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YDT Vocabulary List: 670 Words with Definitions

YDT (Yabancı Dil Testi) is the foreign-language section of YKS, Türkiye's university entrance exam, taken by students applying to English-language degrees such as translation, teaching or literature. The test mixes everyday and academic reading, dialogue completion and meaning in context, and this pool was built from recent YDT papers. It is a curated practice pool, not an official ÖSYM list.

Curated pool used inside the Word Hype app.

Showing the first 400 of 670 words in alphabetical order. The full list is available inside the app.

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Abandon To leave a person or place and not return. Play ▶
Abstract About ideas rather than things you can touch. Play ▶
Academic Related to schools, universities, or study. Play ▶
Access The ability or right to enter, use, or obtain something. 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 ▶
Administer To manage or organize the work of a company or system.To give medicine or treatment to someone. Play ▶
Adopt Legally take another person into a family as a child. Play ▶
Advice Suggestions about what someone should do. Play ▶
Advocate A person who publicly supports an idea or cause. Play ▶
Affect To cause a change in someone or something. Play ▶
Afraid Feeling fear. Play ▶
Agree To have the same opinion as someone. Play ▶
Alert Quick to notice things and ready to act. Play ▶
Almost Nearly, but not quite. Play ▶
Alone Without other people. Play ▶
Along With a forward motion.In accompaniment or as a companion. Play ▶
Always At all times; all the time and on every occasion.Without variation or change, in every case. Play ▶
Ambiguous Having more than one possible meaning. Play ▶
Amount How much of something there is. Play ▶
Analysis The careful study of something to understand how it works. Play ▶
Ancient Belonging to the very distant past. Play ▶
Angry Feeling or showing anger.(of the elements) as if showing violent anger. Play ▶
Animal A living creature such as a dog, cat, or bird. Play ▶
Annual Happening once every year. 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 ▶
Apply To make a formal request for a job, course, or benefit. Play ▶
Approach A particular way of dealing with a problem or task.To move closer to someone or something. Play ▶
Arctic Related to the area around the North Pole. Play ▶
Area A part of a town, a country, or the world.A subject or field of study or work. Play ▶
Argue To disagree with someone in words, sometimes angrily. Play ▶
Arise To begin to happen or exist. Play ▶
Around On all sides of something. Play ▶
Arrive Reach a destination by movement or progress.Succeed in a big way; get to the top. Play ▶
Arrow A symbol used to show direction.A long, thin weapon shot from a bow. Play ▶
Article A piece of writing in a newspaper, magazine, or website. Play ▶
Artist A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination. Play ▶
Aspect One part of a situation or subject. Play ▶
Assess To judge how serious, big, or important something is. Play ▶
Assign To give someone a particular job or task. Play ▶
Assist To help someone do something. Play ▶
Assume To believe something is true without being certain. Play ▶
Attack To try to hurt or defeat someone.A sudden event of sickness or violence. Play ▶
Attain To achieve something through effort. Play ▶
Attend To be present at an event or class. Play ▶
Attribute A quality or feature of a person or thing. Play ▶
Author A person who writes a book or other text. 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 ▶
Average The value found by adding amounts and dividing by how many there are. Play ▶
Aware Knowing that something exists or is happening. Play ▶
Balance A steady position that keeps you from falling. Play ▶
Battle A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.An energetic attempt to achieve something. Play ▶
Become Enter or assume a certain state or condition.Undergo a change or development. Play ▶
Before During the period of time preceding.In front of someone or something. Play ▶
Behave To act in a particular way. Play ▶
Behind At or to the far side of.Less advanced than others in a process. Play ▶
Belief A feeling that something is true or real.Something that you believe. Play ▶
Believe To accept that something is true. 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 ▶
Blood The red liquid inside your body.Family background or origin. Play ▶
Board A flat piece of wood.To get onto a plane, ship, or train. Play ▶
Borrow To use something and give it back later. Play ▶
Bother To annoy someone. Play ▶
Branch A part of a tree growing out from the trunk.A division of a business or organization. Play ▶
Brave Able to face danger even when you feel afraid. Play ▶
Break Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity.A sudden and unexpected opportunity for success. Play ▶
Breeze A slight wind (usually refreshing).Any undertaking that is easy to do. Play ▶
Bridge A structure built over a river or road so people can cross.Something that connects two places. Play ▶
Brutal Very cruel and violent. Play ▶
Camera A device for recording visual images.A judge's private room. Play ▶
Cancel Decide that an organized event will not take place.Annul or make void. Play ▶
Capacity The largest amount that something can hold. Play ▶
Carbon A chemical element found in every living thing. Play ▶
Carrot A long orange vegetable that grows under the ground. Play ▶
Category A group of things with shared features. Play ▶
Cattle Farm animals such as cows and bulls considered as a group. Play ▶
Cause The reason something happens. Play ▶
Century A period of one hundred years. Play ▶
Certain Sure that something is true. Play ▶
Chair A seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs.The person in charge of a meeting. Play ▶
Chance A possibility of something happening.An opportunity to do something. Play ▶
Change Make or become different.Coins as opposed to paper currency. Play ▶
Chaos A state of complete confusion and disorder. Play ▶
Chapter One of the main parts that a book is divided into. Play ▶
Charity An organization that helps people in need. 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 ▶
Chosen Picked from a group. Play ▶
Chronic Lasting a long time or coming back often, especially an illness. Play ▶
Cited Mentioned as an example or source. Play ▶
Civil Relating to ordinary people, not the army.Polite and friendly to other people. 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 ▶
Class A group of things that are similar.A group of students taught together. Play ▶
Clean Free from dirt, marks, or stains.To remove dirt or stains from something. Play ▶
Clever Quick to understand, learn, and devise.Skilled at doing or achieving something. Play ▶
Climate The usual weather in a place over many years. Play ▶
Close Near in distance. Play ▶
Cloud A white or gray mass in the sky made of water drops.A dark shape that blocks the light. Play ▶
Coast The land right next to the sea or ocean.To move forward easily without using power. Play ▶
Coffee A hot drink made from roasted beans.The berries or seeds of a tropical shrub. Play ▶
Cognitive Related to thinking, learning, and remembering. Play ▶
Coherent Clear and easy to understand because the parts fit together. Play ▶
Coincide To happen at the same time. Play ▶
Collect To bring things together into a group.To get things from different places and put them together. 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 ▶
Company A business that sells goods or services. Play ▶
Complex Having many connected parts that are hard to understand. Play ▶
Comply To act according to a request or rule. Play ▶
Compute To calculate an amount or number. Play ▶
Concept A general idea about what something is or how it works. Play ▶
Concise Giving information clearly in few words. Play ▶
Conclude To decide something is true after thinking about the facts.To end something, such as a speech or meeting. Play ▶
Concrete A building material made from cement, sand, stones, and water. Play ▶
Condemn To say strongly that something is wrong. Play ▶
Conduct To organize and carry out an activity, such as a survey.To direct a group of musicians as they play. 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 ▶
Courts The places where legal trials happen.Places to play sports like tennis or basketball. Play ▶
Covers A lid.To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect. Play ▶
Crash A loud resonant repeating noise.A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles). 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 ▶
Crime An action that is against the law.Something very bad or wrong. Play ▶
Crisis A time of serious trouble or danger. Play ▶
Crucial Extremely important to the success of something. Play ▶
Culture The beliefs, customs, and way of life of a group. Play ▶
Current Happening or existing at the present time. Play ▶
Cycles A series of events that happen over and over again.To ride a bicycle. Play ▶
Damage Harm that makes something broken or less useful. Play ▶
Data Facts and numbers collected to be studied or used. Play ▶
Debate A formal discussion where people argue different opinions.To think carefully about different choices. Play ▶
Decline To become smaller, weaker, or less. Play ▶
Define To explain exactly what a word means.To show what something is. Play ▶
Degree A unit used to measure temperature or angles.A certificate you get when you finish university. Play ▶
Delay To wait or make something late.When something happens later than it should. Play ▶
Delta Land shaped like a triangle where a river meets the sea.The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. 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 ▶
Depict To show someone or something in a picture. Play ▶
Derive To get something from a particular source. Play ▶
Design A plan showing how something will look or work. Play ▶
Desire A strong feeling of wanting something. Play ▶
Detail An individual feature, fact, or item.A small detachment of troops or police officers. 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 ▶
Devoted Very loving and loyal to someone. 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 ▶
Digital Using electronic technology to store or process information. Play ▶
Diminish To make or become smaller or less important. Play ▶
Dining The act of eating a meal.Eating food in a restaurant. Play ▶
Direct Going straight to a place without stopping.To tell people what to do. Play ▶
Dishes Plates and bowls used for eating food.Meals prepared in a special way. Play ▶
Dismiss To decide that an idea is not worth considering. Play ▶
Display Show something so that other people can see it. 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 ▶
Divide To separate something into parts or groups. Play ▶
Dread A strong feeling of fear or worry.To feel very afraid about something. Play ▶
Dream Pictures or stories that happen in your mind when you sleep.Something you really want to happen in the future. Play ▶
Dress A piece of clothing that covers the body and legs.To put on clothes. Play ▶
Dubious Unsure whether something is true or a good idea. Play ▶
Dynamic Full of energy and new ideas. Play ▶
Eager Very keen to do or have something. Play ▶
Earned Got money by working.Got something because you worked hard for it. Play ▶
Earth The planet on which we live.The soil or dirt on the ground. Play ▶
Earthy Looking or smelling like dirt or soil.Simple, natural, and honest. 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 ▶
Efficacy The ability to produce the intended result. Play ▶
Effort The energy you use to do something. Play ▶
Either One or the other of two things. Play ▶
Elders People who are older than you. Play ▶
Element One part of something larger. Play ▶
Eligible Allowed to do or receive something under the rules. Play ▶
Embrace To hold someone in your arms with affection. Play ▶
Emphasis Special importance given to one part of something. Play ▶
Empire A large group of countries ruled by one person or country.A kingdom with an emperor. Play ▶
Empirical Based on what is observed or tested. Play ▶
Employ To pay someone to work for you.To use something. Play ▶
Empty Having nothing inside.Without people or things. Play ▶
Enable To make someone able to do something. Play ▶
Energy The power you need to do things and be active.Power from electricity, gas, or the sun. Play ▶
Engage To take part in something.To get someone's interest or attention. Play ▶
Enhance To improve the quality or value of something. Play ▶
Enjoy To get pleasure from something.To like doing something. Play ▶
Enormous Extremely large. Play ▶
Enough As much as you need.The right amount of something. Play ▶
Enroll To join a course or school officially. Play ▶
Ensure To make sure that something happens. 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 ▶
Erode To slowly wear away rock or soil through water or wind. Play ▶
Errors Mistakes or things that are wrong.Incorrect answers on a test. Play ▶
Escape To get away from danger or a place you cannot leave freely. 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 ▶
Event Something important that happens.A planned public or social occasion. Play ▶
Events Things that happen at a particular time or place. Play ▶
Every All the people or things in a group.Happening all the time or regularly. Play ▶
Evident Easy to see or understand. Play ▶
Evolve To develop and change gradually over time. 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 ▶
Exceed To be greater than a stated amount or limit. Play ▶
Except Not including; but not.To leave out. Play ▶
Exclude To leave someone or something out. Play ▶
Exist To be real or present. Play ▶
Expect To think that something will happen.To believe that someone should do something. Play ▶
Explicit Stated clearly and directly. Play ▶
Exploit To use a person unfairly for your own benefit. Play ▶
Export To send goods to another country to sell them.A product sold to a different country. Play ▶
Extend To make something longer or bigger.To stretch out your arm or leg. Play ▶
External On the outside of something. Play ▶
Extinct Having no living members left, as a species. 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 ▶
Failed Did not succeed in doing something.Did not pass a test. Play ▶
Fairly In a way that treats people equally. Play ▶
Fallen Dropped down to the ground.Having dropped from a high place. Play ▶
Family People who are related to each other. Play ▶
Famous Known about by many people.Recognized by everyone. Play ▶
Feasible Possible to do with the time and resources available. Play ▶
Feature An important or noticeable part of something. Play ▶
Fiction Stories about people and events that are imagined. Play ▶
Field An open area of land used for crops or animals. Play ▶
Fierce Violent, angry, or ready to attack. Play ▶
Fight To use physical force to try to defeat another person.To argue or disagree strongly. Play ▶
Figure A number or symbol used in math.The shape of the human body. 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 ▶
Finger Each of the four slender jointed parts attached to either hand.To touch or feel something with the hands. Play ▶
Finite Having an end or limit. Play ▶
First Coming before all others.Number one in a line or race. Play ▶
Fitted Made to be the exact size and shape.Equipped with everything necessary. Play ▶
Flight A journey in an airplane.Running away from danger. Play ▶
Flourish To grow or develop very well. Play ▶
Flower The seed-bearing part of a plant.To be in or reach an optimum stage of development. Play ▶
Focus To give all your attention to one thing.The main point of interest. Play ▶
Follow To go or come behind someone or something.To obey rules or instructions. Play ▶
Forced Made to do something against your wishes. Play ▶
Forecast To say what is likely to happen using available information. Play ▶
Forget To not remember something.To accidentally leave something behind. 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 ▶
Foster To take care of a child that is not your own.To help something grow or develop. Play ▶
Found Discovered something that was lost. Play ▶
Fragile Easy to break or damage. Play ▶
Frames The borders around pictures or windows.The metal or plastic parts that hold the glasses you wear. Play ▶
Friend Someone you know well and like. Play ▶
Frosty Covered with ice, or not friendly. Play ▶
Frozen Turned into ice or stopped moving. Play ▶
Fully Completely or entirely. 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 ▶
Gained Got something through work or effort. Play ▶
Genuine Real and exactly what it claims to be. Play ▶
Global Covering the whole world. Play ▶
Govern To rule or control a country. Play ▶
Gradual Happening slowly in small stages. Play ▶
Grateful Feeling thankful for someone's help or kindness. Play ▶
Green The color of grass and leaves.Covered with plants or grass. 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 ▶
Guarantee A firm promise that something will happen or meet a standard. Play ▶
Guards People whose job is to protect a place or person. Play ▶
Habitat The natural place where an animal or plant lives. Play ▶
Habits Things that you do often and almost without thinking. Play ▶
Handle The part of a cup, door, or bag that you hold. Play ▶
Happy Feeling or showing pleasure.Fortunate and convenient. Play ▶
Hardly Almost not at all. Play ▶
Health The condition of your body, how well you are. Play ▶
Heavy Weighing a lot; difficult to lift. Play ▶
Hidden Put in a place where it cannot be seen. Play ▶
Higher Further up than something else. Play ▶
Highly Very much; extremely. Play ▶
Hinder To make progress difficult or slow. Play ▶
Hiring Giving someone a job. Play ▶
History Events that happened in the past. Play ▶
Honest Telling the truth and not stealing. Play ▶
Hoping Wanting something to happen. Play ▶
Hostile Unfriendly and ready to argue or attack. Play ▶
House A building where people live. Play ▶
Humans People, including adults and children. Play ▶
Humid With a lot of water in the air. Play ▶
Hungry Wanting or needing to eat. Play ▶
Identify To recognize and name who or what someone or something is. Play ▶
Ignore To pay no attention to someone or something. Play ▶
Image A picture of someone or something. Play ▶
Immune Protected against a particular disease. Play ▶
Impact The strong effect that something has. Play ▶
Implicit Understood even though it is not stated directly. 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 ▶
Indoor Happening or used inside a building. Play ▶
Inevitable Certain to happen and impossible to avoid. Play ▶
Infant A baby or very young child. Play ▶
Infer To reach an idea from evidence rather than a direct statement. Play ▶
Inform To tell someone facts or news. Play ▶
Inherent Existing as a natural part of something. Play ▶
Inhibit To slow down or prevent a process. Play ▶
Initial Happening or placed at the beginning. Play ▶
Injury Harm or damage to your body. Play ▶
Inquiry A request for information. Play ▶
Inside The inner part of something. Play ▶
Insight A clear and deep understanding of something. Play ▶
Instance One example of a particular thing. Play ▶
Institute An organization set up for study, research, or teaching. Play ▶
Intact Whole and not damaged. Play ▶
Intake The amount of food, drink, or air taken into the body. Play ▶
Integrate To combine separate parts into one working whole. Play ▶
Integrity The quality of being honest and following strong moral principles. Play ▶
Intend To plan or want to do something. Play ▶
Intense Very strong or extreme. Play ▶
Intent A plan to do something. Play ▶
Internal Inside something. Play ▶
Interpret To explain the meaning of something. Play ▶
Invest To put money into something, hoping to earn more. Play ▶
Invite To ask someone to come to a party or event. Play ▶
Involve To include something as a necessary part.To make someone take part in something. 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 ▶
Joyful Very happy. Play ▶
Justify To give a good reason for an action or belief. Play ▶
Labels Small pieces of paper or material giving information about things. Play ▶
Labor Work that requires physical or mental effort. Play ▶
Latest The most recent in a series. Play ▶
Learn Gain knowledge or skills.Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. Play ▶
Legal Allowed by the laws of a country.Relating to the law or to lawyers. Play ▶
Legislate To make or pass laws. Play ▶
Length The measurement from end to end.The quality of being long. Play ▶
Letter A character representing sounds in speech.A written or printed communication. Play ▶
Levels Positions on a scale of amount, quality, or difficulty. Play ▶
Light The energy that makes it possible to see things.A device that produces illumination, like a lamp. Play ▶
Limits The highest amounts or levels allowed. Play ▶
Literal Using the exact, ordinary meaning of a word. Play ▶
Living Alive at the present time. Play ▶
Local Belonging to the area near where you are. Play ▶
Locate To find the exact position of something. Play ▶
Lunch A meal eaten in the middle of the day.To eat a midday meal. Play ▶
Mainly More than anything else. 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 ▶
Manner How something is done or how it happens.A kind. Play ▶
Marine Related to the sea or things that live in it. Play ▶
Market A place where people buy and sell things. Play ▶
Master A person with great skill in a particular activity. Play ▶
Matter The physical substance that things are made of. Play ▶
Maximum The largest possible quantity.The point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right. Play ▶
Medieval Related to the period in Europe between ancient and modern times. Play ▶
Member An individual belonging to a group.A part of the body, especially a limb. Play ▶
Memory The ability to remember information and experiences. Play ▶
Mental Related to the mind. Play ▶
Metaphor A way of describing one thing as another to show a shared quality. Play ▶
Method A particular way of doing something. Play ▶
Middle The point or position at an equal distance from the sides.Intermediate in rank, quality, or ability. Play ▶
Mitigate To make something harmful less severe. Play ▶
Modern Related to the present or recent times. Play ▶
Money What you use to pay for things. Play ▶
Moral Related to ideas of right and wrong. Play ▶
Morning The period of time between midnight and noon.The beginning of something. Play ▶
Movie A story told with pictures and sound on a screen. Play ▶
Multiple Involving more than one. Play ▶
Muscle Body tissue that tightens and relaxes to produce movement. Play ▶
Museum A building where you can look at old, interesting, or beautiful things. Play ▶
Mysterious Strange and difficult to explain. Play ▶
Nature The physical world including plants, animals, and landscapes.The basic qualities or character of a person or thing. Play ▶