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 631–665 of 1600
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
631	underground	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: underground is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The mole dug an underground tunnel.
632	democracy	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Root and suffix focus: -cracy relates to rule or a system of government.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	In a democracy, citizens vote in elections.
633	relation	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The graph shows the relation between rainfall and plant growth.
634	equivalent	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: equivalent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Two quarters are equivalent to one half.
635	involvement	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Parent involvement helped the community garden succeed.
636	succeed	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: succeed is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	With patience and practice, the team can succeed.
637	awkward	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: awkward is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The long package was awkward to carry through the doorway.
638	union	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: union is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Leaders debated how to preserve the union.
639	mature	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: mature is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Green tomatoes mature more quickly in warm sunlight.
640	loss	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: loss is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The shop reported a loss after repairs cost more than monthly sales.
641	circuit	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: circuit is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The bulb lights when the circuit is closed.
642	frequent	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: frequent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Frequent rain keeps the forest floor damp.
643	moral	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: moral is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The fable's moral warns readers not to be greedy.
644	venture	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: venture is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Opening a weekend craft stall was a new venture for Maya.
645	considerable	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Repairing the roof required considerable time and effort.
646	wage	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: wage is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The farm pays each worker an hourly wage.
647	producer	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: producer is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Grass is a producer that uses sunlight to make food.
648	noble	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: noble is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Returning the lost wallet was a noble act.
649	electricity	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The wind turbine generates electricity.
650	permit	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: permit is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Park rules permit bicycles only on marked paths.
651	amateur	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: amateur is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The amateur photographer captured a remarkable rainbow.
652	accidentally	adverb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ly commonly forms an adverb describing how an action occurs.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	I accidentally spilled water on the drawing.
653	association	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The scatter plot suggests a positive association between temperature and ice-cream sales.
654	relevant	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: relevant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Include only relevant details in the summary.
655	medium	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: medium is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Clay was the sculptor's chosen medium.
656	draft	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: draft is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	Her first draft contains strong ideas but needs clearer organization.
657	alliance	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The two nations formed an alliance for mutual defense.
658	resist	verb Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: resist is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The strong roof can resist heavy wind.
659	aside	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: aside is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	In an aside, the actor revealed the villain's secret plan.
660	proud	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: proud is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The volunteers felt proud of the garden they had restored.
661	occasion	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -sion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The family saved the decorated dishes for a special occasion.
662	angle	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: angle is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	A right angle measures ninety degrees.
663	amendment	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The amendment added a new protection to the constitution.
664	physician	noun Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: physician is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	The physician listened carefully to the patient's heartbeat.
665	patient	adjective Study Field: Cross-exam academic and functional English Word study: Base-form focus: patient is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	Reviewed Cantonese equivalent not yet available.	A patient instructor explained the process again.

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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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