2500 WORDS FOR VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT AND SPELLING PRACTICE BY NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (1)

INTRO

…Can a list of about 2500 words claim to be the all-in-all for a subject like English Language?…definitely not!…but the advantage these words have is that they were extracted from WAEC and our school’s examination papers in the past twenty years…they should therefore be useful in gauging the type and standard of vocabulary required by both WAEC and NECO….
…But how can this list be useful to students?…please go back to read our notes on essays,comprehension,summary and “lexis and structure”…Kindly note wherever reference was made to the need for vocabulary development and spelling practice to understand why we had to spend time and other resources for a vocabulary project…
…There is no hard and fast rule how this list can be used but the benefits that will accrue to students involved may be tied to the imagination of tutors using it…the list can be used for class assignments/homework,mid and terminal exams,remedial studies,spelling bees competition,co-curricula activities etc…the list is endless and can only be limited by the imagination of those in charge…
…Kindly note that in the process of spell-checking some words were changed to their American equivalent acceptable to both examination bodies…so “labor” on the list is the same as “labour” that we are more used to …same for “metre” which is” meter” on the list…in many cases where “ae” occur in the words we are used to they have been replaced by “e” only as in anaesthetic shown on the list as anesthetic…in some cases double “l” became single …these and many others should therefore be remembered for whatever the list is used…
…even though it is not a thesarus it is still a treasure-house of words in a way for students to whom English Language has changed from being a second language to a foreign language…obviously it is not an exhaustive list and the student should not be looking for rare and obscure terms or words that the examination bodies are not likely to use in testing them…the list should only therefore be seen as what it portrays…as a vocabulary builder and spelling checker for the purpose of national examinations!…they can be re-arranged by users in perfect alphabetical order as it kept on changing daily due to new examinations while being prepared by us….the list also contain acceptable foreign words though we shall attempt to publish later a longer list of such words which are existing on our files…
Thank you…

HERE IS PART1

A
abbreviation	abscess	absence	abysmal	abdicate	aberration	abeyance
abomination	abrasive	abscond	abstentious	abstinence	abyss	accede
accentuate	accessory	acclimatization	accolade	accelerator	accessible	accomplice
accessories	accommodation	accompaniment	accumulate	accurate	accustomed	achieve
accrue	accustom	acrimony	acumen	addicted	adept	adherent
aching	acknowledge	acknowledgement	acknowledgment	acquaint	acquaintance	acquiesce
acquiescence	acquire	acquit	acquittal	acreage	across	actual
additional	address	adequate	adieu	adjacent	admissible	admittance
adolescence	adolescent	advantageous	advertisement	advice	advise	aerate
aerial	aesthetic	affect	affidavit	affiliation	aftermath	aggravate
aggravation	aggregate	aggression	aggressive	aghast	agreeable	agreed
aisle	alcohol	allegory	alliteration	alibis	align	alignment
allege	allergic	alleys	alligator	allocate	allotment	allotted
alms	alphabetically	already	although	aluminum	amalgamate	ambiguous
ammunition	analyze	anesthetic	anticlimax	antiquated	antique	antonyms
analysis	ancestor	ancestry	angrily	anguish	annihilate	annihilation
antithesis	anxiety	apartheid	apologize	appalling	apparently	appearance
anniversary	announcement	annulled	annulment	anonymous	answered	antibiotic
appendicitis	appreciate	approval	aquarium	arbiter	argumentative	armada
arrangement	arrival	ascend	assonance	assiduous	ascent	asphalt
arsenal	articulate	arbitrary	arbitration	archaeology	architectural	arguably
asphyxiation	assassin	assassinate	assessment	assistance	associate	asthma
auctioneer	austerity	authentic	auxiliary	audible	aural	automatic
autumn	avalanche	avarice	aviator	awesome	awful	awkward
axiom
B
bachelor	baggage	bailiff	babble	backlash	backlog	balderdash
ballyhoo	bamboozle	bay	ballast	ballerina	banana	beneath
banister	bankruptcy	banquet	barbecue	barometer	barrister	basically
basis	bassoon	battalion	bazaar	bedlam	belch/burp	bellow
beguile	behavior	beleaguer	belief	believe	belligerent	benefited
bequeath	berserk	besiege	bettered	bewitch	bibliography	bigotry
bereft	beseech	besotted	bestial	bestow	beautiful	befriend
bigamous	bigoted	bilingual	biscuit	blaze	blight	blithe
bigwig	billow	biography	bizarre	bias	bicycle	biennial
blitz	boffin	bohemian	boisterous	bodily	bonfire	bootee
blitzkrieg	bloke	bludgeon	bluster	blasphemous	blasphemy	bleary
borough	bouquet	bourgeois	boutique	bravado	bric-a-brac	brittle
brochure	bronchitis	bruise	burnish	Buddhist	budgerigar	buffeted
brusque	bracketed	Braille	brassier	breadth	breathanalyzer	brief
bulletin	bumptious	bungalow	buoyancy	buoyant	bureau	bureaucracy
business	buttoned
C
cabbage	caffeine	cafeteria	camouflage	campaign	campaigned	cancelled
cancerous	candor	cannabis	cannibal	cabal	canvas	catapult
carburetor	career	caress	caries	carriage	cartoonist	cashier
cassette	castanets	casualty	catalogue	catarrh	catechism	cauliflower
cautious	celibacy	ceiling	cellophane	cemetery	centenary	centiliter
cavernous	canvassing	capability	capillary	capitalist	caravan	carbohydrate
centimeter	certainty	champagne	championed	chancellor	changeable	channeled
chisel	choreographer	choreography	chronically	chrysanthemum	cigarette	cinnamon
circuitous	cistern	civilian	claustrophobia	clientele	clique	coalesce
cocoa	coconut	coffee	cognac	coincidence	collaborate	collapsible
colleague	colonel	colossal	comically	commandeer	commemorate	commentator
commercial	commiserate	commission	commissionaire	commitment	committal	committed
committee	communicate	commuter	companion	comparative	comparison	compatibility
compelled	competitive	computer	compilation	complacent	compulsion	conciliatory
conceit	conceive	concession	concurrent	concussion	condemned	condescend
condensation	confiscate	conflagrations	conformity	congenital	conjecture	conjunctions
confectionery	conference	confetti	congeal	congratulations	conjunctivitis	conned
connivance	constrain	consummate	contemptuous	contentious	contentment	contexts
connoisseur	conscience	conscientious	conscious	consequently	consignment	consolation
conspicuous	constitute	consumer	contemptible	continent	continuous	contraception
constitute	corrugated	cosmopolitan	cosseted	councilor	counseling	counterfeit
contingency	contraband	contraption	contrary	contrite	contrivance	contrive
contradictory	controlled	controller	controversial	convalesce	convenient	convertible
convalescent	converge	convex	conveyors	convulse	conceal	concealment
conveyed	coolly	cooperate	coordinate	copying	co-respondent	coronary
co-ordinate	copious	coquette	cordially	cordon	corny	corrode
correspondent	corridor	corroborate	coulee	counterfeit	courier	covetous
courageous	courteous	creche	credible	credited	crematorium	crescent
crisis	criterion	crocodile	crucial	crucifixion	cruelly	cruise
cryptic	credulity	crestfallen	croon	cul-de-sac	culvert	cumbersome
curb	cubicle	cupful	curable	curiosity	curious	currency
curriculum vitae	customary	cynicism	cynical	cynosure