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

libertine [ LIB-er-teen, -tin ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. a person who lives without moral restraint 2. a person who is a freethinker tactile [ TAK-til, -tahyl ] [ adjective  ] MEANING : 1. pertaining to or characterized by the sense of touch 2. perceptible...

Daily Word List – 27th March 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation

canny [ KAN-ee ] [  adj] MEANING : 1. prudent, shrewd or cautious 2. thrifty, careful or steady 3. snug, quiet or cosy wince [ wins ] [ noun, intransitive verb  ] MEANING : 1. (intr.v.) to cringe, flinch or draw back 2. (n.) a start,...

Daily Word List – 26th March 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation

condign [ kuh n-DAHYN ] [  adj] MEANING : 1. appropriate; well-deserved lexicon [ LEK-si-kon, -kuh’ n ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. a dictionary 2. a list of words used in a particular subject wraith [ reyth ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. a spectre or...

Daily Word List – 25th March 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation

effluvium [ i-FLOO-vee-uh' m ] [  noun ] MEANING : 1. emanation or exhalation of invisible vapour having a noxious odour 2. a waste by-product 3. an aura or outflow of particles that are impalpable superimpose [ soo-per-im-POHZ ] [  transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. to place...

Daily Word List – 24th March 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation

carnal [ KAHR-nl ] [  adj] MEANING : 1. sensual, bodily or of the flesh 2. worldly or corporeal dross [ draws, dros ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. rubbish, waste matter or impurity 2. a trivial, inferior or insignificant matter 3. (metallurgy) the scum...

Daily Word List – 23rd March 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation

exacerbate [ ig-ZAS-er-beyt, ek-SAS-] [  verb ] MEANING : aggravate; increase intensity, bitterness or violence burlesque [ ber-LESK ] [ noun, verb ] MEANING : 1. (n.) a dramatic or literary work that tries to mock or ridicule through grotesque comical exaggeration 2. (n.) a grotesque theatrical...

Daily Word List – 22nd March 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation

titular [ TICH-uh'-ler, TIT-yuh'- ] [  noun, adjective ] MEANING : 1. (adj.) of, pertaining to or having a title 2. (adj.) nominal or existing only in title 3. (n.) one bearing or holding a title tribunal [ trahy-BYOON-l, tri ] [ noun ] MEANING :...

Daily Word List – 21st March 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation

lurid [ LOO’ R-id ] [ noun, verb ] MEANING : 1. marked by sensationalism 2. glowing or shining in colour 3. having an unnatural glare 4. livid or pallid carp [ kahrp ] [ noun, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (tr.v.) to unreasonably criticize or...

Daily Word List – 20th March 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation

palaver [ puh’-LAV-er, LAH-ver ] [ noun, verb ] MEANING : 1. (n.) a long negotiation between enemies or esp. one between primitive tribes and european traders 2. (n.) long idle talk or chatter 3. (v.) to parley or negotiate 4. (v.) to talk idly...

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

viscid [ VIS-id ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. viscous, sticky or adhesive 2. (Botany) covered with a sticky substance acclaimed [ uh'-KLEYM ] [ adjective ] MEANING : celebrated, acknowledged, renowned or praised supine [ adj. soo-PAHYN; n. SOO-pahyn ] [ noun, adjective ] MEANING : 1. (adj.) lying on...