Most common Thai words

[to] drop straight down; dive steeply

limited monarchy; constitutional monarchy (formal)

[to] apologize; ask pardon (very formal)

winch

Western-style suit jacket

tongue (literary)

cold air; chill in the air

armpit hair

demography

[to] refer back; recount the background

[to] run electrical wiring

[to] come to an end; be destroyed (of the world)

central nervous system depressant

armrest

soul; spirit (royal)

semifinal

nerve ending

Old Testament

motorcycle taxi stand

duty-free

with a low rushing or roaring sound

wealthy; abundant (informal)

engine warm-up

[to] wiggle; move slightly

local public health center (dated)

[to] affect or alter one's voice

slender and graceful; willowy

inauspiciousness

ship's navigator

etymology

mermaid silhouette; mermaid cut

[to] rummage; search through

internal medicine

sexually transmitted disease; venereal disease

collection of mental aggregates

loud, forceful shouting

obstinacy; unreasonable persistence

stubbornness; insistence on having one's way

common noun

fitting snugly in the hand; easy to grip

Antarctica

easily feeling hot; sensitive to heat

forgetfulness

soft wood; tree yielding soft timber

traffic light

information retrieval

wrap cloth; pha khao ma (Southern Thai)

wind (literary)

diocese

transferee; recipient of transferred property or rights

green pit viper

invitation letter; written invitation

closed-ended; sealed at the end

[to] flood the market; be in oversupply

deflation

[to] classify; assign a rank or grade

ruling prince; traditional ruler

[to] sleep in very late; sleep the day away

story outline; plot summary

improper; presumptuous (formal)

[to] flee in panic; bolt

chain of command

very particular about one's appearance

outwardly innocent but deceitful

[to] begin or resume classes

royal signature

[to] slander [sb]; maliciously accuse [sb]

having a healthy digestive system

[to] soar; fly (literary)

synapse

hospital (informal)

delay; stalling

Ashvini; first lunar mansion

Southern Thai lullaby

[to] miss; think of (Northern Thai)

funniness; ridiculousness

forklift; forklift truck

videotape

videotape (formal)

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

sweet-talking; flirtatious

gullible; easily swayed

1,000-baht banknote (slang)

[to] supervise closely; enforce strict control

[to] post a notice

attractive, with striking facial features

end of the world; apocalypse

aware; knowledgeable about life

[to] understand clearly

hesitantly; indistinctly

insincere flattery; sycophantic talk

manly; masculine in bearing

two-faced; nice to someone's face but malicious behind their back

[to] suspend classes; close for a school break

shatavari; wild asparagus

half-cooked; partly raw

double-sided; two-sided

kind words masking malicious intentions

huh; hey (mild surprise)

ninety