VOCABULARY LIST - STARTING FROM "U", "V", "W", "Y" & "Z"

U
ugly (adj) umbrella (n) unable (adj) unbelievable (adj) uncle (n) uncomfortable (adj) under (prep) •      under the bed •      under £10.00 underground (adj & n) •   underground trains (adj) •   to travel by underground (n) underline (v) underneath (prep) underpants (n) understand (v) underwear (n) undress (v) unemployed (adj) unemployment (n) unexpected (adj) unfair (adj) unfit (adj) unforgettable (adj) unfortunately (adv) unfriendly (adj) unhappy (n) unhealthy (adj)	uniform (n) union (n) unit (n) unkind (adj) unknown (adj) unimportant (adj) uninterested (adj) uninteresting (adj) universe (n) university (n) unless (conj) unlikey (adj) unlucky (adj) unnecessary (adj) unpack (v) unpleasant (adj) until (prep & conj) unusual (adv) unwell (adj) up (adv & prep) •   to walk up the hill (prep) •   Are you up yet? (awake and dressed) (adv) •   Lift your head up. (adv) •   Speak up, please. (adv) update (n & v) upload (n) upon (prep) •   once upon a time •   That depends upon when you finish.	upper (adj) upset (adj) upstairs (adj & adv) up to (prep phr) •      up to six people up to date (prep phr) urgent (adj) urgently (adv) us (pron) use (n & v) •   Can you use a computer? (v) •   It's for the use of teachers only. (n) •   Is this any use to you? (n) •   used to (v) •   I used to cycle a lot when I was younger. •   I'm not used to getting up early. useful (adj) user(n)  usual (adj) usually (adv)

V
v/versus (prep) •   Manchester United v Liverpool valley (n) valuable (adj) value (n) van (n) vanilla (n) variety (n) various (adj) vase (n) vegetable (n)	vegetarian (n & adj) vehicle (n) very (adv) vet (n) via  (prep) video (n & v) video clip (n) video game (n) view (n) •   a beautiful view village (n) violin (n)	virus (n) •   a computer virus visa (n) visit (n & v) visitor (n) vocabulary (n) voice (n) volleyball(n) volume (n) vote (n & v) vowel (n)

W
wage(s) (n) wait (n & v) waiter (n) waiting room (n) waitress (n) wake (v) wake up (phr v) walk (n & v) walking (n) wall (n) wallet (n) want (v) war (n) wardrobe (n) warm  (adj) warn (v) warning (n) wash (n & v) wash up (phr v) washing machine (n)	washing-up (n) •   to do the washing-up waste (adj & v) watch (n & v) •   My watch keeps good time. (n) •   I watched TV last night. (v) water (n & v) waterfall (n) wave (n & v) •   waves at sea (n) •   to wave goodbye (v) way (n) •   Is this the way? •   the wrong way •   a long way •   to stand in the way •   That's the way to do it. •   way of life •   way in, way out	we (pron) weak (adj) •     to feel weak •     a weak excuse wear (v) •     to wear a dress wear out (phr v & adj) •   You'll wear out those shoes. (v) •   My shoes are worn out. (adj) weather (n) weather forecast (n) web (n) webcam (n) web page (n) website (n) wedding (n) week (n) weekday (n) weekend (n)

weekly (adj & adv) •   a weekly magazine (adj) •   to phone home twice weekly (adv) weigh (v) weight (n) welcome (n & v) •      a warm welcome (n) •      Welcome to London! (v) well (adj, adv & exclam) •    I'm very well, thanks. (adj) •    to behave  very well (adv) •   Shake the bottle well.  (adv) •   Well, here we are. (exclam) well done! (adv) well-dressed (adj) well-known (adj) well made I well-made (adv & adj) west (adj, adv & n) western (adj) wet (adj) •   wet clothes •   wet weather whale (n) what (det & pron) whatever (pron & det) wheel (n) wheelchair (n) when (adv) whenever (conj) where (adv & conj) wherever (conj) whether (conj) which (pron & det) while, whilst (conj) white (adj)

who (pron) whole (adj & n) whose (det & pron) why (adv) wide (adj) •   a wide road wife (n) wild (adj) wildlife (n) will (mv) willing (adj) win (v) wind (n) •   A strong wind was blowing. window (n) windscreen (n) windsurfing (n) windy (n) wing (n) •   a bird's wing •   the wing of an aeroplane winner (n) wise (adj) wish (n & v) •   Best wishes. (n) •   Wish me luck. (v) •   I wish you were here. (v) with (prep) within (prep) without (prep) woman (n) wonder (v) •   I wonder what he said. wonderful (adj) wood (n) •   to be made of wood •   in a large wood

wooden (adj) wool (n) word (n) •   words in a sentence •   He didn't say a word. work (n & v) •   school work (n) •   to work for a living (v) •   hard work (n) •   to be out of work (n) worker (n) working (adj) workout (n) •   I like a good workout at the gym. work out (phr v) •   I work out at the gym every day. world (n) worried (adj) worry (n & v) worse (adj & adv) worst (adj & adv) worth (adj) would (mv) wow (exclam) wrap (up) (v & phr v) •   to wrap (up) a parcel write (v) write down (phr v) •   write down an address writer (n) writing (n) written (adj) wrong (adj)

Y
yard (n)	yet (adv)	young (adj)
yeah (exclam)	yoga (n)	your (det)
year (n)	yoghurt (n)	yours (pron)
yellow (adj)	you (pron)	yourself (pron)
yes (adv)	you know (exclam)	youth (n)
yesterday (adv)

Z
zebra (n) zero (n)	zone (n) zoo (n)

NOTE

Abbreviations used in the Preliminary and Preliminary for Schools Vocabulary List are:

abbrev	abbreviation or acronym	mv n	modal verb
adj	adjective	phrv	noun
adv	adverb	pi	phrasal verb
av	auxiliary verb	prep	plural preposition
Am Eng	American English	prep phr	prepositional phrase
Br Eng	British English	pron	pronoun
conj det	conjunction	sing	singular
exclam	determiner	v	verb
	exclamation