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Vocabulary list:

Abandon: to give up completely Abbreviate: to shorten Abhorrent: disgusting/hateful Abolition: to put to an end any custom/law Abide: to be faithful

Academia: the world of higher education Acceptable: able to be accepted Acclimatize: get used to new conditions /environment Accomplice: a person who helps another in crime Accomplish: to achieve /to complete something Acknowledge: accept that something exist or is true Acquaintance: familiarity Acquisition: something the action of obtaining or learning

Adaptable: able to adjust in new conditions Adhere: stick firmly/ follow/observe Adieu: goodbye Administer: to put into effect Admonish: to warn/scold

Admissible: acceptable or valid Adverse: harmful/ unfavourable Aesthetic: concerned with beauty Affiliation: an official link Affinity: natural liking/a close relationship Affliction: pain/suffering Aggravate: make worse Agitation: make something troubled /nervous Aggression: hostile/violent behaviour Agnostic: who does not believe the existence of God Alleviate: make a pain or problem less severe Allegation: a claim that someone has done something illegal/wrong Allegiance: support/ loyalty Alliance: the state of being joined/associated Allure: to tempt with something desirable

Altogether: completely/ in total Amateur: not professional/ does due to liking/interest Amicable: friendly/peaceful Ambiguous: not clear/having more than one meaning

Amiable: good natured/gentle/ pleasing Ample: enough/more than enough Anarchy: devoid of rule/principles

Anomaly:

departure from the usual/ abnormality destroy completely

Annihilation: Appraise: Antiquity:

to assess the value/evaluate the distant past

Apprehensive: anxious about future/ a feeling of fear what might happen Apparent: clearly see/understood Assimilate: take in and to absorb Assistance: help/support

Astonished: to surprise someone very much Astounding: shock/surprise Assassination: murder specially political/religious leader Attenuate: to make something weaker Attitudinal: related to way of thinking Auspicious: favourable/ pious Aversion: strong dislike

Babble Backlog Beneath Benevolent Bereavement Besides

: to talk foolishly : an accumulation/reserve

: of lower status/ under/below : charitable/kind : : to leave in a alone and sad state in addition to

Besiege Baleful Barbaric Bewilder Bizarre Benefactor Breach agreement/voilation Brute Brevity words Bureaucrat Burlesque imitation of something Boisterous Besmirch Bequeath Boorish Bygone Bewilderment : :

: : : : : :

to overwhelm/surround harmful/ominous cruel/uncivilised puzzle/confuse odd person who has given help : break any rule or

cruel : economical and exact use of

government official : a comically exaggerated

loud/noisy/rough

: damage someones reputation : leave properity to someone by will : offensive/ rude : gone time/past : state of confusion/puzzle

Catalogue Campaign Candid

: complete list of things : drive /expedition : open/frank

Capacious Capricious Captivating

: : :

spacious eccentric/ unsystematic capturing interest as if by spell extremely harmful/ bringing : : related to or included in a

Catastrophic : physical and financial ruin Categorical category Ceasefire agreed terms Ceaseless Censorious Ceremonial : : :

a temporary stopping of war on without stopping/continuous fault finding nature related to ceremony

Circumstantial : based on prevailing conditions/due to existing conditions Conceal Commendable Complacent Commotion : : : : to hide /keep secret praiseworthy satisfied disorder/noise : able to exist and perform in

Compatible harmonious combination Concord Concrete Condemn Conducive

: agreement/harmony : substantial/

: to express strong disapproval : favourable

Conformity standard Conspiracy illegal Conventional accepted custom Convincing Credible Culprit

acting according to accepted

: a plot to carry out some harmful or : based on traditions/ following

: satisfying/ make somebody agree : reliable : wrong doer/accused

Counterfeit Dearth Defiance Deforestation natural resources Deformity Delegation Deterioration Deliberately Delinquent responsibility Demolish Deplorable Detained

: forgery : : shortage open disobedience : cutting of trees/exploitation of

: disfigure/ ugliness : representatives

: decrease in quality/standard : intentionally /planned : : abnormal behavoiur/ lack of

complete destruction

: of very poor quality/condition : stop/halt forcefully

Deviation track/area Devoid Discretion Dismayed Dazzling intensely Discriminate sex/race Distinctive Domestic Deceitful Diligent Disillusioned notions Despicable Detriment Devious Disdain :

going away from the desired

: completely wanting/lacking : freedom to act or judge on ones own : struck with fear : amazingly impressive /shining

treat differently on the basis of

: different feature/quality : : : relating to the home intended to deceive hardworking

: freed from illusions/shattering of false : : deserving scorn damage

: not direct/difficult/not honest : look on with contempt

Economize Edible Elicit

: to be economical/ to save money : fit to be eaten : to draw out

Embezzlement benefit Emphatic Empirical Endeavour Encyclopedia volume Eloquence :

: use in a wrong way for ones own : in a powerful manner/ emphasis : based on experience : efforts : a reference book with large

fluent speaking completely busy in doing

Engrossed : something whole heartedly Enduring Epidemic disease Eternity Enthrall Etiquette accepted behaviour Exaggerate than actual Exceptional Exclusion Erratic opinion Execution Exhaustive : lasting :

a widespread of a infectious

: ever lasting : please greatly : manners / rules governing socially : to make something big or small : rare /unique : to put away / not to include : irregular in behavior or

: to perform : tiresome

Existential Expedite Explicit Exponent something at first Extensive extent Extinction Entice Extravagance Extremity Embodiment Embarrassment Enigmatic Exclusively Exigency Extortion :

: related to existence : speed up the progress

: clearly expressed : : someone who explains

widespread/ large in spatial

no longer in existence tempt/ persuade

: spendthrift : the extreme condition/state : live example of any perfection : to feel down/awkward : not clear to understanding : completely authorized : emergency : obtaining by threat

Fabricate artificial/untrue Fabulous Facilitator Familiarity Fastidious

: : imaginary

make up something

: who provides help/facility : already known : hard to please

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Ferment Fatal Feeble Fallacious Ferocity Flagitious Festivity Forfeiture Formidable or excellence Fragile Fortitude Fragility Fraternity occupation Frenetic Fusion Futile Frugal

: to become excited : dangerous/deadly

: weak : based on error : savage cruelty : cruel : any joyous state : cancelled : extremely impressive in strength : easily breakable

: strong resolution : weakness : people engaged in particular : wildly excited : combination/ : useless : careful/economical

Gala Garrulous

: a festivity/celebration : full of trivial conversation

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Generous uninterestingly Glossary technical terms Garnish Gentry Gratitude Gregarious

willing to give and share : an alphabetical list of

: to decorate : people of upper class : a feeling of thankfulness : fond of living in groups

Habitat Habituate Hallucination Hamper Humane Humanities Humility

natural environment accustom delusion obstruct compassionate languages and literature humbleness

Illimitable Illusionary Immolate Immunity Immure Immutable Impending

limitless fleeting, sacrifice (especially by fire) exemption from prosecution build a wall around unchangeable, absolute approaching, imminent

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Imperative Incessant Incomparable Incompatibility Incorrigible Incredulous Intervene

vital, pressing unceasing peerless inability to live in harmony unreformable skeptical interfere, mediate

Jargon Jocular Jostle Judicious

specialized vocabulary/not clear humorous push, in proper utilitarian manner

Kaleidoscope

series of changing events

Legitimate Lenient Lethargic Litigate Loathe Lofty

lawful orgiving drowsy, contest with a lawsuit abhor, dislike high

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Ludicrous Maladjusted Maladroit Malady Malediction Malefactor Malevolence Malfeasance government) Malice Malign Malignant Milieu Militant Militate Monologue Monstrosity Multifarious Multitude Mundane Myriad

absurd disturbed clumsy illness curse evildoer bad intent, malice wrong doing (especially by an official of spite defame virulent, pernicious environment combative, activist work against long speech distorted, abnormal form diverse, many-sided throng ordinary innumerable

Nadir Narcissism

lowest point self-love

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Narrate Niggardly Nocturnal Notorious

tell, recount stingy pertaining to night wicked, widely known

Oblation Obligatory Obliging Oblique Obliquity Obliterate Observant Obsolete Ominous Omniscient Oppressive Oration Orator Ostensible Ostentatious Pagan Page Pageant

offering, sacrifice required, compulsory accommodating, considerate indirect perversity destroy watchful outdated threatening all-knowing burdensome speech speaker apparent, seeming pretentious heathen, ungodly attendant exhibition, show

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Pains Painstaking Palatial Pastoral Pathetic Peculiar Peculiarity Penitent Pensive Penurious

great effort, attention to detail taking great care, thorough grand, splendid rustic pitiful unusual special /unique repentant sad stingy

Perennial Pessimist Pestilence Philanthropic Philanthropist Pinnacle Pious Pliable Pliant Plight Precarious Predilection

enduring, lasting cynic, naysayer disease charitable altruist highest point holy flexible supple, flexible sad situation dangerous, risky inclination

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Precise Prevailing Prevalent Prodigal Prodigious Prodigy talent Prudence Prudent Quench Querulous Questionnaire Queue Rationale Ravage Ravish Redemption Redolent Refrain Refurbish Refute Relent Relentless Relic

accurate, detailed common, current widespread wasteful marvelous, enormous a person with extraordinary ability or discretion, carefulness cautious, using good judgment extinguish, slake complaining survey, feedback line justification plunder, ruin captivate, charm salvation fragrant abstain remodel, renovate disprove, contradict soften, yield unstoppable antique

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Relinquish repellent reprimand residue resigned resilience setback resolute ruffian ruminate scornful scrupulous scrutinize seclusion sedulous serene solemn solicitous squalid squall squander squelch stagnant stipulate

release, renounce causing aversion rebuke remaining part accepting of a situation ability to recover from an illness or a determined brutal person ponder scornful, sarcastic principled, fastidious examine closely solitude diligent peaceful serious, somber considerate, concerned filthy rain storm waste crush, stifle stale, motionless specify, arrange

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subordinate subsequent subservient subside subsidiary subsidize surveillance taciturn tactful tactics tactile tangible tantalize throng throttle torment torpid torrid transfuse transgression transient ubiquitous uncanny

lower in rank succeeding, following servile, submissive diminish subordinate financial assistance close watch untalkative sensitive strategy tangible touchable tease crowd choke harass lethargic, inactive scorching, passionate insert, infuse trespass, offense fleeting, temporary omnipresent, mysterious, inexplicable

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unconscionable uncouth utilitarian utopia utter vacillate vacuous vagary vain vainglorious valediction valiant validate valor vanguard

unscrupulous uncultured, crude pragmatic, useful paradise complete waver inane, empty whim unsuccessful conceited farewell speech brave affirm, authenticate bravery leading position

venerable venial venture venturesome venue veracity veranda

revered excusable risk, speculate bold, risky location truthfulness porch

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verbatim verbose verdant verdict vernacular vindicate vindictive virile vivacious vivid wan wane whimsical wrath wreak zenith

word for word, literal wordy green, lush decision, judgment common speech free from blame revengeful manly, strong lively, high-spirited lifelike, clear pale, pallid, listless dissipate, wither capricious, playful anger, fury to inflict something highest point /perfection

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