PTE Word List for Academic and Practice

This PTE word list is for academic test takers. It does not include the most challenging PTE academic words, but you should be confident that you will pass the exam if you understand all of them. English isn’t the native language of most test-takers, so vocabulary building is complex. PTE academic words are tricky in reading tests.

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abnormal

a. Syn. anomalous; unusual
unusual; not typical; not normal

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accommodation

n.
living quarters provided for public convenience; something that meets a need; convenience

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adept

a. Syn. competent; proficient
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

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analytical

a.
of analysis; resolving into elements or parts

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archives

n.
public records; place where public records are kept

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ascribe

v. Syn. refer; attribute; assign
inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality

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bead

n. Syn. pearl; drops; droplet
small piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood, that is pierced for stringing

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browse

v. Syn. graze
graze; skim or glance at casually

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abnormal

	one whose job is to kill animals for food; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; vendor, especially on train or in theater
	unusual; not typical; not normal
	tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
	estimate value; judge worth of something

absorb

	assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
	an account of the series of events making up a person's life; accounts of people's life
	destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
	beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence

analyse

	desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
	in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation
	resolve anything complex into its elements; separate into parts for purpose of examination of each separately
	assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

anthropology

	demanding great effort or labor; difficult
	social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
	in the middle of; among; surrounded by
	aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement

append

	attach; add as supplement or appendix
	associate; incorporate
	nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art
	think long and anxiously; be in a state of gloomy, serious thought

apt

	short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
	raise; advance; push or shove upward
	in the middle of; among; surrounded by

aquarium

	tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
	desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
	short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
	a part or division of intestine; interior of something; any internal organ of the body, as the stomach, liver, brain

armour

	defensive covering, as of metal, wood, or leather, worn to protect the body against weapons
	likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
	cause pain, suffering or distress
	short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography

ascend

	beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
	likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
	climb; mount
	desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking

assemble

	put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
	defensive covering, as of metal, wood, or leather, worn to protect the body against weapons
	table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out
	having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial

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v. Syn. adapt; oblige
do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

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n.
extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; last struggle of life; death struggle

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a.
able to live both on land and in water

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n.
defensive covering, as of metal, wood, or leather, worn to protect the body against weapons

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v. Syn. declare
declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly

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n.
a bound volume of maps, charts, or tables

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v. Syn. fasten; annex
fasten; annex; be in contact with

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n. Syn. shaft; pivot
the center around which something rotates; pivot

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n.
single celled organism with no nucleus

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n.
strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds