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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 – 20th Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

inveigle [ in-VEY-guh’ l, -VEE- ] [ transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. to entice or win over by flattery or sweet talk 2. to obtain or acquire by slyness or beguiling talk   adduce [ uh'-DOOS, uh'-DYOOS ] [ transitive verb ] MEANING : to...

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 – 3rd Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

servile [ SUR-vil, -vahyl ] [ adjective ] MEANING : a fawning or submissive attitude of or pertaining to slaves or servants   specious [ SPEE-shuh’ s ] [ adjective ] MEANING : having a characteristic of being logical and plausible when actually it is fictitious or not genuine deceptively...

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...