advance english wordlist

Daily Word List – 14th April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

acquiesce [ ak-wee-ES ] [ verb ] MEANING : to agree without protest; to consent or comply tacitly USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The essence of military training is for a young cadet to be able to acquiesce to commands made...

Daily Word List – 9th April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

harbinger [ HAHR-bin-jer ] [ noun, transitive verb ] MEANING : (n.) someone or something that indicates or announces what is to come (tr. v.) to indicate the approach of domineer [ dom-uh'-NEER ] [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (tr.v.) to dominate over,...

Daily Word List – 8th April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

highbrow [ HAHY-brou ] [ noun, verb ] MEANING : 1. (n.) a person who has or affects a highly cultivated and intellectual taste 2. (v.) of, relating to or being intellectual or cultivated ensconce [ en-SKONS ] [ transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. to...

Daily Word List – 7th April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

necromancy [ NEK-ruh’-man-see ] [ noun  ] MEANING : 1. the practice of predicting the future by communicating with the spirits of the dead 2. black magic scrupulous [ SKROO-pyuh'-luh's ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. principled or having a strict regard for what...

Daily Word List – 6th April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

expatriate [ Brit., eks-PA-tree-eyt; v. eks-PEY-tree-eyt adj., n. eks-PEY-tree-it ] [ adjective, transitive verb  ] MEANING : 1. (adj.) exiled or banished 2. (n.) one who has been exiled or banished 3 (tr.v.) to banish one from one's native country 4. (tr.v.) to...

Daily Word List – 31st March 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

euphonious [ yoo-FOH-nee-uh' s ] [ noun, adjective ] MEANING : a word formed by combining the meanings and sounds of two different words distaff [ DIS-taf, -tahf ] [ noun, adjective ] MEANING : extremely talkative enunciate [ i-NUHN-see-eyt ] [ intransitive verb, transitive verb  ] MEANING : 1. not...

Daily Word List – 4th April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

hackle [ HAK-uh' l  ] [ verb  ] MEANING : 1. a long and slender feather on the neck of a bird like a pigeon or a rooster 2. (pl.) the hair on the back of the neck of an animal like a...

Daily Word List – 5th April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

portmanteau word [ pawrt-MAN-toh wurd, pohrt-; pawrt-man-TOH, pohrt- ] [ noun ] MEANING : a word formed by combining the meanings and sounds of two different words loquacious [ loh-KWEY-shuh’ s ] [ adj  ] MEANING : extremely talkative unassailable [ uhn-uh'-SEY-luh'-buh'l  ] [ adjective  ] MEANING : 1....

Daily Word List – 3rd April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

expedite [ Ek-spi-dahyt ] [ verb  ] MEANING : 1. to speed up or hasten the progress of 2. to accomplish or execute promptly 3. to issue or dispatch, say, an official letter burnish [ BUR-nish ] [ noun, transitive verb  ] MEANING : 1. (tr.v.) to...

Daily Word List – 30th March 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

extirpate [ EK-ster-peyt, ik-STUR-peyt ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. an argument about or concerning words 2. a meaningless battle of words vie [ vahy ] [ intransitive verb, transitive verb  ] MEANING : 1. (tr.v.) to compete or struggle for supremacy 2. (intr.v.) to strive...