B1 Vocabulary List beginning with Letters U-V-W-X-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)

• Iwish you were here. (v)

with (prep)

within (prep)

without (prep)

woman (n)

wonder (v)

• Iwonder 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)

yeah (exclam)

year (n)

yellow (adj)

yes (adv)

yesterday (adv)

yet (adv)

yoga (n)

yoghurt (n)

you (pron)

you know (exclam)

young (adj)

your (det)

yours (pron)

yourself (pron)

youth (n)

Z

zebra (n)

zero (n)

zone (n)

zoo (n)