Pre-intermediate – Word List

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Word class abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used in the word list: (n) = noun, (v) = verb, (adv) = adverb,
(adj) = adjective and (phr v) = phrasal verb.
WORDLIST
Unit 1 HEALTH sunset (n)
Page 9 take a nap (v)
ballroom dancing (n) teenager (n)
countryside (n)
crossword (n) Pages 12–13
health (n) active (adj)
marathon (n) authority (n)
married (adj) centenarian (n)
mental health (n) cookery (n)
movement (n) culture (n)
physical (adj) currently (adv)
die (v)
Pages 10–11 diet (n)
amount (n) exactly (adv)
bedtime (n) explanation (n)
birth (n) explorer (n)
board game (n) generation (n)
busy (adj) hiking (n)
elderly (adj) idea (n)
extra (adj) interesting (adj)
fall asleep (v) journalist (n)
fewer (adj) lead (v)
find out (v) lifestyle (n)
gardening (n) rare (adj)
hardly ever (adv) region (n)
middle (n) research (n)
misunderstand (v) responsibility (n)
mood (n) scientific (adj)
novel (n) spend (v)
public transport (n) stress (n)
quiz (n) study (n)
rarely (adv) traditional (adj)
recommended (adj) yoga (n)
regular (adj)
relax (v) Pages 14–15
routine (n) area (n)
scientist (n) available (adj)
society (n) comment (n)
stay up (v) decide (v)
stressed (adj) earn (v)
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economy (n) Page 21
equal (v) annual (adj)
gross (adj) championship (n)
inspiration (n) compete (v)
level (n) competing (adj)
measure (n) competitor (n)
medicine (n contest (n)
nowadays (adv) race (n)
physical (v) spectator (n)
researcher (n) total (adj)
result (n) triathlon (n)
survey (n) ultimate (adj)
tourist (n) Pages 22–23
useful (adj) back (n)
Pages 16–17 boring (adj)
ache (v) club (n)
advice (n) coach (n)
caffeine (n) competition (n)
cough (v) court (n)
earache (n) especially (adv)
herbal (adj) exercise (n)
honey (n) goggles (n)
normal (adj) improve (v)
painful (adj) lose (v)
pill (n) net (n)
runny (adj) opportunity (n)
sore (adj) pitch (n)
temperature (n) player (n)
terrible (adj) pool (n)
throat (n) prefer (v)
tissue (n) professional (n)
trip (n) quiet (adj)
Page 19 racquet (n)
atmosphere (n) ring (n)
beautiful (adj) track (n)
calm (adj) Pages 24–25
die out (v) beat (v)
famous (adj) blog (n)
international (adj) combine harvester (n)
landscape (n) crazy (adj)
league (n) decorate (v)
mayor (n) enter (v)
mushroom (n) experience (n)
population (n) farm (n)
relaxed (adj) farmers (n)
vineyard (n) festival (n)
worldwide (adv) final (n)
giant (adj)
Unit 2 COMPETITIONS machine (n)
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member (n) creative (adj)
mud (n) download (v)
prize (n) enthusiasm (n)
referee (n) fit (adj)
route (n) group (n)
rule (n) important (adj)
shopping cart (n) join (v)
string (n) joke (v)
touch (n) membership (n)
winner (n) musical (n)
worm (n) performer (n)
Pages 26–27 photography (n)
announcer (n) speaker (n)
applaud (v) talent (n)
audience (n) theatre (n)
baddie (n) Page 31
become (v) accident (n)
cheer (v) balance (n)
complain (v) bottom (n)
costume (n) crash barrier (n)
crowd (n) fail (v)
dangerous (adj) fame (n)
distraction (n) ground (n)
drama (n) injured (adj)
entertainment (n) pub (n)
escape (v) push (v)
excitement (n) protect (v)
explain (v) slope (n)
fan (n) steep (adj)
goodie (n) top (n)
impatient (adj) wheel (n)
incredibly (adv) wild (adv)
mask (n)
microphone (n) Unit 3 TRANSPORT
mixture (n) Page 33
popular (adj) carriage (n)
rope (n) ride (v)
salary (n) space (n)
scream (v) ticket (n)
spin (v) travel (v)
throw (v) Pages 34–35
tradition (n) avoid (v)
wave (v) battery (n)
wrestler (n) charge (v)
Pages 28–29 commute (n)
actor (n) device (n)
actress (n) efficient (adj)
advert (n) electric (adj)
comedy (n) expensive (adj)
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future (n) drop off (v)
pedestrians (n) flood (n)
petrol (n) fumes (n)
pollution (n) get off (phr v)
rush hour (n) get on (phr v)
speed limit (n) go by (v)
station (n) horn (n)
traffic jam (n) humanitarian (adj)
voltage (n) income (n)
worse (adj) miss (v)
Pages 36–37 monsoon (n)
arrive (v) official (n)
comfortable (adj) period (n)
common (adj) pick up (phr v)
criticise (v) politician (n)
cruel (adj) purchase (n)
damage (v) qualification (n)
domestic (adj) rainfall (n)
environment (n) rickshaw (n)
faraway (adj) scooter (n)
forest (n) season (n)
freeze (v) symbol (n)
guest (n) underground (n)
husky (n) unload (v)
importance (n) Pages 40–41
impossible (adj) aisle (n)
leisure (n) book (v)
logger (n) carry on (adj)
modern (adj) cash (n)
native (adj) change (n)
occasion (n) cheque (n)
sledge (n) credit card (n)
snowmobile (n) entrance (n)
soldier (n) first class (n)
special (adj) online (adj)
strong (adj) passport (n)
trail (n) platform (n)
transport (v) receipt (n)
war (n) return (n)
wedding (n) road works (n)
wilderness (n) seat (n)
Pages 38–39 second class (n)
activity (n) single (n)
advantage (n) story (n)
alternative (n) terminal (n)
ban (v) wait (v)
blow (v) Page 43
break (n) adventure (n)
catch (v) amazing (adj)
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approximately (adv) mountainous (adj)
background (n) nine-to-five (adj)
class (n) photographer (n)
condition (n) reader (n)
cultural (adj) road trip (n)
employer (n) subject (n)
enormous (adj) university (n)
huge (adj) vote (v)
impressive (adj) Pages 48–49
inch (n) ambitious (adj)
miniature (n) attack (n)
minister (n) captain (n)
pass (v) careful (adj)
performance artist (n) decisive (adj)
porter (n) determined (adj)
railway (n) engine (n)
rural (adj) experienced (adj)
staff (n) expert (n)
steam (n) fire (n)
stressful (adj) intelligent (adj)
terminus (n) knowledge (n)
villager (n) patient (adj)
workforce (n) pregnant (adj)
presenter (n)
Unit 4 ADVENTURE psychology (n)
Page 45 quality (n)
achievement (n) radio (v)
bank (n) realise (v)
cave (n) recent (adj)
caving (n) reliable (adj)
challenge (v) save (v)
climb (v) seat belt (n)
colleague (n) shark (n)
gigantic (adj) similar (adj)
hole (n) sink (v)
incredible (adj) situation (n)
physically (adv) skill (n)
risk (n) survival (n)
state (n) take off (phr v)
waterfall (n) wing (n)
Pages 46–47 Pages 50–51
abroad (adv) abseil (v)
adventurer (n) base camp (n)
ambition (n) choice (n)
architecture (n) cliff (n)
engineering (n) crawl ( v)
magazine (n) crevasse (n)
minefield (n) defend (v)
mountaineer (n) disaster (n)
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edge (n) unexpected (adj)
glacier (n) Page 55
heavy (adj) certain (adj)
knee (n) climber (n)
lake (n) cloud (n)
lower (v) crampons (n)
mid-air (n) doubtful (adj)
ridge (n) factor in (phr v)
search (v) fine (adj)
shout (v) fog (n)
summit (n) glacial (adj)
tent (n) guide (n)
Pages 52–53 heart (n)
break down (n) heel (n)
camping (n) hike (n)
campsite (n) ornery (adj)
dark (adj) pilot (n)
dehydrated (adj) ski (v)
disappear (v) stable (adj)
garage (n) tool (n)
location (n) unsafe (adj)
lost (adj) weather (n)
mechanic (n) wonderful (adj)
rescue (v)
sudden (adj)
sunburned (adj)