Primary 6 Vocabulary List: 31 Words Grouped by Meaning and Use

This page reorganises a historical Nan Hua SA2 2019 vocabulary bank into semantic groups. The grouping helps learners see relationships between words instead of memorising one flat list. It is an eduKate learning resource, not an official prescribed PSLE list.

1. People, Roles and Society

• merchant — person involved in buying and selling goods
• townsfolk — people living in a town
• borrower — person who borrows
• creditor — person or organisation to whom money is owed
• monk — member of a religious community
• barber — person whose work includes cutting or grooming hair

2. Money, Trade and Possession

• well-to-do — wealthy or financially comfortable
• trading — buying and selling goods or services
• cargo — goods carried by ship, aircraft or vehicle
• repayment — money returned after borrowing
• possession — something owned, or the state of owning/control
• compensate — make up for loss, harm or disadvantage
• alms — money or food given to poor people

3. Condition, Feeling and Intensity

• respected — admired because of character, ability or position
• bitterly — with strong sadness, anger or resentment
• plagued — troubled repeatedly
• fitful — irregular and interrupted
• weary — very tired
• feebly — weakly
• frantically — in a desperate, hurried or uncontrolled way

4. Action and Movement

• gazed — looked steadily for some time
• bowed — bent the head/body in respect or acknowledgement
• witnessed — saw an event happen
• shrieked — cried out in a high, sharp voice
• scrambled — moved quickly and awkwardly
• shuffling — walking while barely lifting the feet
• assaulting — attacking physically; can carry a legal meaning

5. Time, Place and Abstract Meaning

• immediate — happening without delay
• lifetime — period during which a person is alive
• measure — quantity, action or standard; also a verb
• monastery — place where monks live as a religious community

Contrast Pairs

Retrieval by Group

1. Name two words connected with money or trade.
2. Name two words describing weakness or tiredness.
3. Which word names a religious place?
4. Which word means goods carried by a vehicle or ship?
5. Which word means to make up for loss or harm?

Possible answers: creditor/repayment/cargo/trading; weary/feebly; monastery; cargo; compensate.

Application

Choose one word from three different groups and write a paragraph in which all three fit naturally. Then explain why each word belongs in its sentence.

For the full passage-specific glossary, see 31 Words from Nan Hua SA2 2019.

Historical Nan Hua Source Media