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Level L30 V OCABULARY AND SPELLING LISTSCHAPTER 6

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 strikingmanner

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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Level L31CHAPTER 6

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

19 Qualification: attribute that fits a person for something

20. Queue: people standing in a line


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Level L32 CHAPTER 6

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 trueworth

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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Level L33 CHAPTER 6

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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Level L34 CHAPTER 6

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 one’s 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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Level L35 CHAPTER 6

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 dosomething

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 one’sself

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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Level L36 CHAPTER 6

List 7

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 in jured in war or accident, victim.

7. Correspondent: person employed by newspaper to write regularly onparticular sub ject; letter writer

8. Deference: compliance with another’s 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, dis jointed, inconsistent

17. Jeopardize: endanger

18. Kaleidoscope: tube containing mirrors and coloured glass toproduce patterns

19. Ledger: log book for keeping business accounts

20. Martial: military, appropriate to warfare or fighting


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Level L37 CHAPTER 6

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 ofsomething to the other end

9. Lieu: place (from French); ‘in lieu of’ = in place of, as asubstitute 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, ob jectionable (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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Level L38 CHAPTER 6

List 9

No. Word Meaning1. Luminous: shedding light; visible in darkness

2. Malicious: wishing to harm others; intended to cause difficultyto others

3. Memento: souvenir, ob ject serving as a reminder

4. Naive: simple, artless, ingenuous

5. Naiveté: 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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Level L39 CHAPTER 6

List 10

No. Word Meaning

1. Ancillary: auxiliary, subordinate e.g. an ancillary worker in ahospital

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 pre judice

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 one’s 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 uproariouscomedy

19. Vulnerable: open to attack or assault, able to be hurt

20. Writhing: wriggling, moving vigorously eg. writhing snakes


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Level L40 CHAPTER 6

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 tomaturity ( teenage years)

4. Adolescent: (n+ad j) passing from childhood to maturity (ateenager!)

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. London’s Oxford St. is a busy thoroughfare


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Level L41CHAPTER 6

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 lucrativebusiness

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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Level L42 CHAPTER 6

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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Level L43 CHAPTER 6

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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Level L44 CHAPTER 6

List 15

No. Word Meaning

1. Gullible: easily fooled, taken in

2. Horrendous: horrible

3. Intuition: knowing about something without consciousreasoning

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 toprotect 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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Level L45 CHAPTER 6

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 in jury

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: intended to be amusing at an inappropriate time

12. Glimpse: quick sighting

13. Havoc: great destruction and devastation

14. Immerse: plunge or dip into (as into a liquid, or work)

15. Inoculate: in ject (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 else’s ideas or writing, and claiming

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Level L46 CHAPTER 6

List 17

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 exhibitingob jects

12. Noticeable: able to be noticed

13. Notification: notice given or received; give official information tosomeone

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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Level L47 CHAPTER 6

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 powerfulthat cannot be stopped

5. Loveable: deserving to be loved

6. Murmur: low, indistinct, continuous sound

7. Obese: extremely overweight

8. Précis: summary

9. Precise: exact

10. Provocation: cause of anger or irritation

11. Relevant: relating to the matter in hand

12. Remonstrate: ob ject, 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: (ad j) by one’s own free choice

19. Voluntarily: (adv) done freely

20. Worsen: deteriorate, get worse


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Level L48 CHAPTER 6

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 beingdiscussed

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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Level L49 CHAPTER 6

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 existsor is true; section of a book, article, etc.,where people are thanked for their help

3. Belligerent: warlike, aggressive

4. Bias: pre judice

5. Bribery: gift offered for illegal favours

6. Calamity: disaster

7. Catastrophe: disaster

8. Cynicism: a disinclination to recognise or believe ingoodness -having a poor opinion of people’sreasons 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 differentgroups 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. Tinge: touch with colour, imbue

20. Vivacious: full of life

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Level L50 CHAPTER 6

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 one’s 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: period of isolation generally against infectiousdisease

19. Riotous: wild as in riot

20. Soloist: single performer


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Level L52 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. Crèche: 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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Level L53 CHAPTER 6

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: apparatus for warming a room

16. Sanctimonious: falsely holy; disapproving of others because onethinks one is good

17. Territory: land, country

18. Tranquillity: peace, quiet

19. Upholstery: springs and stuffing of furniture

20. Weight: heaviness


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Level L54 CHAPTER 6

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 someform 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 purposeof 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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Level L55 CHAPTER 6

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 orwritten

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 L56 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 terme.g. “passing away” instead of “death”

6. Fledgling: baby bird

7. Height: how tall a person or thing is : the distance from thebottom 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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Level L57 CHAPTER 6

List 28

No. Word Meaning

1. Buffet: blow with a fist. Meal set on table

2. Cemetery: burial site

3. Cliché: 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 orjudging

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

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 L58 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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Level L59 CHAPTER 6

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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