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CHAPTER 6 VOCABULARY
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SPELLING LISTS
List 1
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Abbreviation:
shortened form of a word
2.
Acquaintance:
person known slightly
3.
Aerosol:
container under pressure
4.
Bachelor:
unmarried man
5.
Bulletin:
brief, factual piece of information (a news bulletin)
6.
Caricature:
exaggerated likeness
7.
Cautious:
careful
8.
Chauffeur:
one employed to drive a car
9.
Coincidence:
occurrence of events simultaneously in a striking

manner
10.
Conscious:
awake, aware
11.
Consensus:
agreement in opinion
12.
Dependable:
reliable
13.
Dependence:
reliance
14.
Eccentric:
odd, not conforming to common rules
15.
Embarrassed:
feeling foolish
16.
Essential:
absolutely necessary
17.
Fatigue:
weariness
18.
Gnarled:
contorted, weather-beaten
19.
Hallucinations:
delusions
20.
Immovable:
cannot be moved
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List 2
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Implicit:
meant, but not clearly stated
2.
Indescribable:
impossible to explain
3.
Jealous:
envious; of a competitor
4.
Knack:
skill
5.
Laudable:
worthy of praise
6.
Laughable:
ridiculous, not important
7.
Macabre:
strange in a frightening way
8.
Malnutrition:
suffering from eating the wrong foods
9.
Meagre:
lean, not enough
10.
Narrator:
person telling the story
11.
Negligent:
careless
12.
Negligible:
very small, unimportant
13.
Objectionable:
unpleasant; offensive
14.
Ominous:
threatening
15.
Ostentatious:
intended to impress
16.
Palatable:
of good flavour
17.
Palpable:
tangible
18.
Picturesque:
charming or romantic in appearance
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Qualification:
attribute that fits a person for something
20.
Queue:
people standing in a line
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List 3
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Rancour:
ill-feeling, discontent harboured
2.
Reassurance:
giving of confidence, to assure anew
3.
Rebellious:
tending to oppose authority or rebel
4.
Rhyme:
two or more words with the same sounding end(e.g.

in a poem or song).
5.
Rhythm:
regular recurrence of stress or sound (e.g. in music)
6.
Sabotage:
deliberate damage to equipment, installations etc.

usually in war time
7.
Serrated:
having a jagged edge (e.g. saw, knife)
8.
Serviceable:
adequate for use, useable
9.
Strident:
loud and grating (e.g. voice, music).
10.
Surreptitious:
done by stealth or fraud
11.
Thereabouts:
about or near that place, number, etc.
12.
Thinness:
quality of being thin
13.
Traceable:
capable of being tracked
14.
Unanimous:
without dissent or disagreement
15.
Underrate:
undervalue, underestimate, not appreciate true

worth
16.
Unrivalled:
without rival, match or equal
17.
Vacuum:
empty, airless space; without atmosphere.
18.
Vehement:
forcible, very strong or urgent (e.g. protest)
19.
Whereabouts:
roughly where
20.
Wondrous:
miraculous, wonderful, extraordinarily wonderful
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List 4
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Mediocre:
average
2.
Muscular:
having strong muscles
3.
Navigable:
possible to steer a ship through
4.
Nostalgia:
longing for the past
5.
Ostracize:
isolate from society
6.
Paradoxical:
self-contradictory
7.
Pejorative:
expressing disaproval
8.
Quarrel:
fight with words
9.
Quell:
stop
10.
Reconciliation:
peacemaking; having people become friendly again

after a disagreement
11.
Repertoire:
group of songs known very well by the performer
12.
Scrupulous:
very careful
13.
Sleuth:
detective
14.
Subsidiary:
of lesser importance
15.
Tangible:
that can be touched
16.
Tortuous:
difficult, painful
17.
Twelfth:
number 12
18.
Unconscious:
not awake
19.
Vengeance:
revenge
20.
Woebegone:
miserable
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List 5
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Absence:
quality of not being here
2.
Absorb:
include
3.
Apartheid:
a system of separation (eg of races)
4.
Beginning:
start
5.
Beneficial:
good for something
6.
Calendar:
timetable of the days of the year
7.
Calibre:
size of a gun / size of ones reputation
8.
Controversial:
much talked and disagreed about
9.
Delinquent:
young criminal / offender
10.
Dialogue:
speech between two people
11.
Effervescent:
full of life / excitement
12.
Endeavour:
try
13.
Fatuous:
foolish
14.
Fictitious:
not true
15.
Grief:
sadness
16.
Governor:
one who rules
17.
Hearsay:
rumour
18.
Hospitable:
friendly
19.
Illiteracy:
inability to read or write
20.
Indecisive:
hesitating with making a decision
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List 6
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Victorious:
condition or feeling of having won
2.
Vociferous:
giving loud or complaining voice to
3.
Whim:
act taken without planning; spontaneous action;

impulse
4.
Witticism:
clever, amusing remark.
5.
Wrongdoer:
person doing wrong (e.g. criminal).
6.
Animosity:
hostile, unfriendly attitude
7.
Approval:
blessing, encouragement or permission to do

something
8.
Bankruptcy:
condition of being in financial deficit
9.
Breadth:
width
10.
Caffeine:
natural stimulant found in coffee, tea, cola etc.
11.
Conceit:
feeling of arrogance or vanity - certainty about ones

self
12.
Dissuade:
persuade against doing something
13.
Dubious:
doubtful, unlikely, questionable
14.
Eerie:
weird, strange, ghostly, creepy
15.
Fallacy:
widely-held belief which is wrong
16.
Grotesque:
ugly; distorted; horrid
17.
Harangue:
criticise loudly, persistently and publicly; nag; heckle
18.
Idiosyncrasy:
eccentric or quirky mannerism or habit
19.
Kiosk:
booth or small cabin in the street (e.g. phone kiosk)
20.
Loosen:
make or render less tight
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No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Adaptation:
modification making suitable for
2.
Adept:
skilful, proficient
3.
Antithesis:
contrast; the very opposite
4.
Behaviour:
conduct, manners, way of behaving
5.
Besiege:
lay siege to, surround and blockade, crowd around,

harass
6.
Casualty:
person killed or injured in war or accident, victim.
7.
Correspondent:
person employed by newspaper to write regularly on

particular subject; letter writer
8.
Deference:
compliance with anothers wishes or advice
9.
Deferred:
postponed, put off till later
10.
Ecstasy:
sheer joy, rapture
11.
Exponent:
person who explains something, or promotes idea
12.
Feasible:
possible, what can be put into practice
13.
Graffiti:
writing or drawing scribbled on wall
14.
Guarantee:
promise or assurance
15.
Hydraulic:
operated by movement of water
16.
Incoherent:
not easily understood, disjointed, inconsistent
17.
Jeopardize:
endanger
18.
Kaleidoscope:
tube containing mirrors and coloured glass to

produce patterns
19.
Ledger:
log book for keeping business accounts
20.
Martial:
military, appropriate to warfare or fighting
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List 8
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Ingenious:
skilfully contrived, cleverly thought out
2.
Innocuous:
harmless
3.
Itinerary:
travel plan
4.
Jewellery:
jewels in general; necklaces, rings etc.
5.
Justifiable:
possible to justify or defend
6.
Knowledgeable: possessing knowledge
7.
Lease:
a contract letting or renting a house, car etc.
8.
Length:
quality of being long; the distance from one end of

something to the other end
9.
Lieu:
place (from French); in lieu of = in place of, as a

substitute for
10.
Maintenance:
act of maintaining, supporting or defending;

keeping in working order (e.g. machinery)
11.
Meticulous:
scrupulously careful; especially neat.
12.
Nausea:
feeling or inclination to vomit; sickening disgust
13.
Nonentity:
person or thing of no importance
14.
Obnoxious:
offensive, objectionable (e.g. behaviour)
15.
Oneself:
reflexive form of one (pronoun)
16.
Parcelled:
divided into portions; made up into parcels
17.
Peripheral:
minor, incidental, unimportant; on the outside
18.
Questionnaire:
prepared set of written questions
19.
Regime:
existing order of rule or government in a country
20.
Relegate:
banish, consign to an unimportant place or position
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List 9
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Luminous:
shedding light; visible in darkness
2.
Malicious:
wishing to harm others; intended to cause difficulty

to others
3.
Memento:
souvenir, object serving as a reminder
4.
Naive:
simple, artless, ingenuous
5.
Naivet:
simplicity, artlessness
6.
Ninetieth:
immediately after eighty ninth
7.
Oblique:
slanting, neither vertical nor horizontal; indirect,

not going straight to the point
8.
Obsolescence:
becoming antiquated, or out of date
9.
Pallor:
paleness
10.
Parallel:
continuously equidistant; similar, corresponding
11.
Prestigious:
having a good reputation, having influence
12.
Quadruped:
four-legged animal
13.
Rapturous:
ecstatic, very enthusiastic
14.
Ravenous:
very hungry, voracious
15.
Secondary:
coming after or below what is primary or foremost
16.
Shrewd:
clever, astute
17.
Synopsis:
summary, outline
18.
Technique:
method, means, mechanical skill
19.
Tenacious:
holding tightly, tough
20.
Undoubted:
certain, not questioned
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List 10
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Ancillary:
auxiliary, subordinate e.g. an ancillary worker in a

hospital
2.
Buoyant:
i) tending to be cheerful, e.g. in buoyant mood

ii) tending to float
3.
Bureaucracy:
system of government by officials
4.
Caustic:
burning, like acid.
5.
Credible:
worthy of belief
6.
Discrimination:
unfair treatment on the basis of prejudice
7.
Imminent:
about to happen.
8.
Legitimate:
lawful
9.
Manageable:
possible to manage
10.
Rehabilitation:
put back into good condition, working order,

restoration
11.
Rigour:
severity, strictness, e.g. a rigorous training schedule
12.
Suede:
a soft fabric with a pile to it
13.
Superfluous:
additional to requirements, not needed
14.
Synopsis:
brief summary (as of a T.V. programme)
15.
Therapeutic:
good for ones health
16.
Turbulence:
disruption, disturbance (as in turbulent weather)
17.
Uniquely:
occurring once only, in a special way.
18.
Uproarious:
very noisy, with loud laughter, e.g. an uproarious

comedy
19.
Vulnerable:
open to attack or assault, able to be hurt
20.
Writhing:
wriggling, moving vigorously eg. writhing snakes
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List 11
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Abysmal:
bottomless (colloquial - very bad)
2.
Accompaniment: that which accompanies, goes along with
3.
Adolescence:
(noun) the period of time passing from childhood to

maturity ( teenage years)
4.
Adolescent:
(n+adj) passing from childhood to maturity (a

teenager!)
5.
Barbecue:
food cooked over charcoal
6.
Brusque:
blunt and abrupt in manner
7.
Catalogue:
list of names, books, pictures, etc.
8.
Centimetre:
metric unit of measurement
9.
Courteous:
polite
10.
Deterrent:
anything that deters, prevents
11.
Discotheque:
a club where one dances to popular music
12.
Equalise:
make equal
13.
Fervour:
intense feeling
14.
Fortunately:
luckily
15.
Grateful:
thankful
16.
Habitual:
done by habit
17.
Immaculate:
perfect in appearance and condition
18.
Laborious:
painstaking, taking effort
19.
Malingerer:
time-waster
20.
Thoroughfare:
road e.g. Londons Oxford St. is a busy thoroughfare
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List 12
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Ammunition:
military stores, anything that can be used in fighting
2.
Author:
one who writes
3.
Authorise:
give permission
4.
Criterion:
rule, standard
5.
Criteria:
plural form of above
6.
Dismissal:
being sent away, removed from office
7.
Elicit:
draw forth
8.
Flamboyant:
colourful, ostentatious
9.
Fugitive:
runaway
10.
Icicle:
hanging, tapering piece of ice
11.
Irresistible:
impossible to resist
12.
Lucrative:
financially rewarding e.g. Tourism is a lucrative

business
13.
Manoeuvre:
manipulate, move
14.
Nocturnal:
happening at night
15.
Orchestra:
large group of musicians
16.
Pseudonym:
fictitious name (usually taken by an author)
17.
Scenic:
attractive, pretty (of scenery)
18.
Tyrannical:
behaving like a tyrant
19.
Ultimately:
finally
20.
Weird:
very strange, unusual
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List 13
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Haulage:
act of hauling, transporting
2.
Impertinent:
cheeky
3.
Judicial:
arising from process of law
4.
Lyric:
words of a song
5.
Malign:
speak evil of, with malice
6.
Malignant:
disposed to do harm
7.
Nomination:
being named as
8.
Passable:
tolerable
9.
Propel:
drive forward
10.
Reconnaissance: preliminary survey
11.
Reconnoitre:
make a preliminary survey
12.
Soliloquy:
speech made by a character in a play (to himself)
13.
Spacious :
having lots of space
14.
Threaten:
make threats, to promise something terrible
15.
Tragedy:
terrible event
16.
Tragic:
terrible
17.
Utterly:
completely
18.
Versatile:
having great variety
19.
Wreckage:
what is left after some terrible event or accident
20.
Wretched:
miserable
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List 14
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Access :
means of approach
2.
Adjacent:
touching or almost touching
3.
Bilingual:
able to speak two languages
4.
Cafeteria:
restaurant in which customers serve themselves
5.
Claustrophobia: fear of enclosed spaces
6.
Desperate:
having a very great desire
7.
Emphasise:
stress
8.
Fallible:
likely to be inaccurate
9.
Forty:
10 x 4
10.
Imperative:
absolutely necessary
11.
In fact:
always written as 2 words!
12.
Linguist:
specialist in languages
13.
Mesmerise:
hypnotise, fascinate
14.
Opaque:
not letting light through
15.
Overrate:
rate or estimate too highly
16.
Physique:
structure or appearance of the body
17.
Professor:
teacher, specifically one holding a university chair
18.
Restaurant:
place where meals can be bought and eaten
19.
Solemn:
serious
20.
Technological:
of technology, resulting from technical progress
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List 15
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Gullible:
easily fooled, taken in
2.
Horrendous:
horrible
3.
Intuition:
knowing about something without conscious

reasoning
4.
Laboratory:
place where scientific experiments are carried out
5.
Medicine:
substance used to treat illness
6.
Neutral:
not taking sides, impartial
7.
Odour:
smell
8.
Ornamental:
decorative
9.
Prejudice:
unreasonable bias
10.
Pronunciation:
manner of pronouncing words
11.
Recurrent:
happening again and again
12.
Rudimentary:
very basic e.g. The boys built rudimentary shelters to

protect them against the weather
13.
Subservient:
in a subordinate capacity, less important
14.
Syllable:
word or part of a word pronounced with a single,

uninterrupted sounding of the voice.
15.
Syllabus:
summary of a course of study
16.
Traumatic:
emotionally shocking
17.
Twilight:
that time of day just before darkness falls
18.
Unruliness:
bad behaviour
19.
Wreath:
twisted ring of flowers and leaves
20.
Wreathe:
form a wreath, coil or twist
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List 16
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Acquire:
take ownership of
2.
Acquit:
settle a claim, declare not guilty of a charge
3.
Appreciate:
recognise gratefully
4.
Bruise:
discoloration of the skin after injury
5.
Channel:
any means of passage or transmission
6.
Conscience:
sense of right or wrong
7.
Conscientious:
showing care and precision
8.
Dutiful:
willingly obedient
9.
Employee:
one who is employed
10.
Erroneous:
mistaken (an erroneous decision)
11.
Facetious:
12.
Glimpse:
quick sighting
13.
Havoc:
great destruction and devastation
14.
Immerse:
plunge or dip into (as into a liquid, or work)
15.
Inoculate:
inject (a vaccine) to create immunity
16.
Kilometre:
measurement of distance
17.
Manipulate:
work with the hands, manage artfully
18.
Naughtiness:
bad behaviour
19.
Ooze:
seep out slowly
20.
Plagiarism:
taking someone elses ideas or writing, and claiming

them as your own
intended to be amusing at an inappropriate time
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No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Fraught:
filled, loaded, e.g. a life fraught with hardship
2.
Freight:
method or service of transporting goods
3.
Government:
system of political administration
4.
Harass:
trouble, worry or torment
5.
Hereditary:
passed down through generations
6.
Impeccable:
faultless e.g. impeccable manners
7.
Instil:
put in gradually (an idea, or feeling)
8.
Label:
card, strip of paper, etc. which identifies
9.
Labelled:
identified by some means
10.
Menagerie:
collection of wild animals
11.
Museum:
room or building for preserving and exhibiting

objects
12.
Noticeable:
able to be noticed
13.
Notification:
notice given or received; give official information to

someone
14.
Omitted:
left out
15.
Participate:
take part in
16.
Precarious:
unstable, insecure e.g. a precarious existence
17.
Query:
question
18.
Rendezvous:
meeting (at a certain place or time)
19.
Sarcasm:
taunting or sneering remark
20.
Treacherous:
untrustworthy, unreliable
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List 18
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Foreign:
of, from, or characteristic of another country
2.
Hoax:
trick meant as a practical joke
3.
Illusion:
false idea or conception
4.
Juggernaut:
large, heavy lorry; something large and powerful

that cannot be stopped
5.
Loveable:
deserving to be loved
6.
Murmur:
low, indistinct, continuous sound
7.
Obese:
extremely overweight
8.
Prcis:
summary
9.
Precise:
exact
10.
Provocation:
cause of anger or irritation
11.
Relevant:
relating to the matter in hand
12.
Remonstrate:
object, plead in protest
13.
Squander:
waste
14.
Stimulant:
anything that stimulates, makes more active, eg.

caffeine
15.
Transient:
temporary, passing away with time
16.
Transitory:
of a passing nature
17.
Unforgettable:
cannot be forgotten
18.
Voluntary:
(adj) by ones own free choice
19.
Voluntarily:
(adv) done freely
20.
Worsen:
deteriorate, get worse
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List 19
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Accommodate:
have (or find) room for
2.
Aggressive:
bold and active
3.
Apparent:
clear, obvious
4.
Brochure:
informative leaflet or booklet e.g. a travel brochure
5.
Budget:
set amount of money
6.
Condemn:
disapprove of strongly
7.
Counterfeit:
fake goods or currency
8.
Discernible:
able to be recognised as separate or different
9.
Exaggerate:
overstate, amplify
10.
Exasperate:
irritate
11.
Forfeit:
give up as a penalty
12.
Irrelevant:
not to the point; not relating to what is being

discussed
13.
Liable:
likely to, responsible for
14.
Misdemeanour:
wrongful act that is not very serious
15.
Mysterious:
strange
16.
Nuance:
slight or delicate variation in tone
17.
Plague:
illness which sweeps across the population
18.
Plaque:
wall tablet commemorating or identifying something
19.
Referee:
official who enforces the rules in sport
20.
Sombre:
serious (mood, colour)
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List 20
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Abstention:
stopping or refraining from doing something
2.
Acknowledgement:
response to order, enquiry or concern;

showing that you accept that something exists
or is true; section of a book, article, etc.,
where people are thanked for their help
3.
Belligerent:
warlike, aggressive
4.
Bias:
prejudice
5.
Bribery:
gift offered for illegal favours
6.
Calamity:
disaster
7.
Catastrophe:
disaster
8.
Cynicism:
a disinclination to recognise or believe in

goodness -having a poor opinion of peoples
reasons for doing things
9.
Dilemma:
difficult, unsolvable decision
10.
Frailty:
weakness
11.
Gibe:
ill-natured joke or response
12.
Illicit:
illegal
13.
Liaison:
a union or connection that allows different

groups to work together; a person acts as a
connection between persons or groups
14.
Niche:
recess in a wall, suitable place in life
15.
Orator:
public speaker
16.
Pinnacle:
top
17.
Seize:
hold fast
18.
Sycophant:
flatterer
19.
20.
Tinge:
Vivacious:
touch with colour, imbue

full of life
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List 21
No. Word
Meaning
1.
Aghast:
horrified
2.
Consistent:
fixed, agreeing together, not changing
3.
Egotism:
thinking of self only
4.
Hypochondriac:
someone who falsely assumes he is always ill
5.
Lacquer:
varnish, solution of film forming substances
6.
Onus:
responsibility
7.
Precocious:
very advanced, or clever in childhood
8.
Reticence:
holding back, keeping ones opinions to oneself
9.
Sociable:
friendly
10.
Studious:
hardworking, keen on learning
11.
Tarpaulin:
strong linen waterproofed with tar
12.
Tedious:
boring
13.
Trepidation:
fear
14.
Unparalleled:
unequalled, the best
15.
Wearisome:
tiresome
16.
Resemblance:
similarity to someone or something
17.
Piteous:
able to excite pity
18.
Quarantine:
19.
Riotous:
20.
Soloist:
period of isolation generally against infectious

disease
wild as in riot
single performer
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List 22
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Accidentally:
by chance
2.
Admissible:
able to be admitted or allowed
3.
Allergic:
a medical condition that causes an abnormal

reaction to substances after eating, touching, or
breathing something normally harmless
4.
Beautiful:
fair, possessing qualities that delight the eye
5.
Changeable:
possessing the power of change
6.
Complacent:
self-satisfied; satisfied with how things are and not

wanting to change them
7.
Debris:
wreckage, rubbish
8.
Equipped:
furnished with everything needed
9.
Exultant:
rejoicing, triumphant
10.
Generator:
machine to make electricity
11.
Haphazard:
without order
12.
Idyllic:
perfect
13.
Legendary:
fabled, celebrated
14.
Massacre:
indiscriminate slaughter esp. with cruelty
15.
Obsessive:
susceptible to persistence of a fixed idea
16.
Paralysis:
lack of power of motion or sensation in body
17.
Raucous:
hoarse and loud
18.
Sedative:
medicine which calms, quietens
19.
Tolerance:
endurance with patience
20.
Vigorous:
strong and healthy
52
Level L
CHAPTER 6
List 23
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Antique:
very old, ancient e.g. antique furniture
2.
Believe:
hold in faith
3.
Ceiling:
inner surface of the top of a room
4.
Crche:
nursery for babies
5.
Demeanour:
behaviour, bearing
6.
Encyclopaedia:
book of facts
7.
Fiasco:
farce; a complete failure
8.
Gateau:
French cake
9.
Heroism:
bravery
10.
Imperceptible:
impossible to see
11.
Legislation:
laws
12.
Magnificent:
wonderful, gorgeous
13.
Nautical:
pertaining to the sea
14.
Oblivious:
unaware
15.
Pandemonium:
chaos
16.
Poignant:
sad
17.
Radiance:
glow
18.
Scrutiny:
careful examination
19.
Trafficking:
illegal sale e.g. trafficking in drugs
20.
Warrant:
official paper of arrest
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List 24
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Amateur:
unpaid, recreational, not professional
2.
Bicycle:
two wheeled form of transportation
3.
Centenary:
hundred years anniversary
4.
Debatable:
open to question, to debate
5.
Enthral:
fascinate
6.
Flippant:
disrespectful and frivolous in speech
7.
Glossary:
partial dictionary
8.
Honourable:
worthy of honour
9.
Illegible:
unreadable
10.
Leisure:
time free from duties, for relaxation
11.
Marriageable:
suitable for marriage
12.
Noxious:
unpleasant, harmful
13.
Officious:
meddling, offering unwelcome advice
14.
Paralyse:
remove power of movement
15.
Radiator:
16.
Sanctimonious:
falsely holy; disapproving of others because one

thinks one is good
17.
Territory:
land, country
18.
Tranquillity:
peace, quiet
19.
Upholstery:
springs and stuffing of furniture
20.
Weight:
heaviness
apparatus for warming a room
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Level L
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List 25
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Achievement:
performance, accomplishment
2.
Boycott:
refuse to talk or deal with someone or something
3.
Challenge:
offer to settle a matter through fighting or some

form of contest
4.
Curriculum:
course of study
5.
Despicable:
very bad or unpleasant; deserving to be despised;

worthy of contempt or scorn
6.
Entrepreneur:
someone who takes a commercial, business risk
7.
Flammable:
able to burst into flames
8.
Gesticulate:
make vigorous gestures with hands
9.
Hilarious:
very funny
10.
Imitation:
replica
11.
Lethargy:
unnatural tiredness
12.
Manageable:
possible to manage
13.
Monologue:
long speech by one person
14.
Niece:
daughter of your brother or sister
15.
Occasion:
event
16.
Patrolled:
to walk around (an area or building) for the purpose

of watching, guarding, ensuring it is safe
17.
Puerile:
childish
18.
Reprieve:
delay execution
19.
Sociological:
pertaining to groups of people
20.
Tempestuous:
violent, stormy
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List 26
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Anaesthetic:
drug to produce sleep for medical operation
2.
Auxiliary:
helper, junior worker
3.
Clamour:
loud noise
4.
Deceased:
dead person
5.
Enrol:
volunteer in an organisation
6.
Gist:
general or basic meaning of something said or

written
7.
Humorous:
funny
8.
Intriguing:
interesting
9.
Lieutenant:
junior officer in armed forces
10.
Mediate:
intervene between two parties
11.
Observant:
noticing everything
12.
Occupancy:
possession of dwelling
13.
Parliamentary:
of a legislative assembly
14.
Recede:
go back, become more distant
15.
Snivel:
weep, cry
16.
Succinct:
to the point
17.
Testimonial:
reference
18.
Unequalled:
unique
19.
Vertical:
going straight up
20.
Veneer:
thin surface
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Level L
CHAPTER 6
List 27
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Allege:
declare without proof
2.
Business:
notice that root is busy therefore business
3.
Chasm:
deep or gaping hollow in ground
4.
Defendant:
someone who defends himself especially in a trial
5.
Euphemism:
an unpleasant thing is referred to by a milder term

e.g. passing away instead of death
6.
Fledgling:
baby bird
7.
Height:
how tall a person or thing is : the distance from the

bottom to the top
8.
Inaccessible:
impossible to reach
9.
Misspell:
wrongly spell
10.
Offensive:
likely to offend
11.
Pamphlet:
informational booklet
12.
Receive:
rule is i before e except after c
13.
Sediment:
deposit that settles to the bottom
14.
Sophisticated:
worldly-wise
15.
Tongue:
organ in mouth
16.
Tumultuous:
disorderly and noisy
17.
Unnecessary:
not necessary
18.
Unwieldy:
difficult to handle
19.
Valuable:
of value
20.
Vigilant:
watchful
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List 28
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Buffet:
blow with a fist. Meal set on table
2.
Cemetery:
burial site
3.
Clich:
overused expression
4.
Deceive:
act dishonestly, (the rule is i before e except after c)
5.
Euphoria:
exaggerated feeling of well-being
6.
Fortuitous:
lucky
7.
Grammar:
structure of a language
8.
Hypothesis:
unproved, untested statement
9.
Impostor:
one who assumes a false name
10.
Lenient:
merciful; not harsh or severe in disciplining or

judging
11.
Metamorphosis: (plural -es) complete change from one form to

another
12.
Nutritious:
nourishing
13.
Onerous:
burdensome / difficult
14.
Paroxysm:
fit of acute pain
15.
Perilous:
dangerous
16.
Reactionary:
someone against reform or progress
17.
Sergeant:
non-commissioned officer in army
18.
Sporadic:
at odd intervals
19.
Typified:
distinguished by
20.
Vague:
indistinct
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Level L
CHAPTER 6
List 29
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Amputate:
cut off (eg. a limb)
2.
Architect:
designer of buildings
3.
Chaos:
total disorder
4.
Cursory:
very brief
5.
Dissimilar:
not similar
6.
Envelop:
contain completely, wrap up
7.
Fluctuate:
rise and fall
8.
Humour:
noun of humorous. (the quality of being funny)
9.
Impetuous:
acting without thinking
10.
Invincible:
cannot be defeated
11.
Levelled:
flattened
12.
Meteorite:
meteor that has landed on earth
13.
Occur:
happen
14.
Occurrence:
something that happens
15.
Opulence:
luxury
16.
Pedestrian:
one who walks as opposed to motorist
17.
Peremptory:
sharp and swift
18.
Receipt:
statement for money received
19.
Reiterate:
repeat
20.
Spaghetti:
long, thin strands of pasta
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List 30
No.
Word
Meaning
1.
Anguish:
extreme unhappiness
2.
Arbitrary:
based on individual discretion
3.
Chivalrous:
bravery or courtesy especially towards women
4.
Customary:
according to custom
5.
Duress:
being forced to do something
6.
Epoch:
period of time marked by a great event
7.
Gauge:
measuring apparatus
8.
Hysterical:
wildly funny (colloquial)
9.
Incessant:
all the time, without stopping
10.
Innuendo:
insinuation; indirect reference
11.
Livelihood:
job
12.
Migraine:
very severe headache
13.
Offence:
wrongdoing
14.
Optionally:
not compulsorily
15.
Penitentiary:
prison
16.
Perceive:
see, become conscious of (i before e except after

c)
17.
Recommend:
offer as a suitable choice
18.
Tribunal:
court of justice
19.
Turgid:
thick, viscous
20.
Vendor:
someone who is selling something

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shortened form of a word

person known slightly

container under pressure

brief, factual piece of information (a news bulletin)

one employed to drive a car

occurrence of events simultaneously in a striking

odd, not conforming to common rules

meant, but not clearly stated

ridiculous, not important

strange in a frightening way

suffering from eating the wrong foods

lean, not enough

person telling the story

very small, unimportant

charming or romantic in appearance

attribute that fits a person for something

people standing in a line

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ill-feeling, discontent harboured

giving of confidence, to assure anew

tending to oppose authority or rebel

two or more words with the same sounding end(e.g.

regular recurrence of stress or sound (e.g. in music)

deliberate damage to equipment, installations etc.

having a jagged edge (e.g. saw, knife)

adequate for use, useable

loud and grating (e.g. voice, music).

done by stealth or fraud

about or near that place, number, etc.

quality of being thin

capable of being tracked

without dissent or disagreement

undervalue, underestimate, not appreciate true

without rival, match or equal

empty, airless space; without atmosphere.

forcible, very strong or urgent (e.g. protest)

miraculous, wonderful, extraordinarily wonderful

having strong muscles

possible to steer a ship through

longing for the past

isolate from society

fight with words

peacemaking; having people become friendly again

group of songs known very well by the performer

that can be touched

quality of not being here

a system of separation (eg of races)

good for something

timetable of the days of the year

size of a gun / size of ones reputation

much talked and disagreed about

young criminal / offender

speech between two people

full of life / excitement

one who rules

inability to read or write

hesitating with making a decision

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condition or feeling of having won

giving loud or complaining voice to

act taken without planning; spontaneous action;

clever, amusing remark.

person doing wrong (e.g. criminal).