VOCABULARY LIST - STARTING FROM "K" & "L"
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K
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kangaroo (n) keen (adj)
•
He's keen on cycling.
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to be keen to do
something keep (v)
keeper (n) keep in (phr
v)
• She kept the children
in as it was so cold.
keep on (phr
v)
•
He kept on talking. keep up (phr v)
•
Keep up the good work! kettle (n)
key (n)
•
key to a lock
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key to success
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keyboard (n)
•
computer keyboard
• keyboard music kick
(n & v)
kid (n)
• We're taking the kids
camping.
kill (v)
kilogramme (kg) (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng:
kilogram)
kilometre (km) (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng:
kilometer)
kind (adj & n) king (n)
kiss (n & v) kit (n)
kitchen (n)
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kite (n) kitten (n) knife (n) knit (v) knock (v)
knock down
(phr v)
•
He was knocked down by the car as he
stepped into the road.
know (v) knowledge (n) knee (n)
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label (n) laboratory (lab) (n) lack (n)
ladder (n) lady (n) lake (n) lamb (n) lamp (n) land (n
& v)
landscape (n) language (n)
laptop (computer) (n) large (adj)
last (adj, adv, det & v) late (adj & adv)
lately (adv)
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later (adj &
adv) latest (adj) laugh (n & v)
law (n)
lawyer (n) lay (v)
• lay the table lazy (adj)
lead (v)
• to lead someone by the
hand
• Where does this road lead? leader (n)
leaf (n)
league
(n) learn (v)
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least (adj & adv)
•
the least amount (adj)
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at least (adv) leather (n)
leave (v) lecture (n)
left (n, adj & adv)
left-hand (adj) leg (n)
leisure (n) lemon (n) lemonade (n) lend (v) length (n)
less (adv, det & pron)
lesson (n)
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let (v)
•
Let her do it.
•
Let me think.
• Let's go out tonight. letter (n)
lettuce (n) level (n) library (n)
licence (n)
• a driving/marriage/TV
licence
lie (n & v)
lie down (phr v) life (n)
lift (n & v)
• Can you give me a lift,
please? (n)
•
The lift is
going up. (n)
• Please help me to lift
this table. (v)
light (adj, n & v) lighter (n)
• a cigarette lighter lightning (n)
like (prep & v) likely
(adj) limit (n) limited (adj)
• a limited choice line (n)
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a line on a page
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a clothes line
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a railway line
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link (n)
• a link to a website lion (n)
lip (n) liquid (n) list (n) listen
(v)
literature (n)
litre (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: liter)
litter (n)
little (adj,det & pron) live (v)
live (adj)
• live music/sport lively (adj)
living room (n) load (n)
loan (n) local (adj) locate (v)
• The station is located in the city centre.
location (n) lock (n & v) locker
(n) logo (n) lonely (adj) long (adj) look like (v)
• She looks like her sister. look (n & v)
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look after (phr v)
• Who's looking after your
baby now?
look at (phr v) look for (phr v)
look forward to (phr v)
• I'm looking forward to
the party!
look out (phr v)
• Look out! look
up (phr v)
• Look up the meaning of
the word in your dictionary.
loose (adj) lorry (n) lose (v) lost
(adj)
lots I a lot (n) lottery (n)
loud (adj) love (n & v) lovely (adj) low
(adj) luck (n) lucky (adj)
luggage (n) lunch (n) lunchtime (n) luxury
(n)
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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