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YDS Vocabulary List: 365 Words with Definitions
YDS (Yabancı Dil Bilgisi Seviye Tespit Sınavı) is the English proficiency exam run by ÖSYM in Türkiye: 80 questions in 180 minutes, taken for academic posts, postgraduate study and public-sector language pay. This pool was built from vocabulary that actually appears in recent YDS papers — academic reading, meaning relations and public-issue texts. It is a curated practice pool, not an official ÖSYM list.
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| Access | The ability or right to enter, use, or obtain something. | Play ▶ |
| Accurate | Correct and free from mistakes. | Play ▶ |
| Achieve | To succeed in doing something after effort. | Play ▶ |
| Acquire | To get or buy something. | Play ▶ |
| Across | From one side to the other. | Play ▶ |
| Action | Something that a person does.Exciting events in a story or movie. | Play ▶ |
| Active | Always busy and doing things.Working or happening right now. | Play ▶ |
| Adjust | Change something slightly so that it works or fits better. | Play ▶ |
| Administer | To manage or organize the work of a company or system.To give medicine or treatment to someone. | Play ▶ |
| Affect | To cause a change in someone or something. | Play ▶ |
| Agree | To have the same opinion as someone. | Play ▶ |
| Ambiguous | Having more than one possible meaning. | Play ▶ |
| Amend | To change a document or law to improve it. | Play ▶ |
| Analysis | The careful study of something to understand how it works. | Play ▶ |
| Animal | A living creature such as a dog, cat, or bird. | Play ▶ |
| Anomaly | Something that does not fit the usual pattern. | Play ▶ |
| Answer | A thing said, written, or done to deal with a question.To respond to a question. | Play ▶ |
| Appear | Come into sight.Seem or give the impression of being. | Play ▶ |
| Approach | A particular way of dealing with a problem or task.To move closer to someone or something. | Play ▶ |
| Arbitrary | Chosen without a clear reason or fair rule. | Play ▶ |
| Area | A part of a town, a country, or the world.A subject or field of study or work. | Play ▶ |
| Around | On all sides of something. | Play ▶ |
| Aspect | One part of a situation or subject. | Play ▶ |
| Assemble | To put separate parts together to make something. | Play ▶ |
| Assess | To judge how serious, big, or important something is. | Play ▶ |
| Assist | To help someone do something. | Play ▶ |
| Assume | To believe something is true without being certain. | Play ▶ |
| Authority | The power to give orders and make others obey.An official group that controls a public service. | Play ▶ |
| Available | Able to be used, bought, or found.Free to talk or meet because you are not busy. | Play ▶ |
| Awkward | Making you feel embarrassed or uncomfortable. | Play ▶ |
| Balance | A steady position that keeps you from falling. | Play ▶ |
| Barrier | A fence or other object that blocks a way. | Play ▶ |
| Before | During the period of time preceding.In front of someone or something. | Play ▶ |
| Belong | Be the property of.Be a member or part of. | Play ▶ |
| Benefit | An advantage or profit gained from something.Receive an advantage. | Play ▶ |
| Beyond | At or to the further side of.Happening or continuing after a specified time. | Play ▶ |
| Block | A solid piece of wood, stone, or ice.An area of a city with streets on all four sides. | Play ▶ |
| Border | A line separating two political or geographical areas.The edge or boundary of something. | Play ▶ |
| Boundary | A line that marks where an area ends. | Play ▶ |
| Break | Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity.A sudden and unexpected opportunity for success. | Play ▶ |
| Bridge | A structure built over a river or road so people can cross.Something that connects two places. | Play ▶ |
| Bucket | A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.To place inside a cylindrical container. | Play ▶ |
| Budget | An estimate of income and expenditure.Provided at a low price. | Play ▶ |
| Capacity | The largest amount that something can hold. | Play ▶ |
| Category | A group of things with shared features. | Play ▶ |
| Cause | The reason something happens. | Play ▶ |
| Cement | A powder mixed with water to help make concrete. | Play ▶ |
| Century | A period of one hundred years. | Play ▶ |
| Change | Make or become different.Coins as opposed to paper currency. | Play ▶ |
| Chapter | One of the main parts that a book is divided into. | Play ▶ |
| Charity | An organization that helps people in need. | Play ▶ |
| Chart | A visual display of information.A map designed to assist navigation by air or sea. | Play ▶ |
| Check | A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.To inspect; to examine. | Play ▶ |
| Child | A young person of either sex.A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age. | Play ▶ |
| Choice | The person or thing chosen or selected.The act of choosing or selecting. | Play ▶ |
| Claim | To say that something is true or belongs to you.To ask for money you think you should get. | Play ▶ |
| Clarify | To explain something so it is easier to understand. | Play ▶ |
| Clean | Free from dirt, marks, or stains.To remove dirt or stains from something. | Play ▶ |
| Cliff | A high, steep rock edge, usually by the sea. | Play ▶ |
| Climate | The usual weather in a place over many years. | Play ▶ |
| Coast | The land right next to the sea or ocean.To move forward easily without using power. | Play ▶ |
| Coherent | Clear and easy to understand because the parts fit together. | Play ▶ |
| Coincide | To happen at the same time. | Play ▶ |
| Collapse | To fall down suddenly because support fails. | Play ▶ |
| Collect | To bring things together into a group.To get things from different places and put them together. | Play ▶ |
| Colossal | Extremely large in size or amount. | Play ▶ |
| Commission | An official group of people given a particular job to do.Money paid to a seller for each item they sell. | Play ▶ |
| Common | Occurring, found, or done often.Shared by, coming from, or done by more than one. | Play ▶ |
| Community | All the people who live in a particular area or town. | Play ▶ |
| Complex | Having many connected parts that are hard to understand. | Play ▶ |
| Comply | To act according to a request or rule. | Play ▶ |
| Comprise | To have particular parts that together form a whole. | Play ▶ |
| Compute | To calculate an amount or number. | Play ▶ |
| Concede | To admit that something is true even when you do not want to. | Play ▶ |
| Concept | A general idea about what something is or how it works. | Play ▶ |
| Conclude | To decide something is true after thinking about the facts.To end something, such as a speech or meeting. | Play ▶ |
| Conduct | To organize and carry out an activity, such as a survey.To direct a group of musicians as they play. | Play ▶ |
| Confirm | To show that something is true or correct. | Play ▶ |
| Conflict | A serious disagreement or struggle. | Play ▶ |
| Connect | Join two or more things together. | Play ▶ |
| Consist | To be made up of certain parts or things. | Play ▶ |
| Constitute | To make up a whole, together with other parts.To be seen as or count as something, such as a crime. | Play ▶ |
| Construct | To build something such as a house, road, or bridge.To create an argument, theory, or sentence carefully. | Play ▶ |
| Consume | To use up fuel, energy, time, or other supplies.To eat or drink something. | Play ▶ |
| Context | The situation that helps explain an event or idea. | Play ▶ |
| Contract | A written legal agreement between two or more people. | Play ▶ |
| Contrary | Opposite to something else. | Play ▶ |
| Control | The power to decide what happens or how something works. | Play ▶ |
| Convey | To communicate an idea, feeling, or message. | Play ▶ |
| Cookie | A small sweet baked food. | Play ▶ |
| Create | Make or cause to be or to become.Bring into existence. | Play ▶ |
| Credit | An arrangement to buy things now and pay later.Praise for something you have done well. | Play ▶ |
| Crucial | Extremely important to the success of something. | Play ▶ |
| Culture | The beliefs, customs, and way of life of a group. | Play ▶ |
| Damage | Harm that makes something broken or less useful. | Play ▶ |
| Danger | The possibility of suffering harm or injury.A person or thing that is likely to cause harm. | Play ▶ |
| Data | Facts and numbers collected to be studied or used. | Play ▶ |
| Deduce | To work out what must be true from known facts. | Play ▶ |
| Deficit | The amount by which spending is greater than income. | Play ▶ |
| Define | To explain exactly what a word means.To show what something is. | Play ▶ |
| Delay | To wait or make something late.When something happens later than it should. | Play ▶ |
| Delicate | Easily broken or damaged. | Play ▶ |
| Demand | The need or desire that people have for a product.To ask for something very strongly. | Play ▶ |
| Denote | To stand for or mean something. | Play ▶ |
| Derive | To get something from a particular source. | Play ▶ |
| Design | A plan showing how something will look or work. | Play ▶ |
| Detect | To discover something that is hidden or hard to notice. | Play ▶ |
| Develop | To grow or change over time. | Play ▶ |
| Device | A machine or tool made for a special use.A phone, tablet, or computer. | Play ▶ |
| Diary | A book where you write about each day. | Play ▶ |
| Differ | To be unlike someone or something.To disagree with someone about something. | Play ▶ |
| Dismiss | To decide that an idea is not worth considering. | Play ▶ |
| Dispute | A serious disagreement. | Play ▶ |
| Distinct | Clearly different from something else. | Play ▶ |
| Distort | To twist something out of its usual shape. | Play ▶ |
| Distribute | To give things out to a number of people. | Play ▶ |
| Diverse | Including many different types. | Play ▶ |
| Dominant | More powerful or important than others. | Play ▶ |
| Donate | To give money or things to help others. | Play ▶ |
| Durable | Strong enough to last a long time without damage. | Play ▶ |
| Earth | The planet on which we live.The soil or dirt on the ground. | Play ▶ |
| Economy | The system of trade, industry, and money in a country.The cheapest class of seats on a plane. | Play ▶ |
| Effect | A change that happens because of something else.The result of an action. | Play ▶ |
| Elaborate | Containing many carefully planned details. | Play ▶ |
| Element | One part of something larger. | Play ▶ |
| Empirical | Based on what is observed or tested. | Play ▶ |
| Employ | To pay someone to work for you.To use something. | Play ▶ |
| Enable | To make someone able to do something. | Play ▶ |
| Endure | To suffer through something difficult without giving up. | Play ▶ |
| Energy | The power you need to do things and be active.Power from electricity, gas, or the sun. | Play ▶ |
| Enjoy | To get pleasure from something.To like doing something. | Play ▶ |
| Enough | As much as you need.The right amount of something. | Play ▶ |
| Entire | With no part left out.Not broken or damaged. | Play ▶ |
| Equal | The same in size, number, or value. | Play ▶ |
| Equation | A mathematical statement showing that two amounts are equal. | Play ▶ |
| Essay | A short piece of writing on a particular subject.An attempt to do something. | Play ▶ |
| Establish | To start a company, organization, or system that will last.To find out or prove the facts about something. | Play ▶ |
| Estimate | A rough calculation of an amount or cost. | Play ▶ |
| Ethical | Related to ideas about right and wrong. | Play ▶ |
| Evaluate | To study something carefully and decide how useful it is. | Play ▶ |
| Every | All the people or things in a group.Happening all the time or regularly. | Play ▶ |
| Evident | Easy to see or understand. | Play ▶ |
| Exact | Completely correct; with no mistakes.To demand and get something from someone. | Play ▶ |
| Examine | To look at something carefully.To test someone's knowledge or health. | Play ▶ |
| Excite | To make someone feel very happy and interested.To cause strong feelings. | Play ▶ |
| Exclude | To leave someone or something out. | Play ▶ |
| Expand | To become bigger or make something bigger.To add more details to a story. | Play ▶ |
| Expect | To think that something will happen.To believe that someone should do something. | Play ▶ |
| Explicit | Stated clearly and directly. | Play ▶ |
| Export | To send goods to another country to sell them.A product sold to a different country. | Play ▶ |
| Extra | More than is usual or expected.An actor in a movie who does not speak. | Play ▶ |
| Facilitate | To make an activity or process easier. | Play ▶ |
| Factor | One of the things that causes something to happen.A number that divides into another number smoothly. | Play ▶ |
| Farmer | A person who grows crops or raises animals for a living.A person who works in agriculture. | Play ▶ |
| Feasible | Possible to do with the time and resources available. | Play ▶ |
| Feature | An important or noticeable part of something. | Play ▶ |
| Field | An open area of land used for crops or animals. | Play ▶ |
| Final | Coming at the end; last.The last game in a competition, which decides the winner. | Play ▶ |
| Finance | The management of large amounts of money.To provide the money needed for something. | Play ▶ |
| Finite | Having an end or limit. | Play ▶ |
| First | Coming before all others.Number one in a line or race. | Play ▶ |
| Fluctuate | To rise and fall repeatedly. | Play ▶ |
| Focus | To give all your attention to one thing.The main point of interest. | Play ▶ |
| Forecast | To say what is likely to happen using available information. | Play ▶ |
| Forest | A large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.A dense mass of vertical objects. | Play ▶ |
| Formula | A rule in math or science written with letters and symbols.A fixed method for reaching a certain result. | Play ▶ |
| Formulate | To develop a plan or idea carefully. | Play ▶ |
| French | The language spoken in France. | Play ▶ |
| Function | The purpose or job that something has.To work or operate in the correct way. | Play ▶ |
| Future | The time that has not happened yet. | Play ▶ |
| Garden | A piece of ground for growing flowers, fruit, or vegetables.To cultivate plots of land. | Play ▶ |
| Gather | To bring people or things together. | Play ▶ |
| Gigantic | Extremely big. | Play ▶ |
| Gradual | Happening slowly in small stages. | Play ▶ |
| Gravity | The force that pulls things toward the earth. | Play ▶ |
| Ground | The solid surface of the earth. | Play ▶ |
| Groups | Numbers of people or things that are together. | Play ▶ |
| Growth | The process of getting bigger or older. | Play ▶ |
| Habitat | The natural place where an animal or plant lives. | Play ▶ |
| Handle | The part of a cup, door, or bag that you hold. | Play ▶ |
| Hazardous | Likely to cause harm or danger. | Play ▶ |
| Health | The condition of your body, how well you are. | Play ▶ |
| Heavy | Weighing a lot; difficult to lift. | Play ▶ |
| Heritage | Traditions, buildings, and beliefs passed down from the past. | Play ▶ |
| Highly | Very much; extremely. | Play ▶ |
| Hinder | To make progress difficult or slow. | Play ▶ |
| Hostile | Unfriendly and ready to argue or attack. | Play ▶ |
| Humans | People, including adults and children. | Play ▶ |
| Hypothesis | A possible explanation that can be tested. | Play ▶ |
| Identify | To recognize and name who or what someone or something is. | Play ▶ |
| Impact | The strong effect that something has. | Play ▶ |
| Imply | To suggest something without saying it directly. | Play ▶ |
| Incentive | Something that encourages a person to act. | Play ▶ |
| Income | Money that you earn from your job. | Play ▶ |
| Indicate | To show that something is true or likely.To point to something with your finger or hand. | Play ▶ |
| Individual | One person, considered apart from a group.Relating to one person or thing, not to a group. | Play ▶ |
| Infer | To reach an idea from evidence rather than a direct statement. | Play ▶ |
| Inherent | Existing as a natural part of something. | Play ▶ |
| Inhibit | To slow down or prevent a process. | Play ▶ |
| Injury | Harm or damage to your body. | Play ▶ |
| Instance | One example of a particular thing. | Play ▶ |
| Institute | An organization set up for study, research, or teaching. | Play ▶ |
| Integrate | To combine separate parts into one working whole. | Play ▶ |
| Interact | To communicate or do things with other people. | Play ▶ |
| Interpret | To explain the meaning of something. | Play ▶ |
| Invest | To put money into something, hoping to earn more. | Play ▶ |
| Involve | To include something as a necessary part.To make someone take part in something. | Play ▶ |
| Island | A piece of land surrounded by water.A thing isolated, detached, or surrounded. | Play ▶ |
| Isolate | To separate someone or something from others. | Play ▶ |
| Issue | An important topic that people discuss or argue about.To officially give or supply something, such as a passport. | Play ▶ |
| Item | A single thing in a collection or list. | Play ▶ |
| Itself | Used to talk about the same animal or thing. | Play ▶ |
| Journal | A personal written record of experiences and thoughts. | Play ▶ |
| Journey | An act of travelling from one place to another. | Play ▶ |
| Justify | To give a good reason for an action or belief. | Play ▶ |
| Labor | Work that requires physical or mental effort. | Play ▶ |
| Legal | Allowed by the laws of a country.Relating to the law or to lawyers. | Play ▶ |
| Legislate | To make or pass laws. | Play ▶ |
| Light | The energy that makes it possible to see things.A device that produces illumination, like a lamp. | Play ▶ |
| Literal | Using the exact, ordinary meaning of a word. | Play ▶ |
| Maintain | To keep something in good condition. | Play ▶ |
| Major | Very important or large in size or effect. | Play ▶ |
| Manage | Control or organize people, work, or resources. | Play ▶ |
| Marginal | Very small in size or importance. | Play ▶ |
| Master | A person with great skill in a particular activity. | Play ▶ |
| Mediate | To help people in a disagreement reach an agreement. | Play ▶ |
| Member | An individual belonging to a group.A part of the body, especially a limb. | Play ▶ |
| Mental | Related to the mind. | Play ▶ |
| Method | A particular way of doing something. | Play ▶ |
| Minimize | To reduce something to the smallest possible amount. | Play ▶ |
| Mitigate | To make something harmful less severe. | Play ▶ |
| Motion | The action or process of moving or being moved.A formal proposal put to a legislature or committee. | Play ▶ |
| Motor | A machine that uses energy to produce movement. | Play ▶ |
| Muscle | Body tissue that tightens and relaxes to produce movement. | Play ▶ |
| Mutual | Shared by two or more people. | Play ▶ |
| Nature | The physical world including plants, animals, and landscapes.The basic qualities or character of a person or thing. | Play ▶ |
| Nearly | Almost, but not completely. | Play ▶ |
| Negligible | Too small to matter much. | Play ▶ |
| Neutral | Not supporting either side in a disagreement. | Play ▶ |
| Newly | Only recently. | Play ▶ |
| Normal | Usual or expected in a particular situation. | Play ▶ |
| Novel | A long written story about imagined people and events. | Play ▶ |
| Number | A word or symbol that shows an amount. | Play ▶ |
| Object | A thing that you can see or touch. | Play ▶ |
| Obtain | To get something you want or need. | Play ▶ |
| Occur | Happen or take place as an event. | Play ▶ |
| Offer | To say you are willing to give or do something. | Play ▶ |
| Option | One thing you can choose from several possibilities. | Play ▶ |
| Order | An instruction that someone is expected to obey. | Play ▶ |
| Outcome | The final result of an action or event. | Play ▶ |
| Peace | A time when there is no war or fighting. | Play ▶ |
| Perceive | To notice something through your senses. | Play ▶ |
| Percent | One part in every hundred, shown by the sign %. | Play ▶ |
| Period | A length of time. | Play ▶ |
| Persist | To continue doing something despite difficulty. | Play ▶ |
| Person | A human being. | Play ▶ |
| Phone | A device used to talk to people far away.To call someone on a mobile or landline. | Play ▶ |
| Planet | A large round object that moves around a star. | Play ▶ |
| Policy | A plan or set of rules used to guide decisions. | Play ▶ |
| Positive | Hopeful and confident about the future.Showing that a disease or substance is present in a test. | Play ▶ |
| Potential | The possibility of developing or succeeding in the future. | Play ▶ |
| Pragmatic | Focused on what works in practice. | Play ▶ |
| Previous | Happening or existing before the one now. | Play ▶ |
| Primary | Main or most important.Relating to education for children aged about 5 to 11. | Play ▶ |
| Principle | A basic idea or rule that explains how something works.A belief about what is right that guides your behavior. | Play ▶ |
| Priority | Something that should be dealt with before other things. | Play ▶ |
| Proceed | To continue after a pause. | Play ▶ |
| Process | A series of steps taken to reach a result.To deal with information, documents, or requests. | Play ▶ |
| Protocol | An agreed set of rules for an official activity. | Play ▶ |
| Prove | To show that something is true using facts. | Play ▶ |
| Public | All the ordinary people in a country or town.Open to everyone. | Play ▶ |
| Purchase | To buy something, especially something expensive.Something that you have bought. | Play ▶ |
| Raised | Moved to a higher position. | Play ▶ |
| Random | Happening without a clear plan or pattern. | Play ▶ |
| Range | The limits between which an amount can change, like ages 5 to 10.A group of different things of the same general type. | Play ▶ |
| Rather | Fairly or to some degree, often more than expected. | Play ▶ |
| Recent | Having happened or begun only a short time ago. | Play ▶ |
| Reconcile | To restore a friendly relationship after a disagreement. | Play ▶ |
| Record | An official document, file, or account kept for evidence or future reference.The best performance or score ever achieved in a particular sport or activity. | Play ▶ |
| Reduce | Make something smaller in size, amount, or degree. | Play ▶ |
| Refer | To mention or direct attention to something. | Play ▶ |
| Region | A particular part of a country or the world. | Play ▶ |
| Regulation | An official rule made by a government or organization. | Play ▶ |
| Relevant | Directly connected with the subject being discussed. | Play ▶ |
| Report | A spoken or written account of facts about something. | Play ▶ |
| Reproduce | To make a copy of something. | Play ▶ |
| Require | To need something for a particular purpose.To make someone do something because of a rule or law. | Play ▶ |
| Research | Careful study of a subject to discover new facts.To collect information about a topic by reading and studying. | Play ▶ |
| Reside | To live in a particular place. | Play ▶ |
| Resilient | Able to recover after difficulty or damage. | Play ▶ |
| Resource | A supply of something useful, such as money, oil, or workers. | Play ▶ |
| Respond | To say or write something as an answer.To act or change because of something that happens. | Play ▶ |
| Restrict | To limit the amount, size, or number of something. | Play ▶ |
| Result | Something that happens because of an action or event. | Play ▶ |
| Retain | To keep something rather than lose or give it away. | Play ▶ |
| Reveal | To make something known that was hidden or secret. | Play ▶ |
| Review | To examine something carefully and decide whether it needs changes. | Play ▶ |
| Role | The part someone plays in an activity or organization.The character that an actor plays in a film or play. | Play ▶ |
| Route | The way you follow to get from one place to another. | Play ▶ |
| Rural | Related to the countryside. | Play ▶ |
| Salary | Money you are paid regularly for your job. | Play ▶ |
| Sample | A small part chosen to represent a larger whole. | Play ▶ |
| Scarce | Not available in large enough amounts. | Play ▶ |
| Scheme | A detailed plan for achieving a purpose. | Play ▶ |
| Scrutiny | Very careful and detailed examination. | Play ▶ |
| Season | One of the four parts of the year, such as spring. | Play ▶ |
| Section | One of the parts that something is divided into. | Play ▶ |
| Sector | One part of a country's economy, such as farming or banking. | Play ▶ |
| Secure | Safe from danger, damage, or loss. | Play ▶ |
| Seek | To try to find or get something. | Play ▶ |
| Select | To choose someone or something from a group. | Play ▶ |
| Severe | Very bad or intense. | Play ▶ |
| Shadow | A dark shape made when something blocks the light. | Play ▶ |
| Shield | A strong object held to protect the body from attack. | Play ▶ |
| Short | Having little length or height. | Play ▶ |
| Signal | A sound, light, or action that sends a message. | Play ▶ |
| Similar | Almost the same as something else, but not exactly. | Play ▶ |
| Simulate | To copy a real situation for practice or study. | Play ▶ |
| Site | A place where something is, was, or will be built.A place on the internet with pages about a subject. | Play ▶ |
| Skeptical | Not easily convinced that a claim is true. | Play ▶ |
| Small | Not big in size. | Play ▶ |
| Solar | Related to the sun. | Play ▶ |
| Source | A place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.Obtain from a particular place. | Play ▶ |
| Space | An empty area where something can fit. | Play ▶ |
| Specific | Exact and clearly identified. | Play ▶ |
| Spread | To move or reach across a wider area. | Play ▶ |
| Stable | A farm building for housing horses or other livestock.Firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation. | Play ▶ |
| Stick | A thin piece of wood from a tree. | Play ▶ |
| Still | Continuing to happen or be true. | Play ▶ |
| Strategy | A careful plan for reaching a goal over time. | Play ▶ |
| Stream | A small, narrow river. | Play ▶ |
| Strict | Expecting people to follow rules exactly. | Play ▶ |
| Strong | Having a lot of physical power. | Play ▶ |
| Structure | The way the parts of something are arranged. | Play ▶ |
| Study | To spend time learning about a subject. | Play ▶ |
| Submit | Present something for consideration or judgment. | Play ▶ |
| Survey | A set of questions used to find out people's opinions or habits. | Play ▶ |
| Suspend | To stop an activity for a period of time. | Play ▶ |
| Sustain | To keep something going over time. | Play ▶ |
| System | A set of connected parts working together. | Play ▶ |
| Text | The written words in a book, article, or document.A written message sent from one mobile phone to another. | Play ▶ |
| Theory | An explanation based on ideas and evidence. | Play ▶ |
| Though | Despite the fact that. | Play ▶ |
| Threat | A statement that someone may hurt or punish another person. | Play ▶ |
| Tradition | A custom or belief passed from one generation to the next. | Play ▶ |
| Traffic | Vehicles moving along roads. | Play ▶ |
| Transfer | To move someone or something to another place. | Play ▶ |
| Transient | Lasting only a short time. | Play ▶ |
| Travel | To go from one place to another. | Play ▶ |
| Treaty | An official agreement between countries. | Play ▶ |
| Universal | True for or shared by everyone. | Play ▶ |
| Validate | To show that something is sound or correct. | Play ▶ |
| Variable | Likely or able to change. | Play ▶ |
| Vary | To be different in different situations or cases. | Play ▶ |
| Verify | To check that something is true or accurate. | Play ▶ |
| Viable | Able to work successfully in practice. | Play ▶ |
| Viewer | A person who watches television, a film, or an event. | Play ▶ |
| Wanted | Wished for or desired. | Play ▶ |
| Warrant | An official document allowing police to search or arrest someone. | Play ▶ |
| Watch | A small clock worn on your wrist. | Play ▶ |
| Water | The clear liquid that people drink to stay alive. | Play ▶ |
| Weight | How heavy someone or something is. | Play ▶ |
| Worker | A person who does a job to earn money.Someone who puts a lot of effort into their job. | Play ▶ |
| World | The Earth and all the people and things on it.A particular area of human life or activity. | Play ▶ |
| Write | To make words with a pen or pencil.To send a letter or message. | Play ▶ |