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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 | 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 | |
| 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] * |
