Abbreviations

aj     adjective               pn     pronoun
aux    auxiliary               pr     preposition
av     adverb                  pres   present tense
cj     conjunction             rel    relative
ij     interjection            sfx    suffix
n      noun                    v      verb
num    numeral                 vi     intransitive verb
pfx    prefix                  vt     transitive verb

 

 

OPPOSITES
awake female safe
bad foolish secret
bent future short
bitter green shut
blue ill simple
certain last slow
cold late small
complete left soft
cruel loose solid
dark loud special
dead low strange
dear mixed thin
delicate narrow white
different old wrong
dirty opposite  
dry public  
false rough  
feeble sad  
PREPOSITIONS
across
(at/to the other side of)
about at
after (in the future of) because of before
before (in front of) in back of in
between, among like near
for (for the purpose of) of on
for (in exchange for) other than over
from (out of) through to, at
than [pr/cj] under with
VERBS [v]
be become cause
make do have
CONJUNCTIVES [cj]
and but or
if (on condition that) than [pr/cj]  
2. FUNCTIONS
is/are able to [aux v pres] not [av] when? [av]
this [aj/pn] that [aj/pn] where? [av]
here (in/to this place) [av]   why? [av]
there (at/to that place) [av] only [av] how? [av]
together [av] any [aj] every [aj]
3. PEOPLE, TITLES [n]
person baby boy
girl man woman
family father mother
son daughter brother
sister chief friend
society committee nation
public
6. BODY PARTS [n]
arm back blood
body bone brain
chest chin ear
egg eye face
feather finger foot
hair hand head
horn (bone-like,
from animal's head)
heart knee
leg lip meat
mouth muscle nail (finger nail)
neck nerve nose
skin stomach tail
throat thumb toe
tongue (body-part) tooth blood vessel
wing (of bird) wound  
berry (small fruit) flower fruit
leaf nut root (of a plant)
seed
7. BODY TERMS
dead [aj] birth healthy [aj]
disease fat [aj] sex
female [aj] male [aj] sense
pain pleasure tired [aj]
8. ACTIVITY [v]
sleep * awake [aj] bite *
have sex (with) cry out * cry *
drink * jump * kick *
kiss * laugh * run *
smile * sneeze * swim *
taste * touch * walk *
9. ANIMALS/NATURE [n]
animal ant bee
bird cat cow
dog fish fly
goat horse insect
monkey pig sheep
snake worm apple
cork cotton grass
orange potato rice
garden grain plant
tree cloud earth
field island moon
mountain rain river
sky snow star
sun thunder weather
wind
12. THINGS [n]
rod basket bed
bell blade board
bottle box brake
brick brush button
chain clock comb
cord cover cup
curtain drain fork
frame gun hammer
hook horn key
knife lock machine
match (little fire-stick) engine nail
needle net oven
parcel pen pencil
cushion pipe plate
plough pocket stick
pot (deep round vessel) pump rail
bag sail scale
scissors screw sign
shelf sponge spoon
spring table tray
umbrella wheel wire
13. CLOTHES
coat collar glove
trousers shirt shoe
skirt, dress
14. BUILDINGS
building door lift
floor roof wall
window church hospital
house library school
bridge farm market
15. HIERARCHY
army authority control [v] *
crime free government
law military [aj] nation
let [v] tax war
16. BUSINESS
account credit company (a business org)
give [v] insurance keep
money offer private
public reward [v] * take
value
17. RELIGION, MIND
religion
angry [aj] hate [v] * design
art hope [v] * play
attention important [aj] act [v] *
care interest self-respect
comfort judge thought
doubt [v] * knowledge regret [v] *
experience love [v] * look for [v] *
fear mind shame
foolish [aj] kind [aj] theory
guide, lead [v] * opinion desire [v] *
happy [aj] peace wise [aj]
19. COMMUNICATION
advertisement language print
book letter record
order list secret [aj]
talk about [v] * map  
fact motion picture sign
fiction name voice
history noise word
be a sign of [v] page  
20. GAMES
match ball stick
21. IDENTITY
different [aj] change copy
23 QUANTITY
amount number measure [v] *
rate rest (of ...) complete [aj]
all group a small number of [aj]
24 DEGREE
degree little much, very
DIMENSION, DIRECTION
size    
distance low, short up [av]
far [aj/av] angle down [av]
near [aj/av] position north
present front south
wide back part of east
narrow edge west
thick, fat direction right(-hand) [aj]
thin back left(-hand) [aj]
26. MOTION
base, station [v] go [v] fly (through air) [v] *
come go into [v] roll [v]
come across slip [v] *  
27. VEHICLES
boat road cart, carriage
ship street train
28. TIME, SEQUENCE
young new start [v] *
old time stop [v] *
rhythm    
TIME
past in the near past [av] ever (at any time) [av]
the present now, at this time [av] still
future in the near future [av] in the far future [av]
year spring day
month summer night
week fall morning
day winter middle of the night
hour yesterday [av] time
minute tomorrow [av] on time [av/aj]
second order  
29. MATERIALS
air ice sand
brass ink silk
chalk iron silver (the metal)
chemical lead (the metal) soap
cloth leather steam
coal metal steel
copper oil tin (the metal)
dust paint water
earth paper wax
glass stone wood (the substance)
gold salt wool
30. FOODS
bitter [aj] taste soup
bread grain (powder) sugar
butter food sweet [aj]
cheese milk wine
31. FORMS OF MATTER
arch jelly powder
branch line ray
card liquid smoke
circle mark solid
curve material substance
drop (of liquid) parallel [aj] square
hole paste wave
32. PROPERTIES
Qualities of Matter
level,even,same level [aj] smooth [aj] bent [aj]
straight, not bent [aj] clean [aj] dry [aj]
open, not shut [aj] shut [aj] wet [aj]
elastic delicate [aj] strong [aj]
of much weight [aj] weight light, of little weight [aj]
solid hollow [aj] loose
tight [aj] thick [aj]  
MATTER-RELATED
ACTIONS
blow burn [v] * burst [v] *
crush fold [v] * pull
push shake [v] * wash [v] *
MATTER/ENERGY
TERMS
acid fire force
a blow of force mist power
35. LIGHT
see [v] light color
shade bright [aj] dark
black [aj] grey [aj] white [aj]
red [aj] orange yellow [aj]
green [aj] blue [aj] brown [aj]
beautiful [aj]
36. SOUND
sound loud quiet, soft
hear [v] music whistle [v] *
37. HEAT
cool, of little heat [aj] cook [v] *  
of very much heat [aj] warm [aj]  
38. ASSORTED ABSTRACT
attack [v] * good [aj] bad [aj]
kind, sort probable simple [aj]
complex [aj] make [v] danger
hard [aj] true [aj] damage [v] *
automatic [aj] special [aj] detail
equal [aj] fertile [aj] harmony
right (... to do/be) match system
attempt [v] * science support [v] *