Daily Advanced Word List – 15th Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation -

malevolent [ muh’-LEV-uh’-luh’ nt ]
[ adjective ]
MEANING :
1. having or displaying ill-will, hatred; disposed to causing harm or evil to others; malicious
2. having an evil, malicious influence
quaver [ KWEY-ver ]
[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. (intr. v.) to shake or quiver; tremble
2. (intr. v./tr. v.) to speak or sing in a trembling voice
3. (intr. v.) to produce trills, on a musical instrument or while singing
4. (n.) a trill
5. (n.) a shaky or quavering utterance or sound
6. (n.) (music) an eighth note
abysmal [ uh’-BIZ-muh’l ]
[ adjective ]
MEANING :
1. very bad,
2. severe or wretched unfathomable, profound or bottomless
alliteration [ uh’-lit-uh’-REY-shuh’ n ]
[ noun ]
MEANING :
1. a repetition of the same sounds or syllables in neighbouring words
2. an instance of two or more neighbouring words in a sentence beginning with the same letter
entice [ en-TAHYS ]
[ transitive verb ]
MEANING :
to allure, tempt or attract by exciting hope