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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| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
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| 421 | memorable | adjective StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action. | pamiętny | Our visit to the volcano was a memorable experience. |
| 422 | constant | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: constant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. stały 2. stała | Water volume was a constant in every trial. |
| 423 | organ | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: organ is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. organ 2. narząd | The heart is an organ that pumps blood. |
| 424 | encouraging | adjective StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: encouraging is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | zachęcający | The coach's encouraging words helped the team recover. |
| 425 | audience | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | 1. widownia 2. publika 3. audytorium | The writer defines technical terms because the audience includes beginners. |
| 426 | solar | adjective StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: solar is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. słoneczny 2. solarny | A solar cooker concentrates sunlight to heat food. |
| 427 | composition | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | skład | The photograph's composition draws attention to the child in the doorway. |
| 428 | combine | verb StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: combine is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | kombinat | We combine flour and water to make the dough. |
| 429 | innovation | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | innowacja | The lightweight battery was an important innovation. |
| 430 | database | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: database is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. baza danych 2. bank danych | The library database lets readers find books by subject. |
| 431 | proportion | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | proporcja | We used a proportion to find the missing map distance. |
| 432 | alternate | verb StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: alternate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. naprzemienny 2. alternować | We alternate between reading silently and discussing the chapter. |
| 433 | conclude | verb StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: conclude is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | decydować | From the muddy tracks, we conclude that a deer crossed the path. |
| 434 | approve | verb StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: approve is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. zatwierdzać 2. zatwierdzić | The committee must approve the plan before construction begins. |
| 435 | immense | adjective StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: immense is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. ogromny 2. przeogromny 3. niezmierny | An immense iceberg floated beyond the ship. |
| 436 | platform | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: platform is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. peron 2. platforma | The candidate's platform includes proposals on housing and transportation. |
| 437 | mechanism | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | mechanizm | A spring mechanism closes the door automatically. |
| 438 | earnings | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: earnings is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. zarobek 2. dochód 3. zysk | She saved part of her weekly earnings for a new laptop. |
| 439 | concentration | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | 1. koncentracja 2. stężenie | Evaporation increased the salt concentration in the remaining water. |
| 440 | consequence | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | 1. skutek 2. konsekwencja | One consequence of the drought was a smaller wheat harvest. |
| 441 | adventure | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: adventure is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. przygoda 2. awantura | The adventure follows two friends across an unmapped island. |
| 442 | mutual | adjective StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: mutual is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | wzajemny | The teams treated one another with mutual respect. |
| 443 | elaborate | adjective StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: elaborate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | drobiazgowy | The parade featured an elaborate float covered with paper flowers. |
| 444 | mystery | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: mystery is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | misterium | The mystery provides enough clues for careful readers to identify the thief. |
| 445 | supportive | adjective StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency. | wspierający | Her supportive teammates cheered after every attempt. |
| 446 | median | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: median is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | mediana | The median of three, five, and nine is five. |
| 447 | embarrassed | adjective StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: embarrassed is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | przekładać | Kai felt embarrassed after calling the teacher by the wrong name. |
| 448 | detect | verb StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: detect is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. wykryć 2. wykrywać | The alarm can detect smoke before flames appear. |
| 449 | fiction | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: fiction is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | fikcja | The fiction blends an invented family with an accurately researched setting. |
| 450 | tasty | adjective StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: tasty is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | smakowity | Fresh herbs made the soup tasty. |
| 451 | disclose | verb StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: disclose is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | ujawnić | The label must disclose every ingredient in the snack. |
| 452 | analyze | verb StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: analyze is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. analizować 2. przeanalizować 3. zanalizować | Scientists analyze the water to learn whether it is clean. |
| 453 | unity | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: unity is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. jedność 2. łączność | Repeated images of water give the poem unity. |
| 454 | metallic | adjective StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: metallic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | metalowy | The beetle's wings had a metallic green shine. |
| 455 | institution | noun StudyField: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | instytucja | A court is an institution that applies and interprets law. |
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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.
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.
Sources and curriculum references
These references guide selection and calibration. Definitions, sample sentences, readings, questions, and teaching notes are independently written and reviewed.
- ETS: TOEFL iBT Full-Length Practice Test 1
- ETS: TOEFL iBT Full-Length Practice Test 2
- ETS: TOEIC Listening and Reading Sample Test
- IELTS: Academic Reading Sample Tasks 2023
- Cambridge IGCSE First Language English 0500/01 2027 Specimen Paper
- Cambridge IGCSE First Language English 0500/01 2027 Specimen Insert
- Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language 0510/01 2019 Specimen Paper
- WikDict downloadable bilingual dictionaries
- Kaikki.org / Wiktextract machine-readable Wiktionary data
- Language-Learning-decks public flashcard datasets
- SBBIC English-to-Khmer Dictionary
- English–Khmer Dictionary Dataset (machine-generated Khmer fallback; human review required)
- PanLex meanings snapshot (direct CC0 gap candidates; human review required)
- Cambridge bilingual dictionaries (individual editorial sense checks)
- Collins English–Hindi Dictionary (individual editorial checks)
- Hindwi and Rekhta dictionaries (individual Hindi/Urdu checks)
- National Institute of Korean Language: Basic Korean Dictionary
- JMdict/EDRDG Japanese dictionary project
- CC-CEDICT Chinese dictionary project
- VDict Vietnamese Dictionary (individual editorial check)
- Google Translate (machine-assisted lesson-reading draft; fluent review required)
- Kuperman et al.: Age-of-acquisition ratings for 30,000 English words