PRE-FACULTY WORD LIST HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION 1 ...

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PFC WORDLIST
HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
1 Abortion abort abortion have an abortion
anti-abortion campaigners
2 Absolute absolute Absolutely have absolute confidence
absolutely amazing
3 Abstract abstract /abstraction abstract abstract idea /concept
4 Accept accept acceptance acceptable / acceptably glad to accept / happy to
unacceptable accept /
be / seem / make sth
acceptable
5 Accompany accompany accompaniment accompanied be accompanied by
someone
6 Accountable account account accountable on account of
accountability bank account
make someone / hold someone
accountable for sth
7 Accumulate accumulate accumulation accumulated slowly / rapidly accumulate
begin to accumulate lead to
/ prevent accumulation
8 Accustomed accustomed be / become / get accustomed to
something
9 Acknowledge acknowledge acknowledgement openly / publicly
acknowledge acknowledgement
from someone
10 Additive add addition additive food additive
11 Adjust adjust adjustment adjustable quickly adjust / be difficult /
hard to adjust fully
adjustable
12 Administer administer an exam
administer administration administrative administrative duties
13 address address address an issue/address the audience
14 Advance Advance/advancement advanced in advance/ advanced level
HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
15 Agenda agenda political/economic/legislative/
domestic etc agenda
set an agenda
16 Aircraft aircraft
17 Allocate allocate allocation allocate sth for/ to sth
allocate time / money
18 Allowance allow allowance weekly / daily allowance
get / receive allowance
19 Ally ally ally have an ally/ find an ally
ally yourself to/ with
someone
20 Alter alter alteration make alterations / undergo
alteration
21 Ambiguity ambiguousness ambiguous ambiguously Ambiguous smile
ambiguity Ambiguous reply
22 Analyst analyse analyst analyse carefully/critically/fully in
analytical
analysis depth / detailed

/objective analysis leading /
computer / business / political
analyst
23 Ancestor ancestor ancestry common ancestry
claim / have / share ancestry
24 Angle angle from an angle / angle of /
angle between
25 Anonymous anonymity anonymous anonymously anonymous donor/benefactor
anonymous donor/benefactor
anonymous author of a collection of
poems
26 Apologize apologize apology apologetic be/feel/look/sound
apologetic
make an apology / expect an apology
apologize for something apologize to
someone
27 Appendix appendix something in theappendix
HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
28 Applaud applaud applause
29 Appoint appoint appointment appoint someone to do
something / appoint someone as
something make an
appointment
30 Approach approach approach approachable approach somebody for
something
approach a problem /task the
approach of something
31 Arch arch
32 Arise arise arise from / arise out of
33 Artificial artificial artificially artificial flowers / light
34 Ash ash
35 Assert assert assertion assertive assertively assert your
assertiveness rights/independence/superiority

36 Atmosphere atmosphere
37 Attain attain attainability attainable perfectly / fully / easily
attainable
38 Attempt attempt attempt attempted attempt to do sth/ attempt at doing
sth
attempted murder/ suicide
39 Attorney attorney
40 Attribute attribute attribute attributive attribute sth to s.o
attribution
41 Authority authorize authority authoritarian / deny / refuse / reject /
authoritative undermine authority
authorize sb to do sth
42 Automatic automatic automatically automatic car
43 Axe axe
44 Backbone backbone
45 Barrel barrel
HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
46 Basis base basis basic basically base sthon sth
basis for
on a ...basis
47 Beak beak bird beak
48 Bear bear bearable/ unbearable to be/ become bearable
to make sth bearable
49 Beast beast beastly
50 Bend bend bend over / down
51 Beneath beneath
52 Beneficiary beneficiary beneficiary of
53 Bet bet
54 Bias bias biased political / gender / racial
bias
55 Bid bid bid bid against / bid for
make / place a bid
56 Bind bind binding be bound to
57 Blade blade
58 Boost boost boost boosted give sb / provide sb with
booster boost / boost somebody's
confidence
confidence booster
59 Border border on the border /across the
border / cross the border
60 Bother bother bother bother to do something
61 Bound bound bound within the bounds / out of
bounds
bound to do something
62 Boundary boundary common / northern / state
boundary
63 Breadth breadth breadth of sth
HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
64 Breed breed breed rare breed / pure breed
65 Bribe bribe bribe someone to do sth
bribe bribery bribe someone with sth
66 Brief brief brief briefly
67 Broad broaden broad broad range
broaden your horizons
68 Brush brush brush brush your hair / teeth
69 Bubble bubble
70 Bulk bulk bulk of something
71 Bundle bundle bundle bundled bundle of something
in a bundle
72 Campaign campaign campaign launch / start / organise /
run / manage a campaign
73 Candidate candidate
74 Capable /Incapable capability capable / incapable have capability
(of) be capable of doing
something
75 Captain captain
76 Capture capture capture/ captive captured try to / manage to / attempt
to capture
77 Careless care care careless carelessly take care / provide
carelessness someone with care / care
about
become / get / grow
careless
78 Carriage carriage horse-drawn carriage/train
carriage
HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
79 Casualty casualty road casualties
civilian casualties
cause/inflict casualties
80 Category categorize category categorize into
put sth into a category
81 Cater cater cater for needs

82 Cease cease ceasefire declare /negotiate ceasefire cease to
exist
83 Century century Bride of the Century
84 Ceremony ceremony ceremonial brief / formal / official
ceremony
85 Chamber chamber
86 Cheat cheat cheat / cheater cheat on someone / turn
someone into a cheat
87 Chief chief chiefly chief of police / staff
88 Chin chin
89 Cite cite citation cited works cited
90 Civil civilian be civil to someone
civil civil war
91 Clap clap clap give someone a big clap /
clap loudly
92 Client client
93 Cliff cliff
94 Coal coal
HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
95 Code code code coded/ encoded break / write in code / a
encode code of behaviour /
conduct/ practice
96 Collapse collapse collapse from sth

97 collaborate collaborate collaboration collaborative collaborate with someone /
on something
collaborate in doing sth

98 Colonise colonise colony colonised establish a colony
99 Comfort comfort comfort comfortable / find / get / seek comfort
comforting
100 Comment comment comment have / make a comment
comment on / about something
to someone
101 Commentary commentary radio / sports / news
commentary
102 Commerce commerce commercial cinema / radio /TV
commercial
do / make a commercial domestic /

international commerce

103 Commodity commodity basic / common / cheap
commodity
104 Company accompany company Film company
Food company
105 Compatible compatible / compatible with
(with)/Incompatible incompatible
106 Compensate compensate compensation compensated compensate for something
get / receive / gain
compensation
HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
107 Compile compile compilation compile something from /
for sth
a compilation of
108 Component component
109 Compose compose composer / compose sth
composition
110 Comprehensive comprehend comprehension comprehensive / extremely / fully / quite
comprehensible comprehensive
111 Comprise comprise comprised be comprised of
112 Compromise compromise compromise compromised agree on / arrive at / come to / reach
a compromise
113 Concern concern concern concerned concerned about
114 concrete concrete concretely concrete evidence
115 Conclude conclude conclusion conclusive come to a conclusion / in
conclusion
116 Confirm confirm confirmation confirmed wait for / have / get
confirmation
117 Confidential confidentiality confidential confidentially keep records confidential
strictly confidential
confidential report
118 Conform conform conformity conform to
conformist
119 Conscience conscience
120 Conscious consciousness conscious / consciously / be conscious of sth
unconscious unconsciously
121 Consensus consensus arrive at / reach a
consensus
122 Conservative conservatism conservative
HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
123 Consistent (in)consistency (in)consistent consistent with
124 Constant constant remain / stay constant
125 Constitute constitute constitution draw up / prepare / adopt / enact a
constitution

126 Constrain constrain constraint constrained constraint on
127 Consult consult consultation / consult sb about sth
consultant
128 contaminate contaminate contamination contaminated
129 Contest contest / contestant
130 Continent continent
131 Contradict contradict contradiction
132 Contrary contrariness contrary contrarily on the contrary
133 Controversial controversy Controversial cause / create controversy
134 Convene convene convention conventional conventionally annual / international
convention
135 Coordinate coordinate coordination coordinated coordinate with / lack of
coordination
color coordinated
136 Corporate corporate
137 Correlation correlate correlation correlative strong/high/close/significant
correlation
138 Correspond correspond correspondence correspond to
HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
139 Cotton cotton
140 Coverage cover coverage live coverage
141 Crack crack crack
142 Craft craft
143 Creation create creation / creativity creative creatively
/ creator
144 Creature creature
145 Criteria Criteria (pl)
Criterion(sg)
146 Crown crown
147 Crucial crucial crucial for / crucial to
148 Cultivate cultivate cultivation cultivated
149 Curse curse curse curse for
150 cynical cynical
151 Dare dare dare daring How dare you !
I dare you to ...
152 Dam dam build a dam
153 Data data collect data
154 Debate debate debate debatable debate about /on
debate between
have a debate
155 Decade decade