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 1296–1330 of 1600
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
1296	encryption	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	kryptering	The messaging service uses encryption to protect private conversations.
1297	dissent	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: dissent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	dissensus	The judge wrote a dissent explaining why she opposed the ruling.
1298	asteroid	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: asteroid is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	asteroid	The probe photographed an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter.
1299	sparse	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: sparse is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	gles	Only sparse grass grew on the dry hillside.
1300	mischief	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: mischief is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. hyss 2. ofog 3. bus	The puppy's mischief left muddy paw prints across the floor.
1301	astronomer	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: astronomer is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	astronom	The astronomer observed a distant comet.
1302	binary	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: binary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	binär	Computers store many kinds of information in binary form using zeros and ones.
1303	rigid	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: rigid is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. stel 2. styv	A rigid frame keeps the telescope steady.
1304	pyramid	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: pyramid is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	pyramid	The square pyramid has four triangular side faces.
1305	naive	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: naive is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. naiv 2. blåögd 3. oskyldig	It was naive to believe the advertisement without checking its claims.
1306	pun	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: pun is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. ordvits 2. ordlek	The bakery sign's bread joke is a pun.
1307	cumulative	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.	kumulativ	The cumulative rainfall for the month reached twenty centimeters.
1308	senseless	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: senseless is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	meningslös	Damaging the new playground would be a senseless act.
1309	revert	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: revert is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	restituera	Without maintenance, the garden may revert to an overgrown field.
1310	escalate	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: escalate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. eskalera 2. trappa upp	A small disagreement can escalate when no one listens.
1311	provision	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -sion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	bestämmelse	One provision of the contract requires monthly safety reports.
1312	vain	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: vain is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	fåfäng	The vain ruler ordered statues of himself in every square.
1313	potent	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: potent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	mäktig	The concentrated cleaner is potent enough to damage paint.
1314	prosecute	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: prosecute is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. beivra 2. åklaga 3. åtala	The state may prosecute anyone who deliberately poisons the river.
1315	descriptive	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.	deskriptiv	The descriptive paragraph helps readers imagine the crowded market.
1316	ridicule	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: ridicule is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. göra narr av 2. förlöjliga 3. håna	No student should ridicule another person's accent.
1317	perseverance	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	ihärdighet	Solving the complicated puzzle required perseverance.
1318	powerfully	adverb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ly commonly forms an adverb describing how an action occurs.	kraftigt	The river flowed powerfully after the storm.
1319	elimination	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	eliminering	Using elimination, Rae added the equations to remove y.
1320	watershed	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: watershed is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	vattendelare	Pollution anywhere in the watershed can reach the reservoir.
1321	syntax	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: syntax is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. syntax 2. grammatik	Changing the syntax can place more emphasis on the final idea.
1322	suspense	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: suspense is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	spänning	The ticking clock creates suspense during the rescue scene.
1323	subset	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: subset is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	delmängd	The survey examined a subset of the town's households.
1324	hoax	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: hoax is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	bluff	The report of a sea monster proved to be a hoax.
1325	eerie	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: eerie is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	kuslig	An eerie howl echoed through the empty valley.
1326	blunder	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: blunder is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. blunder 2. tabbe 3. tavla	Sending the letter without an address was a blunder.
1327	pursuit	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: pursuit is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	förföljande	Her pursuit of accuracy led her back to the original records.
1328	manuscript	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: manuscript is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. manuskript 2. handskrift	The author sent the completed manuscript to her editor.
1329	prose	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: prose is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	prosa	The author shifts from verse to prose when the formal ceremony ends.
1330	perceive	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: perceive is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. begripa 2. uppfatta 3. förnimma	Bats perceive their surroundings through reflected sound.

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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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