English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

part with your money 7
participant
/pɑtspənt/
16
particle
/pɑtkl/
53
partner
/pɑtnə/
12, 97
party animal
/pɑti nməl/
19
pass away 15
pass on 15
pass over 15
passion (for) 
/pʃn/
3
past history 53
past it 60
past papers 1
pastel
/pstl/
65
pat someone on the back 75
paternity leave
/pətnəti liv/
6
pay dividends 93
pay someone a compliment 75
pay tribute to 75
peace and quiet 63
peace treaty 74
peacekeeping force 44
peasant
/pezənt/
39
pecking order
/pekŋ ɔdə/
5
pedestrian (adj.)
/pdestriən/
21
pedestrian crossing
/pdestriən krɒsŋ/
25
peerless
/pələs/
21
penalty points 25
pensioner
/penʃənə/
15
penthouse
/penthaυs/
18
penury
/penjəri/
40
perceive
/pəsiv/
2, 79
perfectionist
/pəfekʃənst/
8
performance-related 6
perish
/perʃ/
15
perjurer
/pdərə/
43
perjury
/pdəri/
43
perk
/pk/
6
perpetuate
/pəpetʃuet/
2
persecution
/pskjuʃən/
35
persistent
/pəsstənt/
60
perversion
/pəvʃən/
43
pervert the course of justice 43
pet aversion 14
petition
/pətʃən/
41
phishing
/fʃŋ/
35
-phon-
/fɒn/
88
phoneme
/fəυnim/
38
phoney
/fəυni/
74
phonology
/fəυnɒlədi/
38
physician
/fzʃən/
51
pictogram
/pktəυgrm/
38
piecework
/piswk/
55
piercing
/pəsŋ/
63
pig-headed
/pghedd/
10
pile-up
/palp/
25
PIN
/pn/
46, 85
pipeline
/paplan/
58
pitch black
/ptʃ blk/
65
pitfall
/ptfɔl/
69
pithy
/pθi/
8
placate
/pləket/
13
placenta
/pləsentə/
15
placid
/plsd/
8
plagiarism
/pledərzəm/
1
plagiarism form 1
plain-clothes police 35
plaque
/plɑk/
54
platonic
/plətɒnk/
11
plaudit
/plɔdt/
75
plausible
/plɔzbəl/
36
pledge
/pled/
76
plug (v.)
/plg/
49
plummet
/plmt/
66
plunge
/plnd/
66
poacher
/pəυtʃə/
32
poignant
/pɔnjənt/
22
point of view
/pɔnt ɒv vju/
36
pointless
/pɔntləs/
92
poky
/pəυki/
59
polar ice 33

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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced 
291
police
/pəlis/
35
policy
/pɒləsi/
41
political
/pəltkl/
29
polysemous
/pəlsməs/
38
polysemy
/pəlsmi/
91
pompous
/pɒmpəs/
14
ponderous
/pɒndərəs/
64
poo
/pu/
53
the poor
/pɔ/
40
poorly
/pɔli/
52
poorly done 21
pop (v.)
/pɒp/
66
population explosion 57
pop-up
/pɒpp/
49
porridge
/pɒrd/
54
port of entry 35
portfolio
/pɔtfəυliəυ/
1
portion
/pɔʃən/
24
portray
/pɔtre/
21
portrayal
/pɔtreəl/
20
pose a danger 54
posit
/pɒzt/
80
position 3
post (v.)
/pəυst/
48
post (n.) 3
post-
/pəυst/
88
post-colonial 39
postgraduate
/pəυstgrduət/
2
posthumous
/pɒstʃəməs/
74
pouch
/paυtʃ/
32
pound (v.)
/paυnd/
63
pour
/pɔ/
29, 61
pout
/paυt/
9
poverty
/pɒvəti/
40
poverty line
/pɒvəti lan/
40
poverty-stricken
/pɒvətistrkən/
40
power-hungry 58
prairie
/preəri/
28
praise
/prez/
75
praise to the skies 75
praiseworthy
/prezwði/
75, 87
pre-
/pri/
88
precedent
/presdənt/
43
precious commodity 33
precipitate
/prsptet/
67
precisely
/prsasli/
78
pre-colonial 39
predator
/predətə/
32
predictable
/prdktəbəl/
21, 87
predominant
/prdɒmnənt/
79
preface
/prefs/
80
pregnancy
/pregnənsi/
15
pregnant
/pregnənt/
15
prescription
/prskrpʃən/
51
prescription charge 51
present (v.)
/przent/
41
present company excepted 82
preservative
/przvətv/
23
press conference
/pres kɒnfərəns/
50
press on 95
press release
/pres rlis/
47, 50
pressure group
/preʃə grup/
50
presume
/przjum/
36
pretentious
/prtenʃəs/
14
pretext
/pritekst/
74
prevailing
/prvelŋ/
29
previous experience 3
previous role 3
price
/pras/
7
priceless
/prasləs/
21
primary
/praməri/
98
primary care
/praməri keə/
51
primary colour
/praməri klə/
65
primitive 21
principled
/prnsəpld/
8
print journalism 50
pristine environment 33
privacy policy 34
privatisation
/pravtazeʃən/
55
pro-
/prəυ/
86
problematic
/prɒbləmtk/
69
proceed
/prəυsid/
101
procrastinate
/prəυkrstnet/
86
procreate
/prəυkriet/
86
produce
/prədus/
67
product of its time 22
productive
/prədktv/
87
professional development 4
professor
/prəfesə/
98
profitably
/prɒftəbli/
93
prognosis
/prɒgnəυss/
53
programmer
/prəυgrmə/
5
project
/prɒdekt/
1
projected figures 71
proliferate
/prəυlfəret/
86
prolong
/prəυlɒŋ/
60
promise
/prɒms/
76
promise someone the earth 76
promise someone the moon 76
promising
/prɒmsŋ/
76
promote
/prəməυt/
86
prompt
/prɒmpt/
34
prone (to)
/prəυn/
28
-proof
/pruf/
87
prophets of doom and gloom 33
proponent 
/prəpəυnənt/
36
proposition
/prɒpəzʃən/
7
prospectus
/prəspektəs/
47
protagonist
/prəυtgənst/
22
protective clothing 17
protest (n.)
/prəυtest/
73
protest (v.)
/prətest/
73
protracted
/prəυtrktd/
60
proven
/pruvən/
49
provide the key to 30
provoke
/prəvəυk/
67
prune back 31
psychiatrist
/sakaətrst/
51
PTO
/pitiəυ/
85
public-private partnership 55
puerile
/pjυəral/
14
pulse
/pls/
53
purchasing power 7
pursue
/pəsju/
42
pursue policies 45
pushy
/pυʃi/
10
put down roots 31
put forward 95
put good money on 76
put on oath 76
put somebody
/
something in the shade 49
put someone in a straitjacket 17
put something on (a credit card) 46
put together 95
put under oath 76
put you on hold 34
put your foot in it 38
put your own gloss on 50
put your own spin on 50
quadruple
/kwɒdrυpl/
71
quash
/kwɒʃ/
43
query
/kwəri/
34
quickly
/kwkli/
92
quiet
/kwaət/
63
quite a few 83
quotation marks
/kwəυteʃən mɑks/
81
quotes
/kwəυts/
81
race (v.)
/res/
66
radiant 49
radical
/rdkl/
36
radicalise
/rdkəlaz/
36
radicalism
/rdkəlzəm/
36
rag
/rg/
50
rainfall
/renfɔl/
28
raise a family 92
raise your eyebrows 62
raise your hand 92
raise your voice 84
rally
/rli/
41

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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
ramble
/rmbəl/
27
rambling
/rmblŋ/
59
rapport
/rpɔ/
5
rash
/rʃ/
53
ratio
/reʃiəυ/
71
raucous
/rɔkəs/
37
re-
/ri/
86
reach a compromise 7, 78
reach a settlement 78
react
/rikt/
36
reaction
/rikʃən/
36, 53
reactionary
/rikʃənəri/
36
readership
/ridəʃp/
22
really must object to 73
the real thing 92
reap the rewards 31
reap what you sowed 31
rear
/rə/
59
rebellion
/rbeliən/
44
receipt
/rsit/
101
reception
/rsepʃən/
19
recharge
/ritʃɑd/
27
recipe
/respi/
23
reckless
/rekləs/
25
recognise
/rekəgnaz/
42
reconsider
/rikənsdə/
86
recover
/rkvə/
45
recover from 52
recover from a long decline 45
recruit (v.) 
/rkrut/
4
rectifiable
/rektfaəbəl/
101
rectification
/rektfkeʃən/
101
rectify
/rektfa/
101
red
/red/
65
red alert
/red əlt/
65
red flag
/red flg/
65
red tape
/red tep/
7, 101
red-carpet treatment 65
redden
/redən/
87
reddish brown 65
redevelop
/ridveləp/
86
red-letter day
/redletə de/
65
refer
/rf/
51
reflect upon 79
refugee
/refjυdi/
35
regard
/rgɑd/
11
regardless
/rgɑdləs/
72
regime change 44
register
/redstə/
38
regret
/rgret/
77
rehearsal
/rhsəl/
20
reign
/ren/
39
reign of terror 100
reiterate
/ritəret/
80
rejoice
/rdɔs/
13
-related
/rletd/
87
relationship
/rleʃənʃp/
11
relative poverty 40
relaxing
/rlksŋ/
16
relevant (to)
/reləvənt/
3, 87
relocate
/riləυket/
55
remember rightly 92
remind
/rmand/
77
reminisce
/remns/
77
remonstrance
/rmɒnstrəns/
73
remonstrate
/remənstret/
73
remorse
/rmɔs/
74, 77
Renaissance
/rənesəns/
39
renew
/rnju/
37
renewable
/rnjuəbəl/
58
renewable energy 33, 58
renewal
/rnjuəl/
37
renewed 
/rnjud/
37
repay debt 45
repeatedly
/rpitdli/
60
repent
/rpent/
74
repentance
/rpentəns/
74
repetitive
/rpetətv/
5
report (to) 
/rpɔt/
3
reporting structure 4
reprieve
/rpriv/
74
reptile
/reptal/
32
reputation
/repjəteʃən/
92
research
/rstʃ/
1
reserved
/rzvd/
10
reside 
/rzad/
79
resistance 
/rzstəns/
36
reskill
/riskl/
55
resolute
/rezəlut/
8
resolution
/rezəluʃən/
76
resolved
/rzɒlvd/
70
respect
/rspekt/
12
respectful
/rspektfəl/
10, 12
responsive
/rspɒnsv/
34
restless
/restləs/
10
restricted
/rstrktd/
35
restricted goods 35
restriction
/rstrkʃən/
26
restrictive practice 45
result in 67
resume
/rzjum/
101
rethink
/riθŋk/
86
retrain
/ritren/
55
retro-
/retrəυ/
88
return
/rtn/
80
revaluation
/rivljueʃən/
45
reveal
/rvil/
17
revealing
/rvilŋ/
17
revise
/rvaz/
1
revise upwards 71
revision
/rvən/
1
rewarding
/rwɔdŋ/
5, 16
the rich
/rtʃ/
40
-rich
/rtʃ/
87
-ridden
/rdən/
87
ridiculous
/rdkjələs/
92
rift
/rft/
12, 78
right of way
/rat əv we/
25
ring out 63
rip
/rp/
100
ripe old age 15
rising sea levels 33
risqué
/rske/
20
rival
/ravəl/
12, 44
road
/rəυd/
98
road rage
/rəυd red/
25
roadworthy
/rəυdwði/
25
roar
/rɔ/
84
roasting
/rəυstŋ/
29
rock-bottom
/rɒkbɒtəm/
49
rocket (v.)
/rɒkt/
66
rodent
/rəυdənt/
32
roll in it 46
roof
/ruf/
30
roof fell in 30
room
/rum/
59
roomy
/rumi/
59
root
/rut/
31
root of a problem 31
rooted
/rutd/
31
roots of a tradition 31
roster
/rɒstə/
89
rote-learning 
/rəυtlnŋ/
1
round brackets
/raυnd brkts/
81
round something down 71
route
/rut/
26
router
/rutə/
56
RSVP
/ɑresvipi/
85
rub shoulders with 19
ruby
/rubi/
65
rue
/ru/
77
rule of thumb 93
ruler
/rulə/
39
run a story 50
run down
/rn daυn/
18
run into six figures 71
run like clockwork 94
run off 81
run-of-the-mill
/rnəvðəml/
6, 21

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