English vocabulary
The 8,500 most useful English words, grouped by level, with pronunciation and meanings. Add words to your list and practise them with flashcards.
- n. the quality of being humane
- n. a reciprocal relation between two or more things
- n. someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use)
- adj. worthy of reliance or trust
- n. cattle that are reared for their meat
- n. the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
- n. an architectural product or work
- adj. of or relating to or responsible for administration
- adj. occurring from time to time
- n. hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
- adj. causing or capable of causing death
- n. statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove
- v. mistake one thing for another
- n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
- n. a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
- n. small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
- n. a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
- n. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
- v. appeal or request earnestly
- n. a speech that is open to the public
- n. position six in a countable series of things
- n. the prevailing current of thought
- n. two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
- n. the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect
- n. a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- n. the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
- v. give an incentive for action
- n. a small amount of liquid food
- n. a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls
- n. a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- v. place restrictions on
- n artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- r from appearances alone
- adj. relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature
- n. power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
- n. a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
- v. ensure observance of laws and rules
- n. a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- v. bestow a quality on
- n. extensive tract of level open land
- n. a high ranking police officer
- n. intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
- v. maintain or assert
- s rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
- n. an orderly arrangement
- r (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
- n. horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
- v. create by putting components or members together
- n. any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- n. an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
- n. a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- n. an unavoidable event
- n. a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
- n. the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
- n. an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
- adj. not expected or anticipated
- v. make easier
- n. something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
- v overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
- n. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Word lists, pronunciations and meanings: ECDICT (MIT licence) and WordNet (Princeton University). Levels follow how common each word is in modern English.