wordlist 2018

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 – 5th Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

mortify [ MAWR-tuh’-fahy ] [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] MEANING : (tr.v.) to deaden or discipline one's bodily appetites by fasting or self-denial (tr.v.) to shame, embarrass or humiliate (intr.v.) to practise mortification (intr.v.) to become necrosed or gangrenous   irrevocable [ i-REV-uh'-kuh'-buh'l ] [ adjective ] MEANING :...

Daily Advanced Word List – 4th Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

inimitable [ i-NIM-i-tuh’-buh’ l ] [ adjective ] MEANING : matchless or not capable of being imitated or copied   inept [ in-EPT ] [ adjective ] MEANING : not having the ability to perform a certain job   lumber [ LUHM-ber ] [ noun, transitive verb ] MEANING : (n.) logs of wood sawed...

Daily Advanced Word List – 1st Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

1. raze [ reyz ] [ transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. destroy, demolish or tear down                       2. (archaic) to erase, scrape off or shave off   2. grisly [ GRIZ-lee ] [ adjective ] MEANING...