WORD LISTS

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The Vocabulary.com Top 1000 (1000 words)
May 12, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
The top 1,000 vocabulary words have been carefully chosen to represent difficult but common words that appear in everyday academic and business...
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A" (100 words)
July 11, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
Find lists of SAT words organized by every letter of the alphabet here: A , B , C , D , E , F , G , H , I , J, K & L , M , N , O , P , Q ,...
100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know (100 words)
February 12, 2012
By Karen C.
Words selected by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries
GRE High Frequency Words (334 words)
October 8, 2012
By Sivabalan T.
Barron's GRE 17th Edition High Freq Words
Power Prefix #1: anti- (10 words)
November 5, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
Learn these words beginning with the power prefix "anti" (meaning "against," "in opposition to," or "opposite of"). More Power Prefix lists: con- ,...
Language arts, Grades 9-12 (96 words)
January 25, 2010
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary list related to English language arts for students in grades 9-12.
S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders (70 words)
February 5, 2010
By Michael F.(Brooklyn, NY)
A fascinating list of vocabulary words from S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders.
The Top 60 Most Common Academic Words (60 words)
January 4, 2010
By Georgia S.
according to Averil Coxhead's Academic Word List (2000)
PSAT Words (87 words)
August 4, 2012
By Emily Z.
Words I've encountered in practice PSAT tests.
Eclectic Words (93 words)
February 3, 2012
By Keith(Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Words collected over the years that meet one or more of the following criteria: (1) words that we have read or heard, but may not be able to clearly...
100 SAT Words Beginning with "B" (100 words)
October 7, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
Find lists of SAT words organized by every letter of the alphabet here: A , B , C , D , E , F , G , H , I , J, K & L , M , N , O , P , Q ,...
Some Political and Philosophical -ism's (24 words)
November 4, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
Learn these words ending in the suffix -ism that represent different political and philosophical ideas.
William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" Chapters 1-6 (194 words)
December 7, 2011
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary study list for William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" (Chapters 1-6).
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (89 words)
February 5, 2010
By Michael F.(Brooklyn, NY)
This is a list of some of the key Vocabulary Words for Fahrenheit 451
George Orwell's "Animal Farm" (363 words)
December 7, 2011
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary study list for George Orwell's "Animal Farm."
CSE 2952 1000 words (316 words)
February 28, 2013
By R D.
1000 words to be learned by CSE 2952 students.
Halloween words (22 words)
February 8, 2010
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary words for the Halloween season.
Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 1-10 (164 words)
December 7, 2011
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary study list for Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Chapters 1-10).
Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front (133 words)
February 5, 2010
By Michael F.(Brooklyn, NY)
This is a great vocabulary list for All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque.
Power Prefix #2: con- (10 words)
November 5, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
Learn these ten words beginning with the power prefix "con-" (meaning "together"). More Power Prefix lists: anti- , fore- , inter- , mis- , pre- ,...
"The Hunger Games" Vocabulary from Chapter 1 (54 words)
April 16, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
Learn these 54 vocabulary words that appear in the first chapter of "The Hunger Games" before you read the book (or see the movie). When you finish...
John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" (101 words)
December 7, 2011
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary study list for John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men."
Mrs. Theobald's ELA Vocabulary (351 words)
March 21, 2013
By Leslie T.
6th grade Language Arts Vocabulary
100 SAT words Beginning with "C" (100 words)
July 11, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
Find lists of SAT words organized by every letter of the alphabet here: A , B , C , D , E , F , G , H , I , J, K & L , M , N , O , P , Q ,...
100 Words A High School Freshman Should Know (99 words)
August 18, 2011
By C T.
These are the words from the American Heritage Dictionary editors' "100 Words A High School Freshman Should Know."
Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl" Part 1 (173 words)
December 7, 2011
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary study list for Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl" (Part 1).
Power Prefix #3: fore- (10 words)
November 5, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
Learn these words beginning with the power prefix "fore-" (meaning "before"). More Power Prefix lists: anti- , con- , inter- , mis- , pre- , sub- ,...
Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" Chapters 1-16 (65 words)
December 7, 2011
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary study list for Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" (Chapters 1-16).
Need-to-know GRE words (99 words)
May 29, 2008
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" (220 words)
January 25, 2010
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary study list for Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet."
World Views (30 words)
October 28, 2009
By Gordon L.(Tokyo Japan)
This list accompanies the reading text World Views for the second semester of a course at Waseda University. Selected words will come mainly from the...
Words for Father's Day: What Fathers Do (10 words)
June 11, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
Celebrate the love and support fathers provide to their children with this list of wonderful words. Then read Richard Wilbur's portrait of a father's...
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (47 words)
November 28, 2012
By Johnathon G.
A vocabulary list for the classic work by C.S. Lewis
Spacher's Lists: Literary Terms (74 words)
December 3, 2012
By Daniel S.
This list of words explores some tools and ideas which help authors to craft their compositions and readers to better understand them.
Out of the Silent Planet (248 words)
November 29, 2012
By Johnathon G.
A vocabulary list of C.S. Lewis's classic work Out of the Silent Planet
100 SAT Words Beginning with "D" (100 words)
July 11, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
Find lists of SAT words organized by every letter of the alphabet here: A , B , C , D , E , F , G , H , I , J, K & L , M , N , O , P , Q ,...
The Emancipation Proclamation (1862) (28 words)
September 12, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
To emancipate means to liberate or free someone. The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential order made by Abraham Lincoln on September 22,...
Science State Voc Words (Weather) (10 words)
January 15, 2010
By Rachel P.
These words all pertain to the weather)
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" Chapters 1-20 (344 words)
December 7, 2011
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary study list for Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" (Chapters 1-20).
Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 1-10 (412 words)
December 7, 2011
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary study list for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" (Chapters 1-10).
Britain's Finest Hour Speech - Winston Churchill (1940) (82 words)
September 7, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
In May of 1940, Nazi Germany launched a massive attack and swiftly conquered most of Western Europe. Britain suddenly found itself alone, facing a...
"Romeo and Juliet" Vocabulary from Act 1 (29 words)
October 24, 2012
By Vocabulary.com
While you are reading Shakespeare's tragic romance "Romeo and Juliet" (etext found here ), learn these word lists for each act: Act 1 , Act 2 , Act 3...
"Life of Pi" -- Vocabulary from Chapters 1-20 (30 words)
February 20, 2013
By Vocabulary.com
Before you see the movie , read Yann Martel's exciting novel "Life of Pi" and learn these word lists: Ch's 1-20 , Ch's 21-42 , Ch's 43-57 , Ch's...
Christmas words (36 words)
February 8, 2010
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary words for the Christmas season.
Spacher's Lists: Logic & Argument (85 words)
September 30, 2012
By Daniel S.
This list contains vocabulary which is fundamental to the exploration of logic and argumentation. I threw a few hilarious words in here for fun.
Words for Cheese Writers (33 words)
January 23, 2013
By Vocabulary.com
From The New York Times " In the Dairy Case, Ripe Prose ," Thursday, January 23, 2013.
football words (50 words)
September 14, 2009
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
Some vocabulary from (American) football.
History, Grades 6-8 (262 words)
January 25, 2010
By Vocabulary Lists(New York, NY)
Vocabulary list related to history for students in grades 6-8.
The adventures of Tom Sawyer (41 words)
July 9, 2009
By Ingrid B.(Saratoga, CA)
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Pleasure Your Senses (41 words)
August 8, 2012
By Elicia H.
Words that describe those breath-taking moments of wonder.