Upper Intermediate Level Word List
Upper Intermediate Level Word List
Upper Intermediate Level Word List
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HEADWORD BUSEL UPP VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
ABSENCE ABSENCE, ABSENT absence of, absence from
ABSENTEEISM
ACCESS ACCESS ACCESSIBILITY, ACCESSIBLE,
ACCESS INACCESSIBLE 1. To have access to 2. To access sthg
ACCOMMODATE ACCOMMODATE ACCOMMODATION changes are accommodated
ACCOUNTABLE ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABLE accountable for
ADDRESS ADDRESS address the questions
ADJUST ADJUST, READJUST ADJUSTMENT, adjusts each item
READJUSTMENT
ADMIRE ADMIRE ADMIRATION, ADMIRABLE
AFFORD AFFORD AFFORDABLE afford to buy
AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL
ALTER ALTER
AMUSE AMUSE AMUSEMENT, AMUSING, AMUSED
ANALYSE ANALYSE ANALYSER, ANALYTICAL ANALYTICALLY,
ANALYSIS,
ANALYST
ANNOY ANNOY ANNOYANCE
ANNUAL ANNUAL ANNUALLY annual meeting
APOLOGY APOLOGIZE APOLOGY APOLOGETIC owe an apology
APPLAUSE APPLAUD APPLAUSE
APPRECIATE APPRECIATE APPRECIATION
APPROACH APPROACH APPROACH APPROACHABLE, approaching extinction
UNAPPROACHABLE
APPROPRIATE APPROPRIACY,APP APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATELY, INAPPROPRIATELY appropriate language
ROPRIATENESS, INAPPROPRIATE
INAPPROPRIACY,
APPROVE APPROVE, APPROVAL, approve of
DISAPPROVE DISAPPROVAL
APPROXIMATE APPROXIMATE APPROXIMATELY an approximate idea
ASHAMED ASHAMED ASHAMEDLY ashamed of
ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGNMENT
ASPECT ASPECTS one aspect of
ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATION associate with
ASSUME ASSUME ASSUMPTION
ASTONISH ASTONISH ASTONISHMENT
ATTACH ATTACH ATTACHMENT attach to
AUTHORITY AUTHORITY AUTHORITATIVE the authority of the court, an authoritarian parent
AWARE AWARENESS AWARE , UNAWARE 1. Aware of the fact 2. Make s'one aware of the fact that
AVAILABLE AVAILABILITY AVAILABLE, available to
UNAVAILABLE
BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE BALANCED, a balanced diet
UNBALANCED
BARE BARE BARELY bare foot, bare facts
BARGAIN BARGAIN BARGAIN
BASE BASE BASIS BASIC BASICALLY based on
BEAST BEAST
BENEFIT BENEFIT BENEFIT BENEFICIAL benefit from
BIAS BIAS BIASED, UNBIASED
BITTER BITTERNESS BITTER BITTERLY bitter fact, bitter chocolate, bitter surprises
BRAVE BRAVERY BRAVE
BRIBE BRIBE BRIBE, BRIBERY
BRIEF BRIEFING BRIEF BRIEFLY I'll give a brief definition
BROADCAST BROADCAST How are TV programmes broadcast?
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HEADWORD BUSEL UPP VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
CAPACITY CAPACITY capacity of
CATEGORY CATEGORISE, CATEGORY,
CATEGORIZE CATEGORISATION, ,
CATEGORIZATION easy / difficult / impossible to categorise
CHALLENGE CHALLENGE CHALLENGE challenge of
CIRCUMSTANCE CIRCUMSTANCES
CIVIL CIVIL Civil War, civil rights
CIVILISE CIVILISE CIVILISATION, CIVILISED
CLASSIC CLASSIC, classical music
CLASSICAL
CLAUSE CLAUSE
CODE CODE
COHERENT COHERENCE COHERENT, COHERENTLY, INCOHERENTLY text coherence
INCOHERENT
COINCIDENCE COINCIDE COINCIDENCE What a coincidence?
COLLAPSE COLLAPSE the collapse of
COLLEAGUE COLLEAGUE
COLONY COLONIZE COLONY,
COLONIZATION,
COLONIST
COMMERCE COMMERCE COMMERCIAL COMMERCIALLY 1. Television commercial 2. Commercial profit
COMPANION COMPANION,
COMPANIONSHIP
COMPILE COMPILE
COMPLEX COMPLEXITY COMPLEX complex ideas, issues, case
COMPLICATE COMPLICATE COMPLICATION
COMPONENT COMPONENT component of
COMPOSE COMPOSE COMPOSITION, compose music
COMPOSER
COMPUTE COMPUTE COMPUTATION,
COMPUTER
CONCLUDE CONCLUDE CONCLUSION, CONCLUSIVE, CONCLUSIVELY, INCONCLUSIVELY in conclusion, to conclude
INCONCLUSIVE
CONFESS CONFESS CONFESSION
CONFIRM CONFIRM CONFIRMATION
CONNECT CONNECT CONNECTION connect with
CONQUER CONQUER CONQUEROR, conquer a country, conquer your fears
CONQUEST
CONSCIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS, CONSCIOUS , UNCONSCIOUSLY, CONSCIOUSLY to become conscious of something
UNCONSCIOUS
CONSEQUENT CONSEQUENCE, CONSEQUENT CONSEQUENTLY 1. As a consequence 2. A consequence of this
CONSIST CONSIST their diet used to consist of
CONSISTENT CONSISTENCY,INCO CONSISTENT, CONSISTENTLY
NSISTENCY, INCONSISTENT
CONSTANT CONSTANT CONSTANTLY a constant danger
CONSTRUCT CONSTRUCT, CONSTRUCTION,RE CONSTRUCTIVE
RECONSTRUCT CONSTRUCTION the construction of
CONSUME CONSUME CONSUMER,
CONSUMPTION
CONTACT CONTACT CONTACT CONTACT contact with
CONTRACT CONTRACT, a year's contract
CONTRACTOR
CONTRAST CONTRAST CONTRASTIVE contrastive results
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HEADWORD BUSEL UPP VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
CONTRIBUTE CONTRIBUTE CONTRIBUTION,
CONTRIBUTOR contribute to, make a contribution
CONVENE CONVENE CONVENTION CONVENTIONAL CONVENTIONALLY
CONVENIENCE CONVENIENCE CONVENIENT, CONVENIENTLY
INCONVENIENT convenience foods
CONVINCE CONVINCE CONVINCING,
UNCONVINCED he was convinced that
COOPERATE COOPERATE COOPERATION COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVELY in cooperation with
COORDINATE COORDINATE COORDINATION coordination of
CORPORATE CORPORATE corporate powers, bureaucracy
COURAGE COURAGE COURAGEOUS
COWARD COWARDICE, COWARD COWARDLY
CRASH CRASH crash into
CRIME CRIME ,CRIMINAL CRIMINALLY computer crime, criminal behaviour
CRUEL CRUELTY CRUEL cruel to someone
CURIOUS CURIOSITY, CURIOUS CURIOUSLY Curiosity Killed the Cat
DATA DATA relevant data, data processing
DECAY DECAY
DEEPEN DEEPEN DEPTH DEEP in depth
DELAY DELAY delay in
DELICATE DELICATE DELICATELY, delicate matter, problem, situation
DELIGHT DELIGHT DELIGHTFUL DELIGHTFULLY take delight in something
DEPARTMENTAL DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTAL
DEPRESS DEPRESS DEPRESSION, DEPRESSED,
DEPRESSING
DESERVE DESERVE
DESIRE DESIRE DESIRABLE, a desire to do something
UNDESIRABLE
DESTRUCTIVE DESTROY DESTRUCTION DESTRUCTIVE destructive force, power
DETERMINE DETERMINE DETERMINATION, DETERMINED determined to
DIMENSION DIMENSION MULTI-
DIMENSIONAL
DINNER DINE dine at a restaurant
DISCRIMINATE DISCRIMINATE DISCRIMINATION discriminate against
DISPLACE DISPLACE
DISTINGUISH DISTINGUISH DISTINGUISHED distinguish between
DOCUMENT DOCUMENT
DOMESTIC DOMESTIC domestic flights, domestic animals
DRAMA DRAMATISE DRAMA, DRAMATIC DRAMATICALLY
DRAMATISATION,
DRAMATIST
DYNAMIC DYNAMIC dynamic process
DURATION DURATION duration of
ELIMINATE ELIMINATE ELIMINATION
EMERGE EMERGE EMERGENCE emerge from
EMPIRICAL EMPIRICAL
ENCOUNTER
ENORMOUS ENORMOUS ENORMOUSLY
ENSURE ENSURE
EQUALITY EQUALITY, EQUAL, UNEQUAL equality of opportunity
INEQUALITY
EQUIP EQUIP EQUIPMENT EQUIPPED equip with
EQUIVALENT EQUIVALENCE EQUIVALENT equivalent to
EROSION ERODE EROSION
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HEADWORD BUSEL UPP VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
ERROR ERROR error analysis
ESSENTIAL ESSENTIALS ESSENTIAL ESSENTIALLY
ESTABLISH ESTABLISH ESTABLISHMENT establish closer relationships
ESTIMATE ESTIMATE, ESTIMATION, the estimate of
OVERESTIMATE , ESTIMATE
UNDERESTIMATE
EVALUATE EVALUATE , RE- EVALUATION, EVALUATIVE evaluate the progress
EVALUATE EVALUATIVE, RE-
EVALUATION
EVIDENT EVIDENCE EVIDENT EVIDENTLY the evidence of
EXCESS EXCESS EXCESSIVE EXCESSIVELY excess of
EXCEED EXCEED
EXIST EXIST EXISTENCE NONEXISTENT
EXPAND EXPAND EXPANSION
EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENTATION EXPERIMENTAL
EXPERT EXPERT, EXPERTISE expert in
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HEADWORD BUSEL UPP VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
PARTICIPATE PARTICIPATE PARTICIPANT , participate in
PARTICIPATION
PECULIAR PECULIAR
PERFORM PERFORM PERFORMANCE,
PERFORMER
PERSUADE PERSUADE PERSUASION PERSUASIVE PERSUASIVELY persuade him to do sthg
PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHICAL PHILOSOPHICALLY
PHILOSOPHER
PHYSICAL PHYSICAL PHYSICALLY
PILE PILE PILE a pile of
PITY PITY PITY
PLUS PLUS
PORTION PORTION portion of
POTENTIAL POTENTIAL POTENTIALLY potential problems
PRAISE PRAISE
PRECIOUS PRECIOUS precious stones, precious memories
PREDICT PREDICT PREDICTION PREDICTABLE, predict the future
UNPREDICTABLE
PRESERVE PRESERVE PRESERVATION the preservation of
PRESUME PRESUME PRESUMPTION PRESUMABLY
PRIDE PRIDE
PRIEST PRIEST
PRIME PRIME PRIME prime time, prime minister
PRISON IMPRISON PRISON , PRISONER in prison
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