NGSL 2000 — Intermediate Vocabulary

A person who reviews and prepares written material for publication

To participate in something; to hire; to begin fighting

A popular hot drink made from roasted beans; the beans or plant itself

The rate of motion or action; to move fast

To carry out an act; to pledge oneself to something

To make threats; to be dangerous; to warn of something bad

The period of life between childhood and adulthood; a young person

A moving ridge on water; a surge of something; to move one's hand as a greeting

Feeling fear; feeling regret or reluctance

A person's experience and origins; the part of a scene behind the main subject

Belonging to one by birth or origin; a person born in a particular place

Wide in extent or scope; covering a large range

Extremely good or impressive; causing wonder

To declare something untrue; to refuse to grant something

To a small extent or degree

A response to an event or stimulus; a chemical transformation of substances

Two times; in double the amount

A matching set of clothes; to be appropriate for someone

A point of view or outlook; the technique of depicting depth on a flat surface

To move air; a hard hit or sudden shock

The process of building; a structure; a grammatical arrangement

The ability to learn and understand; secret information about an enemy

To damage something so severely it can no longer be used

To prepare food by heating (v.); a person who prepares food (n.)

A link or relationship between people or things

To be on fire or cause damage by fire; an injury caused by heat

A protective foot covering with a hard sole; to put shoes on someone

A person who lives close by; something situated nearby

A level of quality or rank; a score for academic work; to assign marks

The circumstances or background that clarify meaning

A group appointed to carry out a specific task or make decisions

An error due to poor judgment or carelessness; to misunderstand or wrongly identify

A particular place or position

Making little or no noise; calm and still; the absence of sound or disturbance

Having knowledge or consciousness of something; alert to what is happening

A hard structure forming the skeleton; to remove bones from meat

Energetic and engaged in activity; currently operating

The leader of a group; most important

To bring things together; a harvesting machine

An alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes; to entertain with wine

Moderately cold or fashionable (adj.); to become less warm (v.)

A person who votes or has the right to vote

A place of great suffering; the place of punishment after death

Likely to cause harm or injury

To cause someone to remember or think of something

Relating to right and wrong behaviour; the practical lesson of a story

A group of things sharing common characteristics; a class or division

In comparison with something else; fairly