The 2,000-word list for Age 24
A reference for young adults exploring words independently or with support. The 2,000 entries are choices for reading and conversation, not a requirement for Age 24. Advanced entries are optional specialist extensions. Age guidance.
Beginner 1–363 · Intermediate 364–1353 · Advanced 1354–2000 · How to use the bank
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Beginner: words 1–363
A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · L · M · N · O · P · R · S · T · U · V · W · Y
| Sequence and initial | Words, in sequence |
|---|---|
| 0001–0008 · A | absentmindedness, activeness, aimlessness, airiness, aloneness, ambitiousness, approachability, attractiveness |
| 0009–0028 · B | badness, bigheartedness, bigness, blackness, blandness, blondness, bloodiness, bloodstain, blueness, blurriness, boldness, boniness, boringness, bottomlessness, boundlessness, boyishness, braveness, briefness, broadness, brownness |
| 0029–0029 · B | bubbliness |
| 0030–0045 · C | ceaselessness, cheapness, cheekiness, chirpiness, chubbiness, cloudlessness, commonness, confusedness, costliness, countlessness, courageousness, creaminess, creativeness, crispiness, crumbliness, curliness |
| 0046–0057 · D | daintiness, dangerousness, deadness, dearness, deepness, deliciousness, denseness, disgracefulness, disgustingness, distinctness, dreadfulness, drippiness |
| 0058–0065 · E | earliness, eeriness, electronics, enjoyableness, enormousness, evilness, excessiveness, expensiveness |
| 0066–0085 · F | faithfulness, falseness, fatness, fattiness, faultlessness, fieriness, filthiness, finalisation, fingermark, fixedness, flabbiness, foaminess, fogginess, foreshadowing, foretelling, foul-up, foulness, foxiness, frame-up, free-for-all |
| 0086–0090 · F | frightfulness, friskiness, frothiness, fruitlessness, fuzziness |
| 0091–0110 · G | gadgeteer, gagwriter, gasman, ghostliness, girlishness, gleaner, glitz, glueyness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness, gouger, gracefulness, grandness, greasiness, greatness, greed, greyness, grimness, grogginess, grossness |
| 0111–0115 · G | groundbreaking, gruesomeness, gumminess, guts, gutsiness |
| 0116–0133 · H | hairiness, hairlessness, handsomeness, hangover, harmfulness, hatefulness, heartiness, helpfulness, hijinks, hilliness, hollowness, hooliganism, horsemanship, hotness, hullabaloo, hungriness, hurriedness, huskiness |
| 0134–0145 · I | ill-treatment, impoliteness, impressiveness, imprisonment, impulsiveness, inactivity, incapability, incorrectness, indirectness, ineptness, infestation, invention |
| 0146–0148 · J | jerkiness, judgeship, juiciness |
| 0149–0163 · L | landscaping, largeness, laundering, lavishness, leanness, left-handedness, lengthiness, lifesaving, lightheadedness, lipreading, littleness, looseness, lopsidedness, loveliness, luxury |
| 0164–0176 · M | manipulation, manufacturing, matchmaking, merrymaking, messiness, mildness, mindlessness, misbehaviour, mistreatment, modernisation, muckheap, muddiness, mushiness |
| 0177–0183 · N | nakedness, narrowness, nastiness, nearness, newness, niceness, nimbleness |
| 0184–0189 · O | obviousness, oiliness, oldness, orderliness, outrageousness, overweight |
| 0190–0200 · P | paleness, penny-pinching, peppiness, pinkness, pointlessness, poorness, preciousness, promptness, puffiness, puppetry, pushiness |
| 0201–0214 · R | raininess, reappraisal, reassessment, redness, religion, respectfulness, restfulness, right-handedness, ringer, rockiness, roomer, rosiness, rottenness, runniness |
| 0215–0234 · S | salesmanship, sameness, sandbagger, scratchiness, secrecy, self-absorption, self-assurance, self-awareness, self-confidence, self-criticism, self-education, self-examination, self-improvement, self-knowledge, self-organisation, self-preservation, self-protection, self-renewal, self-sacrifice, selfishness |
| 0235–0254 · S | selflessness, sellout, shadiness, shagginess, shake-up, shakiness, shamefulness, share-out, sharp-sightedness, shebang, shipping, shopwalker, shortness, showiness, sightedness, sit-in, skinniness, sleuthing, sliminess, slimness |
| 0255–0274 · S | slip-up, slowdown, slowness, smallness, smartness, smattering, smuggling, snarl-up, sneakiness, snobbishness, soapiness, southpaw, spaciousness, spadework, speechlessness, speed-reading, speediness, spiciness, staging, stakeout |
| 0275–0294 · S | standoff, standpoint, starvation, steadiness, steaminess, steepness, sternness, stillness, stinginess, stinkiness, stockpiling, stonewaller, stranglehold, stretchiness, strikebreaker, stylishness, successor, suddenness, superstition, supervision |
| 0295–0298 · S | sureness, sweepstakes, swiftness, switcheroo |
| 0299–0318 · T | tactics, takeover, talkativeness, tallness, tanginess, tastelessness, tastiness, technique, telecommuting, teleworking, testifier, thirstiness, tidiness, tininess, tip-off, tourism, trainmaster, trickiness, truancy, turnabout |
| 0319–0319 · T | turndown |
| 0320–0336 · U | ugliness, unawareness, underachievement, undoing, unevenness, unexpectedness, unhelpfulness, unknowingness, unoriginality, unpopularity, unselfconsciousness, unsoundness, untidiness, uprising, uptick, upturn, uselessness |
| 0337–0339 · V | vandalism, vastness, violence |
| 0340–0359 · W | wakefulness, walkabout, walkout, walkover, warehousing, warfare, warm-up, wastefulness, watchfulness, waxiness, whiteness, wideness, willpower, wiretap, witch-hunt, wizardry, workfellow, worth, worthlessness, write-in |
| 0360–0361 · W | wrongdoing, wrongness |
| 0362–0363 · Y | yellowness, youthfulness |
Intermediate: words 364–1353
A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · Y · Z
| Sequence and initial | Words, in sequence |
|---|---|
| 0364–0383 · A | absoluteness, abstractedness, abstruseness, acuteness, adultery, advantageousness, adventurism, affability, affairs, affectedness, afterworld, agelessness, agreeability, alikeness, aliveness, almsgiving, alterability, amenableness, ampleness, ana |
| 0384–0403 · A | ancientness, androgyny, anointing, anomie, answerableness, antipode, apparentness, appositeness, arability, arccosecant, arccotangent, arcsecant, arduousness, articulateness, artificiality, athleticism, audaciousness, auspices, auspiciousness, averageness |
| 0404–0405 · A | avifauna, awakening |
| 0406–0425 · B | baccarat, backfield, backhander, backpacking, barbarousness, barbecuing, bareboating, baroqueness, barrenness, baseness, batting, bawdiness, beano, beastliness, bellicosity, belongings, bemusement, bendability, bibliotheca, bicycling |
| 0426–0445 · B | biotype, bivouacking, bizarreness, blackjack, blatancy, boating, boo-boo, bounteousness, bountifulness, bout, bowls, brackishness, braising, brashness, brawniness, break-in, breakability, brewing, brigade, brilliancy |
| 0446–0454 · B | brininess, bristliness, brushup, bullfighting, bullheadedness, bullying, burdensomeness, burnability, burnup |
| 0455–0474 · C | canasta, caravanning, cards, castling, catechesis, catholicity, ceremoniousness, changefulness, changelessness, charades, chasteness, chastity, checkers, chicness, chin-up, chiropractic, christening, clanger, clannishness, cloning |
| 0475–0494 · C | cloud-cuckoo-land, clowder, cobbling, cohesiveness, combativeness, comeliness, comicality, communication, communications, communicativeness, commuting, companionability, completion, compulsiveness, comradeship, conceitedness, conformance, conjury, conspicuousness, constructiveness |
| 0495–0514 · C | contemplativeness, contemptibility, contemptuousness, continence, continuousness, convincingness, cooking, copiousness, copout, coreference, cornhusking, corporeality, corpulence, corruptibility, corruptness, courtliness, couture, coven, covey, coyness |
| 0515–0532 · C | crassness, credulousness, cribbage, crime, crocheting, crossbreeding, crosshairs, crotchetiness, crudity, cryonics, cult, culture, curability, curiousness, currentness, curvaceousness, cussedness, cycling |
| 0533–0552 · D | dairying, dapperness, daredevilry, darning, dastardliness, dating, dawah, dealings, deceitfulness, decorativeness, decorousness, deerstalking, defensibility, defrayment, degree, demonstrativeness, deportment, deservingness, destructibility, detonation |
| 0553–0572 · D | detoxification, devisal, digestibility, dilatoriness, diminutiveness, directionality, disagreeableness, disaster, discreetness, disdainfulness, disingenuousness, disparateness, dispassionateness, dispensability, disreputability, dissection, dissimilitude, dissoluteness, distastefulness, distrustfulness |
| 0573–0592 · D | diving, docking, dogfight, dogtrot, domineeringness, dominoes, doubles, doubtfulness, dowdiness, downrightness, downspin, drafting, dreamworld, drilling, driving, dropkick, druidism, drumming, drunkenness, duel |
| 0593–0594 · D | durative, duskiness |
| 0595–0614 · E | easygoingness, effortfulness, eisteddfod, elaborateness, embarkment, emotionalism, emotionality, end-all, enduringness, engagement, enterprisingness, entomology, ephemerality, everydayness, exhumation, exodus, exorcism, exploitation, exploration, expurgation |
| 0615–0634 · F | face-off, facelift, facial, faith, falconry, fastball, fasting, fatherliness, featherbedding, federalisation, felony, fewness, finances, findings, finger-painting, finger-roll, fire-raising, firefighting, fistfight, fisticuffs |
| 0635–0654 · F | five-hitter, fives, flirtation, floorshow, fly-fishing, folks, foolery, foraging, foray, forehand, foreignness, foremanship, forging, forgivingness, fragrance, frat, fratricide, freebooter, frequenter, fruiterer |
| 0655–0660 · F | fruition, functionary, fundamentals, furiousness, furnishing, futuristics |
| 0661–0680 · G | gambling, gangdom, gaoler, gardening, gastronome, gaucho, gauntness, gawkiness, gendarme, generalissimo, generalship, genocide, genomics, geometer, geriatrician, geriatrics, germaneness, gerontologist, gerontology, ghastliness |
| 0681–0695 · G | give-and-go, gliding, glimmering, go-around, goal-kick, godlessness, godliness, going-over, goldbricking, golfing, graveness, groundlessness, grounds, gullibility, gutlessness |
| 0696–0709 · H | handicap, heedfulness, herpetology, heterosexism, holding, homefolk, hostilities, housebreaking, humanisation, humanness, humorousness, hustings, hydromancy, hyphenation |
| 0710–0729 · I | ill-usage, immobilisation, imperfectibility, imperfective, impingement, implantation, imposture, impoverishment, inapplicability, inauguration, incarnation, inchoative, incitation, incorporation, incurrence, incursion, indecency, indecorum, indicative, indiscreetness |
| 0730–0749 · I | indoctrination, inducement, inertness, inferiority, infliction, infraction, infrequency, ingratiation, initiation, innings, insurgency, insurrection, interception, interestedness, internationalisation, internment, intervention, intifada, invigilation, invigoration |
| 0750–0752 · I | ironing, ism, itemisation |
| 0753–0757 · J | jacks, jamming, jogging, joggle, juggling |
| 0758–0760 · K | kill, kindliness, kinesiology |
| 0761–0780 · L | lacing, lacrosse, laterality, laughter, lease-lend, lechery, lectureship, legerdemain, lend-lease, liberalness, liberation, librarianship, licentiousness, lie-in, lieutenancy, listing, lobbyism, logrolling, look-over, looting |
| 0781–0783 · L | loving-kindness, lushness, lustiness |
| 0784–0803 · M | macrobiotics, mahjong, majors, malingering, maltreatment, manslaughter, mariachi, massacre, massage, massiveness, mastership, match-up, maternalism, maternity, matriculation, matrilineage, meaning, meatpacking, mechanisation, meddlesomeness |
| 0804–0823 · M | meddling, medevac, meditation, megahit, menage, meronymy, metalworking, metier, microelectronics, midwifery, militarisation, minelaying, minesweeping, mining, ministration, minors, misapplication, misappropriation, mischief-making, misdeal |
| 0824–0840 · M | miserliness, misestimation, misgovernment, mishmash, misreckoning, mixology, mnemonics, mods, molestation, morbidity, morbidness, motherhood, mourning, moviemaking, mugging, murkiness, mustiness |
| 0841–0857 · N | nanotechnology, naturalness, necromancy, negativity, netherworld, neuroscience, never-never, no-brainer, noiselessness, non-engagement, non-involvement, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, nonconformism, novena, nudism, numerology |
| 0858–0867 · O | oarsmanship, obstetrics, obtainment, olfaction, once-over, oppositeness, ordinariness, ornamentalism, otherworld, overreckoning |
| 0868–0887 · P | packing, paganism, palmistry, parachuting, paragliding, parasailing, paratroops, parking, passiveness, pastorship, paternity, pathology, patrilineage, paving, payables, peasanthood, pedagogy, pedicure, pelota, perfective |
| 0888–0907 · P | perspicaciousness, pharmacology, philately, photosensitivity, phrenology, pick-off, pickings, placation, planking, planning, plating, playschool, pleating, ploughing, pluralisation, podiatry, possessiveness, powerfulness, prayer, precociousness |
| 0908–0927 · P | prevalence, pricelessness, primatology, priming, prison-breaking, proceedings, procreation, profoundness, props, pseudoscience, psychedelia, psychiatry, psychology, psychometrics, psychopathology, psychotherapy, puckishness, pudginess, puniness, pureness |
| 0928–0930 · P | putout, putting, pyre |
| 0931–0937 · Q | quadratics, quarrying, quartile, queasiness, quickening, quickness, quintessence |
| 0938–0957 · R | racing, ranching, rareness, rave-up, reactionism, reactivity, reading, rear, rebelliousness, recce, receipts, receivables, recoding, redisposition, refabrication, refereeing, reflexology, refuter, regimen, regression |
| 0958–0977 · R | regurgitation, reincarnation, reinforcer, remoteness, remuda, remunerator, reprobation, resection, resister, resurrection, retaliator, retentiveness, retreatant, revelry, revenant, revenge, revolutionist, rheumatology, ribbing, ricketiness |
| 0978–0997 · R | riding, riffle, rifling, rightness, roasting, rockers, roguery, roguishness, roisterer, roping, rote, roundedness, roustabout, rubdown, ruggedness, rugger, rulership, rummy, rumrunner, ruralist |
| 0998–0998 · R | rustiness |
| 0999–1018 · S | sachem, sacking, sacrifice, sacristan, sagaciousness, sally, salvor, sapper, sauciness, savagery, savant, scanning, scapegrace, schooling, schoolman, schoolwork, scofflaw, scouting, scrawniness, screenland |
| 1019–1038 · S | screwup, scrimmage, scrum, scrutineer, sea-duty, sealing, seance, seating, secretiveness, sectionalism, seediness, self-contemplation, self-cultivation, self-deception, self-indulgence, self-realisation, self-suggestion, semiconsciousness, seminarian, sensualism |
| 1039–1058 · S | sept, septuagenarian, series, servitor, set-to, sewing, sexagenarian, sexism, sexton, shabbiness, shadowboxing, shakedown, shamelessness, sharecropper, shaving, shearing, sheepshearing, shellfire, shelling, shenanigan |
| 1059–1078 · S | shift, shillyshally, shindy, ship-breaker, shoemaking, shoeshine, shoot-down, shootout, shortstop, side-glance, side-look, sidestroke, siesta, sighting, sightseeing, signal-to-noise, sit-up, skeet, skiing, skimming |
| 1079–1098 · S | skirmish, skirmisher, skycap, skydiving, slackness, slapshot, slaughter, slaveholding, slavery, sledding, sleight, slider, slugfest, smithereens, smoker, smoking, snafu, snick, snootiness, snoring |
| 1099–1118 · S | snorkeling, snowboarding, soccer, sociobiology, sociology, soiree, soldering, solemnisation, solicitation, solidness, soothsaying, sortie, sounding, soupiness, space-time, spacefaring, spareness, sparring, sparseness, speakership |
| 1119–1138 · S | specialness, spillikins, spinelessness, spininess, spinney, spiritedness, spiritualism, spiv, splashiness, spot-welding, spring-cleaning, square-bashing, squareness, stabilisation, staleness, stalking, stand-down, standing, steamfitter, steeplejack |
| 1139–1158 · S | step-up, stitching, stodginess, stonewalling, stoutness, strafe, straight-arm, straightness, strangulation, straphanger, strikebreaking, strikeout, strings, stubbiness, studentship, stuffiness, subaltern, subconsciousness, subdeacon, subfamily |
| 1159–1178 · S | subgenus, subjection, subjugation, sublieutenant, submersion, suborder, subpopulation, subset, subspecies, subversion, suffocation, suffragism, sugariness, suggestion, sunniness, supercargo, superego, superfamily, supergrass, superintendence |
| 1179–1197 · S | supernaturalism, superordination, supplementation, suppliant, suppression, supremacism, supremo, surfeit, surveillance, suspicion, swimming, switchman, swordplay, swordsmanship, synchronism, syndicalist, syndicator, synset, system |
| 1198–1217 · T | tailoring, tallyman, taoiseach, tautness, taxidermy, taxon, tech, technicality, teetotalism, telecaster, telecommerce, teleportation, telerobotics, teleselling, televangelist, temperance, temporiser, tepidness, termination, terribleness |
| 1218–1237 · T | terrorism, thane, theorem, therapeutics, thievery, thimblerig, thought, thrash, thuggery, thwack, thwarting, tiddlywinks, timeserver, timework, timing, tirelessness, tiresomeness, tither, titivation, tobogganing |
| 1238–1257 · T | toleration, tombola, toxicologist, tradecraft, trading, trance, transferral, transgressor, transitiveness, transmittal, transmutation, transubstantiation, traversal, treachery, trilogy, trinity, trip-up, triplicity, triteness, trolling |
| 1258–1272 · T | troponymy, trouncing, trucking, truckling, trustbuster, try-on, tryst, tune-up, turnkey, tutelage, tutorship, twopence, twosome, type, tyro |
| 1273–1291 · U | u-turn, ultraconservative, unbelief, unconventionality, underbrush, underevaluation, underwood, unenlightenment, unfaithfulness, unfamiliarity, unhurriedness, unilateralist, unimportance, unnaturalness, unorthodoxy, unrealism, untruthfulness, unusualness, usurer |
| 1292–1311 · V | vacuousness, vagabondage, value-system, vanquisher, vendetta, vengeance, venturer, verger, verity, vice-presidency, vicegerent, vicereine, viciousness, vigilance, vigilantism, vileness, villainy, vindicator, violation, viscount |
| 1312–1318 · V | visitation, vitalism, vivisection, voidance, volte-face, voyeurism, vulgarisation |
| 1319–1338 · W | wainwright, war, wardenship, wardership, warrantee, washing-up, wassailer, wayfaring, weaning, weightlifting, welding, welterweight, whiplash, whist, wholeheartedness, wholesomeness, whoopee, wickedness, wilding, wiliness |
| 1339–1350 · W | winnings, wiriness, wonk, wont, woodenness, woodworking, woolgathering, work-in, workout, works, wright, writing |
| 1351–1352 · Y | yachting, yardmaster |
| 1353–1353 · Z | zizz |
Advanced — optional specialist reading: words 1354–2000
A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · Z
| Sequence and initial | Words, in sequence |
|---|---|
| 1354–1373 · A | abreaction, abruption, abscondment, abstemiousness, accidence, accruement, acedia, acidulousness, adhesiveness, adiposity, admass, adoxography, agon, alienage, ambidexterity, anagoge, analphabetism, animalisation, anteriority, antibiosis |
| 1374–1384 · A | anticoagulation, apery, apiculture, aromatherapy, asana, asexuality, assailability, autochthony, autogenics, autolatry, autopsy |
| 1385–1403 · B | bacchanalia, balefulness, balletomania, barbarism, battue, beanfeast, beguine, benignancy, bhakti, bibliolatry, bipedalism, birling, bisexuality, bishopry, boatmanship, bosk, brachiation, bruxism, bunco |
| 1404–1423 · C | cabalism, callathump, callosity, cannonade, cardinalship, catoptrics, causa, celerity, chance-medley, change-of-pace, change-up, chanoyu, chiromancy, chromatism, circularisation, circumduction, circumvolution, clientage, coextension, coition |
| 1424–1443 · C | commensurateness, commutability, concomitance, concubinage, constipation, consubstantiation, contemporaneity, contraception, contractility, contracture, contradictoriness, contrariety, contusion, conventionalisation, copulation, correlativity, coruscation, counter-sabotage, counterbombardment, countershot |
| 1444–1457 · C | coursing, couvade, crapshoot, crop-dusting, cross-division, cross-fertilisation, cross-pollination, crucifixion, cryosurgery, cubicity, cupping, curettage, cyclicity, cylindricality |
| 1458–1477 · D | debauch, debauchery, decapitation, decimalisation, decimation, decontamination, demonism, demonolatry, depilation, depravation, despoilment, desynchronisation, detergency, determinateness, detrition, devitalisation, dextrality, diabolism, dietetics, differentia |
| 1478–1484 · D | dilatation, disfiguration, dissolubility, distension, divarication, dive-bombing, dry-gulching |
| 1485–1504 · E | ecclesiology, edacity, effleurage, egression, eidos, electrosurgery, electrotherapy, emaciation, emasculation, embalmment, embonpoint, emersion, emesis, enantiomorphism, enation, encyclopaedism, endodontics, engorgement, enosis, enzymology |
| 1505–1524 · E | epicurism, epilation, equatability, errancy, esurience, ethology, euchre, euthanasia, evangelicalism, eversion, evisceration, exacta, excruciation, exhibitionism, exiguity, exobiology, exorbitance, exponentiation, expressage, expunction |
| 1525–1527 · E | exteriorisation, extraneousness, eyedness |
| 1528–1542 · F | farandole, fare-stage, faro, fartlek, femtochemistry, feria, finis, flaccidity, fluoridation, fomentation, frangibility, franklin, fugacity, funambulism, fusillade |
| 1543–1557 · G | ganger, gaseousness, gaucherie, generalcy, geneticism, gens, geotropism, gillie, givenness, glamorisation, globosity, gob, gracility, graduality, grounder |
| 1558–1577 · H | habitude, hardihood, hebetude, hecatomb, hegira, heterology, heterosis, high-low-jack, holonymy, holotype, homonymy, horoscopy, hospitalisation, housewifery, hydrokinetics, hydrometry, hydrophobicity, hydrotherapy, hyperacidity, hypnotism |
| 1578–1578 · H | hypostatisation |
| 1579–1598 · I | ideality, idolisation, ignominiousness, immateriality, immolation, impenitence, impressment, impuissance, in-migration, inanimateness, inanition, incendiarism, incommutability, inhabitancy, inhomogeneity, insalubrity, insentience, inspectorship, instauration, instilment |
| 1599–1610 · I | instructorship, intercommunion, internality, internationality, interoception, interpenetration, interposition, interspersion, intromission, inutility, invariability, itineration |
| 1611–1616 · J | japery, jati, jollification, jugglery, junto, juvenility |
| 1617–1621 · K | kenosis, kinesis, knuckleball, knucklebones, koinonia |
| 1622–1641 · L | lancers, landler, lashing, lateralisation, latria, leg-pull, legateship, legislatorship, lenity, lepidopterology, licitness, lineman, lissomeness, lithomancy, liturgics, longanimity, longways, luff, luging, lung-power |
| 1642–1643 · L | luxuriation, lycanthropy |
| 1644–1663 · M | makeready, malacology, malversation, mammalogy, managership, manipulability, manumission, marshalship, matricide, mediacy, mensuration, meretriciousness, metacentre, meticulosity, milliequivalent, mingle-mangle, mishpocha, moderatorship, morphophysiology, motivity |
| 1664–1667 · M | muliebrity, multitudinousness, mutualness, myology |
| 1668–1687 · N | narcotraffic, nativeness, nattiness, naturism, naturopathy, neonatology, neoromanticism, nephology, nephrology, neurophysiology, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, nimiety, ninjutsu, nisus, no-hitter, no-trump, nonabsorbency, nonindulgence, nosology |
| 1688–1689 · N | nucleonics, numerosity |
| 1690–1702 · O | occidentalism, oceanology, odontology, oleaginousness, omnium-gatherum, oneirism, operations, operoseness, orography, orology, otolaryngology, otology, overtolerance |
| 1703–1722 · P | pachinko, pachisi, palaeoanthropology, palaeoclimatology, palaeoethnography, palaeogeology, palaeology, pandeism, paracosm, parimutuel, partitioning, pas, passado, patricide, paunchiness, pavage, pedology, perdurability, perinatology, periodontics |
| 1723–1742 · P | permutability, perversion, pesantren, petroglyph, pharmaceutics, pharmacogenetics, pharmacokinetics, phlebotomy, phototherapy, phratry, phycology, phyle, phytochemistry, phytology, piaffe, planeness, plenitude, plethora, pliability, plunderage |
| 1743–1762 · P | poltroonery, pony-trekking, pork-barreling, positiveness, posology, posteriority, precentorship, preciosity, precipitance, prefixation, preformation, prehension, preordination, prep, presidentship, prestidigitation, primateship, priorship, proctology, progressivity |
| 1763–1782 · P | promiscuity, promiscuousness, propaedeutics, prophylaxis, propitiousness, proportionateness, protagonism, protectorship, protozoology, psephology, psychoanalysis, psychometry, psychonomics, psychopharmacology, psychophysics, psychophysiology, psyop, pteridology, pugilism, puissance |
| 1783–1786 · P | pulverisation, pusillanimousness, putrescence, pyramiding |
| 1787–1790 · Q | quadrivium, quantic, quasiparticle, quodlibet |
| 1791–1810 · R | raciness, radiobiology, radiosensitivity, rakishness, rapaciousness, ratability, razzle, razzle-dazzle, re-afforestation, re-establishment, re-sentencing, reconditeness, reconnoitring, rectorship, reductivism, refractivity, reincarnationism, religionism, remise, remotion |
| 1811–1819 · R | rest-cure, restrictiveness, retch, retrovision, revenuer, reversionist, revolutionism, rope-a-dope, rurality |
| 1820–1839 · S | sabbat, saccharinity, sailplaning, salubrity, sapidity, sapience, satori, saturnalia, savoir-faire, scalage, scandalisation, sciolism, sciolist, scrimshanker, scrummage, secernment, seigneury, selenology, self-reformation, self-renunciation |
| 1840–1859 · S | selva, semicoma, semidiameter, semifluidity, semitrance, sempiternity, sentimentalisation, septation, sericulturist, seven-up, sevens, shingling, shove-halfpenny, shrift, shufti, simony, sinistrality, socage, soilure, solfege |
| 1860–1879 · S | solon, somnambulism, sortition, sovietism, sphericity, spicery, spinnability, spiritualisation, spitball, spitter, sprachgefuhl, squandermania, stalwartness, stateliness, statesmanship, stature, stemma, stemmatics, steprelationship, stertor |
| 1880–1899 · S | stickball, stickup, stillbirth, strategics, sub-test, subjunction, subkingdom, suborner, subpart, subphylum, succedaneum, sufferance, sumptuosity, superorder, superpatriotism, superphylum, supersedure, supersymmetry, supination, supposal |
| 1900–1905 · S | surplusage, sutler, syndic, synonymousness, systematism, systematist |
| 1906–1925 · T | tacking, tailback, take-in, tangibility, tarriance, teachership, telescopy, tenderisation, teratology, terrorisation, test-cross, thanatology, thaneship, thaumaturgy, theanthropism, theosophism, thermionics, thermogravimetry, thermostatics, theurgy |
| 1926–1945 · T | thing-in-itself, three-bagger, three-dimensionality, three-hitter, threshing, throw-in, titre, tocology, toe-in, toilette, toothsomeness, totalism, trainband, transmogrification, traumatology, trephination, triangularity, tribalisation, tribologist, trichromacy |
| 1946–1952 · T | trifurcation, trinketry, tritheism, trivium, tumbling, two-dimensionality, tyrannicide |
| 1953–1970 · U | ulteriority, ultramontanism, unalterability, unbecomingness, unceremoniousness, unconnectedness, underreckoning, undutifulness, uninsurability, unpropitiousness, unquestionability, unselfishness, up-bow, uppercut, uranology, urtication, usufructuary, uxoriousness |
| 1971–1988 · V | valiance, valse, variegation, varna, vascularity, vaticination, vaulting, vendue, verbolatry, verdancy, verdure, vesper, vicarship, viceroyship, viniculture, viscidity, vitiation, vivification |
| 1989–1998 · W | warrener, washup, wave-off, weatherliness, whitelash, wingback, wings, withdrawnness, word-splitting, worriment |
| 1999–2000 · Z | zymology, zymurgy |
Using this bank
Compare two claims fairly, identify what each measure covers and explain what remains uncertain.
The complete list is above. Go to age guidance, the practical method, definitions and examples, common problems, frequent questions or all published age banks.
Two descriptions appear to answer the same question. One calls a result common; another says it is unusual. One gives a typical waiting time; another describes the longest wait. Before choosing between them, ask whether they describe the same thing. A precise word can help you find the difference.
Use this bank when you are comparing information for a real purpose: understanding a report, weighing two explanations, discussing a shared plan or revisiting an earlier judgement. It includes approachable descriptions of qualities alongside formal, historical and specialist vocabulary. You can find the term you need without treating the whole list as a course.
The aim is to make your explanation easier to examine. Say what was measured, which group was included and what the result can reasonably tell you. If those details are missing, record the gap. An unfamiliar word may need a definition; an incomplete comparison may need better information.
What Age 24 means here
The Australian Bureau of Statistics explains that a statistical population can consist of people, objects or events, and that identifying the group is essential to understanding the data. That helps with a common reading problem: a statement about one group may answer a different question from a statement about another. The comparison routine below is an editorial application, not an ABS assessment of this vocabulary bank. Australian Bureau of Statistics: Population.
Age 24 identifies this Young Adult volume in the sequence. It is not a deadline for knowing the entries. Beginner, intermediate and advanced are editorial routes within this collection; subject experience may matter more than age. “Top 2000” names the series and its selected bank, without claiming a measured frequency ranking.
| Band | What it means here | How to choose |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | A starting route within this collection | Choose an entry that fits something you already notice, discuss or enjoy. |
| Intermediate | More detail, description and relationships | Choose a word that makes an existing idea more precise or adds a useful distinction. |
| Advanced | Optional specialist reading extension | Use a term only when a suitable text, interest or question gives it a meaningful context. |
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Compare the question before comparing the answer
1. State the decision or question
Write the question in one sentence. For an invented community event, it might be: Which arrival arrangement produced a shorter wait? Keep that question beside the information. A report about satisfaction, attendance or total opening hours may be useful, but it does not automatically answer the question about waiting.
2. Name the group and the measure
Identify who or what was included, what was counted and the time period. Ask whether the figure describes all recorded visits, a selected set of responses or a particular subpopulation. Keep the unit visible: people, visits, minutes or a percentage. Do this before treating a larger number as a better or worse result.
3. Check the term in its sentence
Look up the word that changes the interpretation. If the report gives a quartile, check which quartile and which measurement it concerns. If it uses prevalence in an ordinary descriptive sense, find what is said to be widespread. Read the source’s own definition when it supplies one.
4. Write the difference you can support
Describe the evidence before explaining its cause. In a fictional comparison, “the recorded median wait was shorter on Saturday” is narrower than “the new arrangement solved the queue.” Ask whether the days had comparable numbers of visitors, opening periods and recording methods. Keep an untested explanation labelled as an explanation to investigate.
5. Say what would change your view
Identify the missing detail that matters most. You might need the number of observations, the same measure for both groups or a clearer account of who was excluded. Write a provisional conclusion that another person can check. When new information arrives, reassess the conclusion and state what changed.
The ABS source supports defining the population to which information refers. The five steps are an original reading aid for keeping a question, a measure and its limits together. They are not a validated decision programme, and the age label does not imply statistical expertise. Australian Bureau of Statistics: Population.
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Useful meanings and examples from ordinary life
Examples use familiar words from across the series, including earlier volumes. The no-repeat rule applies only to the numbered bank entries. The situations are illustrative, and the linked sources support the meanings. Each short meaning explains the intended sense in its example; it is not an exhaustive dictionary entry.
1. Revisiting an earlier choice
reassessment — another evaluation of something, especially when reconsidering an earlier judgement
A fictional event team chose an entrance before learning that another activity would use the same doorway. It makes a reassessment using the new information.
Name the new evidence and the question it changes. Reassessment describes evaluating again; it does not promise that the final choice will differ. You can reconsider a decision and retain it for a stated reason.
Meaning reference: Cambridge Dictionary: Reassessment.
2. Describing how widespread something is
prevalence — how commonly something occurs or is found
A fictional report discusses the prevalence of handwritten labels among the stalls it inspected. You look for the description of the stalls and the period of the inspection.
This example uses the general dictionary sense. Ask how the report established commonness. A statement about the inspected stalls does not by itself establish what happens at every market. Specialist fields may define their measures more precisely.
Meaning reference: Cambridge Dictionary: Prevalence.
3. Reading a position in ordered data
quartile — one of the dividing values that separates ordered data into quarters
An invented report gives a first quartile, median and third quartile for waiting times. These values help you locate positions in the ordered waits, rather than identifying three individual visitors.
The ABS describes the third quartile as the boundary between the lowest 75% and highest 25% of values. Check the report’s calculation method before reproducing its figures, especially for a small dataset. Keep the unit, here minutes, attached to the values.
Meaning reference: Australian Bureau of Statistics: Measures of spread.
4. Recognising a group within a group
subpopulation — a defined part of a larger population being studied
An invented venue report considers all recorded visitors, then separately describes the subpopulation who arrived before noon. The second statement has a narrower scope.
Keep the defining feature with the group name. An average for early arrivals does not automatically describe late arrivals. Also distinguish the subgroup you want to understand from the observations you actually collected about it.
Meaning reference: Collins English Dictionary: Subpopulation.
5. Describing an inaccurate estimate
misestimation — an estimate that is incorrect
A fictional organiser expected 60 visitors, while the final count was 90. The organiser describes the earlier figure as a misestimation and reviews the assumptions used.
The word identifies a problem with an estimate. It does not, on its own, establish carelessness or deception. State the estimate, the observed result and the information available when the estimate was made.
Meaning reference: Collins English Dictionary: Misestimation.
6. Explaining why a rule does not fit
inapplicability — the condition of not fitting or being relevant to a particular case
An invented guide covers outdoor queues. Its inapplicability to a venue with several indoor waiting rooms is raised during a planning discussion.
Explain the mismatch instead of stopping at the label. Which condition differs? Some ideas might still be useful even when the whole procedure does not transfer. Assess each claim at the level the evidence supports.
Meaning reference: Collins English Dictionary: Inapplicability.
7. Making a perspective explicit
standpoint — the perspective or set of ideas from which someone forms a judgement
One fictional participant assesses an event from the standpoint of accessibility; another begins with the time needed to set up. Their stated priorities explain why they emphasise different details.
Name the perspective without treating it as a complete explanation of the person. Ask which evidence each participant uses and where their goals overlap. A standpoint does not make a factual claim true or false by itself.
Meaning reference: Cambridge Dictionary: Standpoint.
8. Checking for a consequential oversight
vigilance — careful watchfulness for possible problems or danger
Before sharing an invented event notice, an organiser checks that the entrance shown on the map matches the entrance named in the text. This is a concrete instance of vigilance.
Connect the word to an observable check. “Be vigilant” is less useful than identifying the detail that needs attention. Careful checking can reveal an inconsistency; the word alone does not show that every possible problem has been covered.
Meaning reference: Cambridge Dictionary: Vigilance.
Make the comparison visible to another reader
All the situations and figures above are invented to illustrate meaning. Try a further example: two fictional clubs report 20 late arrivals each. Club A recorded 100 arrivals; Club B recorded 40. The counts match, while the proportions are 20% and 50%. Neither statement needs an impressive adjective. State both the count and its denominator, then explain which comparison answers your question. These invented calculations describe only the records supplied.
A similar issue arises when a summary uses a different measure. One statement may describe the middle of a set of waits; another may describe its longest wait. Both can be accurate. Before calling them contradictory, write down what each statistic summarises. If a source merely says “average,” look for the measure it actually used. When the method remains unclear, preserve that uncertainty in your explanation instead of choosing a meaning silently.
Keep descriptive language proportional to the evidence. A report can record a difference without establishing its cause. In the invented queue example, a changed entrance and a shorter wait may appear together. You still need a reason to attribute the change to the entrance. Your note can say, “The recorded wait was shorter; the comparison does not establish why.” That leaves a useful finding available while keeping the explanation open.
The same habit helps with words that describe character or quality. If you call a decision hasty, state which information was missing or which step was skipped. If someone else uses the label, attribute it to that person. This gives a reader something to assess and avoids turning a vocabulary choice into an unsupported judgement about motives.
A good comparison can remain provisional. Finish with the detail that would most improve it: the same time period, a clearer definition, a more suitable group or a correction to a recorded value. Keep the original source beside your working note. If you revise the note later, state the reason in a sentence so that your future self can follow the change.
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Five possible occasions to return to a useful word
Choose occasions that fit naturally. These are not five compulsory days, and there is no daily quota or completion deadline. Repeat, change or stop an activity according to your interest and purpose.
| Occasion | What to try |
|---|---|
| When two claims seem inconsistent | Write one sentence for each claim, naming its group, measure and time period. |
| When a technical term blocks the comparison | Check that term’s meaning in the source and explain it with one small example. |
| When you need to share a conclusion | Lead with the supported finding, then name the most important limitation. |
| When another person disagrees | Ask which definition, evidence or priority differs before arguing about the conclusion. |
| When better information arrives | Reassess one earlier note. Record the new information and whether it changes your view. |
Reading across subjects and languages
Let the topic guide your reading. A story, information book, picture, recipe, sign or instruction can give a word a useful context. Read with someone when you want support, or discuss an unfamiliar passage afterwards. Pause for a necessary explanation and return to the meaning of the passage.
If you use more than one language, add a translation or a familiar explanation to your own notes when that helps. Check it against the particular sentence: one English word may need different translations in different settings. This English bank is a reference you can adapt, not a measure of everything you know.
When something is not working
| What you notice | A useful adjustment |
|---|---|
| The figures match, but the conclusions differ | Check the denominators, groups and measures. Matching counts can describe different proportions. |
| The language sounds more certain than the evidence | Replace a broad claim with the particular observation you can support, and attribute any opinion. |
| I can define the word but cannot explain the passage | Identify the relation between the word and the question. A definition cannot supply a missing group or method. |
| I keep collecting terminology without using it | Choose a real comparison and keep only the terms that clarify its evidence or limits. |
| The specialist entries feel remote from daily life | Use the approachable section or an earlier volume. Keep specialist vocabulary available for the occasion that makes it relevant. |
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Frequently asked questions
Should a twenty-four-year-old know all 2,000 words?
No. This is a reference volume with several reading routes. The age identifies its place in the series, not an expected level of attainment.
Does the beginner band mean the words are simple for everyone?
No. Familiarity depends on experience and subject. The bands are editorial guides within this bank, with technical material available for readers who need it.
Does a no-repeat list mean I should avoid familiar words?
No. Ordinary repetition belongs in clear explanations. The rule applies to ownership of entries in the numbered banks, not to speaking, reading or writing.
Can a more precise word settle a disagreement?
It can clarify what each person means. The evidence, definitions and priorities still need to be examined; the word cannot decide the issue on its own.
What should I save for later?
Keep the original claim, a plain explanation, the source and the detail still unresolved. A brief note you can check is more useful than a list of impressive words without context.
Why are there historical and specialist entries?
Earlier volumes already contain many common headwords. This continuation offers further reference material for varied reading. Use a term in the setting where its meaning belongs.
The sequence and word audit
Age 24: 2,000 distinct listed entries. This volume occupies series positions 46,001–48,000. The published collection currently contains Ages 1–24, with 48,000 distinct listed entries across twenty-four banks.
The audit checks the numbered list entries, rather than every word in the article. Case, spacing, hyphens, apostrophes, accents and recorded spelling variants are normalised to catch duplicates. Established single words and conventional hyphenated headwords count as entries. Different meanings of the same spelling do not receive extra entries. Some useful derived forms are separate entries; the total is not a count of unrelated word families.
“Top” means an editorial selection for this reference project. It does not mean the most frequent words in a measured language corpus or the best 2,000 words for every reader. Sequence numbers locate entries in the collection; they are not importance scores or developmental measures.
Keep repeating useful words in real life. The non-repeating lists offer additional choices. They do not recommend withholding familiar language or learning 2,000 new words at each birthday.
Age 1: 2,000-word bank · Age 2: 2,000-word bank · Age 3: 2,000-word bank · Age 4: 2,000-word bank · Age 5: 2,000-word bank · Age 6: 2,000-word bank · Age 7: 2,000-word bank · Age 8: 2,000-word bank · Age 9: 2,000-word bank · Age 10: 2,000-word bank · Age 11: 2,000-word bank · Age 12: 2,000-word bank · Age 13: 2,000-word bank · Age 14: 2,000-word bank · Age 15: 2,000-word bank · Age 16: 2,000-word bank · Age 17: 2,000-word bank · Age 18: 2,000-word bank · Age 19: 2,000-word bank · Age 20: 2,000-word bank · Age 21: 2,000-word bank · Age 22: 2,000-word bank · Age 23: 2,000-word bank · Age 24: 2,000-word bank
| Published volume | Series positions |
|---|---|
| Age 1 | 1–2,000 |
| Age 2 | 2,001–4,000 |
| Age 3 | 4,001–6,000 |
| Age 4 | 6,001–8,000 |
| Age 5 | 8,001–10,000 |
| Age 6 | 10,001–12,000 |
| Age 7 | 12,001–14,000 |
| Age 8 | 14,001–16,000 |
| Age 9 | 16,001–18,000 |
| Age 10 | 18,001–20,000 |
| Age 11 | 20,001–22,000 |
| Age 12 | 22,001–24,000 |
| Age 13 | 24,001–26,000 |
| Age 14 | 26,001–28,000 |
| Age 15 | 28,001–30,000 |
| Age 16 | 30,001–32,000 |
| Age 17 | 32,001–34,000 |
| Age 18 | 34,001–36,000 |
| Age 19 | 36,001–38,000 |
| Age 20 | 38,001–40,000 |
| Age 21 | 40,001–42,000 |
| Age 22 | 42,001–44,000 |
| Age 23 | 44,001–46,000 |
| Age 24 | 46,001–48,000 |
Entry counts and cross-age allocation checked on 3 November 2026 (Asia/Singapore). The selection is an original editorial resource. The sources below support the attributed communication, observation and reading guidance; they do not endorse or validate this particular word bank.
A useful next step
Choose two statements you want to compare. Name the question, group and measure for each, use one unfamiliar term accurately, and finish with the single piece of information that would make your comparison clearer.
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Sources and editorial note
Australian Bureau of Statistics: Population
Cambridge Dictionary: Reassessment
Cambridge Dictionary: Prevalence
Australian Bureau of Statistics: Measures of spread
Collins English Dictionary: Subpopulation
Collins English Dictionary: Misestimation
Collins English Dictionary: Inapplicability
Cambridge Dictionary: Standpoint
Cambridge Dictionary: Vigilance
The guides, definitions and examples are original eduKate editorial explanations. The cited organisations do not endorse this page. “Top” describes the editorial selection; no search ranking, measured word-frequency order or learning outcome is promised.
Lexical reference: WordNet 3.1. Words were selected and reviewed individually; database inclusion does not validate the audience label or difficulty bands.
Additional lexical checks used Open English Wordnet 2025 under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. The selection and original guide are editorial adaptations, not endorsements by the source projects.
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