English vocabulary — Work topic
1,638 words · CEFR A1–C2
A roundup of 1,638 English vocabulary words for the Work topic across CEFR A1–C2, grouped by meaning and with IPA and English meanings. Learning Work vocabulary in context helps you remember it longer and use it right away in conversation. Tap Study flashcards to review, or browse more English vocabulary by topic and the A1–C2 pathway.
A1Work vocabulary · A1(14 words)Free
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a business that sells things or work
a machine that stores information and does work for you
a person whose job is to help sick people
a person who drives a vehicle
a message you send from one computer to another
a person who plans and builds machines or roads
a person who grows food or keeps animals
the work someone does for money
a time when people come together to talk about work
a person who looks after sick people in a hospital
a room where people work at desks
a person whose job is to teach
a person who brings food in a restaurant
to do a job
A2Work vocabulary · A2(51 words)
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to say yes to something offered
a person who acts in films or plays
a notice that tries to sell something
a time you arrange to meet someone
to plan something in advance
a person who paints or makes art
to go to a class or a meeting
the person who is in charge at work
the work of buying and selling
the work you do over many years
a person whose job is cooking in a restaurant
a person you work with
to finish something, or to fill in every part
a person who buys something from a shop
the help a company gives to the people who buy from it
to take action about a problem
a qualification from a university
a doctor who looks after teeth
to talk about something with other people
knowledge you get from doing something
B1Work vocabulary · B1(179 words)
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the power or skill to do something
able to be done
to succeed in getting something you worked for
something good you have succeeded in doing
to tell the public about a product so they buy it
a decision two sides accept
what you are trying to reach
another thing you can choose instead
wanting very much to succeed
to study something in detail to understand it
what someone says officially to tell people
a written request for a job or a place
to send a written request for a job or a place
a young person learning a trade at work
the way you deal with a problem
to say officially that something can happen
a plan two sides have agreed on
a person whose job is to help someone
a file you send with an email
the way you think and feel about something
B2Work vocabulary · B2(450 words)
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something bad that turns out to be good
something done only to reach a goal
something with both advantages and drawbacks
a rough practical guide, not an exact rule
the main obstacle to progress
in a way that suits what has happened
having to explain and answer for your actions
official approval that a standard is met
a task agreed at a meeting
able to change to suit new conditions
to follow a rule or a plan closely
to take a child into your family by law
the list of items to discuss at a meeting
one subject on a meeting list
to bring things into agreement
to give out a share for a purpose
the share given out for a purpose
to change a text or a law officially
the study of data to find patterns
to expect something and prepare for it
C1Work vocabulary · C1(709 words)
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a predecessor so good that matching them is hard
a route to escape a difficult position
frequent unexplained absence from work
to take responsibility that belongs to others
the conditions work must meet to be approved
a test run to decide whether work is approved
leave earned but not yet taken
temporarily filling a more senior post
to turn a discussion point into a task
a person who calculates risk for insurers
formed for one particular purpose only
highly skilled at something
to break off a meeting or a trial until later
racing to finish before time runs out
workers supplied by an outside firm
to decide how money and people are shared out
willing to agree or be persuaded
a way of getting out of a place or a situation
the yearly meeting of a company and its shareholders
a contract where hours are counted over a whole year
C2Work vocabulary · C2(235 words)
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one small thing that spoils something good
a long and difficult task to get through
something that follows no rules but its own
a persistent source of irritation
a confused mass of numbers
to give way to what is being asked
to fit out a group with what they need
the extra equipment that goes with something
keen judgement in practical matters
a teacher hired outside the permanent staff
skilful and quick in handling things
a short written note to jog the memory
the promptness and willingness of a reply
the person who takes down a poet's words
the work of writing at another's dictation
the range over which authority extends
something everyone knows but nobody states
employees supporting the main professional work
comfort so mild that it says nothing
to settle a dispute as an impartial judge
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The Work topic set gathers 1,638 common English words across CEFR A1–C2. Instead of learning by scattered alphabetical lists, you learn whole word clusters in the Work context — which helps learners associate them more easily and remember them longer.
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