Hands across the Oceans

One of the problems that students face when studying English is learning the meanings of phrasal verbs.  You will find useful lists in these websites:

 

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrasals.htm

 

http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blphrasalref3.htm

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/148_phrasalverbs/

 

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/

 

Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs

 

 

1 Introduction

There are many Internet sites that deal with academic word lists. These contain information about some of the most common words used in academic and general English.

 

2 General List

The general service list contains some of the most used words in English. You can print out the list if you click on http://jbauman.com/gsl.html. This list is for general English and includes words that you know already.

 

3 Vocabulary Exercises

If you want exercises that help you learn these words, some can be found in

http://www.uefap.com/vocab/vocfram.htm and http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/%7Ealzsh3/acvocab/exercises.htm.

 

4 Searching for Academic Word Lists

If you need any more, type ‘academic word list’ in a search box, and see what you can find.

 

5 Ogden’s Basic English Word List – Alphabetic 850.

Ogden’s list contains 850 of the most common English words. Try to learn them.

http://ogden.basic-english.org/wordalph.html

 

6 Lextutor List

Another useful list can be found in http://www.lextutor.ca/lists_download/1000_families.txt.

 

7 Massey University List with Headwords

The Massey University list can be found on http://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/headwords.shtml.

 

8 Selecting Vocabulary: Academic Word List

Academic Word List Coxhead (2000). The most frequent word in each family is in italics. There are 570 headwords and about 3000 words altogether. For more information see The Academic Word List. http://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/. For more practice see the Compleat Lexical Tutor. http://www.lextutor.ca/lists_learn/

 

9 Specific Vocabulary

As well as knowing the frequent general words and the general academic words, there are two other types of words you need to know. You also need to know some of the less frequent words used in English and it is also necessary to know the specific words for your subject.

You will find academic lists for:

Environmental science
Business
Science & technology
Music
Health science
Computer science
Mathematics

in http://www.uefap.com/vocab/select/sp_law.htm.

 

10 More Links and Lists

More lists can be found in the following websites:

http://www.lextutor.ca/lists_download/

http://www.lextutor.ca/lists_download/1000_heads.txt

Introduction:

Please fill in the tables as you come across the words in class. Learn the words as you meet them each day, and review them at the end of each week. One strategy is to take a piece of paper, write the English words on the left, and then write the Arabic on the right. Then cover the English words and write the English on the right, beside the Arabic. Keep doing this until you can remember all the words. If you cannot remember some of them, go back to them the next day, and repeat the procedure. It is also a good idea to write down and learn new words every day. You can add other words that you do not know to the lists.

 

1 Useful links for Roman numerals:

http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html

 

2 Bibliography:

A) Glossary for Science, form 1 to form 3, by Noraini Binti Abdullah, Sarah a/p M. Ganasegeram, et al. Sasbadi Sdn. Bhd.

 

B) Syllabi for Science, form 1 – 2002, form 2 – 2002, form 3 – 2003.

CDC, Ministry of Education.

 

C) Textbooks – Form 1, 2002, form 2, 2003, form 3, 2004.

A

Abbreviation

Ability

Abdomen

To absorb

Absorption

Accident

Accumulator

Acid

Acidic

Acid rain

To act

Action

Active

Adolescence

Adulthood

Advantage

Aeration

Aerosol

To affect

Age

Agent

Agglutination

Agricultural waste

Agriculture

Air

Air pollutants

Air pollution

Air pressure

Air sac

Air ventilation

Alcohol

Alga (ae)

Alimentary canal

Alkali

Alkaline

Alternating current (a.c.)

Alum

Alveolus (i)

Amino acid

Ammeter

Ammonia

Amniotic fluid

Amoeba

Ampere (A.) (Amp)

Amphibian

Amphibious

Amylase

Anaemia

Analogy

To analyse

Anhydrous

Anhydrous calcium chloride

Animal

Anode

Anther

Aorta

Apparatus

To appear

Appearance

Appendix (ices)

Appliance

Application

To apply

To appreciate

Appropriate

Aquatic

Aqueous humour

Aqueous solution

Area

To arise

To arrange

Arrangement

Artery

Asexual

Asexual reproduction

Asteroid

Astigmatism

Asthma

Astronaut

Astronomy

Atmosphere

Atmospheric pressure

Atom

Atrium (ia)

Auditory nerve

Aurora (ae)

Axis (es)

 

 

B

Back and forth

Bacterium (ia)

To balance

Balanced diet

Balanced ecosystem

Ballast

Ballast tank

Ball bearing

Barrier method

Base

Beached whale

Beaker

Beam balance

Belief

To believe

Benedict’s solution

Benefit

Beriberi

Bicarbonate

Bicarbonate indicator

Big Bang theory

Bile

Bimetallic strip

Binary

Binary fusion

Biodiversity

Biogas

Biological control

Biology

Biomass

Bird

Birth control

Bitter

Bitumen

Bladder

Black box

Black hole

Blind

Blind spot

To block

Blockage

Blood

Blood circulatory system

Blood clotting

Blood donation

Blood group

Bloodstream

Blood transfusion

Blood vessel

To boil

Boiling

Boiling point

Boiling tube

Bourdon gauge

Brain

To brainstorm

To breathe

Breeze

Bridge

Bright (ness)

Brittle

Bronchi

Bronchiole

Bronchitis

Bronchus

Brownian movement

To bud

To build

Building

Bulb

Bunsen burner

Buoyancy

Buoyant force

Burette

To burn

Buttress root

 

 

C

Calcite

Calcium

Calcium carbonate

Calcium hydroxide

Calcium oxide

Calcium silicate

Calipers

Calorie

Calorific value

Cancer

Candle

Capillary

Carbohydrate

Carbon

Carbonate

Carbon cycle

Carbon dioxide

Carbon monoxide

Carcinogen

Career

Cassiterite

Catalyst

Cathode

Cavity

Cell

Cell membrane

Cell organization

Cell respiration

Cell specialization

Cellulose

Cell wall

Centre

Centre of gravity

Ceramic

Cervix

CFC

Chalk

Chamber

To change

Character

Characteristic

Charcoal

Charge

Cheek

Chemical

Chemical energy

Chemical reaction

Childhood

Chitin

Chlorination

Chlorine

Chlorofluorocarbon

Chlorophyll

Chloroplast

Cholera

Chromosome

Chromosphere

Chyme

Circuit

Circuit-breaker

Circuit symbol

To circulate

Circulation

Circulatory

Clasping roots

Classification

Classify

Climate

Climate change

To close

Closed circuit

To coagulate

Coagulation

Coal

Cobalt chloride paper

Cochlea

Code

Coil

Cold

Cold-blooded

Cold receptor

To collide

Colour

Combustion

Comfortable

Commensalism

Community

Compass

Compatible

Compatibility

To compete

Competition

Complete

Complex

Component

To compose

Composition

Compound

Concave lens

To concentrate

Concentrated solution

Concept

Concept map

Condensation

To condense

Condenser

To conduct

Conduction

Conductivity

Conductor

Cone

Conical flask

Conservation

To conserve

Constant

Constellation

Constipation

To construct

Construction

To consume

Consumer

To contact

To contract

Contraction

To control

Convection

To convert

Convex lens

To convey

Conveyor belt

Copper

Core

Corm

Cornea

Corona

Corresponding symbol

To correspond to

Corrosive

Cortex

Cost

Cotyledon

Crippled

Cross-pollination

Crucible

Crust

Crutches

Culture

Culture medium

Current

To curve

Curved

Cuticle

Cycle

Cyclical

Cylinder

Cylindrical

Cytoplasm

 

 

D

Daily

Danger

Dark

Day

To decay

To decompose

Decomposer

To decrease

Defect

To define

Definition

Deforestation

Deformity

Dense

Density

Dentist

Deoxygenated blood

Dermis

Desalination

To describe

To design

To determine

To develop

Development

Dialysis

Dialysis machine

Diaphragm

Dicotyledon

Diesel

To differ

Difference

Different

To diffuse

Diffusion

To digest

Digestion

Digestive system

To dilute

Direct

Direct current

Disadvantage

To discharge

Discrete

To discuss

Dish

Dispersal

To disperse

To displace

Displacement

To disprove

To dissolve

Distance

To distil

Distillate

Distillation

Distilled water

To distribute

Distribution

Diversity

Domestic

Domestic use

Domestic waste

Double

Double circulatory system

To drop

Dropper

Dry

Dry cell

Dry ice

Duct

Ductile

Dull

Duodenum

Dust

Dwarf

Dwarf star

Dynamo

 

 

E

Ear

Ear canal

Eardrum

Earth

To earth

Earthenware

Earth leakage circuit breaker

Earth wire

Earthworm

Eating habit

Echo

Ecology

Ecosystem

Education

Educator

Effect

Effective

Efficiency

Efficient

Effort

Electric

Electric circuit

Electric current

Electric metre

Electric power

Electric shock

Electrical

Electrical charge

Electrical energy

Electricity

Electrode

Electrolysis

Electrolyte

Electromagnet

Electromagnetism

Electron

Electronic balance

Electroscope

Electrostatic force

Electrostatics

Element

Ellipsis

Elliptical

Embryo

Emotion

Emotional

Emphysema

Emulsion

To endanger

Endangered species

Endocrine system

Endoskeleton

Endosperm

Energy

Energy change

Energy converter

Energy efficiency

Environment

Enzyme

Epidermis

Epiphyte

Epithelial cell

Epithelial tissue

Equal

Equation

Equilibrium

To erect

To err

Error

To estimate

Estimation

Ethanol

Euglena

Eustachian tube

To evaporate

Evaporating dish

Evaporation

Example

Excessive

To excrete

Excretion

Excretory organ

Excretory system

Exhalation

To exhale

To exist

Existence

Exoskeleton

To expand

Expansion

To explain

Explanation

To explode

Exploration

To explore

Explosion

Explosive

External

External calipers

Extinct

Extinction

Eye

 

 

F

Fat

Fatty acid

Fauna

Feather

Female

Female gamete

Female reproductive system

Fern

Fertile

Fertile phase

To fertilise

Fertilisation

Fertiliser

Fibre

Fibrous

Field

Filament

To filter

Filter funnel

Filter paper

Filtrate

Filtration

Fin

Fire

Fire alarm

First class

Fish

Fission

Flagellum

Flame

Flammable

Flare

Flask

Flat

Flat-bottomed

To float

Flora

To flow

To flower

Fluid

Fluoride

Foetus

Food

Food chain

Food guide pyramid

Food tests

Food web

Food wrapper

Force

Forest

To form

Formation

Fossil

Fossil fuel

Fraction

Fractional distillation

To freeze

Freezing point

Friction

Frictional force

Fuel

Fulcrum

Fume

Function

To function

Fungus

Funnel

Fuse

Fuse box

Fusion

 

 

G

Galaxy (ies)

Galena

Gall bladder

Galvanometer

Gamete

Garbage

Gas

Gas jar

Gastric

Gastric juice

Gas turbine

To generate

Generation

Generator

Geothermal

Geotropism

General

To germinate

Germination

Gestation

Gestation period

Giant

Giant star

Gill

To give out

Gland

Global

Global warming

Globe

To glow

Glucose

Glycerol

Goitre

Gold

Graphite

Gravitational

Gravitational force

Gravity

Greenhouse

Greenhouse effect

Grid

Ground

Groundwater

To grow

Growth

Growth curve

Growth rate

To guard

Guard cell

Gut

 

 

H

Habit

Habitat

Haematologist

Haemoglobin

To handle

Hard

Hardness

Hazard

Haze

Heart

Heartbeat

Heat

Heat flow

Heat receptor

Height

Helium (He)

Herbaceous plant

Heterogeneous

High

Highland

Hilum

To hold

Holder

Homogeneous

Hormonal

Hormone

Host

Hot

Hovercraft

Human

Human being

Humid

Humidity

Hydra

Hydrocarbon

Hydrochloric acid

Hydroelectric

Hydrogen

Hydrostatic

Hydrostatic skeleton

Hydrotropism

Hygiene

Hypothesis (es)

 

 

I

Ice

To identify

Illusion

To implant

Implantation

Inability

Inactive

To increase

Infer

Inference

To investigate

Investigation

To involve

Image

Immunity

Implantation

Importance

Important

To improve

Impure

Impurity

Inappropriate

Incompatible

Incompatibility

Incomplete

To indicate

Indicator

Indigenous

Industrial

Industry

Inert

Inert gas

Infancy

Infant

To infect

Infection

To infer

Inference

Inhalation

To inhale

Innovative

Inorganic

Insect

Insoluble

To insulate

Insulator

To interact

Interaction

Intercostal muscle

Interdependence

Interdependent

Internal

International

Intestinal

Intestine

Intrauterine

IUCD

Invertebrate

To investigate

Investigation

In vitro fertilization

Iodine

Ion

Ionic

Iris

Iron (Fe)

Irregular

To irrigate

Irrigation

Irritant

To irritate

 

 

J

Jade

Joule (J)

 

 

 

K

Kelvin (K)

Kerosene

Kidney

Kilogram (Kg)

Kilowatt (Kw)

Kinetic

Kinetic energy (KE)

Kinetic theory

To know

 

 

L

Laboratory (lab)

Ladder

Land

Large

Lead (Pb)

Leaded petrol

Length

Lens

Lever

Lever balance

Life

Light

Lightning

Lightning conductor

Light year

Limestone

Limewater

To limit

Limitation

Lipase

To liquefy

Liquefied gas

Liquid

Litmus paper

To live

Liver

Live wire

Load

Long

Long-sighted (ness)

Lubricant

To lubricate

Lumen

Luminous

Luminous flame

Lung

Lung cancer

Lymph

Lymphatic

 

 

M

Machine

Magnet

Magnetic

Magnetic field

Magnetic force

Magnetism

To magnetise

Magnitude

Main

Mains

Main switch

Malachite

Male

Male gamete

Malleable

Mammal

To manage

Management

To manipulate

Marble

Mass

Matter

To mean

Meaning

To measure

Measurement

Measuring cylinder

Mechanism

Medium

Medulla

To melt

Melting point

Mercury (Hg)

Metal

Metallic

Metal sulphide

Meteor

Meteorite

Meteoroid

Method

Methylene base solution

Metre

Metric

Mica

Micro-organism

Micropyle

Microscope

Microscopic

Milky Way

Milton’s reagent

Mineral

Miniature

Miniature circuit breaker (MCB)

To mix

Mixture

Moh’s scale

Molecule

Molecular

Moment

Monocotyledon

Monocular vision

To move

Movement

Multi-cellular

Muscle

Mutualism

 

 

N

Naphtha

Nasal

Nasal cavity

National

National grid network

Natural

Natural gas

Natural method

Nature

Nebula (ae)

Nectar

To need

Needy

Nerve

Nerve cell

Nerves

Nervous

Nervous system

Network

Neutral

Neutralisation

Neutron star

Newton (N)

Nicotine

Night

Night blindness

Nitrogen

Nitrogenous

Non-flowering

Non-luminous

Non-metal

Non-renewable

Nose

Nuclear

Nucleus (ei)

Nutrient

Nutrition

Nutritious

 

 

O

Object

Objective

Objective lens

Observation

To observe

To occupy

Oesophagus

Ohm

Ohm’s law

Old

Old age

Onion

Open

Open circuit

Operation

Operational

Optical

Optical fibre

Optical illusion

Optic nerve

Ore

Organ

Organic

Organic matter

Organic solvent

Organisation

Organism

To organise

Ossicles

To oscillate

Oscillation

Oval

Ovary

To over-fish

To overuse

Oviduct

To ovulate

Ovulation

Ovule

Ovum (ova)

Oxide

Oxygen (O)

Oxygenated

Oxygen cycle

Oxyhaemoglobin

Ozone

Ozone layer

 

 

P

Pain

Pain receptor

Pancreas

Pancreatic

Pancreatic juice

Paraffin

Parallel

Parallel circuit

Parasite

Parasitism

Part

Particle

Pascal (Pa)

Pelvis

Pendulum

Pericarp

Period

Periscope

Peristalsis

Permanent

Perpendicular

Personal

Pest

Pesticide

Petal

Petri dish

Petroleum

Petroleum fraction

Pharmacist

Phenomenon (a)

Phloem

Photoreceptor

Photosphere

Photosynthesis

Phototropism

Photovoltaic

pH value

Physical

Physical quantity

Physics

Pigment

Pipette

Pistil

Pivot

Placenta

Plant

Plasma

Platelet

Plug

Plumule

Point

Poison

Poisonous

Pollen

Pollen grain

Pollen tube

To pollinate

Pollinating agent

Pollination

Pollutant

To pollute

Pollution

Polythene

Population

Porcelain

Pore

Posture

Potassium

Potassium permanganate

Potential

Potential energy (PE)

Power

Power rating

Precaution

Precipitate

Predator

To predict

Prefix

Pregnancy

Prenatal care

To prepare

To preserve

Preservation

Pressure

Pressure receptor

To prevent

Prey

Prey-predator

Prickle

Primary

Primary coil

Principle

Problem

Process

To process

To produce

Producer

Product

Professional

Prominence

Property

Prop root

Prostate gland

Protease

Protein

Protoplasm

Puberty

To pull

Pulmonary artery

Pulmonary vein

Pupil

Pure

Purification

To purify

Purity

To push

Pyramid

Pyramid of numbers

 

 

Q

Quality

Quantity

Quartz

Quicklime

 

 

R

Radiation

Radical

Radioactive

Raft

Rainforest

Random

Rapid

Rate

To reabsorb

Re-absorption

To react

Reaction

Reagent

To realize

To recall

To receive

Receptor

Recipient

Rectum

To recycle

Red

Red blood cell

Red giant

To refer

Reference

To reflect

Reflection

Refraction

Refraction of sound

Regenerate

To regeneration

Regular

To regulate

Related to

Relationship

Religion

Religious

To remind

Remote

Remote sensing

To renew

Renewable

To reproduce

Reproduction

Reproductive system

Reptile

Reservation

To reserve

Residue

To resist

Resistance

Resistor

Resource

Respiration

Respiratory mechanism

Respiratory system

To respond

Response

Retina

Retort stand

Rheostat

Rhizome

Rib cage

Rickets

Right

Right-hand

Right-hand grip rule

Role play

To roll

Roller

Room

Room temperature

Root

Root hair

Roughage

To run

Runner

Rust

 

 

S

Safe

Safety

Safety measure

Saliva

Salivary gland

Salt

Salty

Sample

Sanctuary

Satellite

To saturate

Saturated solution

Scale

Scene

Science

Scientific

Scientific investigation

Scientific method

Sclera

Scurvy

Sea

Seabed

Sea breeze

Secondary

Secondary coil

Second-class

Second-class lever

Sediment

Sedimentation

Seed

Seedling

Self

Self-pollination

Sense

Sense of hearing

Sense of sight

Sense of smell

Sense of touch

Sensitivity

Sensory cell

Sensory organ

Sepal

To separate

Separation

Sequence

Sequential

Series

Sewage

Shell

To shine

Shiny

Short

Short circuit

Short-sighted (ness)

Shrub

Sight

Silica

Silicate

Silicon

Silicon dioxide

Silt

Siltation

Silver

Simple

To simulate

Simulation

Single

Single-phase

To sink

Siphon

SI units

Skeletal system

Skeleton

Sketch

Skin

Slaked lime

Slide

Small

Small intestine

Smell

Smell receptor

Sodium (Na)

Sodium hydroxide

Soft

Soil

Soil pollution

Solar

Solar cell

Solar energy

Solar flare

Solar furnace

Solar panel

Solar power station

Solar system

Solar wind

Solid

Solubility

Soluble

Solute

Solution

To solve

Solvent

Soot

Sound

Sound energy

Sour

Source

Space

Spacecraft

Space probe

Space shuttle

Space station

Space telescope

Spare

Species

Specific

Speed

Spiral

Spiral galaxy

Spirogyra

Splint

Spore

Spot

To spray

Spring

Spring balance

Stability

Stable

Stamen

To stand

Standard

Standard resistor

Standard unit

Star

Starch

State

To state

State of matter

Static electricity

Steam

Steam turbine

Steel

Stem

Stem-cutting

Step-down transformer

Step-up transformer

Stereophonic hearing

Stereoscopic vision

Sterile

Sterility

Sterilisation

Stigma

Stilt root

Stimulus (i)

To stir

Stoma

Stomach

Store

Straw

Structure

Style

Sublimation

Substance

Sucker

Sucrose

To suggest

Sulphide

Sulphur

Sulphur dioxide

Sulphuric acid

Sun

Sunspot

Super-giant

Supernova (ae)

To supply

To support

Surface

To surface

To surround

To suspend

Suspension

Suspensory ligament

To sustain

Sustainable

Sweat gland

Sweat pore

Sweet

To swing

To switch

Switch zone

Symbiosis

Symbol

Synthesis

To synthesise

Synthetic

Syphon

Syringe

System

 

 

T

To talk

Tapeworm

Tap root

Tar

To taste

Taste buds

Taste receptor

Technology

Telescope

Temperature

Temporary

Tendril

Tertiary

Test-tube

Theory (ies)

Thermal

Thermal generator

Thermal power station

Thermometer

Thermostat

Thigmotropism

Thing

Third

Third class lever

Thoracic cavity

Thorn

Three-phase wiring

Three-pin plug

Tissue

Tissue culture

Titration

Tongue

Tool

To touch

Touch receptor

Toxic

Toxin

Trachea

To transform

Transformer

Transfusion

Translucent

Transmission

To transmit

Transparent

Transpiration

Transport

Transportation

Triple

Triple beam balance

Tripod

Tripod stand

Tropical

Tropism

Tuber

Turbine

Twin

Twining root

Typhoid

 

 

U

Ultraviolet

Umbilical cord

Uncomfortable

Underprivileged

To understand

Unicellular

Universal

Universal donor

Universal recipient

Universal solvent

Universe

Unleaded

Urea

Urethra

Urinary

Urinary system

Urine

Usage

To use

Uterus

 

 

V

Vacuole

Vacuum

Value

Valve

Vapour

Variable

Variable resistor

Variation

Various

To vary

Vegetative

Vein

Vena cava

Ventricle

Vertebrate

To vibrate

Vibration

Vice versa

Villus (i)

Viscosity

Viscous

Vision

Vitamin

Vitreous

Vitreous humour

Volatile

Volt (V)

Voltage

Voltmeter

Volume

 

 

W

Warm-blooded

Wastage

Waste product

Water

Water catchment area

Water cycle

Water vapour

Watt (W)

Wax

To weigh

Weight

Weight photometer

Wet

Wetlands

Whale

White

White blood cell

White dwarf

To wilt

Wind

To wind

Wind power

Wire

Wire gauze

Womb

Wood

Wooden

Woody

Woody plant

Work

Worm

To wrap

Wreck

 

 

X

Xylem

 

 

Y

Yeast

Yellow

Yellow spot

 

Z

Zero

Zero error

Zone

Zygote