrandfather - n. the father of a person's father or mothergrandmother - n. the mother of a person's father or mothergrandson - n. the son of a person's daughter or songrass - n. a plant with long, narrow, green leavesgray - ad. having the color like that made by mixing black and whitegreat - ad. very large or more than usual in size or number; very good; importantgreen - ad. having the color like that made by mixing yellow and blue; having the color like that of growing leaves and grassgrind - v. to reduce to small pieces by crushingground - n. land; the earth's surface; soilgroup - n. a number of people or things together; a gathering of people working for a common purposegrow - v. to develop or become bigger; to increase in size or amountguarantee - v. to promise a result; to promise that something will happenguard - v. to watch and protect a person, place or thing ("He guards the president."); n. a person or thing that watches or protects ("He is a prison guard.")guerrilla - n. a person who fights as part of an unofficial army, usually against an official army or policeguide - v. to lead to; to show the way; n. one who shows the wayguilty - ad. having done something wrong or in violation of a law; responsible for a bad actiongun - n. a weapon that shoots bulletsHhair - n. the fine material that grows from the skin, especially from the headhalf - n. one of two equal parts of somethinghalt - v. to come or cause to come to a stop; to stophang - v. to place something so the highest part is supported and the lower part is not; to kill by hanginghappen - v. to become a fact or event; to take placehappy - ad. pleased; satisfied; feeling good; not sadhard - ad. not easily cut or broken; solid; difficult to do or understand; needing much effort or forceharm - v. to injure; to damage; n. damage; hurtharvest - v. to gather crops; n. the crop after it is gatheredhat - n. a head coverhate - v. to have strong emotions against; to consider as an enemy; opposite lovehave - v. to possess; to own; to holdhe - pro. the boy or man who is being spoken abouthead - v. to lead; to command; n. leader; chief; the top part of something; the highest positionheadquarter - n. the center from which orders are given; the main offices of a business or organizationheal - v. to return to good health; to cure; to become wellhealth - n. the general condition of the body and mind; the condition of being free from sickness or diseasehear - v. to receive sound through the ears; to receive news aboutheat - v. to make hot or warm; n. great warmth; that which is produced by burning fuel; energy from the sunheavy - ad. having much weight; not easy to lift; of great amount or forcehelicopter - n. a machine without wings that can fly up or down or remain in one place above the groundhelp - v. to give support; to assist; to make easier; n. support; aidhere - ad. in, to or at this placehero - n. a person honored for being brave or wisehide - v. to prevent from being seen or found; to make secrethigh - ad. tall; far up; far above the ground; important; above othershijack - v. to seize or take control of a vehicle by forcehill - n. a small mountainhistory - n. the written record or description of past events; the study of the pasthit - v. to strike; to touch with forcehold - v. to carry or support, usually in the hands or arms; to keep in one position; to keep as a prisoner; to contain; to possess; to occupy; to organize and be involved in ("The two sides hold talks this week.")hole - n. an opening; a torn or broken place in somethingholiday - n. a day when one does not work; a day on which no work is done to honor or remember a person or eventholy - ad. greatly honored in religionhome - n. the building where a person lives, especially with family; the place where one was born or comes from; the area or country where one liveshonest - ad. truthful; able to be trustedhonor - v. to obey; to show strong, good feelings for ("to honor one's parents"); n. an award; an act of giving special recognition ("He received many honors for his efforts to help others.")hope - v. to expect; to believe there is a good chance that something will happen as wanted; to want something to happenhorrible - ad. causing great fear; terriblehorse - n. a large animal often used for racing, riding or farm workhospital - n. a place where sick or injured people are given medical carehostage - n. a person captured and held as a guarantee that a demand or promise will be honoredhostile - ad. ready to fight; ready for warhot - ad. having or feeling great heat or a high temperaturehotel - n. a building with rooms, and often food, for travellershour - n. a measure of time; sixty minuteshouse - n. a building in which people live; a country's parliament or lawmaking group ("House of Representatives")how - ad. in what way; to what amounthowever - conj. yet; buthuge - ad. very big; of great sizehuman - ad. of or about peoplehumor - n. the ability to understand, enjoy or express what makes people laughhunger - n. the need for foodhunt - v. to search for animals to capture or kill them; to seek; to try to findhurry - v. to do or go fasthurt - v. to cause pain, injury or damagehusband - n. a man who is marriedII - pro. the person speakingice - n. frozen wateridea - n. a thought or picture in the mind; a beliefidentify - v. to recognize someone or something and to say who or what they areif - conj. on condition; provided that ("I will go if you go.")illegal - ad. not legal; in violation of a lawimagine - v. to make a picture in the mind; to form an ideaimmediate - ad. without delay; very near in time or placeimport - v. to bring from another country; n. something brought from another country, usually for saleimportant - ad. having great meaning, value or powerimprove - v. to make better; to become betterin - prep. inside; held by; contained by; surrounded by; duringincident - n. an event or something that happensincite - v. to urge or cause an action or emotion, usually something bad or violentinclude - v. to have; to make a part ofincrease - v. to make more in size or amountindependent - ad. not influenced by or controlled by another or others; free; separateindividual - n. one personindustry - n. any business that produces goods or provides services; the work and related activity in factories and offices; all organizations involved in manufacturinginfect - v. to make sick with something that causes diseaseinflation - n. a continuing rise in prices while the value of money goes downinfluence - v. to have an effect on someone or something; to cause changeinform - v. to tell; to give knowledge toinformation - n. knowledge; factsinject - v. to force a fluid into, such as putting medicine or drugs into the body through the skininjure - v. to cause harm or damage to a person or animalinnocent - ad. not guilty of a crime; not responsible for a bad actioninsane - ad. mentally sickinsect - n. a very small creature, usually with many legs and sometimes with wingsinspect - v. to look at something carefully; to examine, especially by an expertinstead - ad. in the place of; taking the place ofinstrument - n. a tool or device designed to do something or to make somethinginsult - v. to say something or to do something that makes another person angry or dishonoredintelligence - n. the ability to think or learn; information gathered by spyingintelligent - ad. quick to understand or learnintense - ad. very strong; extremely seriousinterest - n. what is important to someone ("He acted to protect his interests." "She had a great interest in painting."); a share in owning a business; money paid for the use of money borrowedinterfere - v. to get in the way of; to work against; to take part in the activities of others, especially when not asked to do sointernational - ad. of or about more than one nation or many nations; of the whole worldintervene - v. to come between; to come between in order to settle or solveinvade - v. to enter an area or country by force with an armyinvent - v. to plan and make something never made before; to create a new thing or way of doing somethinginvest - v. to give money to a business or organization with the hope of making more moneyinvestigate - v. to study or examine all information about an event, situation or charge; to search for the truthinvite - v. to ask someone to take part in or join an event, organization or gatheringinvolve - v. to take part in; to become a part of; to includeiron - n. a strong, hard metal used to make machines and toolsisland - n. a land area with water all around itissue - n. an important problem or subject that people are discussing or arguing aboutit - pro. a thing, place, event or idea that is being spoken about ("The sky is blue, but it also has a few white clouds.")Jjail - n. a prison for those waiting to be tried for a crime or for those serving sentences for crimes that are not seriousjewel - n. a valuable stone, such as a diamond or emeraldjob - n. the work that one does to earn moneyjoin - v. to put together or come together; to become part of or a member ofjoint - ad. shared by two or morejoke - n. something done or said to cause others to laughjudge - v. to form an opinion about; to decide a question, especially a legal one; n. a public official who decides problems of law in a courtjump - v. to push down on the feet and move up quickly into the airjury - n. a group of people chosen to decide what is true in a trialjust - ad. only ("Help me for just a minute."); very shortly before or after the present ("He just left."); at the same time ("He left just as I came in."); what is right or fair ("The law is just, in my opinion.")Kkeep - v. to possess; to have for oneselfkick - v. to hit with the footkidnap - v. to seize and take away by forcekill - v. to make dead; to cause to diekind - n. sort ("What kind of dog is that?"); ad. gentle; caring; helpfulkiss - v. to touch with the mouth to show love or honorknife - n. a tool or weapon used to cutknow - v. to understand something as correct; to have the facts about; to recognize someone because you have met and talked together beforeknowledge - n. that which is known; learning or understandingLlabor - n. work; workers as a grouplaboratory - n. a room or place where experiments in science are donelack - v. to be without; n. the condition of needing, wanting or not havinglake - n. a large area of fresh water surrounded by landland - v. to come to the earth from the air ("Airplanes land at airports."); n. the part of the earth not covered by water; the groundlanguage - n. words and their use; what people speak in a country, nation or grouplarge - ad. big; being of more than usual size, amount or number; opposite smalllast - v. to continue ("The talks will last three days."); ad. after all others; the only one remaining ("She is the last person in line.")late - ad. after the correct time; near the end; opposite earlylaugh - v. to make sounds to express pleasure or happy feelingslaunch - v. to put into operation; to begin; to send into the air or spacelaw - n. all or any rules made by a governmentlead - v. to show the way; to command; to control; to go firstleak - v. to come out of or to escape through a small opening or hole (usually a gas or liquid)learn - v. to get knowledge about; to come to know a fact or factsleave - v. to go away from; to let something stay where it isleft - ad. on the side that is toward the west when one is facing north; opposite rightlegal - ad. of or in agreement with the lawlegislature - n. a government lawmaking grouplend - v. to permit someone to use a thing temporarily; to make a loan of moneyless - ad. smaller in amount; not as muchlet - v. to permit to do or to be; to make possibleletter - n. a message written on paper; a communication in writing sent to another personlevel - n. the amount or height that something reaches or rises to; the position of something or someoneliberal - ad. one who usually supports social progress or changelie - v. to have one's body on the ground or other surface; to say something that one knows is not truelife - n. the time between being born and dying; opposite death; all living thingslift - v. to take or bring up to a higher place or levellight - n. a form of energy that affects the eyes so that one is able to see; anything that produces light; ad. bright; clear; not heavylightning - n. light produced by electricity in the air, usually during a stormlike - v. to be pleased with; to have good feelings for someone or something; ad. in the same way as; similar tolimit - v. to restrict to a number or amount; n. the greatest amount or number permittedline - n. a long, thin mark on a surface; a number of people or things organized; one after another; the edge of an area protected by military forceslink - v. to connect; to unite one thing or event with another; n. a relation between two or more things, situations or eventsliquid - n. a substance that is not a solid or gas, and can move freely, like waterlist - v. to put in writing a number of names of people or things; n. a written series of names or thingslisten - v. to try to hearliterature - n. all the poems, stories and writings of a period of time or of a countrylittle - ad. not tall or big; a small amountlive - v. to have life; to exist; ad. having life; aliveload - v. to put objects on or into a vehicle or container; n. that which is carriedloan - n. money borrowed that usually must be returned with interest payments; something borrowedlocal - ad. about or having to do with one placelonely - ad. feeling alone and wanting friends; visited by few or no people ("a lonely man")long - ad. not short; measuring from beginning to end; measuring much; for much timelook - v. to turn the eyes toward so as to see; to search or hunt for; to seem to belose - v. to have no longer; to not find; to fail to keep; to be defeatedloud - ad. having a strong sound; full of sound or noiselove - v. to like very much; to feel a strong, kind emotion (sometimes involving sex); n. a strong, kind emotion for someone or something; opposite hatelow - ad. not high or tall; below the normal height; close to the groundloyal - ad. showing strong friendship and support for someone or somethingluck - n. something that happens by chanceMmachine - n. a device with moving parts used to do workmagazine - n. a publication of news, stories, pictures or other informationmail - n. letters, papers and other things sent through an official system, such as a post officemain - ad. the most important or largestmajor - ad. great in size, importance or amountmajority - n. the greater number; more than halfmake - v. to produce; to create; to build; to do something or to carry out an action; to cause to be or to becomemale - n. a man or boy; the sex that is the father of children; ad. of or about menman - n. an adult male humanmanufacture - v. to make goods in large amountsmany - ad. a large number or amount ofmap - n. a picture of the earth's surface or a part of itmarch - v. to walk in a group like soldiers; to walk together in a large group to protest about somethingmark - v. to make a sign or cut on somethingmarket - n. a place or area where goods are sold, bought or traded; an economic system in which the prices of things are decided by how many there are and how much money people are willing to pay for themmarry - v. to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife (usually in a religious or civil ceremony)mass - n. an amount of matter having no special form and usually of a large sizemate - v. to bring together a male and a female to create another creaturematerial - n. the substance, substances or matter of which something is made or from which something can be made, such as wood, cloth or stone; anything that can be made into something elsemathematics - n. the science dealing with amounts, sizes and shapes, as explained by numbers and signsmatter - n. anything that can be seen or felt; what things are made ofmay - v. a word used with an action word to mean permit or possible ("May I go?" "They may leave tomorrow.")mayor - n. the chief official of a city or town governmentmeal - n. food eaten to satisfy hunger, such as dinnermean - v. to want to; to give the idea of; to have the idea ofmeasure - v. to learn the amount, size or distance of something; n. an action taken; a legislative proposalmeat - n. the part of a dead animal used for foodmedia - n. all public information organizations, including newspapers, television and radiomedicine - n. a substance or drug used to treat disease or pain; the science or study of treating and curing disease or improving healthmeet - v. to come together with someone or something at the same time and placemelt - v. to make a solid into a liquid by heating itmember - n. one of a groupmemorial - n. something done or made to honor the memory of a person or eventmemory - n. a picture in the mind of past events; the ability to remember; a thing rememberedmental - ad. about or having to do with the mindmercy - n. kindness toward those who should be punished; the power to be kind or to pardonmessage - n. written or spoken news or information; a note from one person to another person or groupmetal - n. a hard substance such as iron, steel or goldmethod - n. the way something is donemicroscope - n. a device used to make very small things look larger so they can be studiedmiddle - n. the center; a place or time of equal distance from both sides or ends; ad. in the centermilitant - n. someone active in trying to cause political change, often by the use of force or violencemilitary - n. the armed forces of a nation or group; ad. of or about the armed forcesmilk - n. the white liquid produced by female animals to feed their youngmind - n. the thinking, feeling part of a personmine - v. to dig useful or valuable substances out of the earth; n. a place in the earth where such substances are found; a bomb placed under the ground or under water so it cannot be seenmineral - n. a substance found in nature that is not an animal or a plant, such as coal or saltminister - n. a member of a cabinet; a high government official ("prime minister,"foreign minister")minor - ad. small in size; of little importanceminority - n. the smaller number; opposite majorityminute - n. a measure of time; one of the sixty equal parts of an hour; sixty secondsmiss - v. to fail to hit, see, reach or meetmissile - n. any weapon that can be thrown or fired through the air and explodes when it reaches its targetmissing - ad. lost; not foundmistake - n. a wrong action or decision; an action done without the knowledge that it was wrongmix - v. to put different things together to make one thingmob - n. a large group of wild or angry peoplemodel - n. an example; something, usually small, made to show how something will look or workmoderate - ad. not extrememodern - ad. of the present or very recent time; the most improvedmoney - n. pieces of metal or paper used to pay for thingsmonth - n. one of the twelve periods of time into which a year is dividedmoon - n. the bright object often seen in the night sky that orbits the earth about every twenty-nine daysmoral - ad. concerning what is right or wrong in someone's actionsmore - ad. greater in size or amountmorning - n. the early part of the day, from sunrise until noonmost - ad. greatest in size or amountmother - n. the female parent; a woman who has a child or childrenmotion - n. a movement; a continuing change of position or placemountain - n. a part of the earth's surface that rises high above the area around itmourn - v. to express or feel sadnessmove - v. to change position; to put or keep in motion; to gomovement - n. the act of moving or a way of moving; a series of acts or efforts to reach a goalmovie - n. a motion picture; a filmmuch - ad. great in amountmurder - v. to kill another person illegally; n. the crime of killing another personmusic - n. the making of sounds by singing or using a musical instrumentmust - v. a word used with an action word to mean necessary ("You must go to school.")mystery - n. something that is not or cannot be explained or understood; a secretNname - v. to appoint; to nominate; to give a name to; n. a word by which a person, animal or thing is known or callednarrow - ad. limited in size or amount; not wide; having a short distance from one side to the othernation - n. a country, together with its social and political systemsnative - n. someone who was born in a place, not one who moved therenatural - ad. of or about nature; normal; common to its kindnature - n. all the plants, animals and other things on earth not created by humans; events or processes not caused by humansnavy - n. the part of a country's military force trained to fight at seanear - ad. not far; close tonecessary - ad. needed to get a result or effect; requiredneed - v. to require; to want; to be necessary to have or to donegotiate - v. to talk about a problem or situation to find a common solutionneither - ad. not one or the other of twoneutral - ad. not supporting one side or the other in a disputenever - ad. at no time; not evernew - ad. not existing before; not known before; recently made, built, bought or grown; another; differentnews - n. information about any recent events, especially as reported by the medianext - ad. coming immediately after; nearestnice - ad. pleasing; good; kindnight - n. the time between when the sun goes down and when it rises, when there is little or no lightno - ad. used to reject or to refuse; not any; not at allnoise - n. sound, especially when loudnominate - v. to name someone as a candidate for an election; to propose a person for an office or positionnoon - n. the middle of the day; twelve o'clock in the daytimenormal - n. the usual condition, amount or form; ad. usual; what is expectednorth - n. the direction to the left of a person facing the rising sunnot - ad. a word showing that something is denied or untrue ("She is not going.")note - v. to talk about something already known; n. a word or words written to help a person remember; a short letternothing - n. not anything; no thingnow - ad. at this time; immediatelynowhere - ad. not in, to or at any placenuclear - ad. of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of or about weapons that explode by using energy from atomsnumber - n. a word or sign used to show the order or amount of thingsOobey - v. to act as one is ordered to actobject - v. to show that one does not like or approve; to protest; n. something not alive that can be seen or touchedobserve - v. to watch; to look at carefully; to celebrate or honor something ("They will observe the anniversary of the day she was born.")occupy - v. to take and hold or to control by forceocean - n. the area of salt water that covers almost seventy-five percent of the earth's surface; any of the five main divisions of this waterof - prep. made from; belonging to; about; connected to; included amongoff - ad. away; at a distance; condition when something is no longer operating or continuing; not on; not connectedoffensive - n. a military campaign of attack; ad. having to do with attackingoffer - v. to present or propose; n. the act of presenting or proposing; that which is presented or proposedoffice - n. a room or building where business or work is done; a public position to which one is elected or appointedofficer - n. a person in the military who commands others; any person who is a member of a police forceofficial - n. a person with power in an organization; a representative of an organization or government; ad. of or about an office; approved by the government or someone in poweroften - ad. many timesoil - n. a thick liquid that does not mix with water and that burns easily; a black liquid taken from the ground and used as fuelold - ad. not young or new; having lived or existed for many yearson - prep. above and held up by; touching the upper surface of ("The book is on the table."); supported by ("He is on his feet."); about ("The report on the meeting is ready."); at the time of ("He left on Wednesday.")once - ad. one time onlyonly - ad. being the single one or ones; no more than ("We have only two dollars.")open - v. to start ("They opened talks."); ad. not closed; not secretoperate - v. to do work or a job; to cut into the body for medical reasonsopinion - n. a belief based on one's own ideas and thinkingoppose - v. to be against; to fight againstopposite - ad. different as possible; completely different from; exactly the other way ("North is the opposite direction from south.")oppress - v. to make others suffer; to control by the use of unjust and cruel force or poweror - conj. giving another of two choices; giving the last of several choicesorbit - v. to travel in space around a planet or other object; n. the path or way an object travels in space around another object or planetorder - v. to give a command; to tell someone what to do; n. a command; the correct or normal way things are organized; a peaceful situation in which people obey lawsorganize - v. to put in order; to put together into a systemother - ad. different; of another kind; the remaining one or ones of two or more ("That man is short; the other is tall.")our - ad. of or belonging to usoust - v. to force to leave; to remove by forceout - ad. away from the inside; opposite of inover - conj. above; covering; across, in or on every part of ("all over the world")overthrow - v. to remove from power; to defeat or end by forceowe - v. to pay or have to repay (usually money) in return for something receivedown - v. to have or possess for oneselfPpain - n. a hurt or suffering somewhere in the bodypaint - v. to cover with a liquid color; to make a picture with liquid colors; n. a colored liquid used to cover or protect a surfacepan - n. a metal container used for cookingpaper - n. a thin, flat material made from plants or cloth often used for writingparachute - n. a device that permits a person or thing to fall slowly from an airplane or helicopter to the groundparade - n. a group of people and vehicles moving together to celebrate a special event or anniversarypardon - v. to forgive for a crime and release from punishmentparent - n. a father or motherparliament - n. a government lawmaking grouppart - n. something less than the whole; not all of somethingparty - n. a group of people working together for a political purpose; a group of people or friends gathered together for enjoymentpass - v. to go by or move around something; to move along; to cause or permit to gopassenger - n. a person travelling by airplane, train, boat or car who is not the pilot or driverpassport - n. a document permitting a person to travel to another countrypast - n. the time gone by; the time before; ad. recent; immediately before; formerpath - n. a narrow way for walking; a way along which something movespatient - n. a person being treated by a doctor for a health problempay - v. to give money for work done or for something boughtpeace - n. the condition of freedom from war, fighting or noise; rest; quietpeople - n. any group of persons; all the persons of a group, race, religion or nation ("the American people")percent - n. a part of every hundred ("Ten is ten percent of one hundred.")