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

braggadocio [ brag-uh'-DOH-shee-oh ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. empty boasting; bragging 2. a person who boasts; braggart declivity [ di-KLIV-i-tee] [ noun ] MEANING : a slope or inclination showing a downward trend vouchsafe [ vouch-SEYF ] [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (tr.v.) to...

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

beatific [ bee-uh'-Tif-ik ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. bestowing or imparting bliss or blessings 2. having a saintly or blissful appearance cavalcade [ kav-uh' l-KEYD, KAV-uh' l-keyd ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. a procession esp. one that involves horsemen and riders 2. a...

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

bcorpulent [ KAWR-pyuh'-luh' nt ] [ adjective ] MEANING : fat; stout; having a large bulky body asperity [ uh'-SPER-i-tee ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. ruggedness, harshness or roughness 2. difficulty, rigor or hardship 3. rudeness or acrimony wrest [ rest ] [ noun, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1....

Daily Advanced Word List – 15th March 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

benign [ bi-NAHYN ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. of a mild, gentle disposition 2. characterised by gentleness or kindness 3. favourable 4. harmless; non-malignant expropriate [ eks-proh-pree-eyt ] [ transitive verb  ] MEANING : 1. to deprive or take away from someone his possessions or...

Daily Advanced Word List – 14th March 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

soporific [ sop-uh’-RIF-ik, soh-puh’- ] [ noun, adjective ] MEANING : 1. (adj.) causing or tending to cause sleep 2. (adj.) of or pertaining to sleep or drowsiness 3. (n.) something that causes sleep bric-a-brac [ BRIK-uh'-brak ] [ noun  ] MEANING : an assortment of...

Daily Advanced Word List – 13th March 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

extradite [ EK-struh'-dahyt ] [ noun ] MEANING : the surrender of a criminal or a fugitive from one country or authority to another bludgeon [ BLUHJ-uh' n ] [ noun, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (n.) a club that is used as a...

Daily Advanced Word List – 12th March 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

foible [ FOI-buh' l ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. a slight flaw or weakness in character 2. the weaker portion of a blade of a sword, from its middle to its tip whimsical [ HWIM-zi-kuh'l, WIM- ] [ adj ] MEANING : 1.. capricious, arbitrary...

Daily Advanced Word List – 11th March 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

hackneyed [ HAK-need ] [ adj ] MEANING : over familiar and dull through very frequent use diffidence [ DIF-i-duh' ns] [  noun ] MEANING : timidity, shyness or a lack of confidence cession [ SESH-uh' n] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. an act of surrendering, yielding or...

Daily Advanced Word List – 10th March 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

nadir [ NEY-der, NEY-deer ] [ adj ] MEANING : 1. the lowest possible point; extreme despair or adversity 2. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith. wizened [ WIZ-uh'nd; WEE-zuh'nd] [  adj ] MEANING :...

Daily Advanced Word List – 8th March 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

complaisant [ kuh' m-PLEY-suh' nt, -zuh' nt, KOM-pluh'-zant ] [ adj ] MEANING : readily willing to please or oblige   dolt [ dohlt ] [  noun ] MEANING : a dunce or stupid person effusive [ i-FYOO-siv  ] [ adj ] MEANING : 1. extremely demonstrative, expressive or lacking restraint...