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What term describes the study of the origin and history of words?
What term describes the study of the origin and history of words?
Which word refers to a strong interest in something or someone?
Which word refers to a strong interest in something or someone?
What does the term 'evanescent' imply?
What does the term 'evanescent' imply?
What is the act of expelling someone from a property called?
What is the act of expelling someone from a property called?
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Which term describes performing with ease and without effort?
Which term describes performing with ease and without effort?
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What does the term 'exigency' refer to?
What does the term 'exigency' refer to?
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Which term is used to describe a situation in which many people are leaving a place at the same time?
Which term is used to describe a situation in which many people are leaving a place at the same time?
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What does the term 'erratum' refer to in publishing?
What does the term 'erratum' refer to in publishing?
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What term refers to a small building used for Christian worship?
What term refers to a small building used for Christian worship?
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Which term best describes a person who falsely claims to have a special skill?
Which term best describes a person who falsely claims to have a special skill?
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What does the term 'chasm' refer to?
What does the term 'chasm' refer to?
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What does 'conflagrant' mean?
What does 'conflagrant' mean?
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What does 'compere' refer to in a formal setting?
What does 'compere' refer to in a formal setting?
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What is the meaning of 'conjecture'?
What is the meaning of 'conjecture'?
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Which of the following best defines 'cynosure'?
Which of the following best defines 'cynosure'?
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What term describes someone who is satisfied with life in general?
What term describes someone who is satisfied with life in general?
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What term describes a person who attracts attention with a flashy style?
What term describes a person who attracts attention with a flashy style?
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What is the term for farmland that is ploughed but left unsown to restore fertility?
What is the term for farmland that is ploughed but left unsown to restore fertility?
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What word refers to a quick, sudden movement?
What word refers to a quick, sudden movement?
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Which term means to express something in an unclear way?
Which term means to express something in an unclear way?
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What term is used for an indirect reference?
What term is used for an indirect reference?
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What describes the unwelcome aspect of a situation?
What describes the unwelcome aspect of a situation?
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Which word refers to the act of burying a dead person?
Which word refers to the act of burying a dead person?
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What is the correct term for an aggressive speech addressed to a large assembly?
What is the correct term for an aggressive speech addressed to a large assembly?
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What does the term 'invocation' refer to?
What does the term 'invocation' refer to?
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Which word indicates a person who cannot be captured by law enforcement?
Which word indicates a person who cannot be captured by law enforcement?
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What is described by the term 'interlude'?
What is described by the term 'interlude'?
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What is a term for a strong blast of wind?
What is a term for a strong blast of wind?
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Which term describes someone who interferes in the affairs of others for selfish reasons?
Which term describes someone who interferes in the affairs of others for selfish reasons?
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What does the word 'interregnum' refer to?
What does the word 'interregnum' refer to?
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What is the meaning of 'interpolate'?
What is the meaning of 'interpolate'?
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Which term describes continuing for a very long time?
Which term describes continuing for a very long time?
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What term describes a solemn promise or undertaking?
What term describes a solemn promise or undertaking?
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Which word refers to a mixture of dried flowers and leaves used for scenting a room?
Which word refers to a mixture of dried flowers and leaves used for scenting a room?
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What does the term 'Profligate' mean?
What does the term 'Profligate' mean?
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Who is defined as a person who has converted to another religious or political belief?
Who is defined as a person who has converted to another religious or political belief?
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What is the definition of 'Psephologist'?
What is the definition of 'Psephologist'?
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Which term describes a person characterized by bitterness or resentment?
Which term describes a person characterized by bitterness or resentment?
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What does 'Recant' mean?
What does 'Recant' mean?
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What is meant by 'Rendition'?
What is meant by 'Rendition'?
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Study Notes
Words with Definitions
- Chagrin: Vexation for humiliation of disappointment
- Chapel: A small building used for Christian worship
- Charlatan: A person falsely claiming to have a special skill
- Chasm: A deep fissure in the Earth's surface
- Chiromancy: Palm Reading
- Churlish: Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way
- Chutzpah: Extreme self-confidence or audacity
- Clamorous: Making a loud and confused noise
- Clientele: Customers collectively
- Codicil: An instruction that is added later to a will, usually to change a part of it
- Coercion: To forcefully threaten someone to agree to something
- Coffle: A collection of slaves
- Colloquy: Mutual discourse
- Compere: Master of ceremonies
- Concubinage: Living together of a man and woman without being married to each other
- Condominium: An apartment building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people living in it, but also containing shared areas
- Conjecture: An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information
- Conflagrant: Combustible or flammable
- Conglomerate: A corporation made up of a number of different companies that operate in diversified fields
- Conscientious: Guided by one's sense of duty
- Consternation: State of anxiety or dismay causing mental confusion
- Consummate: Extremely skilled
- Constrained: Imposed a restriction on
- Contented: Someone who is satisfied with life in general
- Contraband: Prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported
- Convalescent: A man who is recovering from illness
- Corroborate: To confirm with the help of evidence
- Corpus: Collection of written or spoken texts
- Couplet: A stanza having two lines in a verse
- Cowherd: A person who takes care of cattle
- Creed: A system of religious belief; a faith
- Crumble: Break or fall apart into small fragments in the process of deterioration
- Culpable: Guilty of Crime
- Cynosure: Centre of Attraction
- Cypher: A secret or disguised way of writing
- Defiance: Open refusal to obey orders
- Deliquesce: Become liquid, typically during decomposition
- Epistle: A verse letter
- Eradicable: Which can be rooted out
- Ergomania: Excessive desire to work
- Ergophile: A lover of work
- Erudition: Profound scholarly knowledge
- Erratum: A mistake in a book
- Escort: A person in a vehicle or on horseback escorting another vehicle
- Etiolate: Make pale by excluding light
- Etymology: The study of the origin of the origin and history of words
- Eugenics: A science of race, culture and human development
- Eulogise: Praise highly in speech or writing
- Euphemism: Substitution of mild for very blunt expression
- Evanescent: Soon passing out, or of a short duration
- Evict: Expel someone from a property, especially with the support of the law
- Excerpt: A short piece of writing, music, film etc. taken from a longer whole
- Excursion: A short journey for pleasure
- Exegesis: Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture
- Exigency: An urgent need or demand
- Exodus: A situation in which many people leave a place at a time
- Exonerate: To free somebody from all blame
- Expanse: A large open area of land, water, or sky
- Expiate: To make atonement for one's sins
- Expurgate: To remove an objectionable part from a book
- Extempore: A speech or a presentation made without previous preparation
- Fable: A short story with a moral, usually with animals as characters
- Facile: Performing adroitly and without effort
- Facsimile: An exact copy of handwriting or a picture produced by a machine
- Fanatic: A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm
- Fantasy: A pleasant situation that you imagine but that is unlikely to happen
- Fastidious: One who is difficult to please
- Felicitous: Well chosen or suited to the circumstances
- Felonious: Relating to or involved in crime
- Feud: Bitter quarrel over a long period of time
- Figment: Something that is imagined but does not exist
- Filicide: Killing of one’s own child
- Fixation: A strong interest in something or someone
- Flamboyant: A person who attracts attention with a flashy style
- Fallow: Farmland ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restored its fertility
- Flick: A quick, sudden movement
- Flicker: Shine with a bright but brief or irregular light
- Flip Side: Unwelcome aspect of a situation
- Flounder: To struggle helplessly
- Fluke: Accidental good fortune
- Flux: Continuous movement and change
- Forfeited: Be deprived of property or a right or privilege as a penalty
- Forge: Move ahead or forward steadily and gradually
- Foyer: An entrance hall in a building used by the public, especially in a hotel or theatre
- Fumbling: Doing something awkwardly in a clumsy manner
- Funambulist: One who walks on ropes
- Fuselage: The main body of an aircraft
- Fugitive: One who runs away from justice or the law
- Galling: Causing annoyance or resentment
- Garbled: To express in an unclear way
- Garrulous: Talks a lot to explain something very trivial
- Ghastly: In a threatening manner
- Ghetto: A part of the city, especially the slum area
- Glazier: A person who repairs broken window glasses
- Gingivitis: Inflammation of gums
- Glower: To look at someone in an angry or threatening way
- Glutton: One who eats too much
- Gourmet: One who has a keen interest in good food
- Graffiti: Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place
- Gratis: Costing nothing
- Growl: The sound a bear makes
- Gust: A strong blast of wind
- Hallucinogen: A drug which makes one see things that are not really there
- Hamlet: A very small village
- Harangue: A lengthy and aggressive speech addressed to a large assembly
- Harbinger: Somebody that foretells the coming of something
- Harbour: A place of shelter for ships
- Harrowing: Acutely distressing
- Hassle: Irritating inconvenience
- Hearse: A transport vehicle for conveying the coffin at a funeral
- Heckle: Interrupt with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse
- Inexorable: Not to be moved by entreaty
- Infallible: One who cannot make a mistake
- Innocuous: Causing no harm
- Innuendo: An indirect reference
- Insurgent: Rebellious or opposing the authority
- Interloper: One who interferes in the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons
- Interlude: Interval between two events
- Interment: The act of burying a dead person
- Interminable: Continuing for a very long time
- Interpolate: Estimate the value of something
- Interregnum: The period between two reigns
- Intestate: One who dies without a will
- Inundate: Overflow or fill an area with excess water, as a flood
- Invigorate: Refresh and revive
- Invocation: Call upon God or any other power etc. for protection or help
- Isthmus: A narrow stretch of land connecting two large bodies of land Jargon: Special words and phrases used by a particular group of people, especially in their work
- Jaunt: A short journey you make for pleasure
- Jaywalk: To cross streets on foot carelessly
- Junta: A military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force
- Juxtapose: Placing different things in order to create an interesting effect
- Kernel: Soft, inner part of a nut or fruit stone
- Knell: The sound of the funeral bell
- Laceration: A deep cut or tear in skin or flesh
- Lair: A place where wild animals live
- Laxative: A medicine that softens the bowels
- Leer: A sly look that is lustful
- Limivorous: Eating mud
- Lullaby: A soft gentle song sung to make a child go to sleep
- Maiden Speech: The first public speech by a person
- Malapropism: Usage of an incorrect word in place of the one which is similar in pronunciation
- Manifestly: In a way that is obvious to the eye or mind
- Mannequin: A dummy used to display clothes in a shop window
- Manoeuvre: An underhand device resorted to in order to justify misconduct
- Manometer: An instrument used for measuring the pressure of liquids and gases
- Pledge: A solemn promise or undertaking
- Potion: A liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous properties
- Potpourri: A mixture of dried flowers and leaves used for making a room smell
- Pragmatist: One who values practically
- Precipice: A very steep or overhanging rock face or cliff on a mountain
- Prelude: An action or event that happens before another important one, and forms an introduction to it
- **Prevaricate:**To make evasive or misleading statements
- Profligate: Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources
- Proletariat: Working-class people regarded collectively
- Prop: A piece of wood, metal etc. used for supporting something or keeping it in position
- Proselyte: A person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- Provender: Food for farm animals
- Provincialism: Concern for one’s own area or region at the expense of national or supranational unity
- Prowler: A person who moves stealthily about or loiters near a place with a view to committing a crime
- Psephologist: One who studies election trends by means of opinion polls
- Punctilious: Careful in performing duties
- Punter: A person who gambles, places a bet
- Quaver: A shake or tremble in a person’s voice
- Quill: A feather used as a pen
- Raconteur: A person who is good at telling stories in an interesting and amusing way
- Rancorous: Characterized by bitterness or resentment
- Ransom: To free a prisoner on payment
- Rapacious: Greedy for money
- Rebate: Reduction in tax or debt
- Recant: To take back, withdraw, or renounce
- Receptacle: A hollow object used to contain something
- Redundant: That which is no longer useful
- Regalia: Dress with medals, ribbons worn at an official ceremony
- Reminiscence: A characteristic of one thing that’s suggestive of another
- Rendition: Artistic, musical, or dramatic interpretation
- Renegade: One who deserts his principles or party
- Repentance: Atonement for one's sins
- Reprieve: Postponing or remitting punishment
- Respite: Postponement or delay permitted in the suffering of a penalty or the discharge of an obligation
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