accede:
v. agree or express agreement, take on duties or office | affidavit:
n. written declaration made under oath, a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath |
alias:
ad. as known or named at another time or place | anathema:
n. a formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine |
anemone:
n. any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves | antarctic:
n. the region around the south pole, at or near the south pole |
apocryphal:
a. of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true | athlete:
n. a person trained to compete in sports |
barbiturate:
n. organic compound having powerful soporific effect, overdose can be fatal | boatswain:
n. ship,s officer in charge of equipment |
cache:
n. a secret store of valuables or money | cacophony:
n. harsh discordant mixture of sounds |
camaraderie:
n. the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | cardsharp:
n. a person who cheats at cards in order to win money |
cavalry:
n. a highly mobile army unit, troops trained to fight on horseback | choir:
n. a family of similar musical instrument playing together |
colloquialism:
n. characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | colonel:
n. a commissioned military officer in the army who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general |
conch:
n. a large spiral shell, or the tropical snail-like sea creature that lives in it | cornet:
n. a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone, has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves |
debauch:
n. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | demagogue:
n. a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices |
dilate:
v. add details, as to an account or idea, clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | diphtheria:
n. a serious infectious disease that causes fever and difficulty in breathing and swallowing |
draught:
n. a current of unpleasantly cold air blowing through a room | electoral:
a. relating to or composed of electors, of or relating to elections |
emollient:
a. having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | epitome:
n. a standard or typical example, a brief abstract (as of an article or book) |
espouse:
v. take in marriage, become involved with or support an activity or opinion | espresso:
n. strong coffee, or a cup of this, made by forcing hot water through crushed coffee beans and served without milk |
fatuous:
a. stupid, not correct, or not carefully thought about | February:
n. the month following January and preceding March |
foliage:
n. the leaves of a plant or tree, or leaves on the stems or branches on which they are growing | forte:
a. a strong ability, something that a person can do well |
foyer:
n. a large entrance or reception room or area | grandiloquent:
a. puffed up with vanity, lofty in style |
hegemony:
n. the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others | hierarchy:
n. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system, the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body |
ignominious:
a. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | inchoate:
a. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed |
isthmus:
n. a narrow piece of land with water on each side that joins two larger areas of land | jewelry:
n. an adornment made of precious metals and set with gems |
knell:
v. ring as in announcing death | larynx:
n. an organ in humans and animals between the nose and the lungs that contains the muscles to create the voice or sounds |
liable:
a. held legally responsible, subject to legal action | library:
n. a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study |
maelstrom:
n. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) | masonry:
n. the bricks and pieces of stone that are used to make a building |
mauve:
n. pale purple colour, pale purple aniline dye | mayonnaise:
n. a thick, white sauce made from oil, vinegar, and the yellow part of eggs, usually eaten cold |
miniature:
a. used to describe something that is a very small copy of an object | mischievous:
a. deliberately causing harm or damage, naughtily or annoyingly playful |
moot:
v. think about carefully, suggest something for discussion | nadir:
n. an extreme state of adversity, the lowest point of anything |
neophyte:
n. any new participant in some activity | noisome:
a. offensively malodorous, very unpleasant and offensive |
nuptial:
a. belonging or relating to a marriage or to the state of being married | onomatopoeia:
n. using words that imitate the sound they denote |
ordnance:
n. military supplies, especially weapons and bombs | orient:
v. adjust to a specific need or market, make someone familiar with a new place |
ostensibly:
ad. in a way that appears or claims to be one thing when it is really something else | panacea:
n. something that will solve all problems |
parentheses:
n. round brackets, the symbols that are put around a word, phrase, or sentence in a piece of writing | parliament:
n. a legislative assembly in certain countries |
penguin:
n. short-legged flightless birds of cold southern, especially Antarctic regions | percolate:
v. move slowly through a substance with very small holes in it |
peremptory:
a. not allowing contradiction or refusal, putting an end to all debate or action | pernickety:
a. placing too much emphasis on minor details |
perspire:
v. sweat, pass liquid through the skin | phenomenon:
n. any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning |
phlegmatic:
a. showing little emotion, not emotional or excited about things | pollute:
v. make an area or substance, usually air, water, or soil, dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants |
posthumous:
a. occurring or coming into existence after a person's death | potable:
a. clean and safe to drink, suitable for drinking |
prerogative:
n. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group, especially a hereditary or official right | pronunciation:
n. the way a word or a language is customarily spoken, the manner in which someone utters a word |
protean:
a. taking on different forms, easily and continuously changing | puerile:
a. of or characteristic of a child, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
pulchritude:
n. physical beauty, especially of a woman | quinoa:
n. the seeds of a South American plant that are cooked and eaten as food |
quixotic:
a. not sensible about practical matters, idealistic and unrealistic | relevant:
a. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue |
respite:
v. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution | rural:
a. of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city, living in or characteristic of farming or country life |
sanguine:
a. confidently optimistic and cheerful, positive and hoping for good things | scissors:
n. a device used for cutting materials such as paper, cloth, and hair, consisting of two sharp blades |
segue:
v. proceed without interruption in music or talk, change smoothly from one state or situation to another | sherbet:
n. a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin |
silicon:
n. a tetravalent nonmetallic element, the most abundant element in the earth's crust that occurs in clay | sixth:
a. coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position |
squirrel:
n. a small furry animal with a long tail which climbs trees and feeds on nuts and seeds | staid:
a. serious, boring, and slightly old-fashioned |
successful:
a. having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome | suite:
n. a set of connected rooms, especially in a hotel |
supremacist:
n. a person who advocates the supremacy of some particular group or race over all others | surfeit:
n. the state of being more than full, the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall |
synecdoche:
n. a word or phrase in which a part of something is used to refer to the whole of it | temperature:
n. the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment, he somatic sensation of cold or heat |
tenet:
n. one of the principles on which a belief or theory is based | timbre:
n. a quality of sound that makes voices or musical instruments sound different from each other |
triathlon:
n. athletic contest consisting of three different events | truculent:
a. defiantly aggressive, unpleasant and likely to argue a lot |
verbiage:
n. the manner in which something is expressed in words, overabundance of words | voluptuous:
a. (of a woman's body) having soft, curved, sexually attractive body |
yolk:
n. the yellow, middle part of an egg | zephyr:
n. a slight wind, usually refreshing |
zoology:
n. the branch of biology that studies animals | |
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