to abandon (a child)
to abandon (leave behind)
to abandon (a car)
to abandon (an attempt)
to abandon (a search)
absence (of thing)
absent (from school)
absent (from work)
absent (from meeting)
to absorb (information, knowledge)
to absorb (water)
to absorb (light)
to absorb (sound)
to be absorbed in
academy
academy (for military, police, etc.)
to accompany, to come with
to acquire (material things)
to acquire (skill, habit)
to acquire (knowledge)
to acquire (a reputation)
to acquire (popularity)
adjective
to adjust (glasses, sunglasses)
to adjust (clothing)
adverb
to advertise
to advertise (in a newspaper)
to advertise (an event)
to advertise (an event, in a newspaper)
to advertise (a job)
to advertise (a job, in a newspaper)
to advise, to counsel [someone to do something]
to advise, to counsel [someone not to do somethinng]
to advise, to counsel [someone to do something, of a specialist]
to advise, to counsel [someone not to do something, of a specialist]
to advise (~ the Obama Administration)
advocate
to aim (try to achieve)
to be aimed at (a demographic)
alleged
to alter (clothing)
anniversary
anniversary (of death)
anniversary (of a wedding)
anxiety
app
to appeal to (this appeals to the teen crowd)
to appeal (make a formal protest)
appeal (formal protest)
appropriate (clothing)
appropriate (action)
appropriate (moment, time)
appropriate (corresponding: draw a line to the ~ box)
appropriate (apt)
to approve (permit)
to approve (consent to)
to approve of, to favor (something)
to approve of, to favor (someone)
article (POS)
to assign (homework)
to assign (a task)
assistance
assistant
assistant (in store)
association
to assure (Joan ~ed Greg that everything would be fine)
atmosphere
to attract (a girlfriend/boyfriend)
to attract (ants, a crowd)
audio
awesome
awkward (moment, time)
awkward (silence, situation)
awkward (movement)
awkward (person)
bang (sound of gun)
bang (sound of explosion)
bare (with my ~ hands)
bare (feet, arms, legs, chest)
bare (head)
bath
beast (wild, violent animal)
explosion, blast
blast (good time)
bond (emotional)
boom (in sales)
boom (in the economy)
boom (in birth rates)
to boost (lift)
to boost (~ the economy)
to boost (~ ratings)
to breed (plants: Tom ~s peppers)
to breed (animals: Mary ~s horses)
brilliant
brilliant (plan)
brilliant (idea)
broad (wide-ranging)
broad (interests)
buck
buddy, pal
bug
bully
bully (at school)
to be/get busted
to buzz (bee)
to buzz (fly)
to buzz (device)
cable
capable
capacity (available space)
capacity (maximum)
cast (actors)
cast (list of actors)
to cast (a vote, ballot)
CEO
ceremony (religious)
ceremony (secular)
chamber
championship (title)
chaos
charm (Julie has plenty of ~)
to cheer
chill
to chill (relax)
cholesterol
to chuckle
to cite
civilian
classic (book, film)
classic (Tom's ~ white T-shirt)
classic (~ example)
clinic
clip (of movie)
clip (of TV show)
clip (of speech)
closely (exactly)
closely (listen, watch, examine)
closely (resemble)
closely (~ related)
closely (in space or time: to follow ~)
to collapse (of building)
to collapse (of roof)
to collapse (of tunnel)
to collapse (of bed, table)
to collapse (of people)
colonel
combat, battle
commander
commission (investigative body)
commitment (dedication)
commonly
to communicate (give information)
to communicate (be in touch)
to compete (in a race)
to compete (~ with Tony)
complaint
complaint (in store)
complex (issue)
complex (plot)
complex (personality)
component, element
component (of substance)
compound
to concentrate
to conclude (end)
to conclude (deduce)
conclusion (end)
conclusion (deduction)
to conduct (a study or survey)
confidence
to confirm (theory, statement, report, story)
to confirm (fears)
to confirm (appointment, date)
conjunction
consent
consequence
constant (repeated: ~ demands)
constant (ever-present: ~ noise, ~ threat, ~ pain)
to consume (consumer products)
container
contraction
contrast
convention (assembly)
convention (on human rights)
core (adj.)
correspondent
costume, outfit (pirate ~)
costume (historical)
coverage (press ~)
to craft
creation (making)
creation (founding)
creation (of the universe)
creation (something created)
crop
to curl
custom, tradition
custom, convention
cycle
cycle (~ of life)
deadly (weapon)
deadly (poison)
deadly (plant, mushroom)
deadly (disease)
debut
to devote, to dedicate (life, career)
to devote, to dedicate (to God)
to dedicate (book, song)
deeply (care ~, feel ~)
deeply (~ concerned)
to defend
to defend (in law)
definition
dental (pertaining to the teeth)
dental (pertaining to dentistry)
deputy
description
description (give a ~ of the suspect)
to detect (discover presence of)
to detect (medically)
to detect (a smell)
to detect (a sound)
to detect (the source of a problem)
to detect (by machine)
determiner
to diagnose
diagnosis
difficulty
digital
dime
dip
to disapprove of (something)
to disapprove of (someone)
to dismiss (the class)
to dismiss (a thought, a theory)
to dismiss (a proposal, a suggestion)
to dismiss (a threat, a danger)
to dismiss (an appeal, case, charge)
dispute (between people)
dispute (between organizations)
dispute (between countries)
to distract (a person)
to distract (attention)
dose
dot
draft (for sports)
dramatic (theatrical)
dramatic (a ~ increase)
to drill (for oil)
duchess
dude
duke
to dump (offload)
to dump (~ed the garbage)
edition
to elect
electronic
electronic (~ voting)
to eliminate (a candidate, a competitor)
to eliminate (a suspect)
to employ (worker)
to employ (staff)
to enable [X to do Y]
encounter
to encounter, to come across
to encounter (~ difficulty)
enforcement (of law)
enforcement (of regulation)
to enhance (value)
to enhance (beauty)
to enhance (chances)
to enhance (performance)
to enhance (quality)
to enhance (intensify)
to enhance (~ his memory)
to ensure, to assure
entry (in dictionary, phone directory, etc.)
entry (in diary)
entry (in contest)
episode
equator
to estimate
evolution
evolution (biological)
to evolve
to evolve (of animals, plants)
exception
to exclaim
exhausted, bushed
existence
expectation (hope)
expectation (belief)
to expose (a crime)
to expose (a criminal)
to expose X to Y
exposure (of crime, criminal)
exposure (being unprotected)
exposure (to new ideas)
external, exterior
external (from the outside)
external (on the surface)
external (foreign)
to fail (John ~ed)
to fail (John's plan ~ed)
to fail (crops, harvest)
to fail (Mark and Jessica's marriage ~ed)
to faint
fancy (pattern)
fancy (clothes)
fancy (hair)
fancy (car)
fancy (restaurant, hotel)
fancy (cake)
fate (what happened to something/someone)
favor (do me a ~)
fee (for entrance)
fee (for doctor, lawyer)
fee (for membership)
fee (for school)
festival (art or music event)
festival (on holy day)
fiber
fiction
fighter (for cause)
finance (campaign ~)
to flash (of a light)
to flee, to run away
to flee (seek safety)
to flip, to toss (a coin)
to flip (pancake, hamburger)
fluid
formula
fortune (money)
fossil
foster child
foster parent
foundation
founder
freak
freaking, bloody
gallery (for displaying art for exhibition)
gallery (for displaying art for sale)
gap (age ~)
gap (between the rich and the poor)
gap (empty space)
to gasp
gaze
to generate (interest, excitement)
to generate (ideas)
to generate (energy)
to generate (heat)
to generate (electricity)
to generate (income, profits)
to generate (jobs)
genius
gentleman
gently, lightly
gesture
to gesture (make a single gesture)
to gesture (repeatedly)
to giggle
to glance
to glare
to glow (the fire ~ed)
to glow (the light ~ed)
to glow (shed light)
grace (of appearance)
grace (of behavior)
grace (of movement)
gradual
to grant (a wish)
to grant (a request)
to grant (permission)
to grant (visa)
gratitude / grateful (for) / ingratiating / - / to ingratiate
to grill
grip
to grip
to groan (in pain)
to groan (with disapproval)
to growl (of animals)
to growl (of people)
to grunt (of animals)
to grunt (of people)
happily (with a happy mood)
happily (cheerfully)
harm
harm (to reputation)
heavily (strongly, to great degree)
helpful (person)
helpful (tool, idea)
highlight
hint (allusion)
hint (protip)
honestly
household (noun)
ideal (adj.)
immediate (~ effect)
immediate (~ consequences)
immediate (concerns, problems, needs)
immigration
to impress
impression (make a good ~)
improvement (in skills)
improvement (in weather)
improvement (in work or school)
improvement (in health)
improvement (in life)
industrial
industrial (city, area)
to infect (a person)
to infect (a wound)
influence (power to influence)
influence (a good/bad ~ on Madison)
influence (the author's influences include . . .)
informed (~ citizen)
informed (~ choice, ~ opinion)
initial
initially, at first
ink (in pen)
ink (for books)
ink (for journals)
to install (machinery)
to install (computer)
to install (bathroom, kitchen)
to install (wires, pipes)
to install (phone)
to install (washing machine)
to install (software)
instant
instant (food)
instant (coffee)
instantly (with verb)
instantly (with adjective)
institute (research or teaching organization)
institute (professional body)
intense (forceful)
intense (~ odor)
intense (~ heat)
intense (~ pain)
intense (~ pleasure)
intense (~ pressure)
intense (~ desire)
intense (~ excitement)
intense (~ feeling)
intense (~ friendship)
intense (~ love)
intense (~ hate)
interaction (of groups, people)
interjection
internal, interior
internal (from the inside)
internal (within country)
to interrupt (a conversation)
to interrupt (a speaker)
introduction, launch (of a product)
introduction (preface)
to investigate (a crime)
investigator (of a crime)
investigator (into a phenomenon)
jerk
jet
joint (elbow, knee, knuckle, etc.)
joint (a ~ effort)
joint (~ responsibility)
joint (~ owner)
journal (academic)
judgment
jungle
killer
kit (set of tools)
kit (set of equipment)
kit (for a model)
lady
landscape (scenery)
landscape (the political ~)
lane (on road)
lap (sit in my ~)
largely
to launch (a missile)
to launch (an attack)
to launch (a business)
to launch (a product, magazine)
to launch (a campaign, show)
to launch (an investigation)
lifetime (time a person is alive)
loan (a stodent ~)
loser (in game/sport)
loser (in election)
loser (I'm a ~, baby, so why don't you kill me?)
to march, to stride
to march (of soldiers)
to march (of protestors)
marine
maximum (adj.)
maximum (noun)
meanwhile
medication
merry Christmas
mild (fever, infection, OCD)
minimum (adj.)
minimum (noun)
mode
mode (of transport)
mode (operating method: I'm in cleaning ~)
to monitor (keep under surveillance)
to monitor (listen in on)
to monitor (check)
Mount, Mt.
to munch on
to mutter (complain quietly)
mystery (puzzle)
narrow (in range)
narrow (interests)
narrow (majority, victory)
not necessarily
newly
newly (~ married)
newly (~ shaven)
newly (~ painted)
nickel
noun
numerous
observation (act of noticing)
odd
officer (in military)
officer (in local government)
opposition (party not in power)
order (opposite of chaos)
organ
organic
originally
ounce
outfit, suit
overall (best ~)
- / overwhelmed (by) / overwhelming / - / to overwhelm
pace (of walking)
pace (of change, life)
palace
pan, saucepan
panel
panel (of experts)
panic / panicky / - / to panic / -
particularly (not a ~ good actor)
particularly, specifically
to pat
patch (a ~ of grass)
payment (act of paying)
payment (of debt)
payment (sum)
peaceful
peaceful (person)
peaceful (nation)
peak (on graphs)
peak (in unemployment)
peak (of popularity, power)
penny
perfectly (it fits ~)
perfectly (Ariana already has a ~ good stove)
permit (for driving)
permit (for parking)
permit (for fishing)
permit (for work)
permit (for residence)
personality
personally (~, I don't see anything wrong with it)
phase (developmental)
photographer
pit (hole)
pitch (of a sound)
pitch (of voice)
plain (design)
plain (clothes)
plain (food)
platform (opportunity to speak)
platform (party or candidate's stances on the issues)
plot (of a story)
plot (scheme)
plural
pole (North ~)
popularity (of thing, activity)
popularity (of person)
portion (share)
portion (serving)
portrait
to pose (for a picture)
postposition
potentially
predator (bug)
predator (fish)
predator (amphibian, reptile)
predator (bird)
predator (mammal)
to predict
to predict, to prophesy
pregnancy
pregnancy (of animals)
preposition
present (at school)
present (at work)
present (at meeting)
to preserve (traditions)
to preserve (a building)
to preserve (an area, a forest)
to preserve (fruit and vegetables)
to preserve (an organ)
to preserve (wood, a painting)
presidential (of a president)
presidential (pertaining to the office of president)
pressure (under a lot of ~ to get an A)
prevention (of disaster)
prevention (of accident)
prevention (of crime)
previously, formerly
previously, beforehand
prey
prior (earlier)
privacy (inside room, house, etc.)
privacy (from public attention: that celebrity wants ~)
to proceed to (go on to do)
profile
profit
pronoun
properly (work, do)
properly (behave, treat)
properly (sleep, eat)
proper noun
proposal (plan)
proposal (offer)
to propose (non-marital sense)
to prosecute
prosecutor
protestor
pump
pump (for gasoline)
to pump (water)
to pump (air)
to pump (blood)
purchase (act of buying)
purchase (item bought)
to pursue (goals)
to pursue (dreams)
to pursue (a policy)
to pursue (peace)
to pursue (a career)
to pursue (an interest)
to pursue (an activity)
puzzle (mental game)
puzzle, jigsaw puzzle
quarter (coin)
quietly (at a low volume)
quietly, silently
quietly (unobtrusively)
rally (assembly)
to rally around/behind
to rank (hold a position)
to rank (he currently ~s third in the world)
to react
to react (to news)
to react (to a medication/treatment)
recipe
recovery
reference (found ~s to adzes in the old book)
reference (to book, article)
regarding
regime
regulation (rule)
regulation (~ of the economy)
relative
remote (distant in place)
remote (isolated)
remote (distant in time)
remote (~ past, ~ future)
remote (~ possibility)
representative (noun)
republic
requirement (need)
requirement (condition)
to reserve (room)
to reserve (seat)
to reserve (table)
to reserve (tickets)
resistance, opposition (to enemies)
resistance, opposition (to new laws)
resistance, opposition (to the regime in power)
resistance (to disease, heat, etc.)
resolution (of crisis)
resolution (firm decision, of individual)
resolution (firm decision, of committee)
to resolve (crisis)
to resolve (make a firm decision)
to restore (order)
to restore (power, former regime)
to restore (~ed Jennifer's faith in the legal system)
to restore (health, sight)
rocky (characterized by rocks)
romantic (of a person)
romantic (~ love, ~ relationship)
routine (procedure)
routine (autistic people need ~)
satellite (in astronomy)
satellite (artificial)
to scan (electronically)
scan (medical)
scan (brain ~)
scan (image obtained by scanning)
script (of film)
script (of play)
script (of broadcast)
sector (private/public)
secure (safely guarded)
secure (job, marriage, income)
secure (family, background, future)
selection (act of choosing)
selection, choice (thing chosen)
selection, choice (people chosen)
self-esteem
sequence (connected series)
severe (fever, infection, OCD)
severe (pain)
sexy
shelf (at store)
sheriff (in Wild West)
sheriff (modern)
shift (~ in the balance of power)
shift (in attitude, thinking)
to shift (move)
to shift (change position)
shortly
shortly (~ afterwards)
to shove
to shrug
singular
to slam (a door)
to slam (~ onto the brakes)
to slam (~med into Joey's car)
to slap
to slide (glide)
to slide (in and out)
to slide (up and down)
to slide (~ down a rope)
slight (chance, possibility)
slight (change)
slight (improvement)
slight (difference)
slight (accent)
slight (mistake)
slight (injury)
slight (cold, cough)
slight (pain)
to smirk
snack (in between meals)
snack (snack food)
to snap (break, transitive)
to snap (break cleanly)
to snap (break noisily)
to soak (make wet)
to soak (immerse)
softly (not hard)
solar
to spank
to spare (not kill)
to spare (~ her the embarrassment)
spare (~ time)
spare (~ change)
spark
specifically
specifically (ask, mention)
spice
spike
to sprinkle (~ chocolate on the turnovers)
to sprinkle (food with a solid)
to sprinkle (food with a liquid)
St.
to stir, to mix (ingredients)
to stir (soup)
to stir (tea)
storage (of food)
storage (of goods)
storage (of books)
to stun (make unconscious)
astonishment / stunned, astonished (by) / astonishing /- / to stun, to astonish
to submit to
to succeed (Kate ~ed)
to succeed (Kate's plan ~ed)
to succeed (Steve and Amy's marriage ~ed)
sudden
super
supreme (most superior)
survival
survivor (of illness, accident)
survivor (of abuse, eivorce)
to sweep (floor)
to sweep (chimney)
to sweep (dust, leaves)
sweetheart
syndrome
tablespoon
tag (on luggage)
tag (electronic device, for thing)
tag (electronic device, for person)
teaspoon
tender, affectionate
tense
terror, horror / terrified, horrified (by) / terrifying, horrifying / - / to terrify, to horrify
territory (a ~ of France)
terrorist
texture (feel)
texture (consistency)
therapy
thrill / thrilled (with) / thrilling / - / to thrill
trail, track (of snail, of footprints, etc.)
trail (of blood)
trail (of airplane)
to transform
to transport
to treat (medically)
trend (the ~ in teen pregnancy)
to trigger
truly
to turn out (work out: How did it ~?)
to turn out (be revealed to be)
to tweet
typically
ultimate (highest)
ultimate (~ honor, sacrifice)
ultimate (~ weapon)
ultimate (~ result)
ultimate (~ destination)
ultimate (~ decision)
ultimate (~ authority)
ultimately, in the end
unique
update
urge (I got the ~ to scream)
urge (sexual ~s)
vanilla
variation (~ on a theme)
variation (variability)
to vary (differ)
vast (great in area)
vast (great in degree)
vast (~ collection)
verb
vessel (ship or boat)
blood vessel
violent (death, explosion)
violent (person)
violent (crime)
violent (TV show, video game)
vision (what a visionary has)
to warn (caution)
to warn (alert, inform)
weird
to whip
to whip (a horse)
wide (majority, victory)
widely (extensively)
widely (~ believed, ~ known)
wildlife
winner (in game/sport)
winner (in election)
winner (in lottery)
winner, victor (military)
winner (of prize)
freshman (in high school)
sophomore (in high school)
junior (in high school)
senior (in high school)
freshman (in college)
sophomore (in college)
junior (in college)
senior (in college)