Question Bank Plus (Competitive Examination): VOCABULARY LIST

Friday, April 17, 2020

name (n & v) narrow (adj) nasty (adj) national (adj) nationality (n) natural (adj) nature (n)

• nature studies navy blue (adj)

near (adv, prep & adj) nearby (adj & adv) nearly (adv)

neat (adj) necessary (adj) neck (n) necklace (n)

need (v)

negative (adj) neighbour (n) neighbourhood (n) nephew (n) nervous (adj)

• a nervous person

• to feel nervous net (n)

network (n) never (adv) new (adj) news (n) newspaper (n)

next (adj & adv) next to (prep) nice (adj)

niece (n)

night (n) nightclub (n) nightlife (n) nightmare (n)

no (adv, det & pron) nobody (pron)

noise (n) noisy (adj) none (pron) noon (n)

no one (pron) normal (adj) normally (adv) north (adj, adv & n) northeast (adj & n) northern (adj)

northwest (adj & n)

nose (n) not (adv) note (n & v)

•     to write a note (n)

•     a ten-pound note (n)

•     Please note. (v) notebook (n) notepaper (n) nothing (pron)

notice (n & v)

•    to read a notice (n)

•    until further notice (n)

•    Did you notice anything wrong? (v)

noticeboard (n) novel (n)

now (adv)

nowadays (adv)

nowhere (adv) number (n)

•   numbers 5 to 7

•   a large number of cars

•   What's your (phone) number?

nurse (n)

VOCABULARY LIST - STARTING FROM "N" & "O"

O
object (n) obvious (adj) obviously (adv) occasion (n) occupation (n) ocean (n) o'clock (adv) of (prep) of course (adv) off (adv & prep) • It fell off the table. (prep) • The meeting is off. (adv) • I've got the afternoon off. (adv) offer (n & v) office (n) officer (n) often (adv) oh (exclam) oh dear! (exclam) oil (n) OK I O.K./ okay (adj & exclam) old (adj) old-fashioned (adj) olive (n)	omelette (n) on (adv & prep) on board (prep phr) on business (prep phr) once (adv) · once a year • I once saw him dancing. one (det & pron) on fire (prep phr) on foot (prep phr) on holiday (prep phr) onion (n) online (adv & adj) • to book/buy something online (adv) • an online printer (adj) only (adj & adv) on purpose (prep phr) on request (prep phr) on sale (prep phr) on time (prep phr) onto (prep) open (adj & v) opening hours (n pi) opera (n)	operate (v) operation (n) opinion (n) opportunity (n) opposite (adj, n, prep & adv) option (n) or (conj) orange (adj & n) orchestra (n) order (conj, n & v) • in order to (conj) • to put something in order (n) • to order a meal (v) ordinary (adj) organisation (n) organise (v) original (adj) other (adj, pron & det) otherwise (adv) ought (mv) our (det) ours (pron) ourselves (pron) out (adv) outdoor (adj)

outdoors (adv) out of (prep)

out of date (prep phr) out of order (prep phr) out of work (prep phr) outside (adv,adj & prep) oven (n)

over (adv & prep)

• I'm going over the road. (prep)

• over 40 people (more than) (adv)

• to be over (finished) (adv)

• Several birds were flying over the roof of the school. (prep)

overnight (adj & adv) owe (v)

own (adj, pron & v)

• my own pen (adj)

• on my own (pron)

• to own a car (v) owner (n)

NOTE

Abbreviations used in the Preliminary and Preliminary for Schools Vocabulary List are: