B1 CEFR Vocabulary Word List
Here are the words for B1 CEFR level. This list builds on the words that are in the A2 level word list. For the next level of words, see the B2 level word list.
In our Word Bank, B1 words are divided into word types, with examples, collocations and IPA phonetic transcription.
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absolutely (adv) academic (adj) access (n) / to access (v) accommodation (n) account (n) according to (prep) achievement (n) ad (n) addition (n) to admire (v) to admit (v) advanced (adj) to advise (v) to afford (v) aged (adj) agent (n) agreement (n) ahead (adv) aim (n) / to aim (v) alarm (n) album (n) alcohol (n) alcoholic (adj / n) alternative (adj / n) amazed (adj) ambition (n) |
ambitious (adj) to announce (v) announcement (n) to annoy (v) annoyed (adj) annoying (adj) apart (adv) to apologise (v) application (n) appointment (n) to appreciate (v) approximately (adv) to arrest (v) arrival (n) assignment (n) to assist (v) atmosphere (n) to attach (v) attitude (n) to attract (v) attraction (n) authority (n) average (adj / n) award (n) / to award (v) aware (adj) |
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backwards (adv) to bake (v) balance (n) / to balance (v) ban (n) / to ban (v) bank (n) (river) base (n) / to base (v) basic (adj) battery (n) battle (n) beauty (n) bee (n) behaviour (n) belief (n) bell (n) to bend (v) to benefit (v) to bite (v) |
block (n) / to block (v) to board (v) bomb (n) / to bomb (v) booking (n) border (n) to bother (v) branch (n) brand (n) brave (adj) breath (n) to breathe (v) breathing (n) bride (n) bubble (n) to burst (v) to bury (v) |
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calm (adj) campaign (n) campus (n) candidate (n) cap (n) captain (n) career (n) careless (adj) category (n) ceiling (n) celebration (n) central (adj) century (n) ceremony (n) chain (n) challenge (n) / to challenge (v) champion (n) channel (n) chapter (n) charge (n) / to charge (v) to cheat (v) cheerful (adj) chemical (n / adj) chest (n) childhood (n) to claim (v) / claim (n) click (n) / to click (v) client (n) close (adj) cloth (n) clue (n) coach (n) (sports/life) coal (n) collection (n) coloured (adj) to combine (v) to comment (v) commercial (adj / n) to commit (v) |
communication (n) comparison (n) competitor (n) competitive (adj) complaint (n) complex (adj) to concentrate (v) to conclude (v) confident (adj) to confirm (v) to confuse (v) confused (adj) connection (n) to contact (v) / contact (n) container (n) content (n) continuous (adj) contrast (n) / to contrast (v) convenient (adj) to convince (v) copper (n) costume (n) cottage (n) cotton (n) countryside (n) court (n) cover (n) / to cover (v) covered (adj) to create (v) credit (n) cruel (adj) cultural (adj) culture (n) currency (n) current (adj) currently (adv) curtain (n) custom (n) |
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damage (n) / to damage (v) to deal (v) decade (n) to decorate (v) deer (n) definite (adj) to deliver (v) departure (n) desktop (n) despite (prep) destination (n) determined (adj) development (n) diagram (n) diamond (n) difficulty (n) direct (v / adj) |
directly (adv) dirt (n) disadvantage (n) disappointed (adj) disappointing (adj) discount (n) to discuss (v) to dislike (v) to divide (v) documentary (n) to donate (v) doubt (n) / to doubt (v) dressed (adj) drunk (adj) due (adj) dust (n) duty (n) |
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earthquake (n) eastern (adj) economic (adj) economy (n) edge (n) editor (n) to educate (v) educated (adj) educational (adj) effect (n) effective (adj) effectively (adv) effort (n) election (n) embarrassed (adj) embarrassing (adj) emergency (n) emotion (n) employment (n) to encourage (v) enemy (n) engaged (adj) engineering (n) to entertain (v) |
entertainment (n) entrance (n) entry (n) environment (n) environmental (adj) episode (n) equal (adj) equally (adv) to escape (v) essential (adj) event (n) eventually (adv) to examine (v) exchange (n) / to exchange (v) excitement (n) exhibition (n) to expand (v) expected (adj) expedition (n) experienced (adj) to explode (v) to explore (v) explosion (n) export (n) / to export (v) |
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to face (v) fact (n) fairly (adv) familiar (adj) to fancy (v) fascinating (adj) fashionable (adj) to fasten (v) favour (n) fear (n) / to fear (v) feature (n) / to feature (v) to feed (v) fence (n) fighting (n) figure (n) file (n) / to file (v) financial (adj) fine (n) (penalty) fitness (n) fixed (adj) flash (n) |
flood (n) / to flood (v) flour (n) flow (n) / to flow (v) fog (n) to fold (v) folk (n) following (adj / prep) force (n) / to force (v) forever (adv) frame (n) to freeze (v) frequently (adv) friendship (n) to frighten (v) frightened (adj) frightening (adj) frozen (adj) to fry (v) fuel (n) function (n) / to function (v) fur (n) |
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garage (n) to gather (v) generally (adv) generation (n) generous (adj) gentle (adj) gentleman (n) ghost (n) giant (n / adj) gig (n) glad (adj) |
global (adj) glove (n) goods (n) grade (n) to graduate (v) grain (n) grateful (adj) growth (n) guard (n) / to guard (v) guilty (adj) |
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to hang (v) happiness (n) hardly (adv) headline (n) heating (n) heavily (adv) helicopter (n) to highlight (v) highly (adv) to hire (v) hint (n) / to hint (v) |
historic (adj) historical (adj) honest (adj) honey (n) horrible (adj) horror (n) host (n) / to host (v) however (adv) to hunt (v) hurricane (n) |
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ignorant (adj) to ignore (v) illegal (adj) imaginary (adj) immediate (adj) immigrant (n) impact (n) import (n) / to import (v) importance (n) impression (n) impressive (adj) to improve (v) improvement (n) incredibly (adv) indeed (adv) indicate (v) indirect (adj) |
indoor (adj) indoors (adv) infant (n) influence (n) / to influence (v) ingredient (n) to injure (v) injured (adj) innocent (adj) intelligence (n) to intend (v) intention (n) to invest (v) to investigate (v) involved (adj) iron (n) / to iron (v) issue (n) IT (n) |
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| journal (n) | judge (n) / to judge (v) |
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keen (adj) key (adj) (main) keyboard (n) |
killing (n) kind (adj) (caring) kingdom (n) |
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label (n) / to label (v) laboratory (n) lack (n) / to lack (v) latest (adj) to lay (v) layer (n) lead (n) (metal) leading (adj) leaf (n) leather (n) legal (adj) leisure (n) length (n) level (n) / to level (v) |
to lie (v) (tell a lie) limit (n) / to limit (v) lip (n) liquid (n) literature (n) living (n) / living (adj) to locate (v) located (adj) location (n) log (n) (record) lonely (adj) loss (n) luxury (n) |
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mad (adj) magic (n) mainly (adv) mall (n) management (n) marketing (n) marriage (n) material (n) meanwhile (adv) measure (n) / to measure (v) medium (adj) mental (adj) |
mess (n) mild (adj) mill (n) mine (n) (hole) to mix (v) mixture (n) model (n) mood (n) mud (n) murder (n) / to murder (v) muscle (n) mystery (n) |
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nail (n) narrative (n) nation (n) native (adj / n) naturally (adv) necessarily (adv) needle (n) negative (adj) |
neighbourhood (n) neither (conj / det / pron) nor (conj) normal (adj / n) northern (adj) to note (v) nuclear (adj) |
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obvious (adj) obviously (adv) occasion (n) to occur (v) odd (adj) official (adj) old-fashioned (adj) once (conj) opinion (n) operation (n) |
opportunity (n) organised (adj) organiser (n) original (adj) originally (adv) ought to (v) ours (pron) outdoor (adj) outdoors (adv) |
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package (n) pad (n) painful (adj) pale (adj) pan (n) to participate (v) particularly (adv) passion (n) path (n) payment (n) peaceful (adj) percentage (n) perfectly (adv) performance (n) personally (adv) pessimistic (adj) to persuade (v) photographer (n) photography (n) pin (n) / to pin (v) pipe (n) planning (n) pleasant (adj) pleasure (n) plenty (pron) plot (n) plus (prep / conj) poem (n) poet (n) poetry (n) to point (v) poison (n) / to poison (v) poisonous (adj) policy (n) political (adj) politician (n) politics (n) port (n) portrait (n) position (n) positive (adj) possibly (adv) pot (n) |
to pour (v) poverty (n) powder (n) power (n) powerful (adj) practical (adj) to pray (v) prayer (n) prediction (n) prepared (adj) presentation (n) press (n) pressure (n) to pretend (v) previous (adj) previously (adv) priest (n) primary (adj) prince (n) princess (n) printing (n) prisoner (n) private (adj) probably (adv) process (n) to produce (v) producer (n) product (n) production (n) profession (n) profit (n) project (n) to promote (v) proper (adj) properly (adv) property (n) protest (n) / to protest (v) proud (adj) to prove (v) to pump (v) to punch (v) to punish (v) punishment (n) |
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qualification (n) qualified (adj) to qualify (v) queue (n) / to queue (v) |
to quit (v) quotation (n) quote (n) / to quote (v) |
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race (n) (people) racing (n) range (n) rare (adj) rarely (adv) reaction (n) reality (n) receipt (n) recommendation (n) reference (n) to reflect (v) regularly (adv) to reject (v) to relate (v) related (adj) relation (n) relative (n) relaxed (adj) relaxing (adj) to release (v) reliable (adj) religion (n) religious (adj) to remain (v) to remind (v) remote (adj) |
rent (n) / to rent (v) repeated (adj) to represent (v) to require (v) reservation (n) resource (n) respect (n) / to respect (v) response (n) responsibility (n) responsible (adj) result (n) to retire (v) retired (adj) to revise (v) rifle (n) to rise (v) risk (n) / to risk (v) robot (n) to roll (v) romantic (adj) rope (n) rough (adj) row (n) royal (adj) rugby (n) to rule (v) |
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safety (n) sailor (n) sample (n) sand (n) to scan (v) scientific (adj) script (n) sculpture (n) secondary (adj) security (n) seed (n) sensible (adj) to separate (v) seriously (adv) servant (n) to set (v) (put) set (n) (group) setting (n) sex (n) sexual (adj) sharp (adj) shelf (n) shell (n) shift (n) / to shift (v) to shine (v) shiny (adj) to shoot (v) shock (n) / to shock (v) shot (n) shy (adj) sight (n) signal (n) silent (adj) silly (adj) similarity (n) similarly (adv) simply (adv) since (conj) to sink (v) skill (n) to skip (v) to slam (v) to slap (v) slice (n) / to slice (v) slightly (adv) smart (adj) smooth (adj) society (n) |
software (n) soil (n) solid (adj) to solve (v) to sort (v) southern (adj) spam (n) specifically (adv) speed (n) spending (n) spicy (adj) spirit (n) spoken (adj) spot (n) / to spot (v) to spread (v) spring (n) (water) spy (n) / to spy (v) stadium (n) staff (n) standard (n / adj) to state (v) statue (n) to stick (v) (attach) stick (n) (wood) to store (v) stranger (n) strength (n) string (n) strongly (adv) studio (n) stuff (n) successfully (adv) sudden (adj) to suffer (v) to suit (v) suitable (adj) success (n) to summarise (v) summary (n) supply (n) / to supply (v) supporter (n) surely (adv) surface (n) to survive (v) survey (n) switch (n) / to switch (v) sword (n) symptom (n) |
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tail (n) talent (n) talented (adj) tape (n) tax (n) technical (adj) technique (n) to tend (v) theme (n) though (adv / conj) throat (n) throughout (prep / adv) tight (adj) till (conj / prep) tin (n) tiny (adj) tongue (n) |
topic (n) total (adj / n) totally (adv) trade (n) / to trade (v) trailer (n) to translate (v) translation (n) to treat (v) treatment (n) trend (n) trick (n) / to trick (v) truth (n) tube (n) turtle (n) to type (v) typically (adv) tyre (n) |
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ugly (adj) unable (adj) uncomfortable (adj) underwear (n) unemployed (adj) unemployment (n) unfair (adj) union (n) unless (conj) |
unlike (prep) unlikely (adj) unnecessary (adj) unpleasant (adj) to update (v) upon (prep) to upset (v) used (adj) |
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valuable (adj) value (n) various (adj) vehicle (n) version (n) |
victim (n) viewer (n) violent (adj) volunteer (n) / to volunteer (v) vote (n) / to vote (v) |
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to warn (v) warning (n) waste (n / v) weapon (n) to weigh (v) western (adj) whale (n) whatever (det / pron) whenever (conj) whether (conj) |
while (conj) wing (n) within (prep) to wonder (v) wool (n) worldwide (adj / adv) worth (adj) wrinkle (n) written (adj) |
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yard (n) to yell (v) |
youth (n) |
