PTE Word List for Academic and Practice

This PTE word list is for academic test takers. It does not include the most challenging PTE academic words, but you should be confident that you will pass the exam if you understand all of them. English isn’t the native language of most test-takers, so vocabulary building is complex. PTE academic words are tricky in reading tests.

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abort

v. Syn. failure; terminate
stop; terminate before completion; terminate a pregnancy

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appendix

n. Syn. appendage; adjunct; concomitant
something appended or added

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automate

v.
replace or enhance human labor with machines

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badminton

n.
game played on a court with light long-handled rackets

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bilingual

n.
using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

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bounty

n. Syn. kindness; virtue
goodness, kindness; virtue; liberality in giving

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brashness

n.
characteristic of being brash; trait of being rash and hasty; tasteless showiness

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brisk

a. Syn. energetic; swift
marked by speed, liveliness, and vigor; energetic; swift; keen or sharp in speech or manner

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alongside

	considerable; perceptible
	along or by the side; side by side with
	refrain from buying or using
	liable to being called to account; answerable; responsible; something that can be explained

amaze

	one whose job is to kill animals for food; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; vendor, especially on train or in theater
	prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
	find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
	astonish; affect with wonder

amplify

	inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
	broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
	desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
	packet; a package of things tied together; a large sum of money

ancestor

	space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
	forefather; forebear; forerunner or predecessor
	resolve anything complex into its elements; separate into parts for purpose of examination of each separately
	prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

antarctic

	resolve anything complex into its elements; separate into parts for purpose of examination of each separately
	game played on a court with light long-handled rackets
	opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it
	estimate value; judge worth of something

append

	single celled organism with no nucleus
	packet; a package of things tied together; a large sum of money
	attach; add as supplement or appendix
	an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements

appendix

	declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly
	assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
	something appended or added
	something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

applicant

	assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
	frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
	candidate
	condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

appreciable

	considerable; perceptible
	official prohibition; decree that prohibits something
	even though; although; notwithstanding
	attach; add as supplement or appendix

assess

	act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction
	broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
	small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
	estimate value; judge worth of something

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n. Syn. adjunct; appendage
additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item

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v. Syn. attach
be next to; be contiguous to; border on

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v. Syn. spring
come up from a lower to a higher position; come above the horizon; spring up; come into action

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a. Syn. effective; distinct
expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language

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n.
act of being present

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n. Syn. independence; liberty
independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

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a.
directed to the back or rear; unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; undeveloped

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n.
game played on a court with light long-handled rackets

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v. Syn. frustrate; perplex
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

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v. Syn. trade; exchange
trade goods or services without the exchange of money