English Vocabulary · Cross-exam Academic English Beta

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This 1,600-word beta set supports learners preparing for TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, and Cambridge IGCSE English. Official specimen papers supply the primary occurrence evidence, so words shared across several programmes rise toward the beginning of the list. Overlap with school-grade, SAT, and GRE vocabulary is intentional because the same academic English serves several learning pathways.

A limited public specimen corpus does not contain 1,600 distinct, reliable teaching headwords. The remaining places therefore bridge from KSSR’s audited Grade 4–9 curricula using general English frequency and a fixed balance of nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. Every row reuses a reviewed meaning, complete example sentence, word-study note, and dictionary-style equivalents in all launch languages. The first release includes five cloze questions per page; reading workshops will be added only after their English passages and translations are separately reviewed.

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Words 1156–1190 of 1600
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
1156	exotic	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: exotic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	unusual because it comes from a distant or unfamiliar place	The greenhouse protects exotic plants from the winter cold.
1157	hazardous	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	involving a serious risk of harm	Workers wear protective clothing around hazardous chemicals.
1158	diplomacy	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: diplomacy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the management of relations between countries through discussion	Diplomacy prevented the border dispute from becoming a war.
1159	analogy	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: analogy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a comparison used to explain how two different things are alike	The teacher used an analogy between the heart and a pump.
1160	ample	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: ample is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	more than enough for a particular need	The wide shelf provides ample space for the collection.
1161	trustworthy	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: trustworthy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	deserving trust because of honest and dependable behavior	A trustworthy guide admits when a route is uncertain.
1162	symmetry	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: symmetry is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a balanced arrangement in which parts match across a line or point	The butterfly's wings show approximate symmetry.
1163	prohibit	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: prohibit is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to officially forbid something	The signs prohibit swimming near the waterfall.
1164	parasite	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: parasite is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	an organism that lives on or inside another organism and takes nutrients from it	A tick is a parasite that feeds on an animal's blood.
1165	nutrient	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: nutrient is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a substance needed for growth and health	Iron is a nutrient that helps blood carry oxygen.
1166	dedicate	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: dedicate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to give time or effort to a purpose	The volunteers dedicate each Saturday to restoring the trail.
1167	quarrel	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: quarrel is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	an angry disagreement	The friends ended their quarrel by listening to each other.
1168	declaration	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	a formal public or official statement	The delegates issued a declaration explaining their decision to seek independence.
1169	slope	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: slope is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the rate at which a line rises or falls compared with horizontal change	The line's slope is two because y rises two units for every unit of x.
1170	persistent	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: persistent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	continuing firmly despite difficulty or delay	Her persistent questions uncovered the accounting error.
1171	elevation	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	height above a reference level, usually sea level	The mountain town has an elevation of two thousand meters.
1172	drought	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: drought is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a long period with unusually little rain	The drought lowered reservoirs and damaged crops.
1173	chorus	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: chorus is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a repeated section of a song or a group speaking together in a play	The chorus comments on events that the main characters cannot see.
1174	verification	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	the process of checking accuracy, identity, or truth	Image verification showed that the photograph came from an older event.
1175	delegate	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: delegate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a person chosen to represent others at a meeting	Each school sent a delegate to the youth council.
1176	chronicle	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: chronicle is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a record of events arranged in the order they occurred	The monk's chronicle describes several years of drought.
1177	bland	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: bland is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	lacking a strong flavor or interesting quality	The soup tasted bland until we added herbs.
1178	daycare	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: daycare is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a place or service that looks after children during the day	My little cousin attends daycare near her mother's office.
1179	attentive	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.	carefully listening, watching, or thinking	The attentive audience heard every detail of the speech.
1180	loop	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: loop is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a programming structure that repeats instructions while a condition holds or for a set number of times	The loop processes every item in the list.
1181	interaction	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	an action or influence occurring between two or more people, forces, or systems	The medication can cause a harmful interaction with grapefruit.
1182	heir	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: heir is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a person legally entitled to inherit a position or property	The missing heir returns just before the estate is sold.
1183	biography	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: biography is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the written story of another person's life	The biography traces the scientist's work from childhood experiments to major discoveries.
1184	retrieve	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: retrieve is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to find and bring back something	The dog can retrieve the ball from the shallow pond.
1185	manipulate	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: manipulate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to control something skillfully or influence someone unfairly	The operator can manipulate the robotic arm with a joystick.
1186	invasive	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.	spreading into an area and harming native species or systems	The invasive vine covered trees and blocked sunlight.
1187	hemisphere	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: hemisphere is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	one half of Earth, usually divided north and south or east and west	Australia lies mainly in the Southern Hemisphere.
1188	allegiance	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	loyalty to a person, group, or country	The knight promised allegiance to the new queen.
1189	mimic	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: mimic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to copy someone's actions, voice, or appearance	The parrot can mimic the sound of a ringing phone.
1190	forgiving	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: forgiving is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	willing to stop feeling angry about a mistake	Her forgiving response allowed the friends to begin again.

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1. The greenhouse protects _____ plants from the winter cold.

Answer: exotic

2. A tick is a _____ that feeds on an animal's blood.

Answer: parasite

3. The _____ comments on events that the main characters cannot see.

Answer: chorus

4. The missing _____ returns just before the estate is sold.

Answer: heir

5. Her _____ response allowed the friends to begin again.

Answer: forgiving

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About this cross-exam English set

TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, and Cambridge IGCSE English use different formats, but all require learners to understand precise vocabulary in context. TOEFL and IELTS emphasize academic reading and communication; TOEIC emphasizes workplace and everyday communication; IGCSE English asks students to interpret, analyze, and communicate through school-level texts and tasks. This combined set concentrates on useful language that can transfer across those pathways.

The ordering is evidence-led rather than alphabetical. Words found in official public specimen materials—especially words occurring across more than one programme—receive the strongest ranking. Because a limited specimen corpus cannot provide 1,600 distinct reliable teaching headwords, the remainder is transparently bridged from KSSR’s audited Grade 4–9 vocabulary using general English frequency and a fixed part-of-speech balance. This is an independent study resource, not an official product of any testing organization.

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