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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 – 19th Feb 2018, English Language, Meaning, Pronunciation

Machiavellian [ mak-ee-uh’-VEL-ee-uh’ n ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. of or pertaining to Machiavelli 2. suggestive or marked by the principles analysed by Machiavelli especially those concerned with deceit, cunning or expediency coalescing [ koh-uh’-LES ] [ adjective...

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

omnipresent [ om-nuh’-PREZ-uh’ nt ] [ adjective ] MEANING : present everywhere at the same time abstruse [ ab-STROOS ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. recondite, ambiguous, esoteric or very difficult to understand or comprehend disparate [ DIS-per-it, di-SPAR-...

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

nemesis [ NEM-uh’-sis ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. a source of harm or ruin 2. an opponent who is fearsome and cannot be beaten or overcome 3. one that inflicts retribution or vengeance comely [ KUHM-lee ] [...

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

malediction [ mal-i-DIK-shuh’ n ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. the act of cursing or calling down some evil upon someone 2. a curse; imprecation accede [ ak-SEED ] [ transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. to concede, assent...

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

malevolent [ muh’-LEV-uh’-luh’ nt ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. having or displaying ill-will, hatred; disposed to causing harm or evil to others; malicious 2. having an evil, malicious influence quaver [ KWEY-ver ] [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive...

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

rambunctious [ ram-BUHNGK-shuh’ s ] [ adjective ] MEANING : excessively boisterous; difficult to handle empirical [ em-PIR-i-kuh’ l ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. derived from experience or by observation 2. verifiable by experiment 3. based on observation...

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

adventitious [ ad-vuh' n-TISH-uh' s ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. accidental, extrinsic or not inherent 2. appearing or developing in unusual places divulge [ di-VUHLJ, dahy- ] [ transitive verb ] MEANING: 1. to reveal or make known...

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

contentious [ kuh’ n-TEN-shuh’ s ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. quarrelsome, belligerent or pugnacious 2. provoking or controversial atone [ uh'-TOHN ] [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (intr. v.) to make amends or appease...

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

hegira [ hi-JAHY-ruh', HEJ-er-uh' ] [ noun] MEANING : 1. a journey undertaken in order to escape from an unpleasant place and get to a more conducive one 2. (islam) the flight of prophet muhammad from mecca to medina in 622 a.d. immaculate...