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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 beach burn
above beaker bus
accurate beat butter
across because buy
act bed by
actor bedroom cad
adult beg call
aeroplane begin called
age beginning calm
air behind camel
alert below camera
alter belt canal
amend bench cap
angry bend captain
answer beneath car
ape beret carpet
apex between carry
appalled beware cartilage
appeal bib cassette
apple big cat
are bird chain
arena bite chair
arm black change
arms blade cheap
around blame chess
arrive blank chest
art blanket child
as bloat chin
asleep block china
assist blood chisel
at blossom church
ate blue circle
avoid board circus
awake bold claim
baby bone clamp
back bonnet clap
background book client
bacon bowl climb
bad boy clown
badminton brain coach
ball brash coat
banana bread coin
bank break cold
bar bride collect
bargain brook colour
base brown combine
bash brush come
basket bucket comet
bat buckle concerned
bath bud cost
bathroom bulb costs

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 could drudge football
country dusk fore
cow dust fork
crab dye form
cradle ear Friday
cricket early fridge
crime earnest friend
croft ears front
cross east frowned
crouch easy fruit
cry eat funny
cuddle echo future
cultivate elevate gain
cup elf game
curl end garden
curtain enemy generous
customer error girl
damage ever give
danger expensive given
dark eyes glass
data fail globe
database falter gloves
dawn fare goat
day farewell gold
daydream farm good
defect fat grain
delay father grand
desert fee grape
desk feed grass
deter feel great
determine feeling green
difficult feet greenhouse
dig fell grief
dinner fermenting grim
dirty film grin
dish fins grind
distant fir gross
do fix ground
dock flame grow
dodge flat grown
doe flawless habit
dog flies habitat
donation flight had
donor float haddock
door flour hail
dose flower halve
dot flume hammer
down fly hand
downpour foe handle
dress fog hands
drink fool handsome

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 happy ire lock
hard is long
harm isle look
has it loop
hat jagged lost
hatred jockey lower
have joint lucky
he joke mad
head jump main
health key male
hear kind man
heart kitchen manage
heir kite mat
help kitten may meat
her knife melon
here label melt
high labour might
hill laces milk
hilt lady mince
him lake mine
hind lamp mistake
hinder lap moan
his late money
hit hog laugh monk
hole lawn month
holiday lead moor
hollow leaf more
hope leather moth
hopeless leave mountain
horn leer mouse
horse leg mouth
hostel legs move
hour lemon much
hours lend mug
house length music
hover lent nail
hunch less name
hurricane let narrow
hurt level nasty
hut library nation
ice lick near
idea lie lift neighbour
idle lightning nest
ill like new
imp link nice
impact lips nicer
in lipstick night
inform liquid nose
inside little not
irate live notes

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 novel pour sake
number pray sand
off pretend sat
office pretty saw
old price say
on prince scale
one prove scales
open proven scar
or queen scarlet
orange queue scorch
ounces quick score
our race scream
out racket sea
oval rag season
over rain secret
overtake raincoat security
pail raise see
pair rake selfish
pan rank set
pane rant sewn
paper rapid sham
pass rat shape
past rate share
pat rattle sharp
path reach sheet
patriot real ship
pay reap shirt
pear reappear shoes
peas rear shop
perfect red shot
perform referee shut
perm rehearsed shy
permit rent sick
pet rent side
piano repeat simple
picture restore sit
pie rim site
pig riot size
pillow risk skilful
pinch river skin
pine roar sky
ping rock sleep
plan rose sleet
plant rot slide
plate rounders slow
play rover small
player ruler snap
port run snow
pottery sack soap
pound sad sofa
pounds safety soft

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 soften taste under
solid teams underwear
some tear up
sort temp valley
soup template very
sour tendon vicar
spade tennis victim
spare tent village
spat term violin
spine the waistcoat
spit theatre walk
spoon their warn
spring them was
square then watch
stadium they water
stage thief ways
stake this weak
star thunder wear
start Thursday weight
state tick well
steal tie were
steam tight wheel
steep time whine
steepest timid wide
steeple tin will
step tip wind
stick tire window
stock tired wine
stone to wing
stones top wish
stop touch with
story tourist witty
stream town work
string trace writing
strong tractor yawn
sty train yellow
submarine trap zebra
succeed tray
swarmed tree
sweet tremor
swig triangle
swim trick
table trip
tail trousers
tails tune
take turn
tall two
tan type
tap umbrella
tape umpire
tarmac unclean

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