Vocabulary Lists

Vocabulary Words to Use in Your Resume

competent

accomplished

established

conventional

proven

constituted

completed

aspire

refine

erudite

versed

sure-handed

consummate

masterful

virtuoso

experienced

practiced

practised

intimate

seasoned

knowledgeable

effective

efficacious

businesslike

effectual

expeditious

competent

streamlined

earnest

devout

advantageously

substantially

intensive

versatile

proficient

adept

skilful

accomplish

execute

wizardry

brilliance

flair

champion

maven

advantage

serious

sound

respectable

suitable

Four Letter Words Starting with an “L”

lace

lack

lacy

lade

lady

laic

laid

lair

lake

lakh

lama

lamb

lame

lamp

land

lane

lank

lard

lari

lark

larn

lash

lass

last

late

lath

lats

laud

lava

lave

lawn

laze

lazy

lead

leaf

leak

leal

lean

leap

lech

leek

leer

lees

left

legs

lend

lens

less

levy

lewd

liar

lick

lido

lied

lief

lien

lieu

life

lift

like

lilt

lily

limb

lime

limn

limo

limp

line

ling

link

lino

lint

lion

lira

lisp

list

lite

live

liza

load

loaf

loam

loan

lobe

loch

lock

loco

lode

loft

loge

logo

logy

loin

loir

loll

lone

long

look

loom

loon

loop

loot

lope

lord

lore

lory

lose

loss

lost

lota

loth

loti

lots

loud

lour

lout

love

luau

lube

luck

ludo

lues

luff

luge

lull

lulu

lump

lung

lure

lurk

lush

lust

lute

luxe

lwei

lynx

lyre

SAT Four-Letter Words

acme

ajar

apex

avid

bane

bard

bent

bevy

bilk

boon

boor

curt

deft

dire

diva

dolt

dupe

fawn

foil

gait

gale

garb

glib

glut

guru

hack

hail

hale

heed

hone

icon

iota

keen

laud

loom

mire

mock

molt

onus

opus

oust

pact

sway

tact

tome

tout

tyro

void

wary

whet

wily

sage

ruse

SAT Literature Words

allegory

alliteration

allusion

anachronism

anaclisis

anadiplosis

analogy

anaphora

anastrophe

anecdote

antagonist

anthropomorphism

antithesis

antonym

apogee

aposiopesis

apostrophe

aside

assonance

asyndeton

auditory

ballad

bard

bathos

beholden

blank verse

bombast

canticle

carter

catachresis

catechism

catharsis

chiasmus

chicanery

collocation

colloquialism

confound

consonance

couplet

cryptic

curtal

deixis

demotic

Demotic script

denouement

derogatory

dialogue

diction

didactic

dissemble

dolour

drama

dramatic irony

dug

elegy

ellipsis

emblem

end-stopped

enjambment

enmity

epic poetry

epigram

epiphany

epistolary

epistrophe

epitaph

epitome

epoch

equanimity

ethos

eulogy

euphemism

explicit

fable

fief

figurative

flout

foreshadow

forsake

free verse

frisson

guile

hearse

heroic couplet

homonym

humility

hymn

hyperbaton

hyperbole

hypozeuxis

iambic

imagery

implicit

importune

incensed

inversion

invidious

irony

kinesthetic

lamentation

liege

listing

litotes

Logos

lyricism

malapropism

malignant

meiosis

meme

metaphor

metonymy

mimicry

moiety

motif

nadir

narrative

neologism

ode

olfactory

omniscient

onomatopoeia

otiose

oxymoron

paean

parable

paradox

paradoxical sleep

paragon

parallelism

parallelism

parody

paronomasia

pastoral

pathos

pejorative

persnickety

personification

ploce

poetry

polyptoton

polysyndeton

portmanteau word

preface

premonitory

prologue

prose

prosody

protagonist

pun

purge

rancour

redeemer

refrain

repetition

requiem

sardonic

satire

simile

soliloquy

sonnet

sophistry

specious argument

speech rhythm

sprung rhythm

stanza

surrealism

symbolism

symploce

synaesthesia

synecdoche

synesthetic metaphor

synonym

syntax

tactile

tautology

theme

tone

topos

totem

trope

unwittingly

vassal

verisimilitude

versification

visual

wretched

zeal

zeugma

terza rima

heroic couplet

apostrophe

assonance

consonance

onomatopoeia

novelette

novella

epic poem

foible

mock-heroic

verisimilitude

third person

first person

second person

omniscient

omnipresent

fable

bestial

apposition

anaphora

tactile

auditory

visual

olfactory

epithalamium

anapest

neologism

heath

fern

portend

conceit

unrequited

epithet

dystopia

utopia

leitmotif

moral

motif

semiotics

fable

burlesque

trope

tanka

haiku

ode

strophe

anastrophe

acrostic

anachronistic

apothegm

autotelism

avant-garde

baroque

Words from Astronomy

alignment

altitude

apogee

ascension

asteroid

astrology

astronomer

astronomical

astrophysics

azimuth

comet

conjunction

constellation

cosmogenic

cosmogonic

cosmography

cosmology

culmination

epoch

equinox

galaxy

horizon

latitude

lodestar

luminosity

meteor

meteoroid

nadir

navigation

nebula

nova

observatory

perigee

planetarium

quadrant

satellite

sidereal

star

stargazer

supernova

syzygy

tropic

uranologist

vertex

zenith

solar

lunar

Essential Word Roots

amphibian
amphibious
antibiotic
autobiography
biodegradable
biodiversity
biographer
biographical
biography
biohazard
biology
biomass
biome
bionic
biopsy
biosphere
biotic
microbe
microbiology
symbiosis
symbiotic
anarchist
anarchy
arch
archaeologist
archaeology
archaic
archetype
archipelago
architect
architecture
archival
archive
matriarch
matriarchy
monarch
monarchy
oligarch
oligarchy
patriarch
patriarchy
cataclysm
cataclysmic
catalogue
catalyst
catapult
cataract
catastrophe
catastrophic
catatonic
categorical
category
cathedral
catheter
cation
scaffold
autobiography
autochthonous
autocracy
autocrat
autocratic
autodidact
autograph
autoimmune
automatic
automation
automobile
automotive
autonomous
autonomy
autopsy
autobiography
autograph
bibliography
biography
calligraphy
cartography
cryptography
diagram
epigram
epigraph
grammar
graphic
graphology
hologram
holograph
lexicographer
lithography
monogram
monograph
orthography
paragraph
photograph
pictograph
stenography
telegram
telegraph
alma mater
madrigal
material
maternity
matriarch
matricide
matriculate
matrimony
matrix
matron
matronymic
matter
metropolis
mother
anachronism
anachronistic
asynchronous
chronic
chronicle
chronograph
chronological
chronology
chronometer
contemporary
contretemps
extemporaneous
extemporize
synchronicity
synchronize
tempo
temporal
temporary
amorous
paramour
enamored
amateur
amity
amicable
amiable
philanthropist
philosophy
philosophical
philology
philatelist
bibliophile
oenophile
animadversion
animadvert
animate
animated
animation
animatronics
animism
animosity
animus
equanimity
equanimous
inanimate
magnanimity
magnanimous
pusillanimous
unanimous
amble
ambulance
ambulate
ambulatory
funambulist
perambulate
preamble
scramble
somnambulate
somnambulist
contort
contorted
contortion
contortionist
distort
distorted
distortion
extort
extortion
extortionate
retort
torque
torsion
tort
tortious
tortuous
torture
torturous
aggravate
aggravated
aggravation
aggrieve
grave
gravitas
gravitate
gravity
grief
grievance
grieve
grievous
concur
concurrence
concurrent
corridor
courier
course
currency
current
curriculum
curriculum vitae
cursive
cursory
discursive
extracurricular
incur
occur
occurrence
precursor
precursory
recur
recurrent
recursive
clause
claustrophobia
claustrophobic
cloister
close-knit
closure
conclude
conclusion
conclusive
disclose
disclosure
enclose
enclosure
exclude
exclusion
exclusive
exclusively
foreclose
foreclosure
include
inclusion
inclusive
inconclusive
occlude
preclude
recluse
reclusive
seclude
seclusion
accreditation
accredited
credence
credential
credenza
credibility
credible
credit
creditor
credo
credulous
creed
discredit
incredible
incredulity
incredulous
miscreant
recreant
admission
admit
commission
commit
committee
compromise
demise
dismiss
emissary
emission
emit
intermittent
manumission
manumit
missile
mission
missionary
missive
omit
permission
permit
promise
remission
remit
submissive
submit
surmise
transmission
transmit
unremitting
abrupt
abruptness
bankrupt
corrupt
corruption
disrupt
disruption
disruptive
erupt
eruption
interrupt
interruption
irrupt
rout
route
rupture
elucidate
illuminate
illumination
lucid
luminary
luminescence
luminescent
luminous
pellucid
translucent
abduct
abduction
adduce
aqueduct
conducive
conduct
conductivity
conductor
deduce
deduct
deduction
ducal
duct
ductile
educate
educe
induce
inducement
induct
induction
introduce
introduction
irreducible
produce
product
production
reduce
reduction
seduce
traduce
artifact
benefactor
facile
facilitate
facility
facsimile
fact
faction
factious
factitious
factor
factory
factotum
factual
faculty
malefactor
manufacture
putrefaction
abjure
adjudicate
conjure
injury
judge
judgment
judgmental
judicial
judiciary
judicious
jurisdiction
jurisprudence
jury
just
justice
justification
justify
perjury
prejudice
prejudiced
antebellum
bellicose
bellicosity
belligerence
belligerent
belligerently
casus belli
demilitarize
militance
militancy
militant
militarism
militaristic
militarization
military
militate
militia
rebel
rebellion
rebellious
comfort
comfortable
discomfort
effort
effortless
enforce
enforcement
force
forceful
fort
forte
fortification
fortify
fortitude
fortress
reinforcement
abdicate
addict
addiction
benediction
contradict
contradiction
dictate
dictator
dictatorship
diction
dictionary
dictum
edict
indicate
indict
indictment
interdict
jurisdiction
malediction
predict
prediction
valedictorian
verdict
vindictive
diffract
diffraction
fractal
fraction
fractious
fracture
fragile
fragility
fragment
fragmentation
frangible
infraction
refract
refraction
refractory
contraband
contradict
contraindicate
contrary
contrast
contravene
controversial
controversy
controvert
counterargument
counterclaim
counterfeit
counterintuitive
countermand
counterpart
encounter
benediction
benefactor
beneficence
beneficent
beneficial
benefit
benevolence
benevolent
benign
dismal
maladroit
malady
malaria
malcontent
malefactor
malevolent
malfeasance
malice
malignant
malodorous
ascribe
circumscribe
describe
description
inscribe
manuscript
proscribe
scribble
scribe
script
scripture
transcribe
transcript
transcription
compatriot
expatriate
expatriation
paternal
paternity
patriarch
patriarchy
patrician
patricide
patrilineal
patrimony
patriot
patriotic
patriotism
patron
patronage
patronizing
patronymic
patter
perpetrate
repatriate
repatriation
conform
conformable
conformation
cuneiform
deform
formal
formality
format
formation
formative
formula
formulate
formulation
inform
informal
information
informative
malformed
platform
reform
reformation
transform
transformation
uniform
cognition
cognitive
cognizant
cognoscente
connoisseur
incognito
precognition
recognition
recognizance
recognize
reconnaissance
reconnoiter
decade
decathlon
decimal
decibel
decimate
bicentennial
centennial
centenary
centigrade
century
percent
percentage
millennium
millipede
acrophobia
agoraphobia
arachnophobia
claustrophobia
claustrophobic
hydrophobia
phobia
phobic
triskaidekaphobia
xenophobic
zoophobia
telegram
telegraph
telekinesis
telemetry
telepathic
telepathy
telephone
teleport
telescope
televise ante
antebellum
antecede
antecedent
antechamber
antedate
antediluvian
antepenultimate
anterior
anteroom
magnum opus
magnitude
magniloquent
magnify
magnificent
magnificence
magnification
magnate
magnanimous
magnanimity
pyromaniac
monomania
megalomaniac
megalomania
maniacal
maniac
mania
kleptomaniac
egomaniac
bibliomania

Beowulf Vocabulary Words

praise

prowess

spear

speed

honor

foe

awe

fate

thrive

mandate

heir

favor

woe

leader

endowed

renown

boast

aid

warrior

loyal

laud

deed

fare

sturdy

shelter

bore

billow

wield

winsome

beloved

vessel

fleck

treasure

fetch

freight

battle

hoard

flood

float

hoist

standard

banner

grave

mournful

mood

hero

harbor

bode

haughty

sage

wake

brave

glory

combat

kin

comrade

allot

fashion

rapid

achievement

noble

message

reckless

promise

banquet

tower

surge

furious

flame

feud

envy

endure

abode

din

revel

triumphant

limb

mortal

cheer

monster

grim

fief

hapless

creator

exile

avenge

slaughter

weary

sorrow

hardship

greedy

grasp

spoil

laden

lair

dawn

wail

excellent

labor

trace

fiend

loathsome

respite

ruthless

murder

whit

guilt

remote

rage

empty

tide

plenty

harass

massacre

refuse

consent

pact

compound

ambush

dogged

lure

lurk

misty

haunt

wrought

gloomy

approach

judgment

rend

misery

assemble

search

counsel

bold

terror

vow

heathen

altar

succor

practice

dreadful

hale

fiery

embrace

friendship

seethe

assuage

anguish

burden

valor

stalwart

stout

monarch

journey

prudent

blame

whet

hail

omen

keen

prove

confines

bluff

array

brace

prow

cliff

steep

broad

anchor

gear

shield

seize

straight

parley

urge

sentinel

harry

alien

ease

harness

feature

peerless

presence

suspect

wander

simple

advice

liege

hasten

advise

errand

deem

scathing

contest

boil

suffer

sever

sunder

duly

intend

gather

bearing

guard

bound

fetter

cable

gleaming

haste

gleam

hardy

grace

mercy

hostile

crowd

glisten

stride

burnish

multitude

plunge

mission

deign

courage

boon

spurn

gracious

yore

offspring

steadfast

court

gripe

gallant

declare

wend

attire

shaft

helm

wit

gain

idle

vassal

slew

peril

crush

quell

bulwark

purge

dire

scorn

kindred

faith

prey

devour

prepare

flee

realm

elder

settle

ridge

gory

prompt

assign

attend

blithe

dearth

quest

gall

achieve

rival

risk

loath

dissuade

strenuous

measure

strive

triumph

adventure

buffet

struggle

utter

claim

endurance

merely

perform

abandoned

divide

weather

wrath

linked

afford

garnish

grant

pierce

throng

threaten

thrust

bliss

booty

victim

vengeful

creature

edge

dome

desolate

clutch

bitter

bane

brethren

curse

havoc

dread

vaunt

victor

pledge

shepherd

courtesy

carouse

wisdom

comfort

eager

spouse

dusk

shape

harangue

trust

mettle

valiant

feeble

skill

hew

sacred

decree

prevail

issue

sundry

discern

portal

baleful

burst

blatant

tread

stream

cluster

savage

forbid

pause

asunder

piecemeal

claw

escape

den

fling

gruesome

bereft

strain

crash

clasp

engulf

frenzy

grisly

conquer

clamorous

captive

useless

brandish

hideous

flit

domain

wound

sinew

moor

noisome

ravage

rescue

stretch

traitor

gait

baffled

ban

marked

turbid

seething

forlorn

receive

hoary

aver

slight

store

saga

knit

range

fraud

stress

herd

wondrous

consume

refuge

slack

banish

mingle

betray

torrent

mourn

protect

fallow

swift

weigh

hinder

infernal

preserve

kinship

precious

puny

fulfill

trappings

totter

procure

bond

gaze

uncanny

dense

delight

rent

hinge

sear

essay

despair

arrive

proceed

host

sumptuous

guerdon

splendid

soldier

hearty

fierce

invade

strife

grapple

avert

insight

value

innocent

stricken

doubt

bewail

ken

ply

remnant

dwelling

fret

plight

govern

treaty

malice

bemoan

ordained

taunt

recall

ancient

pyre

crest

dirge

ascend

melt

gash

dwell

depart

ponder

wreak

vengeance

encounter

mourning

waver

chattel

gentle

vat

amity

quaff

enjoy

yield

requite

jealousy

eternal

defend

corpse

frank

gorgeous

jocund

prosper

possession

helpful

uphold

obedient

destiny

abroad

bolster

survive

learned

dreary

fray

glorious

abject

renowned

dauntless

companion

renew

adviser

council

unyielding

ruined

relate

guise

track

bulk

treacherous

expand

weird

depth

harried

brink

welter

abide

patience

leap

murky

strait

defile

narrow

sheer

foremost

swollen

blast

balk

beset

gird

martial

hue

vain

whirl

orator

poison

task

guardian

stare

brine

swarm

fang

monstrous

stroke

withhold

seemly

shrink

stumble

withstand

entrance

allow

erect

bandy

smite

raise

slumber

horrible

prone

conquest

wont

perish

lapse

deftly

doff

courageous

arduous

meadow

marvel

effort

vouchsafe

splendor

gigantic

scatter

estranged

runic

maintain

assure

future

virtue

estate

fortress

empire

ample

obstinate

sentry

stealthily

avail

foul

behest

possess

fragile

forebear

profit

temper

odious

dull

shift

secure

grief

extend

yearn

rapture

slander

neighbor

annoy

wary

mutual

refrain

longing

plot

length

esteemed

timber

current

humble

grudge

brief

proclaim

onslaught

dispense

lofty

sojourn

yearning

suddenly

yonder

venture

purpose

proffer

seldom

stern

occasion

staid

legend

greed

doleful

beseech

hazard

customs

disposal

treachery

contrive

remark

lap

inheritance

pressure

fatal

scourge

wretched

fugitive

rally

bicker

twilight

thereby

plague

aroused

implore

plunder

kindle

stark

desire

discover

enduring

soil

hint

assume

destroy

fleeting

reckon

vigor

wholly

naught

horde

sway

arise

cringe

reluctant

cavern

delve

jealous

strew

gallows

incur

chamber

loathing

wealthy

brook

bargain

split

flinch

champion

cleft

coward

survivor

arch

loathe

deny

marred

oppressed

linger

portion

bequest

heedless

inflict

swell

structure

column

spite

bestow

proper

threat

bereaved

rusty

glance

vestige

injured

barter

tarry

memorial

writhe

perilous

laggard

flourish

distress

barrier

baffle

revenge

toil

announce

awesome

besiege

tone

citadel

peaceful

advance

ire

intent

render

bountiful

funeral

fragment

obtain

mirth

lavish

scorch

potent

hedge

pleasant

torch

pile

descry

lament

Charlotte’s Web Vocabulary Words

untimely

miserable

specimen

distribute

nevertheless

promptly

blissful

snout

brook

manure

perspiration

harness

loft

scythe

trough

sod

prance

racket

commotion

prick

gander

daze

lure

captivity

appeal

eaves

spatter

graze

gush

provender

morsel

flibbertigibbet

frolic

glutton

stealthily

crafty

cunning

dreary

dejected

endure

determined

objectionable

meek

salutation

whereabouts

flashy

blunder

plunge

detest

bloodthirsty

wit

scheming

haul

hoist

jubilee

teeter

interlude

swoop

cheeky

nectar

gratify

unremitting

dud

beady

morals

conscience

scruples

decency

compunction

appalled

untenable

lair

sensible

pester

loathe

anesthetic

envy

rigid

conspiracy

brisk

ramble

upright

scramble

hurl

hastily

oblige

summon

neglect

sedentary

truffle

delectable

trill

troupe

nerve

gullible

straddle

topple

scuttle

gabble

surly

unbearable

pry

hearty

astride

drowse

exertion

solemnly

bewilderment

distinct

sermon

notion

buggy

idiosyncrasy

impress

base

instinct

destiny

quiver

gruff

adjourn

tattered

rummage

noble

grumble

radiant

writhe

romp

thrash

tackle

stern

fib

aloft

sociable

uneasy

crochet

doily

civil

incessant

offhand

monotonous

modest

distinguish

inconvenient

sac

versatile

midway

veritable

tempt

surpass

scamper

tussle

bewitch

pummel

buffet

lacerate

heave

listless

weary

favorable

keen

humble

sneer

languish

husky

hoarse

carouse

acute

indigestion

hanker

bloat

contented

pompous

sundry

phenomenon

analysis

supernatural

behalf

token

complimentary

revive

bellow

ail

sentiment

agony

desolation

wisecrack

desperation

adrift

forlorn

retort

bleak

trinket

keepsake

shrill

frantic

hallowed

devoted

tranquil

garrulous

Scientific Method Vocabulary Words

scientific method

evaluate

experimentation

overview

predictable

scientific

method

scientist

explore

hypothesis

execute

in other words

focus

item

relationship

construct

design

vary

professional

experiment

observation

cause

project

process

question

science

search

just as

used to

fair

change

effect

nature

used

use

help

words

answer

word

just

way

other

will