Tier 1 of 5
Foothills: everyday words
Tier one is the flat ground. Both words in the pair are ordinary English, and the only thing being tested is whether you can hear which one fits the sentence. Start here if you want a sense of how the game reads before the vocabulary gets harder.
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affairnounoccasiona formal or official social gathering or ceremony of peopleFoothillsEvents2 sensesHas a reason lineadvantagenounrewardbenefit resulting from some event or actionFoothillsQualities2 sensesHas a reason lineadvancenoun, adjectiveriseincrease in price or valueFoothillsActions2 sensesHas a reason line
Every word at FoothillsGrouped by theme
Thinking and knowing100 words
Judgement, memory, belief
- affairnounoccasion
- aimnoundesign
- aliveadjectiveawake
- apologynounexcuse
- arrangeverbput
- assumeverbtake
- backgroundnounground
- baseadjectivemean
- bearverbstand
- believeverbthink
- bothernounpain
- brandnounmake
- brilliantadjectivemagnificent
- buryverbforget
- catchverbcapture
- centraladjectivekey
- characternounquality
- checkverbmark
- choicenounoption
- chooseverbprefer
- commandverbcontrol
- concernnounworry
- confidencenounauthority
- connectverbjoin
- considerverbsee
- controlverbmaster
- directionnounfocus
- drawverbmake
- examplenouninstance
- faithnounreligion
- fantasticadjectivewild
- feelingnounopinion
- focusverbconcentrate
- followverbtrace
- formnounkind
- frameverbborder
- geniusnounwonder
- ghostnountouch
- givenadjectivegranted
- grabnouncatch
- gradenounlevel
- guessverbthink
- headnounmind
- hearingnounaudience
- holdverbagree
- ideanounthought
- imaginationnounvision
- interestnounsake
- judgeverbtry
- languagenounspeech
- leadnountrack
- lineverbdraw
- lostadjectiveconfused
- markverbnotice
- matternounissue
- meaningadjectivepregnant
- memorynounstore
- missverbdrop
- mistakenounfault
- modelnounexample
- movementnounmotion
- mysterynounsecret
- noveladjectivenew
- objectnountarget
- opinionnounthought
- passionnounlove
- patternnoundesign
- picturenounimpression
- plannoundesign
- plantverbset
- pleasurenounjoy
- possibilitynounopening
- problemnountrouble
- promisenounhope
- rateverbvalue
- readverbtake
- readyadjectivequick
- realitynounworld
- reasonnouncause
- reckonverbcount
- rememberverbthink
- reportnounreputation
- scoreverbmark
- secretadjectivemysterious
- sectionnoundepartment
- senseverbsmell
- setverbmark
- sightnounken
- smartadjectivebright
- solveverbwork
- studynounwork
- stylenounway
- surfacenounopen
- tellingadjectiveimpressive
- themenounsubject
- theorynounpossibility
- thinkingnounthought
- trialnounrun
- trustnounfaith
- understandverbsee
Qualities99 words
What something is like
- advantagenounreward
- agreementnoununderstanding
- aloneadjectiveonly
- appealnouncharm
- areanounfield
- atmospherenounair
- attitudenounposition
- augustadjectivegrand
- averageadjectivefair
- awkwardadjectiveembarrassing
- baseadjectivemean
- bigadjectivegreat
- boringadjectiveslow
- bornadjectivenatural
- brightadjectivebrilliant
- brilliantadjectivemagnificent
- busyadjectiveengaged
- capableadjectiveable
- chancenounluck
- claimnountitle
- closeadjectivenear
- cuteadjectiveprecious
- dearadjectivegood
- decentadjectivenice
- distancenounspace
- easeverbcomfort
- easyadjectivegentle
- edgeverbborder
- effectnounimpression
- emotionaladjectiveexcited
- energynounpush
- extraadjectivespare
- facenounlook
- fairadjectivejust
- fallnoundrop
- fantasticadjectivewild
- fastadjectivequick
- fatadjectiverich
- finaladjectivelast
- finishnounending
- firmadjectivefast
- fitadjectiveset
- fixedadjectivefrozen
- forcenounstrength
- foreignadjectivealien
- gentleadjectivesoft
- gradenounlevel
- hardadjectiveheavy
- heartnounnerve
- honestadjectivefair
- incredibleadjectiveunbelievable
- individualadjectivesingle
- interestnounsake
- lateadjectiveformer
- listverbname
- lossnounred
- lowadjectivemiserable
- massnounpeople
- meetverbfit
- motiveadjectivemotor
- mysteriousadjectivedeep
- nastyadjectiveawful
- nextadjectivefollowing
- numbernounfigure
- openverbspread
- ordinaryadjectiveaverage
- outsideadjectiveinternational
- plainadjectivespare
- plentynounlot
- pooradjectiveshort
- pricenouncost
- privateadjectiveindividual
- properadjectiveright
- questionnoundoubt
- quickadjectivewarm
- quietadjectivestill
- rangenounreach
- rateverbvalue
- regularadjectiveeven
- remoteadjectiveoutside
- routineadjectiveeveryday
- seriousadjectivedangerous
- silenceverbstill
- silentadjectivemum
- smalladjectivelittle
- smartadjectivebright
- solidadjectivestrong
- soundadjectivegood
- specialadjectiveparticular
- spotnounplace
- squareadjectivesolid
- strangeadjectiveunknown
- stylenounway
- tightadjectivenasty
- violentadjectivewild
- virginadjectivepure
- whiteadjectiveclean
- wideadjectivefull
- workingadjectiverunning
Actions78 words
Things done, named as nouns
- advancenounrise
- agencynounway
- appointmentnounassignment
- approachnouncoming
- attacknounapproach
- attemptnounattack
- bagnoundish
- ballnounbaseball
- battlenounstruggle
- beginningadjectivefirst
- buildingnounconstruction
- businessnounjob
- carenounattention
- causenoundrive
- chargenounmission
- coastnounslide
- connectionnounjoining
- coursenounclass
- cracknounpass
- cryingadjectivegross
- dangernounrisk
- dealnountrade
- deliverynounbringing
- directionnounfocus
- dragnounpull
- drivenounride
- dutynounresponsibility
- educationnounteaching
- effortnounsweat
- escapenounflight
- exerciseverbwork
- firenounfiring
- fitadjectiveset
- fixnounlocation
- flyingnounflight
- forcenounstrength
- fraudnouncheat
- grabnouncatch
- hardadjectiveheavy
- hitnounstrike
- issueverbsupply
- jobnountask
- landverbbring
- liftnounraise
- listeningnounhearing
- managementnoundirection
- marriagenounwedding
- mistakenounfault
- movenounmotion
- partnounoffice
- passingnoungoing
- pathnounway
- picknounchoice
- playverbtoy
- postnounmail
- practicenounpattern
- progressnounadvance
- protectionnounshelter
- reactionnounresponse
- ripnounrent
- savingnounrescue
- sharenounpart
- shocknounblow
- shootingnounshot
- shownounappearance
- sillyadjectiveridiculous
- smokenounsmoking
- songnouncall
- stagenounleg
- startnounjump
- switchnounshift
- testnountrial
- trialnounrun
- troubleverbbother
- trynouneffort
- unionnounjoin
- usenounexercise
- viewnounsight
Communication73 words
Saying, writing, signalling
- accentverbstress
- accountnounexplanation
- addverbtotal
- addressnounspeech
- agreementnoununderstanding
- allowverblet
- answernounresponse
- argumentnounstatement
- attacknounapproach
- audiencenouninterview
- begverbpray
- billnounaccount
- blockverbjam
- castverbput
- checkverbmark
- contactnountouch
- countverbnumber
- crynounyell
- examplenouninstance
- excuseverbexplain
- expressverbstate
- expressionnounsaying
- fixnounlocation
- floornounbase
- ghostnountouch
- holdverbagree
- intendverbmean
- introduceverbpresent
- jokenounlaugh
- languagenounspeech
- listverbname
- maintainverbkeep
- mentionnouncredit
- moralnounlesson
- movienounpicture
- newsnounword
- notenountone
- payverbgive
- picturenounimpression
- policynouninsurance
- positionnounplace
- praisenouncongratulations
- reachverbcontact
- reasonnouncause
- recordnounbook
- representverbdefend
- resultnounanswer
- roofnouncap
- routineadjectiveeveryday
- screamingnounscreeching
- secondverbback
- sendverbpost
- seriesnounserial
- setverbmark
- shoutingnouncheering
- shownounappearance
- signalverbpoint
- songnouncall
- sourcenounbeginning
- spacenounplace
- speechnoundelivery
- spellnouncharm
- sportnounplay
- statenouncountry
- storynounreport
- themenounsubject
- throwverbgive
- tracenounshadow
- tracknouncourse
- warrantverbguarantee
- wonderverbquestion
- wordnounbook
- wordsnounlanguage
States and conditions64 words
How something stands
- agreeverbcheck
- amountverbcome
- angryadjectivewild
- areanounfield
- atmospherenounair
- beingnounexistence
- busyadjectiveengaged
- campverbtent
- comfortableadjectiveeasy
- comingadjectiveapproaching
- conditionnounstatus
- confidencenounauthority
- connectverbjoin
- connectionnounjoining
- continueverbkeep
- cornernounbox
- custodynounhold
- darknessnounshadow
- demandnounneed
- disasternountragedy
- dragnounpull
- entireadjectivefull
- eventnouncase
- fallnoundrop
- figurenounname
- fulladjectivegood
- hearingnounaudience
- illadjectivesick
- kingdomnounland
- lucknounfortune
- madadjectivecrazy
- opportunitynounchance
- painnounhurting
- patheticadjectivepoor
- possibleadjectivepotential
- pressverbiron
- previousadjectiveold
- protectionnounshelter
- quitverbstop
- rangenounreach
- realitynounworld
- redadjectiveviolent
- resultnounanswer
- scarenounpanic
- scenenounfit
- secureadjectivestrong
- settingnounbackground
- situationnounposition
- sleepnounrest
- smellnounlook
- societynouncompany
- solidadjectivestrong
- soundadjectivegood
- splitverbpart
- stagenounleg
- stationnounplace
- statusnounposition
- subjectadjectiveopen
- suitverbbecome
- surviveverblast
- termsnounprice
- touchverbmatch
- whiteadjectiveclean
- wildadjectivewaste
Contact and joining33 words
Touching, holding, fixing
- bandverbring
- boxverbpackage
- bringverbget
- carryverbhold
- catchverbcapture
- coatverbsurface
- contactnountouch
- creamnounpick
- expressverbstate
- frameverbborder
- gatherverbcollect
- jamverbcrush
- levelverbeven
- lineverbdraw
- loadverbcharge
- looseadjectiveescaped
- matenounfellow
- openverbspread
- packnounring
- plantverbset
- pressverbiron
- pushverbdrive
- rollverbwind
- runverbmove
- scoreverbmark
- shutadjectiveclosed
- stakeverbpost
- stormverbforce
- strikeverbscratch
- tearverbsnap
- tieverbdraw
- topnouncover
- turnverbbend
Change31 words
Becoming something else
- assumeverbtake
- beginverbstart
- breakverbinterrupt
- changeverbexchange
- chillverbcool
- cleanverbpick
- correctverbright
- drawverbmake
- firenounfiring
- focusverbconcentrate
- freezeverbblock
- hurtadjectivewounded
- interruptverbdisturb
- jumpverbspring
- killverbdefeat
- landverbbring
- limitverbbound
- matchverbfit
- pitverbstone
- pullverbtake
- readyadjectivequick
- receiveverbget
- releaseverbfree
- runverbmove
- rushnouncharge
- silenceverbstill
- staradjectiveleading
- startnounjump
- stayverbstick
- switchnounshift
- treatverbhandle
Objects29 words
Things you can hold
- accessnounapproach
- armnounbranch
- bagnoundish
- billnounaccount
- boxverbpackage
- buildingnounconstruction
- busnouncoach
- carnounmachine
- casenounexample
- clubnounnine
- cornernounbox
- coursenounclass
- cracknounpass
- designnounfigure
- fakeadjectivefalse
- footnounbase
- funnyadjectiveodd
- memorynounstore
- newspapernounpaper
- paintingnounpicture
- partnounoffice
- piecenounman
- pitverbstone
- shopnounstore
- stringnounchain
- subjectadjectiveopen
- topnouncover
- undergroundnountube
- weaponnounarm
Groups and collections27 words
Many treated as one
- ballnounbaseball
- classnoundivision
- clubnounnine
- countrynounland
- couplenounmatch
- creamnounpick
- crowdnounbunch
- currentnounflow
- datenounappointment
- frontnounmovement
- handnoundeal
- housenounfirm
- lawnounpolice
- lotnounset
- massnounpeople
- officenounauthority
- packnounring
- partynouncompany
- postnounmail
- publicnounworld
- secretadjectivemysterious
- sectionnoundepartment
- societynouncompany
- statenouncountry
- unionnounjoin
- yearnounclass
- youthnounyoung
Social life26 words
Acting with other people
- actverbmove
- admitverbtake
- applyverbpractice
- attendverbsee
- bondverbtie
- commandverbcontrol
- commitverbpractice
- continueverbkeep
- cookverbfake
- failverbbomb
- gatherverbcollect
- issueverbsupply
- judgeverbtry
- killverbdefeat
- preventverbkeep
- pushverbdrive
- representverbdefend
- screenverbsort
- secondverbback
- serveverbattend
- splitverbpart
- succeedverbfollow
- testnountrial
- trainverbschool
- treatverbhandle
- troubleverbbother
People and roles19 words
Who someone is
- assistantnounhelp
- babynounbabe
- boyfriendnounfellow
- childnounbaby
- datenounappointment
- daughternoungirl
- destinynounfate
- federaladjectiveunion
- fellownouncolleague
- figurenounname
- geniusnounwonder
- ladynounmadam
- powernounelectricity
- principalnounhead
- regularadjectiveeven
- sonnounboy
- successnounwinner
- toastverbdrink
- typenouncase
Events17 words
Things that happen
Emotions12 words
What something feels like
Places12 words
Where something is
Food and drink11 words
Eating, drinking, abstaining
Movement10 words
Going from here to there
Giving and transferring10 words
Handing something over
Time10 words
When, and for how long
Making and creating10 words
Bringing something into being
Nature9 words
Land, weather, living things
Money9 words
Sums, aid and exchange
The body8 words
Bodily verbs and parts
Competition8 words
Beating, or trying to
Perception7 words
Seeing, hearing, noticing
Quantity4 words
How much of it there is
Relations2 words
How two things stand to each other
Processes2 words
Something unfolding over time
Materials2 words
What something is made of
No theme recorded43 words
The bank leaves a theme off an entry when none of the shelves is a good fit. These words are listed here rather than being filed under a theme they do not belong to.
- absolutelyadverbperfectly
- aheadadjectiveleading
- arrangedadjectiveordered
- awesomeadjectiveamazing
- certainadjectivesure
- certainlyadverbsurely
- completelyadverbtotally
- depressedadjectivedown
- directadjectiveexact
- distantadjectiveremote
- entirelyadverbonly
- exhaustedadjectivegone
- exposedadjectiveopen
- fineadjectiveokay
- finishedadjectiveruined
- formeradjectiveold
- hardlyadverbbarely
- healthyadjectivesound
- hiddenadjectivesecret
- highlyadverbextremely
- honestlyadverbfrankly
- immediatelyadverbdirectly
- interestedadjectiveconcerned
- leftadjectiveodd
- movedadjectivetouched
- personnounsomeone
- placedadjectiveset
- plusadjectivepositive
- probablyadverblikely
- quietlyadverbsoftly
- recentlyadverblately
- sameadjectivelike
- seriouslyadverbbadly
- shapenounform
- simplyadverbonly
- strongadjectivefirm
- throughadjectivedone
- trulyadverbreally
- understoodadjectivesilent
- unitnounwhole
- usuallyadverbnormally
- warmadjectivestrong
- weakadjectivelight
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