fce vocabulary list english school

FCE vocabulary list [1/12]

Put a tick () in the first box if you know the word. Write the word meaning in the third box if you don’t know the word.

Vocabulary Meaning(s) Vocabulary Meaning(s)

add keep up with somebody/something

bargain label

bracelet matter

casual outfit

comparison outrageous

cut down pull on something

distinguish put together

dominate represent

dress up save up

fit in with slightly

genuine slip on

go ahead smart

go back stall (selling)

go for stand out

go on stuff

go out stunning

go over stylish

go up sweatshirt

hood take back

helmet take off

image


accessible muddy

action opponent

appliance pace

application popularity

complex reach a conclusion

control review

demanding solve

disappointed sophisticated

facility soundtrack

favourable submit

feature tricky

find out turn on

fortune turn up

get through unhelpful

goal version

graphics violent

hopeless virtual

impressive yawn

intelligence

meaningful

messy

Exercise 1) The teacher will ask you to make a sentence with one or two words from the table above. Exercise 2) Choose one word you know and two words you didn’t know and form three questions to ask students in the class. Exercise 3) The teacher will select several words from the table above and ask you to explain their meanings.




airline get in

approach get rid of

backpacker ground

book into harbour

cabin land

campsite landing

check in set off

check out stop over

cliff take off

coast terminal

crew travel agent

destination visa

disturb wildlife

domestic yacht

evidence

expedition

ferry

fill in

forbid

friendship

get away


absence pollute

bad-tempered souvenir

breed species

breeze suffer

conservation support

conserve tail

cut down times

destruction wild

endangered wing

feather

from time to time

fur

global warming

in time

live up to

look forward to

one at a time

parrot

pass (the) time

paw

polar bear Exercise 1) Select 5 words you knew and 5 words you didn’t know from the list above and write a short story between 50 to 80 words long. Exercise 2) Select any two words from the list above and ask any student in the class to form a sentence using your chosen words. Exercise 3) The teacher will select several words from the table above and ask you to explain their meanings.




absolutely Scared/ worried stiff

anxious shake

astonished shoot

blow steady

calm down tense

come down terrified

content totally

delighted uneasy

draw up

end up

extremely

frightened

furious

grab

irritated

petrified

pour

pull away

pull up

relieved

satisfied


appearance look up to

argument lottery

breakdown the press

broadcast privacy

case pro

celebrity regional

contest scandal

delicate sensation

fame talent

fluent understandable

gossip

headline

impressed

inspiration

keep away

keep down

keep in

keep on

keep to

keep up

living Exercise 1) Select 1 word you knew and 1 word you didn’t know from the list, form and ask two questions about the past using them. Exercise 2) Select one word new to you and 2 words you know from the list above and form one sentence using all of the chosen words. Exercise 3) The teacher will select several words from the table above and ask you to explain their meanings.




can’t stand net

cheer penalty

course pitch

course referee

court risk

business row

damage scary

favour ski

living spectator

do without team

extreme sport track

fall apart

fall for somebody

fall out

fall through

field

fitness

gym

gymnastics

ice skate

lap


affect struggle

accustomed taste

friend

confident

critical

disapprove

get on

housework

promise

secret

awake

kid

make a fortune

make friends with

mood

neighbourhood

proud

selfish

sensible

share

storey Exercise 1) Select any two words and talk about them (e.g. “I don’t like selfish people because they remind me of my granddad. He used to….” etc). Exercise 2) Select one word you did and didn’t know and ask two questions about the present. Exercise 3) The teacher will select several words from the table above and ask you to explain their meanings.




admit stress

advertise view

brand what

budget

character

commercial

deadline

doubt

dramatic

element

ending

huge

location

message

narrow

personality

powerful

production

reckon

setting

shallow


access irresponsible

achievement need

at first proposal

at last prove

at least rocket

at once scientific

at peace significant

at present solution

at rest space

at the same time sponsor

at war supporter

commercial technology

concept willing

decade

expedition

illegal

immoral

impatient

innappropriate

inexperienced

irregular

Exercise 1) Select any few words and write something interesting that you know then read it out to the class. Exercise 2) Chose any word from the above lists and form a controversial question to ask someone (e.g. “which is better, science or religion?”)

Exercise 3) The teacher will select several words from the table above and ask you to explain their meanings.




aggressive take charge

blush take for granted

bossy take off

characteristic take out

cheerful seriously

competitive take turns

demanding twin

discourage unpopular

identical unreliable

identity witty

impatient

jealous

lazy

loyal

only child

optimistic

resemble

similarity

stubborn

take account

take after somebody


appliance ritual

attic soggy

cart stale

conclusion stick

decision substance

complaint suspicion

crockery talk somebody into

crunchy tell apart

cutlery tell a lie

devise tell a story

duplicate transform

fall asleep

ill

fall in love

fed up

fulfil

groceries

infection

inventor

fun

research

Exercise 1) The teacher will ask you to make a sentence with one or two words from the table above. Exercise 2) Choose one word you know and two words you didn’t know and form three questions to ask students in the class. Exercise 3) The teacher will select several words from the table above and ask you to explain their meanings.




accuse standard

affect urge

ambition warn

apologize wish

claim

deny

educate

educated

educational

face up to

feel

insist

mention

opportunity

performance

position

progress

promise

qualification

refuse

relevant


adventurous responsible

above all routine

all along secure

all in all self-confident

all of a sudden support

at all uncertain

background

career

commitment

concerned

dishonest

disorganized

dissatisfied

employer

enthusiasm

enthusiastic

flexible

inexperienced

irresponsible

redundant

responsibility

Exercise 1) The teacher will give you 5 random words from the lists above and you need to tell a short story using the words. Exercise 2) Pick your top three favorite words and say why you like them. Exercise 3) The teacher will select several words from the table above and ask you to explain their meanings.




benefit recycle

unsuccessful reservoir

accessible river

bar route

canal rubbish

clap second-hand

consist of slice

dam storm

economical stream

environment tackle

eco friendly traffic

flash vegetation

flood waterfall

fuel

household

lake

lightning

litter

pane

pond

rapids


appealing sense

appetite texture

bitter

canned

consume

consumer

dairy

finding

fizzy

flat

flavour

grill

influence

juicy

melt

mild

packaging

reject

rich

ripe

rotten

Exercise 1) Choose any 2 words and ask any student what they mean. Exercise 2) Pick any 3 words and find a synonym for each one. Exercise 3) Pick any 2 words and find an antonym for each one.




amount scale

challenge substantial

collector technique

collection vast

condition

delightful

elegant

exceptional

the former

the latter

look after

look at

look for

look into

the look of

Look out!

massive

memory

obsession

passion

remarkable


alternative threat

biography thriller

come across something trace

come out visual

come up with

documentary

effective

extract

form

go ahead

go by

go off sb/sth

go through

go up

meaningful

rub

science fiction

sight

strength

surface

technological

Exercise 1) Describe an event in your past using some of the words and phrases from above. Exercise 2) Choose 2 words and form one question to ask your teacher (e.g. “will you go ahead and write a biography?”). Exercise 3) The teacher will select several words from the table above and ask you to explain their meanings.




ankle on balance

bandage on behalf of somebody

break on the condition that

break on duty

break down on offer

bug on purpose

burn plaster

chest scar

cough mixture/syrup spot

plaster sprain

elbow sting

exercise stitch

exercise surgery

eyebrow sweat

faint symptom

graze thigh

hurt waist

jaw ward

knee wrist

needle

on average


accuse penalty

arrest pickpocket

burglar proof

cell punishment

charge robbery

commit sentence

court shoplift

criminal steal

detective suspect

DNA suspicious

evidence take some to court

fine thief

fine trace

fingerprint trial

forensic

guilty

illegal

innocent

jury

kidnap

offence Exercise 1) The teacher will ask you a question. Use one or more of the words in the lists to answer it. (E.g. “What can you find in a hospital?”)

Exercise 2) Select a few words from the lists above and create a small News article to present.. Exercise 3) The teacher will select several words from the table above and ask you to explain their meanings.




absence shortage

architecture suburb

collection suburban

community system

consumer traffic jam

cut urban

environmental

lack

level

lifestyle

lighting

maintenance

mall

neighbourhood

pollution

property

regulation

renew

renewal

requirement

resident


audience venue

choir unique

composer

composition

conductor

festival

gig

impression

memorable

musician

orchestra

orchestral

organizer

participate

partnership

perform

performer

rehearsal

respectable

solo

specialize

Exercise 1) Pick any two words and say something negative about them.

Exercise 2) Choose one word you didn’t know and explain what you thought when you found out the meaning (e.g. “I found it surprising…..) Exercise 3) The teacher will select several words from the table above and ask you to explain their meanings.




ash send off

break off sensitive

call off shake

crack tell off

cut off thunder

damage tremble

damp undo

drought unfasten

earthquake untie

eruption unwrap

gas volcano

humid weather forecast

hurricane wear off

injure

invaluable

let off

log off

peak

planet

preserve

priceless


apology make up for

apparently pick up

cashpoint put off

catch up on put out

comedian put up

comedy put up

disguise rule

disguise star

earnings start out

estimate take off

get something over with treatment

hang around with weird

humour work on something

ignore work out

be a bad/ good influence

key in

keep up

landlord

look up

make for

make out Exercise 1) You have just won one million dollars. Explain how you feel using five or more words from the above lists. Exercise 2) The teacher will ask you one or two questions using any of the words from above. Exercise 3) The teacher will select several words from the table above and ask you to explain their meanings.