daily english vocabulary

Daily Word List Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF – 2nd August 2018

precept [ PREE-sept ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. a commandment or order issued with the intention of prescribing conduct 2. a warrant or directive escapade [ ES-kuh'-peyd, es-kuh'-PEYD ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. a wild prank or rash adventure 2. an escape from captivity, confinement, control or restraint...

Daily Word List Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF – 1st August 2018

anguish [ ANG-gwish ] [noun,intransitive verb,transitive verb]  MEANING: 1. (n.) intense suffering or pain 2. (tr.v.) to inflict with or cause distress or extreme pain 3. (intr.v.) to suffer from or endure intense sorrow or pain apotheosis [ uh'-poth-ee-Oh-sis, ap-uh'-Thee-uh'-sis ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. deification or...

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

redundant [ ri-DUHN-duh’ nt ] [adjective]  MEANING: 1. superfluous, excess or overabundant 2. prolix or unnecessarily repetitive 3. profuse or lavish 4. comprising extra or unusual features wrath [ rawth or, especially Amr., rath, rahth  ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. anger, fury or resentful indignation 2....

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

queasy [ KWEE-zee ] [adjective]  MEANING: 1. nauseous or nauseated 2. nauseating or tending to cause nausea 3. squeamish, uncomfortable or uneasy rankle [ RANG-kuh’ l ] [intransitive verb,transitive verb]  MEANING: 1. (tr.v.) to cause rancour or resentment or fester bitter feelings in the mind 2....

Daily Word List Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF – 28th July 2018

quay [ kee, key, kwey ] [noun]  MEANING: a wharf, landing place or reinforced bank for ships to load and unload raiment [ REY-muh’ nt ] [noun]  MEANING: apparel, garment, clothing or attire taper [ TEY-per ] [intransitive verb,transitive verb]  MEANING: 1. (tr.v.) to get thinner or smaller towards...

Daily Word List Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF – 27th July 2018

recumbent [ ri-KUHM-buh’ nt ] [noun,adjective]  MEANING: 1. (adj.) reclining, leaning or resting 2. (adj.) inactive, resting or idle 3. (n.) one who is idle or inactive remiss [ ri-MIS ] [adjective]  MEANING: 1. negligent, lax or careless 2. marked or characterized by negligence, slackness or...

Daily Word List Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF – 26th July 2018

quail [ kweyl ] [noun,intransitive verb]  MEANING: 1. (n.) a small gallinaceous bird like the bobwhite 2. (intr.v.) to cower, shrink back, wince or lose heart rabid [ RAB-id ] [adjective]  MEANING: 1. furious, violent or raging 2. fanatical, over-zealous or extreme in practice 3. affected...

Daily Word List Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF – 25th July 2018

quarry [ KWAWR-ee, KWOR-ee ] [noun,transitive verb]  MEANING: 1. (n.) prey or game 2. (n.) an open excavation pit to obtain stone by blasting or digging 3. (n.) an object being pursued 4. (tr.v.) to excavate stone from a quarry purgatory [ PUR-guh’-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ] [noun,adjective] ...

Daily Word List Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF – 24th July 2018

suffuse [ suh'-FYOOZ ] [transitive verb]  MEANING: to overspread, fill or infuse with colour, light or liquid purview [ PUR-vyoo ] [noun]  MEANING: 1. the extent, range or scope of authority, intention, concern or competence 2. the scope or range of vision or understanding 3. the...

Daily Word List Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF – 23rd July 2018

succumb [ suh’-KUHM ] [intransitive verb]  MEANING: 1. to yield or give in to superior force 2. to die quirk [ kwurk ] [noun,transitive verb]  MEANING: 1. (n.) an idiosyncrasy, whim, or peculiar mannerism or trait 2. (n.) a sharp turn or twist 3. (n.) an...