VOCABULARY LIST - STARTING FROM "Q" & "R"
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Q
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qualification (n) qualified (adj) quality (n) quantity
(n) quarter (n) queen (n) question (n)
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to ask a question
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the question being
discussed (subject)
questionnaire (n) queue
(n)
quick (adj) quickly (adv) quiet (adj)
quit (v)
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quite (adv)
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Are you quite sure?
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quite old quiz
(n)
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rabbit (n) race (n & v)
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to win
a race (n)
• to race against fast runners (compete) (v)
• to race home quickly (run)
(v)
racket (n)
• tennis racket radio (n)
rail (n)
• to go by rail railway (n)
rain (n & v) raincoat (n) rainforest (n) raise (v)
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to raise your arm
• to
raise prices range (n)
rap (n) rare (adj)
rarely (adv) rather (adv)
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She's rather tall for her age.
• I'd rather go to the cinema than the theatre
• Shall we stay in tonight,
rather than go out?
raw (adj)
• raw meat reach (v) read
(v) reader (n) reading (n) ready (adj) real
(adj)
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realise (v)
• He realised it was true. realistic (adj)
really (adv) reason (n) reasonable (adj) reasonably (adv) rebuild (v) receipt (n) receive (v) recent (adj)
reception (n) receptionist (n) recipe (n) recognise (v) recommend (v)
• to recommend
someone/something
record (n
& v)
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to keep a record (n)
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to break a record (n)
• to record a song (v) recording (n)
recover (v)
• to recover from an illness recycle (v)
• I don't recycle as much as I should.
recycled (adj) recycling (n) red
(adj) reduce (v)
refreshments (n pi) refrigerator (n) refund (n)
refuse (v) regarding (prep)
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regards (n) region (n) register (v)
• He registered with
a new doctor. (v)
registration (n) regret (n & v) regular
(adj) relation (n)
• to visit a relation relationship (n) relative (n)
• a relative came to stay relax (v)
relaxation (n) relaxed (adj) reliable (adj) religion (n ) remain (v) remember (v) remind (v) remote
control (n) remove (v)
rent (n & v) repair (n & v) repeat (v) replace (v) reply (n & v)
report (n & v) reporter (n) request (n & v) require (v) rescue (n
& v) research (v) reservation (n) reserve (n & v)
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She was a reserve for the
team. (n)
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• to reserve a seat (v)
resort (n)
respect (n & v) responsible (adj) rest (n & v)
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a rest from work (n)
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the rest of them (n)
• The doctor told her
to rest. (v)
restaurant (n) result (n) retire (v)
return (n & v)
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to return home (v)
• a return (ticket) (n) review (n)
revise (v) revision (n) reward (n) rice (n) rich
(adj)
ride (n & v) rider (n)
right (adj, adv & n)
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the right time (correct) (adj)
• the right person for
the job (suitable) (adj)
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my right foot (adj)
• Everything will be all
right. (adj)
• Go right there. (directly)
(adv)
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Fill it right to the
top. (completely) (adv)
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the right to vote (n) right-hand (adj)
ring (n
& v)
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stand in a ring (n)
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a wedding
ring (n)
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Give me a ring
tomorrow. (phone) (n)
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Suddenly the bell
rang. (v) ring back (phr v)
ring up (phr
v)
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to telephone
somebody rise (v)
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The sun rises in the east.
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Prices are rising. river (n)
road (n)
roast (adj & v) rob (v)
rock (n)
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rock (music) (n)
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a hard piece of rock (n) role (n)
roll (n)
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a roll of film (n)
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a bread roll (n) romance (n) romantic (adj)
roof (n) room (n)
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the sitting room
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There's lots of room in here. rose (n)
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rough (adj)
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a rough road
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a rough idea
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rough work
round (adj,
adv & prep)
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a round object (adj)
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the wrong way round (adv)
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to sit round a
table (prep) roundabout (n)
route (n) routine (n) row (n)
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a row of seats rubber (n)
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a rubber (eraser) rubbish (n)
rude (adj) rug (n) rugby
(n) ruin (n) rule (n & v)
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the rules of grammar (n)
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to rule a country
(v) ruler (n)
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draw a line using a
ruler run (v)
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to run in a race
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to run a business runner (n)
running (n) run out (phr
v)
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He ran out of time and didn't finish.
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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