VOCABULARY LIST - STARTING FROM "A"
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a/an (det) ability (n) able (adj)
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be able to about (adv & prep)
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about 500 students (adv)
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The film is about a small boy. (prep)
above (adj, adv & prep) abroad (adv)
absent (adj) absolutely (adv)
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The movie was absolutely awful.
accent(n)
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She has a beautiful French
accent.
accept (v) access (n)
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disabled access
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internet access accident (n)
accommodation (n) accompany (v) according to (prep phr) account (n)
accountant (n) accurate (adj)
ache (n) achieve (v)
across (adv & prep) act (n & v)
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in the second act (of the play)
(n)
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to act in a play
(v)
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to act strangely (v) action (n)
active
(adj)
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activity (n) actor (n) actress (n) actually (adv)
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She seems a bit strict at first,
but she's actually very nice.
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Are you actually going to take
the job?
ad (advertisement) (n) add (v)
addition (n)
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in addition address (n) admire (v)
admission (n)
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charges/cost/price
admit (v)
adult (adj & n) advance (n)
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book in advance advanced (adj) advantage (n) adventure (n)
advert (n) advertise (v) advertisement (n) advice (n)
advise (v) aeroplane (n) afford (v) afraid (adj)
after (adv,conj & prep) afternoon
(n) afterwards (adv) again (adv)
against (prep)
age (n)
aged(adj)
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agency (n) ago (adv) agree (v) ahead
(adv) aim (n & v) air (n)
air conditioning (n) air force (n)
airline (n) airport (n) alarm (n) alarm clock (n) album (n) alike
(adv) alive (adj)
all (adj, adv, det & pron)
all right/alright (adj,adv & exclam) allow (v)
almost (adv) alone (adv & adj)
along (adv & prep) aloud (adv) alphabet (n) already (adv)
also (adv) although (conj) altogether (adv) always (adv)
a.m (adv) amazed (adj) amazing (adj) ambition (n) ambulance (n)
among (amongst) (prep) amount (n)
amusing (adj) an (det) ancient (adj)
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and (conj) angry
(adj) animal (n) ankle (n) anniversary (n) announce (v)
announcement (n) annoy (v)
annual (adj)
another (det & pron) answer (n & v) answerphone (n) ant (n)
antique (adj & n) anxious (adj) any (det & pron) anybody (pron) anymore (adv) anyone
(pron) anything (pron) anyway (adv) anywhere (adv) apart (adv)
apart from (adv) apartment (n) apartment building (n)
apologise (v)
apology (n) appear (v) appearance (n)
apple (n)
application (n)
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apply (v) appointment (n) approach
(v) approve (v) architect (n) architecture (n) area (n)
argue (v) argument (n) arm (n)
armchair (n) army (n)
around (adv & prep) arrange (v) arrangement (n)
arrest (v)
arrival (n) arrive (v) art (n)
article (n) artist (n)
as (conj & prep) ashamed (adj)
ask (v)
asleep (adj) aspirin (n) assistant(n)
as well (as) (prep & adv) at
(prep)
at I@ (n)
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at all (prep phr) at first (prep phr) athlete (n) athletics (n)
at last (prep phr) at least (prep phr) atmosphere (n)
at once (prep phr)
at present (prep phr) attach (v)
attack (n & v) attempt (v) attend (v) attention (n)
at the same time (prep phr) attitude (n)
attract (v) attraction
(n) attractive (adj) audience (n) aunt (n) author (n)
autumn (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: fall)
available (adj) average (adj & n) avoid (v)
awake (adj) away (adv) awful (adj)
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NOTE
Abbreviations
used in the Preliminary and
Preliminary for Schools Vocabulary
List are:
abbrev
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abbreviation or acronym
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mv n
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modal verb
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adj
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adjective
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phrv
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noun
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adv
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adverb
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pi
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phrasal verb
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av
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auxiliary verb
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prep
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plural preposition
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Am Eng
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American English
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prep phr
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prepositional phrase
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Br Eng
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British English
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pron
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pronoun
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conj det
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conjunction
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sing
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singular
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exclam
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determiner
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v
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verb
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exclamation
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SOURCE - https://www.cambridgeenglish.org