Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______

Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

VOCABULARY LISTS

abate
become less in amount or intensity

adventitious
associated by chance and not an integral part

ambiguous
having more than one possible meaning

amenable
disposed or willing to comply

anathema
a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

anomalous
deviating from the general or common order or type

apathetic
showing little or no emotion or animation

apparition
a ghostly appearing figure

astute
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

austere
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor

austerity
self-denial, especially refraining from worldly pleasures
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

VOCABULARY LISTS

beneficence
the quality of being kind or helpful or generous

bizarre
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

castigate
inflict severe punishment on

complacent
contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions

consternation
sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion

contiguous
having a common boundary or edge

contingency
the state of being dependent on something

corpulent
excessively fat

credulous
showing a lack of judgment or experience

cynical
believing the worst of human nature and motives
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

VOCABULARY LISTS
defunct
no longer in force or use; inactive

demeanour
the way a person behaves toward other people

denizen
a plant or animal naturalized in a region

dilatory
wasting time

disconcert
cause to lose one's composure

dispassionate
unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

encumber
hold back, impede, or weigh down

enigma
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

enigmatic
not clear to the understanding

equanimity
steadiness of mind under stress

erudite
having or showing profound knowledge

euphemism
an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one

evanescent
tending to vanish like vapor

expiate
make amends for

expostulation
an exclamation of protest, opposition, or criticism
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

VOCABULARY LISTS
flout
treat with contemptuous disregard

forbearance
a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges

fortuitous
lucky; occurring by happy chance

gauntlet
a glove of armored leather that protects the hand

gratuitous
unnecessary and unwarranted

ignominy
a state of dishonor

impetuous
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought

inadvertent
happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

inauspicious
boding ill

incredulous
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

ineffable
defying expression or description

inimical
not friendly

inscrutable
difficult or impossible to understand

invariably
without change, in every case
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

VOCABULARY LISTS
lurid
glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

modicum
a small or moderate or token amount

opportune
suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose

ostracize
expel from a community or group

petulant
easily irritated or annoyed

predilection
a predisposition in favor of something

privy
informed about something secret or not generally known

prolific
intellectually productive

proximity
the property of being close together

punctilious
marked by precise accordance with details

recondite
difficult to understand

requisite
necessary for relief or supply

satiate
fill to satisfaction

scintillating
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

scurrilous
expressing offensive reproach
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

VOCABULARY LISTS
sedentary
requiring sitting or little activity

surfeit
indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

transcend
go beyond the scope or limits of

transient
lasting a very short time

tumultuous
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

turgid
ostentatiously lofty in style

vacuous
devoid of matter

vicarious
experienced at secondhand
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
a adequate aim
abandon adjust air
ability adjustment aircraft
able administration airline
abortion administrator airport
about admire album
above admission alcohol
abroad admit alive
absence adolescent all
absolute adopt alliance
absolutely adult allow
absorb advance ally
abuse advanced almost
academic advantage alone
accept adventure along
access advertising already
accident advice also
accompany advise alter
accomplish adviser alternative
according advocate although
account affair always
accurate affect AM
accuse afford amazing
achieve afraid American
achievement African among
acid African-American amount
acknowledge after analysis
acquire afternoon analyst
across again analyze
act against ancient
action age and
active agency anger
activist agenda angle
activity agent angry
actor aggressive animal
actress ago anniversary
actual agree announce
actually agreement annual
ad agricultural another
adapt ah answer
add ahead anticipate
addition aid anxiety
additional aide any
address AIDS anybody
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
anymore ask back
anyone asleep background
anything aspect bad
anyway assault badly
anywhere assert bag
apart assess bake
apartment assessment balance
apparent asset ball
apparently assign ban
appeal assignment band
appear assist bank
appearance assistance bar
apple assistant barely
application associate barrel
apply association barrier
appoint assume base
appointment assumption baseball
appreciate assure basic
approach at basically
appropriate athlete basis
approval athletic basket
approve atmosphere basketball
approximately attach bathroom
Arab attack battery
architect attempt battle
area attend be
argue attention beach
argument attitude bean
arise attorney bear
arm attract beat
armed attractive beautiful
army attribute beauty
around audience because
arrange author become
arrangement authority bed
arrest auto bedroom
arrival available beer
arrive average before
art avoid begin
article award beginning
artist aware behavior
artistic awareness behind
as away being
Asian awful belief
aside baby believe
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
bell boot bus
belong border business
below born busy
belt borrow but
bench boss butter
bend both button
beneath bother buy
benefit bottle buyer
beside bottom by
besides boundary cabin
best bowl cabinet
bet box cable
better boy cake
between boyfriend calculate
beyond brain call
Bible branch camera
big brand camp
bike bread campaign
bill break campus
billion breakfast can
bind breast Canadian
biological breath cancer
bird breathe candidate
birth brick cap
birthday bridge capability
bit brief capable
bite briefly capacity
black bright capital
blade brilliant captain
blame bring capture
blanket British car
blind broad carbon
block broken card
blood brother care
blow brown career
blue brush careful
board buck carefully
boat budget carrier
body build carry
bomb building case
bombing bullet cash
bond bunch cast
bone burden cat
book burn catch
boom bury category
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
Catholic chip cognitive
cause chocolate cold
ceiling choice collapse
celebrate cholesterol colleague
celebration choose collect
celebrity Christian collection
cell Christmas collective
center church college
central cigarette colonial
century circle color
CEO circumstance column
ceremony cite combination
certain citizen combine
certainly city come
chain civil comedy
chair civilian comfort
chairman claim comfortable
challenge class command
chamber classic commander
champion classroom comment
championship clean commercial
chance clear commission
change clearly commit
changing client commitment
channel climate committee
chapter climb common
character clinic communicate
characteristic clinical communication
characterize clock community
charge close company
charity closely compare
chart closer comparison
chase clothes compete
cheap clothing competition
check cloud competitive
cheek club competitor
cheese clue complain
chef cluster complaint
chemical coach complete
chest coal completely
chicken coalition complex
chief coast complicated
child coat component
childhood code compose
Chinese coffee composition
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
comprehensive container couple
computer contemporary courage
concentrate content course
concentration contest court
concept context cousin
concern continue cover
concerned continued coverage
concert contract cow
conclude contrast crack
conclusion contribute craft
concrete contribution crash
condition control crazy
conduct controversial cream
conference controversy create
confidence convention creation
confident conventional creative
confirm conversation creature
conflict convert credit
confront conviction crew
confusion convince crime
Congress cook criminal
congressional cookie crisis
connect cooking criteria
connection cool critic
consciousness cooperation critical
consensus cop criticism
consequence cope criticize
conservative copy crop
consider core cross
considerable corn crowd
consideration corner crucial
consist corporate cry
consistent corporation cultural
constant correct culture
constantly correspondent cup
constitute cost curious
constitutional cotton current
construct couch currently
construction could curriculum
consultant council custom
consume counselor customer
consumer count cut
consumption counter cycle
contact country dad
contain county daily
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
damage demonstrate dining
dance demonstration dinner
danger deny direct
dangerous department direction
dare depend directly
dark dependent director
darkness depending dirt
data depict dirty
date depression disability
daughter depth disagree
day deputy disappear
dead derive disaster
deal describe discipline
dealer description discourse
dear desert discover
death deserve discovery
debate design discrimination
debt designer discuss
decade desire discussion
decide desk disease
decision desperate dish
deck despite dismiss
declare destroy disorder
decline destruction display
decrease detail dispute
deep detailed distance
deeply detect distant
deer determine distinct
defeat develop distinction
defend developing distinguish
defendant development distribute
defense device distribution
defensive devote district
deficit dialogue diverse
define die diversity
definitely diet divide
definition differ division
degree difference divorce
delay different DNA
deliver differently do
delivery difficult doctor
demand difficulty document
democracy dig dog
Democrat digital domestic
democratic dimension dominant
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
dominate editor energy
door educate enforcement
double education engage
doubt educational engine
down educator engineer
downtown effect engineering
dozen effective English
draft effectively enhance
drag efficiency enjoy
drama efficient enormous
dramatic effort enough
dramatically egg ensure
draw eight enter
drawing either enterprise
dream elderly entertainment
dress elect entire
drink election entirely
drive electric entrance
driver electricity entry
drop electronic environment
drug element environmental
dry elementary episode
due eliminate equal
during elite equally
dust else equipment
duty elsewhere era
each e-mail error
eager embrace escape
ear emerge especially
early emergency essay
earn emission essential
earnings emotion essentially
earth emotional establish
ease emphasis establishment
easily emphasize estate
east employ estimate
eastern employee etc
easy employer ethics
eat employment ethnic
economic empty European
economics enable evaluate
economist encounter evaluation
economy encourage even
edge end evening
edition enemy event
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
eventually express federal
ever expression fee
every extend feed
everybody extension feel
everyday extensive feeling
everyone extent fellow
everything external female
everywhere extra fence
evidence extraordinary few
evolution extreme fewer
evolve extremely fiber
exact eye fiction
exactly fabric field
examination face fifteen
examine facility fifth
example fact fifty
exceed factor fight
excellent factory fighter
except faculty fighting
exception fade figure
exchange fail file
exciting failure fill
executive fair film
exercise fairly final
exhibit faith finally
exhibition fall finance
exist false financial
existence familiar find
existing family finding
expand famous fine
expansion fan finger
expect fantasy finish
expectation far fire
expense farm firm
expensive farmer first
experience fashion fish
experiment fast fishing
expert fat fit
explain fate fitness
explanation father five
explode fault fix
explore favor flag
explosion favorite flame
expose fear flat
exposure feature flavor
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
flee friendly get
flesh friendship ghost
flight from giant
float front gift
floor fruit gifted
flow frustration girl
flower fuel girlfriend
fly full give
focus fully given
folk fun glad
follow function glance
following fund glass
food fundamental global
foot funding glove
football funeral go
for funny goal
force furniture God
foreign furthermore gold
forest future golden
forever gain golf
forget galaxy good
form gallery government
formal game governor
formation gang grab
former gap grade
formula garage gradually
forth garden graduate
fortune garlic grain
forward gas grand
found gate grandfather
foundation gather grandmother
founder gay grant
four gaze grass
fourth gear grave
frame gender gray
framework gene great
free general greatest
freedom generally green
freeze generate grocery
French generation ground
frequency genetic group
frequent gentleman grow
frequently gently growing
fresh German growth
friend gesture guarantee
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
guard here huge
guess heritage human
guest hero humor
guide herself hundred
guideline hey hungry
guilty hi hunter
gun hide hunting
guy high hurt
habit highlight husband
habitat highly hypothesis
hair highway I
half hill ice
hall him idea
hand himself ideal
handful hip identification
handle hire identify
hang his identity
happen historian ie
happy historic if
hard historical ignore
hardly history ill
hat hit illegal
hate hold illness
have hole illustrate
he holiday image
head holy imagination
headline home imagine
headquarters homeless immediate
health honest immediately
healthy honey immigrant
hear honor immigration
hearing hope impact
heart horizon implement
heat horror implication
heaven horse imply
heavily hospital importance
heavy host important
heel hot impose
height hotel impossible
helicopter hour impress
hell house impression
hello household impressive
help housing improve
helpful how improvement
her however in
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
incentive instructor itself
incident instrument jacket
include insurance jail
including intellectual Japanese
income intelligence jet
incorporate intend Jew
increase intense Jewish
increased intensity job
increasing intention join
increasingly interaction joint
incredible interest joke
indeed interested journal
independence interesting journalist
independent internal journey
index international joy
Indian Internet judge
indicate interpret judgment
indication interpretation juice
individual intervention jump
industrial interview junior
industry into jury
infant introduce just
infection introduction justice
inflation invasion justify
influence invest keep
inform investigate key
information investigation kick
ingredient investigator kid
initial investment kill
initially investor killer
initiative invite killing
injury involve kind
inner involved king
innocent involvement kiss
inquiry Iraqi kitchen
inside Irish knee
insight iron knife
insist Islamic knock
inspire island know
install Israeli knowledge
instance issue lab
instead it label
institution Italian labor
institutional item laboratory
instruction its lack
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
lady letter lover
lake level low
land liberal lower
landscape library luck
language license lucky
lap lie lunch
large life lung
largely lifestyle machine
last lifetime mad
late lift magazine
later light mail
Latin like main
latter likely mainly
laugh limit maintain
launch limitation maintenance
law limited major
lawn line majority
lawsuit link make
lawyer lip maker
lay list makeup
layer listen male
lead literally mall
leader literary man
leadership literature manage
leading little management
leaf live manager
league living manner
lean load manufacturer
learn loan manufacturing
learning local many
least locate map
leather location margin
leave lock mark
left long market
leg long-term marketing
legacy look marriage
legal loose married
legend lose marry
legislation loss mask
legitimate lost mass
lemon lot massive
length lots master
less loud match
lesson love material
let lovely math
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______
WORD LIST
matter miracle muscle
may mirror museum
maybe miss music
mayor missile musical
me mission musician
meal mistake Muslim
mean mix must
meaning mixture mutual
meanwhile mm-hmm my
measure mode myself
measurement model mystery
meat moderate myth
mechanism modern naked
media modest name
medical mom narrative
medication moment narrow
medicine money nation
medium monitor national
meet month native
meeting mood natural
member moon naturally
membership moral nature
memory more near
mental moreover nearby
mention morning nearly
menu mortgage necessarily
mere most necessary
merely mostly neck
mess mother need
message motion negative
metal motivation negotiate
meter motor negotiation
method mount neighbor
Mexican mountain neighborhood
middle mouse neither
might mouth nerve
military move nervous
milk movement net
million movie network
mind Mr never
mine Mrs nevertheless
minister Ms new
minor much newly
minority multiple news
minute murder newspaper
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
next ocean organize
nice odd orientation
night odds origin
nine of original
no off originally
nobody offense other
nod offensive others
noise offer otherwise
nomination office ought
none officer our
nonetheless official ourselves
nor often out
normal oh outcome
normally oil outside
north ok oven
northern okay over
nose old overall
not Olympic overcome
note on overlook
nothing once owe
notice one own
notion ongoing owner
novel onion pace
now online pack
nowhere only package
n't onto page
nuclear open pain
number opening painful
numerous operate paint
nurse operating painter
nut operation painting
object operator pair
objective opinion pale
obligation opponent Palestinian
observation opportunity palm
observe oppose pan
observer opposite panel
obtain opposition pant
obvious option paper
obviously or parent
occasion orange park
occasionally order parking
occupation ordinary part
occupy organic participant
occur organization participate
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
participation persuade point
particular pet pole
particularly phase police
partly phenomenon policy
partner philosophy political
partnership phone politically
party photo politician
pass photograph politics
passage photographer poll
passenger phrase pollution
passion physical pool
past physically poor
patch physician pop
path piano popular
patient pick population
pattern picture porch
pause pie port
pay piece portion
payment pile portrait
PC pilot portray
peace pine pose
peak pink position
peer pipe positive
penalty pitch possess
people place possibility
pepper plan possible
per plane possibly
perceive planet post
percentage planning pot
perception plant potato
perfect plastic potential
perfectly plate potentially
perform platform pound
performance play pour
perhaps player poverty
period please powder
permanent pleasure power
permission plenty powerful
permit plot practical
person plus practice
personal PM pray
personality pocket prayer
personally poem precisely
personnel poet predict
perspective poetry prefer
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
preference professor put
pregnancy profile qualify
pregnant profit quality
preparation program quarter
prepare progress quarterback
prescription project question
presence prominent quick
present promise quickly
presentation promote quiet
preserve prompt quietly
president proof quit
presidential proper quite
press properly quote
pressure property race
pretend proportion racial
pretty proposal radical
prevent propose radio
previous proposed rail
previously prosecutor rain
price prospect raise
pride protect range
priest protection rank
primarily protein rapid
primary protest rapidly
prime proud rare
principal prove rarely
principle provide rate
print provider rather
prior province rating
priority provision ratio
prison psychological raw
prisoner psychologist reach
privacy psychology react
private public reaction
probably publication read
problem publicly reader
procedure publish reading
proceed publisher ready
process pull real
produce punishment reality
producer purchase realize
product pure really
production purpose reason
profession pursue reasonable
professional push recall
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
receive religion result
recent religious retain
recently rely retire
recipe remain retirement
recognition remaining return
recognize remarkable reveal
recommend remember revenue
recommendation remind review
record remote revolution
recording remove rhythm
recover repeat rice
recovery repeatedly rich
recruit replace rid
red reply ride
reduce report rifle
reduction reporter right
refer represent ring
reference representation rise
reflect representative risk
reflection Republican river
reform reputation road
refugee request rock
refuse require role
regard requirement roll
regarding research romantic
regardless researcher roof
regime resemble room
region reservation root
regional resident rope
register resist rose
regular resistance rough
regularly resolution roughly
regulate resolve round
regulation resort route
reinforce resource routine
reject respect row
relate respond rub
relation respondent rule
relationship response run
relative responsibility running
relatively responsible rural
relax rest rush
release restaurant Russian
relevant restore sacred
relief restriction sad
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
safe sector sheet
safety secure shelf
sake security shell
salad see shelter
salary seed shift
sale seek shine
sales seem ship
salt segment shirt
same seize shit
sample select shock
sanction selection shoe
sand self shoot
satellite sell shooting
satisfaction Senate shop
satisfy senator shopping
sauce send shore
save senior short
saving sense shortly
say sensitive shot
scale sentence should
scandal separate shoulder
scared sequence shout
scenario series show
scene serious shower
schedule seriously shrug
scheme serve shut
scholar service sick
scholarship session side
school set sigh
science setting sight
scientific settle sign
scientist settlement signal
scope seven significance
score several significant
scream severe significantly
screen sex silence
script sexual silent
sea shade silver
search shadow similar
season shake similarly
seat shall simple
second shape simply
secret share sin
secretary sharp since
section she sing
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
singer somebody stable
single somehow staff
sink someone stage
sir something stair
sister sometimes stake
sit somewhat stand
site somewhere standard
situation son standing
six song star
size soon stare
ski sophisticated start
skill sorry state
skin sort statement
sky soul station
slave sound statistics
sleep soup status
slice source stay
slide south steady
slight southern steal
slightly Soviet steel
slip space step
slow Spanish stick
slowly speak still
small speaker stir
smart special stock
smell specialist stomach
smile species stone
smoke specific stop
smooth specifically storage
snap speech store
snow speed storm
so spend story
so-called spending straight
soccer spin strange
social spirit stranger
society spiritual strategic
soft split strategy
software spokesman stream
soil sport street
solar spot strength
soldier spread strengthen
solid spring stress
solution square stretch
solve squeeze strike
some stability string
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
strip surgery technical
stroke surprise technique
strong surprised technology
strongly surprising teen
structure surprisingly teenager
struggle surround telephone
student survey telescope
studio survival television
study survive tell
stuff survivor temperature
stupid suspect temporary
style sustain ten
subject swear tend
submit sweep tendency
subsequent sweet tennis
substance swim tension
substantial swing tent
succeed switch term
success symbol terms
successful symptom terrible
successfully system territory
such table terror
sudden tablespoon terrorism
suddenly tactic terrorist
sue tail test
suffer take testify
sufficient tale testimony
sugar talent testing
suggest talk text
suggestion tall than
suicide tank thank
suit tap thanks
summer tape that
summit target the
sun task theater
super taste their
supply tax them
support taxpayer theme
supporter tea themselves
suppose teach then
supposed teacher theory
Supreme teaching therapy
sure team there
surely tear therefore
surface teaspoon these
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
they topic truly
thick toss trust
thin total truth
thing totally try
think touch tube
thinking tough tunnel
third tour turn
thirty tourist TV
this tournament twelve
those toward twenty
though towards twice
thought tower twin
thousand town two
threat toy type
threaten trace typical
three track typically
throat trade ugly
through tradition ultimate
throughout traditional ultimately
throw traffic unable
thus tragedy uncle
ticket trail under
tie train undergo
tight training understand
time transfer understanding
tiny transform unfortunately
tip transformation uniform
tire transition union
tired translate unique
tissue transportation unit
title travel United
to treat universal
tobacco treatment universe
today treaty university
toe tree unknown
together tremendous unless
tomato trend unlike
tomorrow trial unlikely
tone tribe until
tongue trick unusual
tonight trip up
too troop upon
tool trouble upper
tooth truck urban
top true urge
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Level 11- Oral Communication Score: ______

WORD LIST
us vital whatever
use voice wheel
used volume when
useful volunteer whenever
user vote where
usual voter whereas
usually vs whether
utility vulnerable which
vacation wage while
valley wait whisper
valuable wake white
value walk who
variable wall whole
variation wander whom
variety want whose
various war why
vary warm wide
vast warn widely
vegetable warning widespread
vehicle wash wife
venture waste wild
version watch will
versus water willing
very wave win
vessel way wind
veteran we window
via weak wine
victim wealth wing
victory wealthy winner
video weapon winter
view wear wipe
viewer weather wire
village wedding wisdom
violate week wise
violation weekend wish
violence weekly with
violent weigh withdraw
virtually weight within
virtue welcome without
virus welfare witness
visible well woman
vision west wonder
visit western wonderful
visitor wet wood
visual what wooden
word wound yes
work wrap yesterday
worker write yet
working writer yield
works writing you
workshop wrong young
world yard your
worried yeah yours
worry year yourself
worth yell youth
would yellow zone