advance english wordlist

Daily Advanced Word List – 26th Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

harlequin [ HAHR-luh'-kwin, -kin ] [ noun, adjective ] MEANING : 1. (n.) a comic character usu. wearing a mask, tights and holding a wooden sword or magic wand 2. (n.) a buffoon; clown 3. (adj.) variegated with marks; varied in colour or...

Daily Advanced Word List – 25th Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

abjure [ ab-joo'r, -JUR ] [ transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. to renounce, give up, repudiate or forswear 2. to shun, avoid or abstain from 3. to reject, recant or retract esp. under oath   largesse [ lahr-JES, LAHR-jis ] [ noun ] MEANING...

Daily Advanced Word List – 24th Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

larceny [ LAHR-suh’-nee ] [ noun ] MEANING : the unlawful taking of someone else's personal property   largesse [ lahr-JES, LAHR-jis ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. generosity in bestowing gifts 2. generosity of spirit or attitude   conciliatory [ kuh’ n-SIL-ee-uh’-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] [ adjective...

Daily Advanced Word List – 23rd Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

legerdemain [ lej-er-duh’-MEYN  ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. sleight of hand 2. deception; trickery; a show of skill or deceitful cleverness   blasphemous [ BLAS-fuh'-muh' s ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. impiously irreverent; profane 2. speaking, containing or exhibiting blasphemy...

Daily Advanced Word List – 22nd Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

clangor [ KLANG-er, KLANG-ger ] [ noun, intransitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (n.) a loud resonant sound, a din 2. (intr.v.) to make a clangor, clang   countenance [ KOUN-tn-uh’ ns ] [ noun, transitive verb ] MEANING : (n.) appearance, visage esp. one's facial expression...

Daily Advanced Word List – 21st Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

quaint [ kweynt ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. oddly pleasant or charming, esp. in an old-fashioned way, 2. strange or peculiar, usu. in a pleasing, interesting way, 3. skilfully or artfully made, 4. (obsolete) skilled; expert; wise   canker [ KANG-ker ] [ noun, intransitive...

Daily Advanced Word List – 19th Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

Machiavellian [ mak-ee-uh’-VEL-ee-uh’ n ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. of or pertaining to Machiavelli 2. suggestive or marked by the principles analysed by Machiavelli especially those concerned with deceit, cunning or expediency coalescing [ koh-uh’-LES ] [ adjective...

Daily Advanced Word List – 18th Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

omnipresent [ om-nuh’-PREZ-uh’ nt ] [ adjective ] MEANING : present everywhere at the same time abstruse [ ab-STROOS ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. recondite, ambiguous, esoteric or very difficult to understand or comprehend disparate [ DIS-per-it, di-SPAR-...

Daily Advanced Word List – 17th Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

nemesis [ NEM-uh’-sis ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. a source of harm or ruin 2. an opponent who is fearsome and cannot be beaten or overcome 3. one that inflicts retribution or vengeance comely [ KUHM-lee ] [...

Daily Advanced Word List – 16th Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

malediction [ mal-i-DIK-shuh’ n ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. the act of cursing or calling down some evil upon someone 2. a curse; imprecation accede [ ak-SEED ] [ transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. to concede, assent...