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Quandary:(noun): a state of not being able to decide what to do about

a situation in which you are involved. (I've had two job offers, and
I'm in a real quandary about which one to accept./ Mark is in a quandary about
whether or not he should keep the money he found in the park)
2. Chortle(verb/noun):
to laugh, showing pleasure and satisfaction/a laugh of pleasure and satisfaction).
(I thought I heard a chortle at the back of the room/As Santa Claus listened to the
little boy’s joke, he started to chortle in amusement )
3. Compunction(noun): a slight guilty feeling about something you have done
or might do.( I wouldn't have any compunction about telling him to leave./ The
serial killer showed no compunction when his guilty verdict was announced )
4. Plunge(verb): to (cause someone or something to) move or fall suddenly and
often a long way forward, down, or into something./ jump or dive quickly and
energetically./ to become lower in value.( We ran down to the beach and
plunged into the sea.. The fall in demand caused share prices to plunge)
5. Revere(verb): to very much respect and admire someone or something./ feel
deep respect or admiration.( Nelson Mandela is widely revered for
his courage and leadership)
6. Swerve(verb): to change direction, especially suddenly..
( The  bus driver swerved to avoid hitting a cyclist)
7. Abrade(verb): scrape or wear away by friction or erosion.( These materials
continue to be fragmented and abraded as visitors to the site walk around the
hut.)
8. Punitive(adj): intended as a punishment./ done as an act of punishment. done
as an act of punishment (No punitive action was taken against Dawkins after
he smashed the backboard during warmups.)
9. Dawdler(noun):  someone who takes more time than necessary;
someone who lags behind.
10. Noxious(adj): Something, especially a gas or other substance, poisonous or
very harmful.( They died from inhaling noxious fumes)
11. Torment(noun): great mental suffering and unhappiness,
or great physical pain.( He spent the night in torment, trying to decide what was
the best thing to do.)
12. Squander(verb): to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by
not using them to your advantage.( Don’t squander your opportunities when you
are young./ Government should not squander the taxpayers’ money)
13. Exculpate(verb): to remove blame from someone.( Diane’s teenage son is
constantly getting into some kind of mischief, but he knows how to charm his
mother and exculpate himself./ the pilot of the aircraft will surely be exculpated
when all the facts are known.)
14. Stifle(verb): make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate./
to prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing.( He is said
to have stifled his victim with a pillow./ I don't know how I managed to stifle
my anger./ We should be encouraging new ideas, not stifling them.)
15. Antithetical(adj): exactly the opposite of someone or something or of each
other.( Birth and death are antithetical./ Birth and death are antithetical.)
16. Deplete(verb): to reduce something
in size or amount, especially supplies of energy, money.( if we continue to
deplete the earth's natural resources, we will cause serious damage to
the environment./ The illness depletes the body of important vitamins)
17. Apropos(prepositon): with reference to; concerning.
18. Recompense(noun): a present given to someone to thank them
for helping you, or payment given to someone because of slight problems or
because of the loss of or damage to their property.( I received £500 from
my neighbour in recompense for the damage to my wall./ The court awarded the
women $100,000 each to recompense them for nine years of lost wages.)
19. Coerce(verb): to persuade someone forcefully to do something that they
are unwilling to do.( The court heard that the six defendants had been
coerced into making a confession./ I don’t think anybody should be coerced
into leaving.)
20. Aseptic(adj): medically clean or without infection
21. Implacable(adj): unable to be appeased./ used to describe (someone who
has) strong opinions or feelings that are impossible to change:( Even after being
 offered a free gift card, the angry customer remained implacable./ There was
nothing Jason could do to please his implacable ex-wife
22. Hostler(noun): a small case usually made of leather and fixed on a belt or
a strap, used for carrying a gun.
23. Poliferate(verb): to increase a lot and suddenly in number.(
Small businesses have proliferated in the last ten years.)
24. Propagation(noun): the act of producing a new plant from a parent plant./
the action of widely spreading and promoting an idea,
theory, (Students researched the propagation of plants at the
city's botanical garden./ They have allowed the propagation of hateful messages)
25. Personable(adj): having a pleasant appearance and character.( She
is intelligent, hard-working, and personable.)
26. Reciprocity(noun): a situation in which two groups agree to help each other
by behaving in the same way or by giving each other similar advantages.(
We offer to all our trading partners a commitment to reciprocity and fairness.)
27. Vigilance(noun):
more careful attention, especially in order to notice possible danger.(
The police said that it was thanks to the vigilance of a neighbour that
the fire was discovered before it could spread./ Lack of vigilance caused the
Titanic to crash into an iceberg that no one saw coming.)
28. Distraught(adj): extremely worried, nervous, or upset.( We were all
distraught over the loss of our homes in the flood)
29. Ineptitude(noun): lack of skill or ability.( Clara’s ineptitude as a teacher has
left her students completely unprepared for the state exam./ Because of Bill’s
ineptitude, he lost his job)
30. Lustrous(adj): having lustre; shining.( Amber’s lustrous eyes shined brightly
under the glow of the full moon.)
31. Condence(verb): to reduce something, such as a speech or piece of writing,
in length./ change or cause to change from a gas or vapour to a liquid .( I
condensed ten pages of comments into two/Water vapour in the air condenses
into fog)
32. Extol(verb): to praise something or someone very much.( He often extols
the virtues of his students)
33. Forestall(verb): prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking
advance action./ to prevent something from happening by acting first.
( Many doctors prescribe aspirin to forestall
second heart attacks