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Test Your Word Power ! Do you know the meaning of each word ?

Action Verbs
Arrange Assemble Bake Bargain Bathe Beat Blow Boil Bring Build Camping Cheer Choose Clap Clear Collect Comb Circle Cover Crawl Croak Cross Cost Count Divide Dream Dry Enter Excited Growl Guide Heard Hide Hid Hit Held Hop Introduce Iron Join Kick Lean Leave Lend Lie Lift March Meet Mix Move Obey Operate Paste Pat Peel Pinned Plan Point
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Exercise Explore Fail Feed Fight Flood Fold Frighten Gather Glad Glide

Pollute Practice Pray Recycle Signal Speak Sprint Stitch Wave Wear Weave

Animals
Amphibians Beaver Beetle Cattle Canary Cockroach Cobra Crow Dinosaur Dolphin Dragonfly Eagle Pigeon Praying mantis Prawn Mousedeer Mynah Guinea-pig Hawk Hornbill Leech Lice Lizard Mosquito Python Reptile Rooster Seagull Scorpion Seal Shark Sparrow Turkey White mice Wild boar Worm Yak Zebra

Male
Bull Cockerel Drake Gander Lion Tiger Peacock Billy goat Fox Deer

Female
Cow Hen Duck Goose Lioness Tigress Peahen Nanny goat Vixen Doe

Habitat and Homes


Aviary Burrow Coop Den Hive Hutch Kennel Nest Pen Sty Byre Cage

Movement
Crawl Fly Flutter Hop Glide Gallop Swim Swing

Sounds
Bark Bleat Bray Chatter Cluck Croak Growl Grunt Hiss Hoot Hum Meow Neigh Purr Quack Roar Squeak Trumpet

Young
Caterpillar Calf Cub Chick Duckling Foal Joey Kid Lamb Kitten Owlet Piglet Puppy Tadpole

Buildings
Apartment Bungalow College Condominium Double-storey Factory Fire station Hostel Hut Jail Parliament Petrol station Rest house Semi-detached Shophouse Single-storey Shopping complex Stall Temple Terraced house
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Light house Longhouse

Warehouse workshop

Parts of buildings
Arch Bathroom Bedroom Balcony Canteen Caf Corridor Dining room Dome Drain Entrance Exit Escalator Garage Minaret Porch Ramp Roof Sitting room Stairs Steps Storeroom Tower Verandah

Places
Airport Beach Border Boundary Bridge Cave Community hall continent

Materials for buildings


Attap Brick Cement Glass Iron Steel Tile

Time
Anniversary Annually A quarter to Century Daily Date Down Decade Dusk Weekend term Ago a.m. Afternoon Fortnight Half past Midnight Minutes Monthly Semester Weekday

Colours
Beige Black Grey Indigo Maroon Peach Violet purple

Clothing and footwear


Badge Bow tie Button Cheongsam Clogs Coat Collar Dhoti Gloves Handkerchief Hem Raincoat Salwar kameez Samfoo Sandals Scarf Shawl Shoelace Singlet Slipper Sneakers Sweater
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Jumper Kurta Lace Overalls Pinafore Pyjamas

Swimsuit Swimming trunks Turban Veil Vest zipper

Family Relationships
Grandchild Granddaughter Grandparents Grandson Husband Nephew Niece Guardian Relatives Twins Son-in-law Mother-in-law Daughter-in-law Father-in-law Cousin wife

Adjectives
Adjectives Active Alert Aloud Attentive Away Beautiful Bitter Bravery Carefully Carelessly Cheerful Clever Intelligent Last Loving Low Lucky Main Modern Neat New Obedient Often Pointed Polite
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Cloudy Clumsy Cold-blooded Colourful Damp Delicious Disciplined Dull Extinct Famous Far Fast Fierce First Fresh Friendly Full Funny Gentle Graceful Handsome Hardworking Helpful Honest Industrial

Proud Quite Rainy Respect Responsible Ripe Round Roughly Rude Salty Sensible Sensitive Several Shy Sometimes Spicy Stale Steamed Stormy Straight Suitable Sunny Sweet Smart trustworthy

Directions And Locations


Across After Against Along Among Around Away Back Before Below Bottom Centre Corner Downstairs Edge Everywhere Here Inside Middle North East North West Off Outside Over River Mouth South West South East Through Towards Upon Upper Upstairs

Fruits
Almond Apricot Cashew Nuts Dates Honeydew Jackfruit Guava Lime Lychee Mangosteen Peach Plum Starfruit Cherry

Vegetables
Aubergine Bean Sprouts Bitter Ground Mushroom Okra Pandan leaf
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Cabbage Cauliflower Cucumber Curry Leaves Lettuce Tapioca Egg Plant

Potato Radish Salad Spinach Sweet Potato Yam

Beverages. Meat, Pastries, etc


Beef Bread Bun Butter Chapatti Cockles Cuttlefish Garlic Ginger Groundnut Juice Mutton Noodles Onion Oyster Pepper Pizza Porridge Prawn Sandwich Satay Syrup Tosai

Meals And Tableware


Breakfast Dinner Lunch Chopsticks Crokery Glass Ladle Brunch Pan Pot Saucer Snack Spoon Supper Utensils Hi-Tea
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Tea

Games And Sports


Archery Athletics Bowling Congkak Crosswords Puzzle Darts Gymnastic Volleyball Hide and Seek Jigsaw Puzzle Kite Flying Netball Softball Swimming Top Spinning

Instructional Words
Again Arrange Cross Out (The) Dust The Together Hand Over Keep Of Keep Queit Look At (The) Make a. Pick Up (The) Point To (The) Say After Say Together Shut Touch (Your) Use The Look For Look After Carry on Keep Away Keep Up Put On Turn On Turn Off Put Away Put Up Take out

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Objects
Aquarium Arrow Balloon Baton Bow Brush Bulb Bucket Button Cage Calculator Card Comics Crutches Dart Dartboard Diskette Envelope Fax Machine Fire Extinguisher Flashlight Gas Stove Generator Gift Gloves Helmet Hockey Stick Hoop Life jacket Lock Mask Paper Clips Pliers Plug Polish Prayer Mat Socket Spikes String Swing Tank Thread Typewriter Tools Wheelchairs Wire Wok

Occupations
Air Hostess Air Stewardess Air Steward Architect Artist Guard Judge Officer Plumber Sailor
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Cobbler Computer Programmer Electrician Fire Fighter Fishmonger Flight Attendant Grocer

Scientist Stall Keeper Surgeon Tour Manager Trishaw Rider Village Headman Watchman

Parts Of The Body


Arm Ankle Back Beak Beard Calf Cheek Chest Chin Claw Elbow Eyebrow Eyelash Fin Forehead Fur Gills Heel Horn HHoof Hump Moustache Nostril Palm Paw Scales Spine Thigh Thumb Waist

Flowers
Alamanda Balsam Bougainvillea Canna Lotus Mangrove Moss Petal
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Carnation Chrysanthemum Daisy Ixora Twig Weeds

Pollen Seed Stalk Palm Starch Stem/Trunk

Tree,Plants And Parts


Bamboo Banana Plant Bark Bush Bud Bulb Creeper

Crops
Maize Paddy Wheat Oats/Grains

Other Words
Chlorophyll Carbon Dioxide Oxygen

Transport
Ferry Hovercraff Raft Scooter Speedboat Trishaw Tricycle Truck

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Shapes
Cone Cube Oblong Oval Pyramid Rectangular Triangle Square

Social Expression And Greetings


Dont Worry Excellent Great Hooray Marvellous Well Done Wonderful

Pronouns (Singular)
Anybody Anyone Eveybody Everyone Nobody No One Someone Somebody

Compound Words
Basketball Downstairs Eyebrow Eyelash Fireworks Oil Lamp Oil Palm Playground Policeman Raindrop Screwdriver Shopkeeper Tablespoon Torchlight Upstairs

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Relationship Of People
Doctor Driver Elders/Parents Headmaster Friends Host Husband Landlord/Landlady Lawyer Reader Referee Shopkeeper Speaker Patient Passenger Children Teacher/Pupil Relatives Guest/Visitor Wife Tenant Client Player Customer Listener/Audience Writter

Collective Nouns
A Bouquet Of Flowers A Swarm Of Bees A Flock Of Birds A Litter Of Puppies A Litter Of Kittens A Herd Of Camels A Herd Of Elephants
A Choir Of Singers A Troop Of Soldiers

A Troop Of Scouts A Troop Of Monkeys A Team Of Oxen A Team Of Players A Band Of Musicians A Crew Of Sailors A Comb Of Bananas
A Bunch Of Bananas A School Of Fish

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Phrasal Quantifiers
A Loaf Of Bread A Pair Of Shoes A Pair Of Trousers A Packet Of Biscuits A Box Of Mosquito Coils A Piece Of Cake A Piece Of Land A Slice Of Bread A Box Of Matches A Box Of Chocolates A Tin Of Milk A Cup Of Coffee A Pinch Of Salt A Drop Of Oil A Dash Of Pepper A Reel Of Thread A Can Of Sardines A box Of Tissues A bundle Of Sticks A Cup Of Tea

Gender
MASCULINE Actor Boy Scout Bride Groom Duke Gentlemen Hero Host Husband King Lord Master FEMININE Actress Girl Guide Bride Duchess Lady Heroine Hostess Wife Queen Lady Mistress
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Prince Steward Sultan Waiter

Princess Stewardess Sultanah Waitress

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