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100 Words Every Intermediate English Learner Should Know

March 4, 2026

100 Words Every Intermediate English Learner Should Know

No. Term Definition
1. Abundant More than enough; plentiful.
2. Accurate Correct and precise.
3. Adapt Change to fit new conditions.
4. Adequate Enough for a specific need.
5. Admire Respect and like deeply.
6. Affect Influence; cause a change.
7. Alternative Another option or choice.
8. Ambitious Strong desire to succeed.
9. Analyze Examine closely to understand.
10. Announce Make information publicly known.
11. Anticipate Expect and prepare for.
12. Approach Method; way of dealing.
13. Appropriate Suitable for a situation.
14. Approximate Close to the actual amount.
15. Arrange Put in order; organize.
16. Assume Accept as true without proof.
17. Attempt Try to do something.
18. Attract Draw interest or attention.
19. Avoid Stay away from; prevent.
20. Aware Knowing about something.
21. Balance A stable, equal state.
22. Benefit An advantage; helpful result.
23. Brief Short in time or length.
24. Budget Plan for spending money.
25. Candidate Person considered for a role.
26. Capacity Maximum amount something can hold.
27. Challenge Difficult task or problem.
28. Clarify Make something easier to understand.
29. Collaborate Work together on a task.
30. Commit Promise or dedicate to something.
31. Communicate Share information or ideas.
32. Compare Find similarities and differences.
33. Compete Try to win against others.
34. Complex Not simple; many parts.
35. Conclude Decide after thinking; finish.
36. Conduct Carry out; behave in a way.
37. Confirm Verify that something is true.
38. Consequence Result of an action.
39. Consider Think carefully about.
40. Consistent Always the same; steady.
41. Consult Ask for expert advice.
42. Consume Use up; eat or drink.
43. Context Situation surrounding an event.
44. Contrast Show differences clearly.
45. Contribute Give help, time, or money.
46. Convenient Easy and suitable to use.
47. Convert Change from one form to another.
48. Convince Persuade someone to believe.
49. Critical Important; or judging carefully.
50. Curious Eager to know or learn.
51. Debate Formal discussion of opposing views.
52. Decade A period of ten years.
53. Decline Refuse; or become less.
54. Demand Strong need or request.
55. Demonstrate Show clearly by example.
56. Describe Explain what something is like.
57. Design Plan or create a structure.
58. Detect Notice; discover something hidden.
59. Develop Grow or improve over time.
60. Device Tool or piece of equipment.
61. Diverse Including many different types.
62. Domestic Related to home or a country.
63. Draft First version of writing.
64. Duration Length of time something lasts.
65. Eager Very interested and excited.
66. Efficient Working well without waste.
67. Eliminate Remove completely; get rid of.
68. Emphasize Give special importance to.
69. Enable Make possible; allow.
70. Encourage Give support or confidence.
71. Enhance Improve; make better.
72. Ensure Make certain; guarantee.
73. Estimate Roughly calculate a value.
74. Evaluate Judge quality or importance.
75. Evidence Facts showing something is true.
76. Exception Something that does not follow a rule.
77. Expand Increase in size or scope.
78. Explain Make clear by describing reasons.
79. Expose Reveal; make visible.
80. Factor One element that influences results.
81. Feature Important part or characteristic.
82. Flexible Able to change easily.
83. Focus Direct attention toward something.
84. Frequent Happening often.
85. Function Purpose; or work properly.
86. Generate Produce or create.
87. Goal Aim; desired result.
88. Gradual Happening slowly over time.
89. Handle Deal with; manage.
90. Hesitate Pause before acting or speaking.
91. Identify Recognize and name something.
92. Impact Strong effect or influence.
93. Implement Put a plan into action.
94. Improve Make better; increase quality.
95. Include Make part of a whole.
96. Indicate Point out; show.
97. Influence Power to affect decisions or actions.
98. Inform Tell someone important information.
99. Initial First; at the beginning.
100. Insight Clear understanding of a situation.

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