Masculine and Feminine Gender list

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MASCULINE AND FEMININE GENDER

a)PEOPLE

MASCULINE FEMININE

Actor actressAuthor authoress

bachelor spinster

bridegroom bride

Butler maid

boy scout girl guide

Duke duchess

emperor empress

gentleman lady

God goddess

grandfather grandmother

grandson granddaughter

headmaster headmistress

Heir heiress

husband wife

Hero heroine

Host hostess

instructor instructress

King queen

landlord landlady

Male female

manager manageress

master mistress

Monk nun

nephew niece

postman postwoman

Sir madam

Son daughter

steward stewardess

Uncle aunt

Waiter waitress


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widower widow

Wizard witch

a) ANIMALS

MASCULINE FEMININEEagle eagle

Bear she-bear

Billy-goat nanny-goat

Buck doe

Bull cow

Boar sow

Cock hen

Dog bitch

Drake duck

Drone bee

Fox vixen

Gander goose

Lion lioness

Leopard leopardess

Peacock peahen

Ram ewe

Stallion mare

Tiger tigress

Wolf she-wolf

USEFUL LIST OF WORDS

1 DESCRIBING PEOPLE

Physical Attributes

Shape/Size

chubby

fat

lanky

muscular

of averageheight

shape of face

broad

heart-shaped

oval

round

squarethin

big

crooked

flaring nostrils

flat

hooked

mouthbig lips

double chin

pointed chin

square jaw

skin/

complexion

darkfair

hands

broad

huge

long, skinny

fingers

narrowrough palms


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of average size

of medium

height

paunchy

plumpshort

skinny

slim

stout

tall

thin

well-built

cheeks

dimpled

fat

pale

rosysunken

nose

aquiline

pouting mouth

thick lips

thin lips

toothless smile

rosebud lipsyellow teeth

chin

cleft chin

freckles

petal-soft

pimples

pockmarks

scarredsmooth

soft

well-tanned

wrinkled

soft

tiny

arms/legs

fat

flabbylong

muscular

skinny

Personality

(a) Adjectives

Aged

agile

ambitious

amusing

athletic

bent

boring

boyishbrave

broad-

shouldered

caring

chubby

clumsy

cruel

delicate

dependable

Dull

elderly

fair

fearfulfeeble frail

firm

friendly

generous

gentle

girlish

graceful

hardworking

helpful

hunched

ill-mannered

irresponsible

jovialkind

lazy

lean

muscular

Nosey

overweight

patient

playful

plump

polite

powerful

quietrude

selfish

skinny

slim

slender

shapely

snobbish

sociable

stingy

timid

trustworthy

understandingunfriendly

young

youthful

well-built

weak

Movement

sing apt verbs for actions

To replace said

Loudly/Angry

Fierce

bellowed

growled

grumbled

ranted

raved

roared

screamed

Happy

chattered

chirped

Amused

chortled

giggled

joked

prattled

Scared

Softly

mouthed

mumbled

murmured

whispered

Pleading

begged

beseeched

pleaded

exclaimed

gushed

jabbered

sputtered

Repetition

echoed

mimicked

repeated

Insulting


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screeched

snapped

snarled

thundered

yelledSlowly

drawled

croaked

sputtered

stammered

stuttered

Boastfulbragged

crowed

whined

In haste/Too

excited

babbled

blurted

jeered

sneered

sniggered

mimicked

To replace walked or ran

In haste/

Too excited

barged

burst

charged

dasheddived

flew

hurried

jumped

leapt

rushed

scrambled

shot

skidded

Slow

crawled

inched

Happy/Childish/

Graceful

dancedflitted

floated

glided

hopped

sauntered

skated

skipped

strolled

twirled

waltzed

Boastful

pranced

strutted

swaggered

Sad/Tired/Hurt

crawleddragged

drooped

hobbled

limped

plodded

shuffled

staggered

tottered

trudged

Fearful/sneaky

crept

edged

prowled

slid

slippedsneaked

tiptoed

Angry/stern

marched

stamped

stomped

stormed

2DESCRIBING PLACES AND SCENES

Other than for your descriptive composition, you may also include description of places or

scenes in your narrative composition.

When describing places, you must convey to the reader the feeling of actually being at the

scene.Ask yourself these questions:

at would one see, hear, smell, touch or taste at this scene?

You have to include descriptions involving as many of the five senses as possible.For example, in describing

seaside trip, you could include;

Blue seasight

Crashing of wavessound

Fishy smell of seaweedsmell

Salt water in your mouthtaste

Roughness of sand under your feettouch

at emotions would one feel at this time?

(a)Your description will gain depth if you mention your emotional reaction to what you see, hear,


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smell, touch or taste at this scene.

(b)As mentioned before, you should not just list descriptive details.Choose the details that convey the

message of how you feel about the place or the situation.You should have some sort of theme

in mine.

For example, if you are describing a seaside scene, your theme could be:

The beauty and solitude of the place make me feel at peace

OR

The pollution and crowds spoil the spot and I feel harassed, disappointed and disgusted

at words would you convey my feelings exactly?

A good writer will have a wide vocabulary from which he can select the words that convey the exact nuance of

meaning.When you are reading novels or articles, take note of interesting and useful words.

Some Useful Phrases for Describing Scenes

Here are some examples of phrases used for describing scenes.You can use them in your own essays where

relevant.

Sea scene

Sand: soft, silky, coarse, burning, white, golden, shimmering

Coconut palms: dancing, waving, rustling as if to welcome us

The water: blue, green, grey (storm approaching), foam-specked, crystal-clear, shimmering in the

sun

The waves: Gentle waves rushed to the shore; Gigantic waves crashed on the rocks

Far out in the sea/on the horizona fishing boat, a kelong, an ocean liner

Coupleswalking hand in hand, splashing in the shallows/frolicking on the waters edge

A cool/warm/gentle breeze caresses my skin.

The beach : crowded, deserted, golden, jam-packed, lonely, muddy, polluted, pebbly, sandy,

sheltered, unspoilt

Sky

The sun rosea ball of fire/in a pool of liquid gold/crimson and gold

The sky was streaked with red, orange and gold.

The clouds blushed a shade of deep pink.

The sky seems ablaze with red and gold.

Fluffy white clouds drifted across the blue sky.

Ominous black clouds hung overhead.

It was a grey afternoon with dull clouds threatening rain.

Rainstorm

The dark clouds that had been gathering all day gave way to pouring sheets of rain.

A flash of lighting streaked across the sky, followed by a roll of thunder.

The distant rumble of thunder


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The soft patter of raindrops

The torrential rain thundered on our zinc roof.

The rain poured from the heavens.

Sheets of rain /A curtain of rain

The storm raged

The wind was thrashing in the treetops/howled overhead

A high wind swept across the plain.

Late that night, the rain finally abated.

Traffic

A motorbike/racing car whizzed by/roared past

A lorry/An old bus rumbled by in a cloud of dust/petrol fumes

The traffic piled up

Long rows/A seaof cars, motorcycles and lorries/traffic

We crawled along the road/We inched forward, bit by bit, slow-moving, at a standstill,

bumper-to-bumper, honk, roar, screech, overtake, accelerate, park, pass, exhaust fumes

Impatient drivers pressed on their hornscursingwaving their fists

Red, sweaty faces

Food

Delicious, appetizing, mouth watering, tasty, scrumptious, disgusting, burnt, dry, fatty, oily,

Filling, fresh, healthy, nourishing, piping hot, sizzling, steaming, well-cooked, chewy, creamy

Crisp, crunchy, lumpy, mushy, soggy, smooth, spongy, squashy, tender, tough, bitter, plain,

salty, sour, spicy, sugary, sweet, syrupy, sticky

adventure

Amazing, action-packed, dangerous, exciting, fascinating, scary, strange, terrifying, thrilling,

incredible.

Scenery

Breathtaking, glorious, incredible, magnificent, marvelous, spectacular, wonderful

Weather

Sunny, delightful, fair, misty, stormy, rainy, damp, fabulous, glorious, gorgeous, blazing, scorching,

magnificent, marvelous, superb, wonderful

Synonym is a word with the same meaning or nearly the same meaning as

another word in the same language.

admit confess leave abandon


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alive lively listen hear

also too little small

amount quantity look see

ask inquire loving fondassembly gathering loyal true

bad evil mad insane

beg implore margin edge

begin commence mistake error

behaviour conduct most maximum

big large new modern

blamed accused noisy rowdy

blank empty noted well-known

bottom foot obey submit

brave daring old ancient

bright shinning omen sign

broad wide oral verbal

buy purchase outside exterior

careful cautious part portion

catch capture policeman constable

centre middle polite courteous

change alter poor destitute

cheat deceive port harbour

choose select praise compliment

clergyman minister pretty beautiful

close near protect guard

clothes dress push thrust

copy imitate queen empress

correct accurate quick rapid

cunning sly quiet peaceful

cure remedy rare scarce

damp moist read peruse

dangerous risky ready alert

deadly fatal real genuine


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dear expensive reckless rash

decrease reduce red ruddy

disease sickness remember recollect

disorder chaos rich wealthydull gloomy riot revolt

dumb mute roam wander

eatable edible rough coarse

ebb recede round circular

end conclusion rude impolite

enemy foe rule govern

enough sufficient sad unhappy

escape elude safe secure

fable myth scatter disperse

fall drop seldom rarely

false untrue separate sever

far distant short brief

feather plume shorten abbreviate

fertile fruitful show exhibit

fierce ferocious sleepy drowsy

fight battle slim slender

float drift smell scent

force compel steed horse

foretell predict stern strict

free release stick adhere

friend ally stop halt

gain profit strong powerful

game recreation style fashion

gather collect surprise astonishment

gay cheerful surrender yield

general common surround encircle

glad happy swamp marsh

glaring dazzling talk conversation

habit custom teach educate


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hard difficult tested tried

hate detest thief burglar

height altitude thin lean

help assist top summithide conceal trick hoax

high tall trust believe

home residence try attempt

hug embrace understand comprehend

huge enormous usually generally

industrious hardworking vacant empty

inside interior value worth

join unite victory triumph

jump leap weak feeble

just fair whole entire

king emperor wonder amazement

lazy indolent yearly annually

least minimum young youthful

lIST OF VOCABULARY

DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE

Activist Takes an active part in social causes or politics

Agnostic Believes that nothing can be known about God or life after

death

Atheist Does not believe in the existence of God

Cynic Thinks that people tend to act only in their won interest

Disciplinarian Believes in firm discipline and can make people obey orders

Fanatic Shows great and unreasonable interest for some religious or

political belief

Fatalist Believes that events are decided by fate and are outside

human control

Idealists Tries to live according to high principles, often is a way thatis impractical


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Nationalist Believes strongly in ones own country; wants national

independence or government

Non-conformist Does not follow generally accepted way(s) of living, thinking

etc.

Optimist Thinks that whatever happens will be goodPatriot Loves ones country fiercely and is willing to defend it

Perfectionist Will not be satisfied until something is perfect

Pessimist Thinks that whatever happens will be bad

Racist Believes that his or her own race is the best

Realist Accepts life as it is and deals with its problems in a practical

way

WORDS DESCRIBING CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY

Ambitious Wants to be better or the best

Boisterous Noisy and has a lot of energy

Candid Frank, truthful

Carefree, easy-going Has no worries or problems

Competitive Hates to lose

Considerate, thoughtful Caring

Critical Enjoys finding fault with others

Dedicated, devoted, loyal Faithful

Demanding Expects high standards from others

Dominant Likes to be the boss

Forgetful Forgets things easily

Humble, modest Not proud

Impressionable Easily influenced by others

Light-hearted Cheerful and not worried about anything

Malicious Cruel

Materialistic Loves to have things

Mercenary Helps others with the aim of getting something in return

Narrow-minded Unwilling to accept new or different ideas

Outgoing, extroverted Friendly, mixes easily with others

Passionate Emotional, impulsive

Proud, pompous,

snobbish

Thinks highly of oneself

Rebellious Likes to go against authority or rules

Self-assured Full of confidence

Sensible, level-headed,

rational, logical

Well-balanced

Shy Timid, reserved

Strong-willed,

determined

Knows what he wants and usually gets it


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Stubborn, obstinate Determined to do something even though unreasonable

Tolerant Compliant, easy-going, kind-hearted, unprejudiced

Unreliable Doesnt keep promises

Unscrupulous Dishonest, unethical

Unpredictable,changeable, indecisive

Cant be sure what he or she will be up to

WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH BOOKS

Appendix A section added after the main part of a book

Bibliography A list of other books referred to in a book; useful for finding

other sources for further information

Blurb The description of a book usually found on the back cover

Foreword An introduction usually written by a person other than the

writer

Glossary A list of terms and their meanings, usually at the back ofbook; it is useful if you come across a word you do not know

Index List of topics and pages where they can be found; given at the

back of a book

Introduction Explains how information is organized in a book and how the

book should be used

Preface Explains the purpose of a book and the background to its

writing

Summary A summary of main points given at the end of each section or

chapter of academic booksTable of contents A list of chapter headings, tables, diagrams etc.

EDUCATION

2+1 Two years of study are done locally while the final year is

done overseas

3+0 All three years of a programme are done locally

Correspondence course A set of lessons received by mail

Counseling A service set up to give advice to potential students

Course preview A short description of a course or subject

Distance learning The study of a subject by students who do not attend classesbut use computers or television

Duration The time allotted for the course of study

Entry qualification The necessary qualification to enroll n an institute of

education

Equivalent The same or equal

Full-time Studying for the number of hours that work is usually done

Higher diploma A diploma which is acquired at a tertiary level or university

Homestudy Studying one or more subjects at home and not in an institute

of educationIntake The number of students allowed to enroll in a course


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MBA Master of Business Administration

Online Learning Learning via electronic mail

Part-time Studying not on a full-time basis

Prospectus A printed statement describing the advantages of an

institutionTwinning programme A joint academic programme between two institution of

education

HOTELS AND HOLIDAYS

Bed and breakfast A private house or small hotel where you can spend the night

and have breakfast

Budget/ traveller A traveler/tourist who carefully plans and controls his

spending

Business traveller A person who often travels for business purposes

Cruise A journey by boat/ship for pleasureDeparture An act of leaving a place

Destination The place that someone is going to

Food and lodging Meals and accommodation

Nett The amount that needs to be paid after all deductions have

been made

Package A set of related services or things offered together

Quad sharing A room for four people

Residential seminar

package

A package where groups of employees from companies stay

in a hotel and have training sessions or seminarsReturn ticket A ticket to a destination and back again

Single occupancy A room for one person

Star rating A system for judging the quality of hotels and restaurants

Subject Dependent or conditional

Subject to availability Depending on whether a certain facility is in use or not

Suite A set of rooms, especially expensive ones, in a hotel

Twin sharing A room where two beds are provided

MEALS AND RESTAURANTS

Ala carte Each dish has a separate price

Appetizer A small dish at the beginning of the meal

Brunch A combination of breakfast and lunch

Buffet A variety of dishes spread out on a table where people server

themselves and move away to eat

Cappuccino Italian coffee made with hot milk and chocolate powder on

top

Dessert Sweet food served after the main meal

Dim sum Chinese dumplings

Entre or Main course The main dish of a meal


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Fast food Food, such as burgers and French fries, which is prepared

quickly

Set lunch/dinner A combination of food suggested by the restaurant and has a

fixed price

Steamboat A variety of food that is dipped into boiling hot soupTiramisu A type of rich chocolate cake of Italian origin

Value meal A value-for- money set meal, usually sold at fast food

restaurants

CONTESTS

Accompanied by Entry must be submitted along with specified items, such as

receipts, or proof of purchase

Disqualified Considered unfit or unsuitable

Eligible/ineligible Suitable to be chosen/not suitable to be chosen

Entitled The right to have or receive something like prizesExchangeable A prize won can be exchanged for cash or something of the

same value

Illegible Difficult or impossible to read

Incomplete Not complete

No correspondence will

be entertained

Inquiries made through the mail will not be answered

Proof of posting There is proof that something has been sent through the mail

JOB VACANCIES

Added advantage An advantage over other candidates

Commensurate with

experience

Suited according to the experience

Essential Required or important

Fringe benefits Extra perks given to the right candidate such as allowances,

company car, insurance coverage etc.

Preferable A candidate will be seen as preferable if he or she has extra

qualifications or abilities than the others

Proficient Skilled in a particular area or field, such as languages etc.

Qualification An ability, quality or record experience that makes a personsuitable for a job

Remuneration Payment for work or services

Shortlisted candidates The most suitable people for a job, chosen from a first list

Walk-in interview An interview in which candidates come without having to

make any appointments

SALE/OFFERS

Clearance sale A sale where goods are sold cheaply in order to get rid of

them fast

Closing down sale A final clearance sale before a company stops operating


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Discount Bought or sold for less than the normal price

Down payment Deposit

Excellent/Tip-top/Mint

condition

Looking new and in perfect condition

Guarantee Warranty or assuranceNegotiable Can be discussed

On nearest offer Last or best offer

Stock-taking sale An inventory sale

Warranty A written promise made by a company to replace or fix a

product if it breaks down or is faulty

ANTONYM LIST

absence presence

accept refuse

accurate inaccurate

advantage disadvantage

alive dead

always never

ancient modern

answer question, query

approval disapproval

approached receded, departed

abundant scarce

admit deny

advance retreat, retire

artificial natural

arrival departure

ascend descend


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attack defense

attractive repulsive

attention inattention

asleep awake

ally enemy

agree disagree

bad good

backward forward, onward

bend straighten

beautiful ugly

beginning ending

below above

bent straight

big small, little

blunt sharp

better worse

best worst

blame praise

bless curse

bitter sweet

borrow lend

bravery cowardice

build destroy, demolish

bold timid, meek


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bright dull

broad narrow

clear vague, cloudy

careful rush, careless

calm troubled

capable incapable

captivity freedom, liberty

cellar attic

cheap dear, expensive

close distant

clever stupid

cold hot

combine separate

clockwise anti-clockwise

correct incorrect

conceal reveal

come go

common rare

comfort discomfort

courage cowardice

cruel kind

courteous discourteous, rude

cunning simple

dainty clumsy


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danger safety

dark light

deep shallow

decrease increase

definite indefinite

demand supply

despair hope

disappear appear

disease health

discourage encourage

dismal cheerful

doctor patient

dry wet

dull clear, bright

dusk dawn

early late

easy difficult

ebb flow

East West

economise waste

encourage discourage

entrance exit

employer employee

empty full


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excited calm

end beginning

expand contract

expensive inexpensive, cheap

export import

exterior interior

external internal

fail succeed

false true

feeble sturdy, strong, powerful

foolish wise

fast slow

few many

famous unknown

forelegs hind legs

fat thin

find lose

first last

freedom captivity

fold unfold

frequent seldom

forget remember

found lost

fresh stale


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friend enemy

fortunate unfortunate

frank secretive

full empty

generous mean

gentle rough

gather distribute

glad sorry

gloomy cheerful

giant dwarf, pygmy

granted refused

great minute, small, little

guardian ward

guest host

guilty innocent

happy sad, miserable

hard soft

harmful harmless

hasten dawdle

hate love

healthy unhealthy, ill, diseased

here there

heavy light

height depth


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hero coward

hill valley

horizontal vertical

hinder aid, help

honest dishonest

humble proud

hunger thirst

imitation genuine

immense tiny, minute

imprison free

include exclude

increase decrease

inhabited uninhabited

inferior superior

inside outside

intelligent unintelligent, stupid

inhale exhale

interior exterior, outside

interesting uninteresting, dull

internal external

intentional accidental

join separate

junior senior

justice injustice


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king subject

knowledge ignorance

laugh cry

lawful unlawful

lazy industrious, energetic

land sea

landlord tenant

large little, small

last first

lawyer client

lecturer student

lender borrower

lengthen shorten

left right

less more

light dark, heavy

like dislike, unlike

likely unlikely

leader follower

little large, much, big

lofty lowly

long short

loud soft

loss find, win


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low high

loyal disloyal

mad sane

magnetize demagnetize

master servant

mature immature

maximum minimum

me you

merry mirthless, sad

minority majority

miser spendthrift

misunderstand understand

narrow wide

near far, distant

neat untidy

new old

night day

noisy quiet

North South

obedient disobedient

odd even

offer refuse

open shut

optimist pessimist


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out in

parent child

past present

patient impatient

peace war

permanent temporary

please displease

plentiful scarce

poetry prose

possible impossible

poverty wealth

powerful feeble, weak

polite impolite, rude

private public

prudent imprudent

pretty unsightly, ugly

pure impure

qualified unqualified

rapid slow

regularly irregularly

rich poor

right wrong, left

rigid pliable, soft

rough smooth


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satisfactory unsatisfactory

security insecurity

scatter collect

serious trivial

second-hand new

sense nonsense

shopkeeper customer

singular plural

simple complicated

slim thick, stout

solid liquid

sober drunk

speaker listener

sour sweet

sorrow joy

sow reap

stand lie

straight crooked

strong weak

success failure

sunny cloudy

take give

tall short

tame wild


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teacher pupil

thick thin

tight slack, loose

top bottom

transparent opaque

truth untruth, lie

up down

vacant occupied

valuable valueless

victory defeat

virtue vice

visible invisible

voluntary compulsory

vowel consonant

wax wane

wisdom folly

within without

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