daily english vocabulary

Daily Word List Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF – 17th August 2018

blasé [ blah-ZEY, BLAH-zey; Fr. bla*-ZEY ] [adjective]  MEANING: 1. apathetic to, indifferent to or bored with worldly pleasures 2. sophisticated 3. nonchalant or unconcerned kibbutz [ ki-BOO’ TS, -BOOTS ] [noun]  MEANING: a community farm or settlement in israel kickshaw [ KIK-shaw ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. a tidbit...

Daily Word List Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF – 16th August 2018

kismet [ KIZ-mit, -met, KIS- ] [noun]  MEANING: fate, luck or destiny overweening [ OH-ver-WEE-ning ] [adjective]  MEANING: 1. brash, arrogant or conceited excessive or overbearing apparition [ ap-uh'-RISH-uh' n ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. a spectre, wraith, phantom or supernatural appearance 2. a manifestation or sudden appearance 3. an...

Daily Word List Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF – 11th August 2018

infirmity [ in-FUR-mi-tee ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. frailty or feebleness 2. foible or moral failing 3. ailment or malady myriad [ MIR-ee-uh’ d ] [noun,adjective]  MEANING: 1. (n.) an enormous or incalculable number 2. (n.) (archaic) ten thousand 3. (adj.) incalculable, indefinite or innumerable 4. (adj.)...

Daily Word List Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF – 10th August 2018

plethora [ PLETH-er-uh’ ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. a very large amount, superfluity or overabundance 2. an abnormality which is characterized by excessive blood in the circulatory system or in some organ or area of it deducible [ di-du-ci-ble ] [transitive verb]  MEANING: 1. to infer from...

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

nascent [ NAS-uh’ nt, NEY-suh’ nt ] [adjective]  MEANING: having recently developed or emerged deprecate [ DEP-ri-keyt ] [transitive verb]  MEANING: 1. to deplore or disapprove 2. to belittle, play down or depreciate explicate [ EK-spli-keyt ] [transitive verb]  MEANING: 1. to explain or make clear the meaning of...

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

desideratum [ di-sid-uh'-REY-tuh' m, -RAH-, -zid- ] [noun]  MEANING: something that is highly desired or considered essential enamoured [ i-NAM-erd ] [adjective]  MEANING: charmed, captivated or marked or characterized by unreasoning, silly or foolish fondness juggernaut [ JUHG-er-nawt, -not ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. a relentless, massive object or force...

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

privation [ prahy-VEY-shuh’ n ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. deprivation or lack of certain necessities a deed, consequence or state of lack or deprivation querulous [ KWER-uh’-luh’ s, KWER-yuh’- ] [adjective]  MEANING: 1. discontented or grumbling 2. peevish or complaining dipsomaniac [ dip-suh'-MEY-nee-ak, -soh- ] [noun]  MEANING: a person with...

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

potentate [ POHT-n-teyt ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. a powerful personality who rules others, an emperor or sovereign 2. a dominant person, leader of a group or venture engross [ en-GROHS ] [transitive verb]  MEANING: 1. to absorb or completely occupy 2. to copy, transcribe or write...

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

resplendent [ ri-SPLEN-duh’ nt ] [adjective,intransitive verb]  MEANING: 1. shining luminously or radiantly 2. dazzling, garish or splendid apropos [ ap-ruh'-POH ] [adjective,adverb]  MEANING: 1. (adj.) apt, appropriate, opportune or relevant 2. (adv.) opportunely, seasonably or at the appropriate or right time 3. (adv.) incidentally or...

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

prodigal [ PROD-i-guh’ l ] [noun,adjective]  MEANING: 1. (n.) extravagance, a wasteful luxuriant or spendthrift 2. (adj.) extravagant, wasteful or lavish disavowal [ dis-uh-VOU-uh' l ] [noun]  MEANING: to deny knowledge of, association with, or responsibility for dishabille [ dis-uh-BEEL, -BEE ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. the state of being...