Essential English Vocabulary for Daily Life and Academic Success

English Vocabulary for Daily Life and Academic Topics

Vocabulary for Residence Halls and Shared Living

• Residence halls: residencia universitaria, colegio mayor
• To move into a house: mudarse a una casa
• To share a house: compartir piso
• To get along (with sb) very well: To get on (with sb) very well / llevarse muy bien (con alguien)
• To take on: To assume, to accept / asumir
• To sort out: To classify, to organize / poner en orden, clasificar, separar, organizar
• Paperwork: papeles, burocracia
• Yet: (Formal) However / no obstante
• To rise up: To move upwards / subir, ascender
• Ankle: tobillo
• Plughole: desagüe
• Clogged: Blocked / obstruido, atascado
• To have a row (with sb): To have an argument (with sb) / discutir (con alguien)
• Barely: Hardly, rarely / apenas
• Annoying: molesto, irritante
• Tumble dryer (also drier): secadora
• Pretty: (Adverb, informal) Rather, quite / bastante
• Deal: trato
• To go off: (Informal) echarse a perder (e.g., food)
• To chuck out: (Informal) tirar, deshacerse de
• To have a laugh: To have a good time, to have fun / pasárselo bien
• Issue: Question, problem / tema, cuestión
• To overfill: llenar hasta desbordar
• To creep out: salir sigilosamente

Additional Vocabulary: Global Issues and Development

• To ravage: To damage badly, to destroy / asolar, devastar, arrasar
• Malnutrition: desnutrición
• Undernourished: Weak and unhealthy because of lack or the right kind of food / desnutrido
• Stunted: Prevented from growing or developing properly / atrofiado, raquítico
• To devastate: To destroy completely, to ruin / devastar, asolar
• Wasting: A disease that consumes / enfermedad que consume (often refers to muscle wasting)
• Dramatically: In a (usually) sudden, very noticeable, and surprising way / de manera espectacular
• To halve: To reduce to half its previous size or amount / reducir a la mitad
• Ranging (between...): Extending (between specified limits) / que va (desde... hasta...)
• Developing countries: países en vías de desarrollo
• Overall drop: Total fall, general decrease / descenso generalizado, caída generalizada
• Agenda: (List of) matters to be discussed at an important meeting / agenda oficial, orden del día
• Within: dentro de, al cabo de
• Adviser to: asesor de
• Thoughtful: Showing careful thought / meditado

Academic and Legal Terminology

• Investigation: Inquiry
• Proof: Evidence
• Insanity: Dementia
• Premise: Hypothesis

Common Adjectives and Phrases

• Narrow-minded: estrecho de miras, anticuado