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Word List: Chapter - 2

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Here is a new word list for you to practice this week. Keep maintaining your journal and don't forget to practice the previous word lists.

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Word List: Chapter - 2

1. Insurrection: rising of people to open resistance

2. Deter: discourage/hinder

3. Flax: pale yellow (hair) / a plant

4. Countenance: to favour or approve of; face; admit as acceptable

5. Phlegmatic: unemotional

6. Belittle: cause to seem unimportant

7. Vigilant: alert or awake

8. Ire: anger

9. Splenetic: bad tempered/irritable

10. Strut: a supporting bar/to walk proudly

11. Conciliatory: reconciling/soothing/comforting/mollifying

12. Belligerent: eager to fight

13. Drone: a male bee/one who isn't self-employed

14. Predilection: special liking/mental preference

15. Hallow: to make holy/consecrate

16. Tawdry: cheap/gaudy/showy/tacky

17. Libel: statement that damages reputation

18. Veracity: truth

19. Quixotic: extremely idealistic but impractical

20. Turpitude: wickedness/depravity

21. Rant: to shout angrily and complain

22. Antithetical: directly opposing

23. Polemical: controversial/arguable

24. Shrill: sharp/piercing

25. Curtail: make shorter than was planned

26. Consternation: surprise and fear/dismay

27. Veneration: regard with deep respect

28. Entrepreneur: one who originates and conducts an enterprise

29. Hoi polloi: the masses; the common people

30. Plethora: glut; surplus; surfeit; abundance

31. Mountebank: a charlatan; a person falsely claiming to have special knowledge or skill

32. Nebulous: hazy, obscure, indistinct

33. Malapropism: misuse of words

34. Concomitant: something that accompanies or attends

35. Congenital: natural, as though from birth

36. Contrite: penitent; feeling or showing sorrow or regret for having done wrong

37. Connotation: an implied, additional meaning of a word

38. Crux: the pivotal point/core

39. Consanguinity: blood relationship; descended from same ancestor

40. Convocation: a meeting

41. Adroit: skilful

42. Abut: to border on

43. Affirmation: a solemn assertion

44. Affability: sociability

45. Adage: a proverb handed down from the past

46. Sordid: contemptible; involving immoral or dishonorable actions and motives

47. Affront: to offend purposely

48. Annulment: a cancellation of validity of something

49. Advent: an approach or arrival

50. Prima Donna: a temperamental woman

51. Virago: a sharp tongued woman

52. Hubris: excessive pride or self-confidence

53. Tycoon: a powerful businessman

54. Plaintive: melancholy/mournful/sad

55. Veneer: surface appearance/upper layer

56. Discountenance: refuse to approve of

57. Census: official counting of population

58. Sanctimony: self-righteousness/hypocritical/with false piety

59. Lachrymose: causing tears/tearful

60. Voluble: fluent

61. Vilify: slander/say evil things

62. Animosity: strong dislike

63. Gloat: look at with selfish delight

64. Convoke: call together/summon

65. Contempt: to scorn or despise

66. Sullied: to be stained or discredited

67. Salubrious: healthful

68. Enervate: weaken/deprive of strength/attenuate

69. Verisimilitude: appearing true or real

70. Quail: lose courage/turn frightened

71. Dwarf: person or somebody much below the usual size

72. Amortize: end (a debt) by setting aside money

73. Obfuscate: to darken/make obscure/muddle

74. Misogynist: one who hates women

75. Perfidious: treacherous/faithless

76. Vivacious: lively/high-spirited

77. Intractable: unruly/refractory/stubborn

78. Exoneration: set somebody clear/free (from blame)

79. Qualm: feeling of doubt or uneasiness

80. Abacus: frame with balls for calculating

81. Emotive: something that has the potential to affect the emotions, but that may not necessarily do so

82. Efficacious: the power or potential to produce a particular effect

83. Exorcize: to drive it out, with particular reference to an evil spirit

84. Esoteric: meant for a few people; understood by a group of people only

85. Enormity: something that is outrageously or horrifyingly large

86. Infamous: a person or deed that is widely known and is bad or to be deplored

87. Ferment: to stir up emotions or reactions, not necessarily bad ones

88. Flounder: to struggle in an attempt to retain control in a situation

89. Fleshy: physical qualities of flesh, such as its plumpness, softness or colour

90. Fateful: something that is ominous or decisive

91. Gambol: to frisk or leap out playfully

92. Gourmand: someone who is excessively fond of food and drink

93. Jibe: to make fun of someone; mockery

94. Gallic: something that relates to the Gauls, the ancestors of the French

95. Homogenous: something that is made of the same substance but it is more often used in a technical sense

96. Illicit: something that is done by someone who knows that it is disallowed by law but under different circumstances it could be legal

97. Insidious: something which is gradually and stealthily harmful or destructive

98. Inhumane: a person or thing which is cruel, and insensitive to the suffering of others

99. Iniquity: wickedness or immorality

100. Incredulous: someone who is disbelieving


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