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There are 570 headwords on this list (proposed by Averil Coxhead at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), which is said to contain the most frequently occurring vocabulary in academic contexts. Starting with the letter ‘A‘, test your familiarity with ten words on the AWL.
Choose the word or expression that differs in meaning from the given word:
This lesson was created by Evelyn Ono Vineberg, EC San Diego
Link: What are homonyms?
- 1. abandon:
desert
continue
give up
leave behind - 2. adaptation:
change
adjustment
habituation
support - 3. anticipate:
predict
foresee
expect
startle - 4. achieve:
abandon
reach
accomplish
bring off - 5. alter:
convert
maintain
vary
modify - 6. approximate:
approach
estimate
analogous
remote - 7. assess:
check out
charge
disregard
determine - 8. authority:
power
force
obedience
expert - 9. available:
on hand
accessible
unobtainable
up for grabs - 10. attribute:
quality
assign
deficit
feature
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The 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) assessed their cohort members (CMs) during the study’s age 50 sweep using the Verbal Learning/Word List Recall Test (Immediate and Delayed).
Details on this measure and the data collected from the CMs are outlined in the table below.
| Domain: | Verbal (memory) | |
| Measures: | Attention | |
| Short-term episodic memory | ||
| Verbal memory | ||
| CHC: | Glr (Long-Term Storage and Retrieval) | |
| Administration method: | CAPI; presented aurally; orally recalled | |
| Procedure: | One of four lists of 10 common words were selected by the CAPI, and are presented to participant via a recorded voice at a rate of one word every 2-seconds. In cases where the computer voice was not audible, the interviewer read the words, mimicking the pace and clarity of the recorded voice. After the list was read out, the participant was given two minutes to recall as many of the words as they could (in no particular order). The interviewer made a note of the number of correctly recalled words, and entered this total into the CAPI. | |
| After additional tests were administered (animal naming and letter cancellation), the interviewer asked the participant to again recall as many words as possible from the original list (words not repeated by CAPI/interviewer). This delayed memory task was done approximately five minutes after the initial recall task. Again, the interviewer made a note of each correctly recalled word, and entered the total number into the CAPI. | ||
| Link to questionnaire: | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NCDS_8_FINAL_MAINSTAGE_DOCUMENTATION.pdf (opens in new tab) | |
| Scoring: | Immediate recall: 10 items (scores range 0 — 10) | |
| Delayed recall: 10 items (scores range 0 — 10) | ||
| Item-level variable(s): | Not currently available | |
| Total score/derived variable(s): | N8INTCF — N8CFLISD | |
| Descriptives: | Recall (immediate) | Recall (delayed) |
| N = 9,648 | N = 9,591 | |
| Range = 0 — 10 | Range = 0 — 10 | |
| Mean = 6.54 | Mean = 5.41 | |
| SD = 1.49 | SD = 1.84 | |
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| Age of participants (months): | Mean = 608.27, SD = 1.92, Range = 598 — 614 | |
| Other sweep and/or cohort: | NCDS – Age 61-63 – Proposed repeat of tests at age 50 | |
| NSHD – Age 43 – Verbal Learning/Word List Recall Test* | ||
| NSHD – Age 53 – Verbal Learning/Word List Recall Test* | ||
| NSHD – Age 60-64 – Verbal Learning/Word List Recall Test* | ||
| NSHD – Age 68-70 – Verbal Learning/Word List Recall Test* | ||
| BCS70 – Age 46-47 – Verbal Learning/Word List Recall Test (Immediate and Delayed) | ||
| (* For each of three trials survey members were shown a list of 15 words at a rate of two seconds each, then were asked to write down as many words recalled as possible. A simple total score is available calculated as the sum of the words correctly recalled at each trial.) | ||
| Source: | Similar tasks have been used to measure verbal learning for decades, e.g. Bush and Mosteller (1955). Cognitive measures at this sweep were taken from the 2002 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA; Taylor et al., 2007). | |
| Technical resources: | Brown, M., & Dodgeon, B. (2010). NCDS cognitive assessments at age 50: initial results. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies. | |
| Reference examples: | Calvin, C. M., Batty, G. D., Lowe, G., & Deary, I. J. (2011). Childhood intelligence and midlife inflammatory and hemostatic biomarkers: The National Child Development Study (1958) cohort. Health Psychology, 30(6), 710. | |
| Dregan, A., & Gulliford, M. C. (2013). Leisure-time physical activity over the life course and cognitive functioning in late mid-adult years: a cohort-based investigation. Psychological Medicine, 43(11), 2447-2458. | ||
| Bowling, A., Pikhartova, J., & Dodgeon, B. (2016). Is mid-life social participation associated with cognitive function at age 50? Results from the British National Child Development Study (NCDS). BMC Psychology, 4(1), 58. |
For the named items in the table above, links are provided (where applicable) to their corresponding content on CLOSER Discovery. Where a variable range is provided, full variable lists can be accessed through the ‘Variable Groups’ tab on the linked Discovery page.
Go to:
- Overview of all cognitive measures in NCDS
- Overview of adulthood cognitive measures across all studies
This page is part of CLOSER’s ‘A guide to the cognitive measures in five British birth cohort studies’.
One of the common challenges faced by non-native English speakers is English Grammar. The English language comes with an extensive library of words, slangs, phrases, idioms, etc. The foundation of being strong in your English vocabulary is your mastery of the words in the English language.
It is estimated that there are over 1 million words in the English language. However, if you are taking an English language test such as the Duolingo English test — you don’t have the time and energy to learn and know all the words. Frankly, nobody can.
The truth is you don’t need to learn every single word in the English dictionary. You need to familiarize yourself with the most common real words in the language. These common words are the building blocks of your language skills which you can apply to the various test sections of the DET. You can also confidently use these common words in your day-to-day life, whether you are a student, a career-minded professional, or someone visiting an English-speaking country.
Here, in this article, we will share some of the most common words in the English language that you need to learn and know to pass the Duolingo English test successfully.
We will also discuss the test sections where you will have the opportunity to use them. Finally, we’ll also share some sample practice questions to help you understand where they will appear on your Duolingo English test.
Most Common Real Worlds on the Duolingo English Test
Which Duolingo English Test Sections Test Your English Vocabulary?
The variation on the “yes/no” vocabulary exam is very common in many English tests, including Duolingo English Test. These exams have been used to measure vocabulary proficiency across the CEFR levels or other English Proficiency tests.
The text variation of the “yes/no” question type requires you to distinguish between a collection of written English words and pseudo-words made to seem English-like. Studies show that the text yes/no vocabulary item type predicts listening, reading, and writing ability.
Traditional yes/no vocabulary exams concurrently provide a huge number of stimuli of varying degrees of difficulty. The format is made computer-adaptive by displaying many smaller sets, each containing a handful of stimuli of similar complexity.
This test activity is available in two formats: text and audio. These types of questions will appear in the following test sections of the DET:
- Read and Select
- Listen and Select
Read and Select
In this test section, you will work on a list of terms, some of which are genuine and others are pseudo-words, and you must choose just the proper ones.
Be cautious while selecting the right word, and double-check the spelling since some words seem accurate but are made up!
Listen and Select
Unlike Read and Select, you must listen to the words before picking the correct ones.
The same advice applies to this test problem as the previous one. The pronunciation may sound like a legitimate term, but it isn’t, so pay attention!
Here are some valuable tips that we can give you in answering these test types:
- Only use phrases that you are certain are true! Trust yourself.
- There might be an unlimited amount of genuine terms in the list, so don’t be concerned if one question contains more than another.
- Please read the paragraphs carefully. Some words seem to be authentic, although they vary somewhat from actual English terms.
- Pay close attention to each syllable of each word since some bogus words may change slightly from actual ones.
- Only use terms that you are certain are true.
- Before pressing the NEXT button, double-check the words you’ve chosen.
How to Improve Your Vocabulary And Spelling for the Duolingo English Test?
Adding new terms to your written vocabulary is one of the simplest methods to improve your writing abilities. To learn and apply English vocabulary, you will never run out. A strong vocabulary is beneficial to all writing genres, including fiction, journalism, essays, poetry, etc. Defined as time put in writing, learning new words improves your vocabulary.
- Make reading a habit: Contextual vocabulary development is the easiest.
- Use the dictionaries: Correct usage of online dictionaries and thesaurus is beneficial.
- Word games: Classic games like Scrabble and Boggle may help you learn new words in English.
- Take notes: Using flashcards is a quick technique to learn a vast vocabulary.
- Subscribe to daily word feeds: Some websites, apps, or email services will send you a word a day to help you develop your vocabulary.
- Mnemonics:; Associating words helps you recall their meanings and their use.
- Experiment with new terms in speech: Unable to utilize words, one might build up a large vocabulary.
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What Are the Common English Words You Need to Learn for the Duolingo English Test?
Here is a list of real English words that you can get yourself be familiar with:
Days of the Week
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday |
| Friday | Saturday | weekdays | weekend |
Months of the Year
| January | February | March | April | May | June |
| July | August | September | October | November | December |
Numbers
| one | twenty-one | forty-one | sixty-one | eighty-one |
| two | twenty-two | forty-two | sixty-two | eighty-two |
| three | twenty-three | forty-three | sixty-three | eighty-three |
| four | twenty-four | forty-four | sixty-four | eighty-four |
| five | twenty-five | forty-five | sixty-five | eighty-five |
| six | twenty-six | forty-six | sixty-six | eighty-six |
| seven | twenty-seven | forty-seven | sixty-seven | eighty-seven |
| eight | twenty-eight | forty-eight | sixty-eight | eighty-eight |
| nine | twenty-nine | forty-nine | sixty-nine | eighty-nine |
| ten | thirty | fifty | seventy | ninety |
| eleven | thirty-one | fifty-one | seventy-one | ninety-one |
| twelve | thirty-two | fifty-two | seventy-two | ninety-two |
| thirteen | thirty-three | fifty-three | seventy-three | ninety-three |
| fourteen | thirty-four | fifty-four | seventy-four | ninety-four |
| fifteen | thirty-five | fifty-five | seventy-five | ninety-five |
| sixteen | thirty-six | fifty-six | seventy-six | ninety-six |
| seventeen | thirty-seven | fifty-seven | seventy-seven | ninety-seven |
| eighteen | thirty-eight | fifty-eight | seventy-eight | ninety-eight |
| nineteen | thirty-nine | fifty-nine | seventy-nine | ninety-nine |
| twenty | forty | sixty | eighty | hundred |
Subjects or General Topics
| Science | Politics | Architecture | Law |
| Physics | Psychology | Anthropology | Economics |
| Statistics | Mathematics | Performing Arts | Visual Arts |
| Archaeology | Business Management | Logic | Literature |
| History | Biology | Humanities | Chemistry |
| Geography | Philosophy | Agriculture | Engineering |
Continents
| Antarctica | Europe | Oceania | Arctic |
| Asia | North America | South America |
Countries
Countries in Asia
| Afghanistan | Georgia | Kyrgyzstan | Pakistan | Taiwan |
| Armenia | India | Laos | Palestine | Tajikistan |
| Azerbaijan | Indonesia | Lebanon | Philippines | Thailand |
| Bahrain | Iran | Malaysia | Qatar | Timor-Leste |
| Bangladesh | Iraq | Maldives | Russia | Turkey |
| Bhutan | Israel | Mongolia | Saudi Arabia | Turkmenistan |
| Brunei | Japan | Myanmar | Singapore | United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
| Cambodia | Jordan | Nepal | South Korea | Uzbekistan |
| China | Kazakhstan | North Korea | Sri Lanka | Vietnam |
| Cyprus | Kuwait | Oman | Syria | Yemen |
Countries in Europe
| Albania | Cyprus | Iceland | Moldova | San Marino |
| Andorra | Czechia | Ireland | Monaco | Serbia |
| Armenia | Denmark | Italy | Montenegro | Slovakia |
| Austria | Estonia | Kazakhstan | Netherlands | Slovenia |
| Azerbaijan | Finland | Kosovo | North Macedonia | Spain |
| Belarus | France | Latvia | Norway | Sweden |
| Belgium | Georgia | Liechtenstein | Poland | Switzerland |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Germany | Lithuania | Portugal | Ukraine |
| Bulgaria | Greece | Luxembourg | Romania | United Kingdom |
| Croatia | Hungary | Malta | Russia | Vatican City |
Countries in North and South America
| Antigua and Barbuda | Bahamas | Barbados | Belize | Canada |
| Dominica | Dominican Republic | El Salvador | Grenada | Guatemala |
| Jamaica | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | Colombia |
| Bolivia | Brazil | Paraguay | Uruguay | Venezuela |
| Costa Rica | Cuba | Trinidad and Tobago | Argentina | Haiti |
| Honduras | United States of America (USA) | Ecuador | Guyana | Suriname |
| Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Peru | Chile |
Countries in Africa
| Algeria | Chad | Ethiopia | Madagascar | Rwanda |
| Angola | Comoros | Gabon | Malawi | Sao Tome and Principe |
| Benin | Zambia | Ghana | Mauritania | Seychelles |
| Botswana | Cote d’Ivoire | Guinea | Mauritius | Sierra Leone |
| Burkina Faso | Djibouti | Guinea-Bissau | Morocco | Somalia |
| Burundi | Egypt | Kenya | Mozambique | South Africa |
| Cabo Verde | Equatorial Guinea | Lesotho | Namibia | South Sudan |
| Cameroon | Eritrea | Liberia | Niger | Sudan |
| Mali | Eswatini | Libya | Nigeria | Tanzania |
| Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Senegal |
| Zimbabwe | Congo | Gambia | Mali |
Countries in Australia and Oceania
| Australia | Fiji | Kiribati | Marshall Islands |
| Palau | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | Solomon Islands |
| Micronesia | Nauru | New Zealand | Tonga |
| Tuvalu | Vanuatu |
| air conditioner | doorknob | greenhouse | painting | swimming pool |
| appliances | doorway | gutters | paneling | threshold |
| attic | dormer | hall | pantry | throw rug |
| awning | downspout | hall closet | patio | toilet |
| back door | downstairs | hallway | picture | trash can |
| backyard | drain | hamper | picture frame | trellis |
| baluster | drapes | heater | plumbing | trim |
| barbecue | driveway | hinge | pool | tub |
| baseboard | dryer | home | porch | upstairs |
| basement | duct | hose | portico | vacuum cleaner |
| bathroom | dustpan | house | quilt | vase |
| bathtub | eaves | inglenook | railing | Venetian blinds |
| beam | electrical outlet | insulation | rake | vent |
| bedroom | electrical system | jamb | range | wainscoting |
| blinds | entrance | key | recreation room | walkway |
| broom | entry | kitchen | roof | wall |
| bunk bed | entryway | ladder | room | carpet |
| carpet | family room | lamp | rug | washer |
| carport | fan | lanai | sash | toilet |
| ceiling | faucet | laundry | screen door | wastebasket |
| cellar | fence | laundry room | shed | water heater |
| chimney | fenced yard | lawnmower | shelf | weather stripping |
| closet | fireplace | library | shelves | welcome mat |
| clothes dryer | floor | light | shingle | window |
| clothes washer | foundation | light switch | shower | windowpane |
| column | frame | linen closet | shutters | window sill |
| concrete | front door | lintel | siding | wood stove |
| cornice | front stoop | living room | sill | yard |
| counter | furnace | lock | sink | door |
| crib | furniture | loft | skylight | doorbell |
| cupboard | fuse box | lumber | sliding door | door jamb |
| curtain rod | gable | mailbox | soffit | garden shed |
| curtains | garage | mantle | staircase | gate |
| dining room | garage door | mat | stairs | girder |
| dishwasher | garage opener | mirror | stairway | storage shed |
| doggie door | garbage can | mop | steps | storm door |
| doghouse | garden | newel | stoop | stove |
Places
| city | town | capital | metropolis | village |
| health resort | seaside resort | winter resort | mountain resort | ski resort |
| big city | large city | small town | city | hamlet |
| city center | downtown | suburb | outskirts | slums |
| region | district | neighborhood | borough | block |
| place | location | site | locality | vicinity |
| intersection | crossroads | junction | traffic light | red light |
| street corner | overpass | underpass | traffic circle | bridge |
| school | hospital | supermarket | store | restaurant |
| bank | post office | museum | library | movie theater |
| church | cathedral | temple | chapel | mosque |
| crosswalk | station | attractions | landmarks | airport |
| ghetto | city limits | environment | yellow light | tunnel |
| hotel | factory | synagogue | port | resort |
Transportation
| bus | bicycle | train | taxi | ship | wheel |
| boat | bike | automobile | vehicle | speedboat | tire |
| airplane | helicopter | auto | tram | vessel | trail bike |
| ferry | chopper | cab | taxicab | trailer | tricycle |
| motorboat | delivery truck | driver | sports car | tugboat | scooter |
| ocean liner | lorry | motor | sedan | steamship | ride |
| car | riverboat | pilot | race car | steamboat | semi |
| passenger | yacht | plane | carriage | school bus | motorcycle |
| railroad | sail | unicycle | engine | kayak | mountain bike |
| railway | sailboat | Vespa | jet boat | truck | car |
Colors
| amber | dark | pale | tan | cream |
| amethyst | denim | pastel | tangerine | crimson |
| apricot | desert sand | peach | taupe | cyan |
| aqua | ebony | periwinkle | teal | silver |
| aquamarine | ecru | persimmon | terracotta | slate |
| auburn | eggplant | pewter | thistle | spectrum |
| azure | emerald | pink | tint | slate |
| beige | fuchsia | primary | tomato | orchid |
| black | gold | puce | topaz | scarlet |
| blue | goldenrod | pumpkin | turquoise | sea green |
| bronze | gray | purple | ultramarine | secondary |
| brown | green | rainbow | umber | sepia |
| buff | grey | red | vermilion | shade |
| burnt umber | hue | rose | violet | shamrock |
| cardinal | indigo | ruby | viridian | silver |
| carmine | ivory | russet | wheat | orange |
| celadon | khaki | rust | white | mauve |
| cerise | lavender | saffron | wisteria | mustard |
| cerulean | lemon | salmon | yellow | olive |
| charcoal | light | sapphire | coral | maroon |
| chartreuse | lilac | lime | magenta | mahogany |
| chocolate | cinnamon | sienna | complementary | copper |
Technology
| design | desktop | download | net | network | paste |
| disk | document | file | online | password | |
| enterprise | format | podcast | pop-up | programmer | |
| flash drive | font | upload | printer | program | screenshot |
| gigabyte | home page | Internet | save | screen | software |
| shift key | spreadsheet | trash | username | web | wireless |
| virus | storage | undo | website | network | window |
Food
| wheat | rye | oats | corn | rice |
| bakery goods | bread | rolls | cakes | cookies |
| cereal | corn flakes | oat flakes | popcorn | pies |
| pasta | macaroni | noodles | spaghetti | muffin |
| sesame roll | cinnamon roll | hamburger bun | hot dog bun | lamb chops |
| oatmeal | cookie | crackers | biscuits | toast |
| apple pie | meat pie | pizza | pancake | doughnut |
| beef | pork | veal | lamb | plum |
| beefsteak | roast beef | ground beef | hamburgers | pork chops |
| salmon | trout | cod | tuna | sole |
| fish steak | fish fillet | smoked fish | caviar | grapes |
| shrimp | crab | oysters | melon | cherry |
| apple | pear | apricot | peach | nectarine |
| lemon | orange | tangerine | grapefruit | corn |
| banana | kiwi | pineapple | watermelon | mineral water |
| hazelnuts | walnuts | almonds | peanuts | soft drinks |
| peas | green peas | beans | string beans | kidney beans |
| tea | coffee | milk | cocoa | hot chocolate |
Animals
| amphibians | butterflies | fox | blindworm |
| frog | silkworm | gazelle | boa |
| frogspawn | swallowtail | gerbil | chameleon |
| newt | barbel | giraffe | constrictor snake |
| tadpole | carp | goat | copperhead |
| toad | cod | grizzly bear | coral snake |
| arachnids | crab | guinea pig | cottonmouth |
| harvestman | eel | hamster | crocodile |
| scorpion | goldfish | hare | diamondback |
| spider | haddock | hare | gecko |
| tarantula | halibut | hedgehog | iguana |
| birds | jellyfish | horse | lizard |
| albatross | lobster | hyena | rattlesnake |
| biddy | perch | lion | venomous snake |
| blackbird | pike | llama | python |
| canary | plaice | lynx | salamander |
| crow | ray | mammoth | saurian |
| cuckoo | salmon | marmot | sea snake |
| dove, | sawfish | mink | sidewinder |
| pigeon | scallop | mole | snake |
| duck | shark | mongoose | turtle |
| eagle | shell | mouse | tortoise |
| falcon | shrimp | mule | bullock |
| finch | trout | otter | camel |
| flamingo | ant | panda | chimpanzee |
| goose | aphid | pig, hog | dachshund |
| gull | bee | platypus | elephant |
| hawk | beetle | polar bear | turkey |
| jackdaw | bumblebee | polecat | vulture |
| jay | caterpillar | pony | woodpecker |
| kestrel | cockroach | porcupine | wren |
| kookaburra | dragonfly | prairie dog | dolphin |
| mallard | flea | puma | swift |
| nightingale | fly | raccoon | bear |
| nuthatch | gadfly | rat | roundworm |
| ostrich | grasshopper | reindeer | tit |
| owl | harvestman | rhinoceros | beaver |
| parakeet | ladybug | seal | millipede |
| parrot | larva | seal | tapeworm |
| peacock | louse | sheep | leech |
| pelican | maggot | skunk | earthworm |
| penguin | midge | sloth | roundworm |
| pheasant | moth | squirrel | millipede |
| piranha | nymph | tiger | armadillo |
| raven | wasp | weasel | badger |
| robin | mammals | whale | bat |
| rooster | anteater | wolf | bear |
| sparrow | antelope | zebra | beaver |
| stork | swallow | swan | swift |
| abatement | acid rain | air pollution | air quality |
| algae | amoeba | algal blooms | algae land |
| biofuels | biomass | biosphere | carbon count |
| bring bank | brown bin | carbon emissions | turbine |
| toxin | carbon dioxide | carbon offset | carbon tax |
| carbon monoxide | carbon-neutral | climate change | compost |
| carpooling | climate | conservation | cryptosporidium |
| civic amenity site | composting | dioxins | disposal |
| compostable | development plan | draught-proofing | dumping |
| deforestation | domestic waste | environmental | green bin |
| domestic charges | emissions projections | electric vehicle | emissions |
| ecosystem | effluent | fuel poverty | global warming |
| ecotourism | fossil fuels | greenhouse gases | groundwater |
| flora and fauna | greenhouse effect | organic food | household waste |
| greener | hazardous waste | particulate matter | organic |
| habitat | insulation | planning permission | pay by weight |
| incinerator | litter | radioactive | plastic bag levy |
| landfill | noise pollution | refuse | radon |
| municipal waste | oil spill | river basin | renewable energy |
| noxious gases | ozone layer | solar panel | sewage |
| organism | permits | sustainable tourism | toxic |
| pesticides | radiation | zero emissions | tidy towns |
| post-consumer waste | reforestation | atmosphere | ventilation |
| recycle | reuse | biodiversity | backyard burning |
| renewable resource | smokeless fuel | energy efficiency | bioenergy |
| smog | sustainable | amenities | energy rating |
| surface water | traffic calming | biodegradable waste | wind |
Work and Jobs
| accountant | butler | cryptographer | exporter | illustrator |
| actor | cab driver | custodian | exterminator | importer |
| actress | calligrapher | dancer | extra | instructor |
| actuary | captain | dentist | falconer | intern |
| advisor | cardiologist | deputy | farmer | internist |
| aide | caregiver | dermatologist | financier | interpreter |
| ambassador | carpenter | designer | firefighter | inventor |
| animator | cartographer | detective | fisherman | investigator |
| archer | cartoonist | dictator | flutist | jailer |
| artist | cashier | director | football player | janitor |
| astronaut | catcher | disc jockey | foreman | jester |
| astronomer | caterer | diver | game designer | jeweler |
| athlete | cellist | doctor | garbage man | jockey |
| attorney | chaplain | doorman | gardener | journalist |
| auctioneer | chauffeur | driver | gatherer | judge |
| author | chef | drummer | gemcutter | laborer |
| babysitter | chemist | dry cleaner | general | landlord |
| baker | clergyman | ecologist | geneticist | landscaper |
| ballerina | clergywoman | economist | geographer | laundress |
| banker | clerk | editor | geologist | lawyer |
| barber | coach | educator | golfer | lecturer |
| bellhop | concierge | empress | guide | librettist |
| biologist | consul | engineer | hairdresser | lifeguard |
| blacksmith | contractor | entertainer | handyman | linguist |
| bookkeeper | cook | entomologist | harpist | lobbyist |
| bowler | cop | entrepreneur | Highway patrol | locksmith |
| builder | coroner | executive | hobo | lyricist |
| butcher | courier | explorer | hunter | magician |
| maid | muralist | painter | physicist | private detective |
| mail carrier | musician | paleontologist | pianist | producer |
| manager | navigator | paralegal | pilot | professor |
| manufacturer | negotiator | park ranger | pitcher | programmer |
| marine | notary | pathologist | plumber | psychiatrist |
| marketer | novelist | pawnbroker | poet | psychologist |
| mason | nun | peddler | police | publisher |
| mathematician | nurse | pediatrician | policeman | quarterback |
| mayor | oboist | percussionist | policewoman | quilter |
| mechanic | operator | performer | politician | radiologist |
| messenger | ophthalmologist | pharmacist | president | rancher |
| midwife | optician | philanthropist | prince | ranger |
| miner | oracle | philosopher | princess | real estate agent |
| model | orderly | photographer | principal | receptionist |
| monk | ornithologist | physician | private | referee |
| registrar | sailor | scuba diver | socialite | student |
| reporter | salesperson | seamstress | soldier | surgeon |
| representative | samurai | security guard | spy | surveyor |
| researcher | saxophonist | senator | star | swimmer |
| restaurateur | scholar | sheriff | statistician | tailor |
| retailer | scientist | singer | stockbroker | tax collector |
| retiree | scout | smith | street sweeper | taxi driver |
| taxidermist | toolmaker | treasurer | usher | waiter |
| teacher | trader | truck driver | valet | waitress |
| technician | trainer | tutor | veteran | warden |
| tennis player | translator | typist | veterinarian | warrior |
| test pilot | trash collector | umpire | vicar | watchmaker |
| tiler | travel agent | undertaker | violinist | weaver |
| welder | woodcarver | workman | wrangler | writer |
Common Adjectives
| adorable | adventurous | aggressive | ugliest |
| agreeable | alert | alive | unsightly |
| amused | angry | annoyed | uptight |
| annoying | anxious | arrogant | vivacious |
| ashamed | attractive | average | wicked |
| awful | bad | beautiful | witty |
| better | bewildered | black | wrong |
| bloody | blue | blue-eyed | ugly |
| blushing | bored | brainy | unusual |
| brave | breakable | bright | vast |
| busy | calm | careful | wandering |
| cautious | charming | cheerful | wide-eyed |
| clean | clear | clever | worried |
| cloudy | clumsy | colorful | zany |
| combative | comfortable | concerned | outrageous |
| condemned | confused | cooperative | perfect |
| courageous | crazy | creepy | poised |
| crowded | cruel | curious | precious |
| cute | dangerous | dark | putrid |
| dead | defeated | defiant | real |
| delightful | depressed | determined | rich |
| different | difficult | disgusted | shiny |
| distinct | disturbed | dizzy | sleepy |
| doubtful | drab | dull | sore |
| eager | easy | elated | spotless |
| elegant | embarrassed | enchanting | stupid |
| encouraging | energetic | enthusiastic | talented |
| envious | evil | excited | tender |
| expensive | exuberant | fair | thankful |
| faithful | famous | fancy | tired |
| fantastic | fierce | filthy | outstanding |
| fine | foolish | fragile | plain |
| frail | frantic | friendly | poor |
| frightened | funny | gentle | prickly |
| gifted | glamorous | gleaming | puzzled |
| glorious | good | gorgeous | relieved |
| graceful | grieving | grotesque | scary |
| grumpy | handsome | happy | shy |
| healthy | helpful | helpless | smiling |
| hilarious | homeless | homely | sparkling |
| horrible | hungry | hurt | stormy |
| ill | important | impossible | successful |
| inexpensive | innocent | inquisitive | tame |
| itchy | jealous | jittery | tense |
| jolly | joyous | kind | thoughtful |
| lazy | light | lively | tough |
| lonely | long | lovely | panicky |
| lucky | magnificent | misty | pleasant |
| modern | motionless | muddy | powerful |
| mushy | mysterious | nasty | proud |
| naughty | nervous | nice | quaint |
| nutty | obedient | obnoxious | repulsive |
| odd | old-fashioned | open | selfish |
| silly | smoggy | splendid | strange |
| super | tasty | terrible | thoughtless |
| alter | stability | energy | aware | license |
| amendment | logic | rejected | expansion | objective |
| area | approach | role | legislation | income |
| assume | theory | benefit | evidence | consistent |
| categories | perceived | sought | acquisition | features |
| circumstances | instance | considerable | shift | deduction |
| code | investigation | phase | prior | apparent |
| comments | convention | published | framework | implies |
| communication | ethnic | hypothesis | professional | status |
| community | resident | range | construction | strategies |
| component | constraints | technical | emphasis | sequence |
| concept | formula | section | data | research |
| conference | attributed | annual | obvious | commitment |
| consent | proportion | demonstrate | reaction | criteria |
| contact | network | facilitate | welfare | transition |
| create | derived | factors | procedure | environment |
| debate | dimensions | promote | sum | integration |
| elements | previous | conclusion | security | text |
| enforcement | draft | styles | precise | marginal |
| equivalent | liberal | notion | pursue | symbolic |
| established | authority | major | issues | labor |
| evolution | conflict | image | discretion | target |
| export | source | assessment | policy | identified |
| external | psychology | fundamental | adjustment | capacity |
| final | positive | evaluation | assistance | commission |
| focus | purchase | injury | site | journal |
| generation | exposure | decline | academic | modified |
| hence | occupational | internal | goals | mechanism |
| impact | consequences | chapter | equation | appropriate |
| imposed | despite | job | parameters | approximate |
| justification | funds | reliance | physical | partnership |
| label | concentration | principal | series | parallel |
| location | link | coordination | alternative | specified |
| minorities | technology | philosophy | removed | corresponding |
| negative | dominant | illustrated | outcomes | ensure |
| occur | economic | involved | percent | structure |
| overall | emerged | regime | implementation | project |
| primary | complex | institute | investment | select |
| regulations | computer | items | consumer | achieve |
| relevant | distinction | region | traditional | transfer |
| required | constitutional | analysis | distribution | function |
| resources | participation | survey | potential | credit |
| sector | available | financial | process | individual |
| specific | principle | estimate | variables | contract |
| statistics | option | domestic | output | access |
| substitution | generated | trend | revenue | compounds |
| sufficient | corporate | interaction | contribution | immigration |
| summary | attitudes | undertaken | cycle | implications |
| validity | task | techniques | excluded | compensation |
| whereas | enable | version | perspective | prime |
| energy | lethargy | pink | verdure |
| fitness | weakness | prime | vigor |
| strength | disease | robustness | wholeness |
| well-being | illness | salubriousness | clean bill |
| bloom | infirmity | salubrity | eupepsia |
| complexion | sickness | shape | fine feather |
| constitution | hardihood | soundness | good condition |
| euphoria | hardiness | stamina | top form |
| fettle | healthfulness | state | complaint |
| form | healthiness | tone | condition |
| haleness | lustiness | tonicity | illness |
| ailment | indisposition | malady | infirmity |
| disease | queasiness | nausea | diseasedness |
| disorder | unhealthfulness | syndrome | unhealth |
| ill health | unwellness | bug | affliction |
| pastiche | cantilever | taxonomy | generative |
| sustainability | curvilinear | hierarchy | ambiguity |
| ergonomy | rectilinear | scale | catalyst |
| genius loci | Miesian | section | penetrate |
| facade | Corbusian | formal | appropriate |
| charette | permaculture | nodes | inspiration |
| regionalism | blobitecture | pods | contemporary |
| threshold | exurbia | grain | amalgamation |
| massing | walkability | extrapolate | performative |
| enfilade | pilotis | device | hegemony |
| materiality | verticality | elevation | curate |
| poché | rebate | iconic | bifurcate |
| post-industrial | mullion | organic | superimpose |
| diagrammatic | muntin | dichotomy | confluences |
| vernacular | gentrification | eclectic | gestalt |
| modular | stylobate | kitsch | zeitgeist |
| deconstruction | obscure | sequence | banal |
| parametric | space | interstitial | motifs |
| program | fabric | iteration | procession |
| skin | metaphor | juxtapose | homogenous |
| building envelope | legibility | stereotomic | palimpsest |
| vault | dimension | tectonics | paradigm |
| arcade | moment | liminal | dissonance |
| fenestration | celebrate | articulate | adjacencies |
| truncated | negotiate | ephemeral | parallax |
| parti | dynamic | domesticity | assemblage |
| flâneur | language | anthropogenic | aesthetic |
| phenomenology | context | regenerate | monolithic |
| brutalism | gesture | hybrid | uniformity |
| morphology | duality | nuance | transient |
| redundancy | robust | bespoke | holistic |
Business/Workplace
| accounts | build | company | leader | partner |
| achievement | business | competition | leadership | partnership |
| advantage | capital | concept | management | passion |
| advertising | capitalism | confidence | market leader | performance |
| agreement | career | consultant | marketing | persistence |
| ambition | chairman | consultation | marketplace | pioneer |
| appreciation | client | consumer | mastery | planning |
| approach | clincher | contract | meeting | portfolio |
| authority | co-op | incentive | mentor | position |
| benefits | co-worker | industry | merger | potential |
| boss | colleague | jet-setter | milestone | price |
| bottom line | commerce | job | raise | priorities |
| brainstorm | responsibility | job security | money | pro |
| branch | scope | labor force | negotiation | product |
| brand | stability | laborer | prosperity | productivity |
| experience | expert | expertise | finances | firm |
| growth | hard sell | hard work | ideas | impact |
| proprietorship | coaching | investment | messaging | power |
| resource | team | launch | open doors | profit |
| satisfaction | work | results | opportunity | cooperative |
| solution | sales | sector | organization | corporation |
| talent | skill | staff | owner | revenue |
| vision | supplier | teamwork | return | shareholder |
| growth | hard sell | ideas | impact | implementation |
| referral | program | assessment | promotion | proprietorship |
| goal | growth | hard sell | ideas | impact |
| costs | customer | deal | department | departments |
| desk | desktop | determination | division | drive |
| effort | employee | employment | enterprise | entrepreneur |
| fortune | implementation | economy | excellence | executive |
| expansion | expectation | sale | program | prosperity |
Sample Practice Questions from the Duolingo English Test that Test Your “Yes/No” Vocabulary
They’ve developed these activities to assist students like you in practicing for the Duolingo English Test for free. You may also prepare for the Duolingo English Test by going to Duolingo Test Free Practice – Exercises and Information.
What English Spelling Skills Do You Need to Improve for the Duolingo English Test?
A common challenge for non-English speakers is that a few words in English sound and look familiar but have a different meaning. Or on other occasions, a few words are commonly misspelled. And usually, the misspelling happens with a single alphabet, “i” or “e”. There are many nuances to the English language that confuses and leads to spelling mistakes.
And the rarest form is extremely long multi-syllable words, and in some cases, these words are foreign even to native and fluent English speakers.
Let’s look at both these scenarios with multiple examples.
Commonly Confused English Words
The difficulty with spellcheck is that it might misspell words. English is full of similar-sounding but differently written terms.
Usually, English learners misinterpret many words with similar (but not identical) meanings due to confusing structures or even multiple meanings. Here are some of the most frequently misunderstood English terms.
English Words with Troublesome Spelling
The ever-evolving English language may be challenging to spell because of its quirks and exceptions.
It is only since the advent of the printing machine that they have standardized the terms in American English. While spellcheck apps are excellent, understanding and being competent in spelling are crucial both at school and at the workplace.
People will evaluate you based on your misspelled words, fair or not. That may harm your grades or professional growth.
i – e and e – i
“i before e unless after c” is one of the first English spelling rules students learn in school. This only works when the word with a long ee, like in shield.
| i – e | e – i |
| piece relief believe niece chief priest thief |
conceive conceit receive receipt eight heigh feign |
Silent Letter
When writing a word, don’t forget to spell it with its silent letter even though it is not spoken. In other words, more than half of the alphabet may occur as silent letters.
At times, you may find them at the beginning, end, or center of the words, and you wouldn’t know they were there based on the word’s sound.
Lengthy Words
When you break them down into their component pieces, they’re not as terrifying as they seem. This is how most lengthier words function and many of them are scientific or medical phrases. You’ll have a good start if you understand the most frequent Latin and Greek roots (there are many lists online, such as this one).
Examples:
- antidisestablishmentarianism
- supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Is the Word British or American?
The majority of the spelling changes between the two forms are common and well-known. There’s undoubtedly a lot to say about it, but one of the main reasons is that British English has sought to maintain the spelling of the terms it has taken from other nations for the most part. To simplify spelling, American English has attempted to confirm the spelling of specific terms to the way they are spoken in English.
| American | British |
| labor | labour |
| color | colour |
| favor | favour |
| favorite | favourite |
| realize | realise |
| apologize | apologise |
| license | licence |
| defense | defence |
Common Misspelled English Words
Below is a list of commonly misspelled words. Get yourself familiar with it to avoid committing mistakes:
What are a Few Tips to Improve Your English Spelling?
These suggestions for improving your spelling are based on professional guidance. Take a look at the fundamentals listed below:
- Keep a list of difficult terms. Underline the word’s most difficult section.
- Don’t use a spell-checker! Don’t trust a spell-checker. The most often misspelled terms I’ve seen online are there and there.
- Learn words’ prefixes and suffixes.
- Don’t depend on the rules. As previously said, every rule has an exception.
Additional FAQs — Duolingo Enlgish Test Vocabulary
What is the Best Way to Prepare for the Duolingo English Test?
The Duolingo English Test is a test that assesses and evaluates real-world language proficiency.
Take a free practice exam on their preparedness page.
They have a detailed guide that includes information on the test questions and test-taking tips and strategies.
What is A Real English word?
A real word has meaning in the English language. As a point of reference, the term ‘real word’ is often used in conjunction with the teaching of nonsensical words.
Nonsense words are made-up words that are used to aid in the teaching of important phonetic sounds.
What is the Duolingo English Exam Passing Score?
The range of Duolingo scores is 10-160. You will view their total result rather than the sub-scores for each ability since the scores are holistic.
Universities often demand a minimum score of 110; however, this is not always the case and might vary from institution to university.
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Word List for levels A1 & A2 (beginner & elementary) with translation into Russian.
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неопределённый артикль
a.m.
время от 0:00 до 11:59
able
способный (сделать что-то, быть кем-то)
about
около, примерно; о(б)
above
выше, над
across
через, сквозь; поперек
address
адрес
adjective
имя прилагательное
adult
взрослый, совершеннолетний
after
после, спустя, потом
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