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VERBAL REASONING
NFER Word List

This list has been collated from the words within the questions and answers in the NFER familiarization papers.

able above accurate across act actor adult aeroplane age air alert alter amend angry answer ape apex appalled appeal apple are arena arm arms around arrive art as asleep assist at ate avoid awake baby back background bacon bad badminton ball banana bank bar bargain base bash basket bat bath bathroom

beach beaker beat because bed bedroom beg begin beginning behind below belt bench bend beneath beret between beware bib big bird bite black blade blame blank blanket bloat block blood blossom blue board bold bone bonnet book bowl boy brain brash bread break bride brook brown brush bucket buckle bud bulb

burn bus butter buy by cad call called calm camel camera canal cap captain car carpet carry cartilage cassette cat chain chair change cheap chess chest child chin china chisel church circle circus claim clamp clap client climb clown coach coat coin cold collect colour combine come comet concerned cost costs Page 2 of 6

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could country cow crab cradle cricket crime croft cross crouch cry cuddle cultivate cup curl curtain customer damage danger dark data database dawn day daydream defect delay desert desk deter determine difficult dig dinner dirty dish distant do dock dodge doe dog donation donor door dose dot down downpour dress drink

drudge dusk dust dye ear early earnest ears east easy eat echo elevate elf end enemy error ever expensive eyes fail falter fare farewell farm fat father fee feed feel feeling feet fell fermenting film fins fir fix flame flat flawless flies flight float flour flower flume fly foe fog fool

football fore fork form Friday fridge friend front frowned fruit funny future gain game garden generous girl give given glass globe gloves goat gold good grain grand grape grass great green greenhouse grief grim grin grind gross ground grow grown habit habitat had haddock hail halve hammer hand handle hands handsome Page 3 of 6

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happy hard harm has hat hatred have he head health hear heart heir help her here high hill hilt him hind hinder his hit hog hole holiday hollow hope hopeless horn horse hostel hour hours house hover hunch hurricane hurt hut ice idea idle ill imp impact in inform inside irate

ire is isle it jagged jockey joint joke jump key kind kitchen kite kitten knife label labour laces lady lake lamp lap late laugh lawn lead leaf leather leave leer leg legs lemon lend length lent less let level library lick lie lift lightning like link lips lipstick liquid little live

lock long look loop lost lower lucky mad main male man manage mat may meat melon melt might milk mince mine mistake moan money monk month moor more moth mountain mouse mouth move much mug music nail name narrow nasty nation near neighbour nest new nice nicer night nose not notes Page 4 of 6

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novel number off office old on one open or orange ounces our out oval over overtake pail pair pan pane paper pass past pat path patriot pay pear peas perfect perform perm permit pet piano picture pie pig pillow pinch pine ping plan plant plate play player port pottery pound pounds

pour pray pretend pretty price prince prove proven queen queue quick race racket rag rain raincoat raise rake rank rant rapid rat rate rattle reach real reap reappear rear red referee rehearsed rent rent repeat restore rim riot risk river roar rock rose rot rounders rover ruler run sack sad safety

sake sand sat saw say scale scales scar scarlet scorch score scream sea season secret security see selfish set sewn sham shape share sharp sheet ship shirt shoes shop shot shut shy sick side simple sit site size skilful skin sky sleep sleet slide slow small snap snow soap sofa soft Page 5 of 6

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soften solid some sort soup sour spade spare spat spine spit spoon spring square stadium stage stake star start state steal steam steep steepest steeple step stick stock stone stones stop story stream string strong sty submarine succeed swarmed sweet swig swim table tail tails take tall tan tap tape tarmac

taste teams tear temp template tendon tennis tent term the theatre their them then they thief this thunder Thursday tick tie tight time timid tin tip tire tired to top touch tourist town trace tractor train trap tray tree tremor triangle trick trip trousers tune turn two type umbrella umpire unclean

under underwear up valley very vicar victim village violin waistcoat walk warn was watch water ways weak wear weight well were wheel whine wide will wind window wine wing wish with witty work writing yawn yellow zebra

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