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Vocab for Queen B
Vocabulary Preparation Work for end-of-year exams 2004
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdicate | (v.) to resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard |
| Adapt | (v.) to adjust or change to suit conditions |
| Amplify | (v.) to make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or the like |
| Arrogant | (adj.) haughty, too convinced of one's own importance |
| Attest | (v.) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genius |
| Attire | (n.) clothes, apparel; (v.) to dress or adorn |
| Bestow | (v.) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings |
| Calamitous | (adj.) causing great misfortune |
| Crony | (n.) a very close friend, pal, chum |
| Decoy | (v.) to lure into a trap; (n.) a person or thing used to lure into a trap |
| Defile | (v., trans.) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; (v., intrans) to march in a single line or column; (n.) a narrow passage |
| Delve | (v.) to dig; to search deeply and thoroughly in |
| Dexterous | (adj.) skillful in the use of hands or body; clever |
| Disclaim | (v.) to deny interest in or connection with; to give up all claim to |
| Dovetail | (v.) to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; (n.) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail |
| Enormity | (n.0 the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity |
| Ensue | (v.) to follow in order, come immediately after and as a result |
| Epoch | (n.) a distinct period of time, era, age |
| Estrange | (v.) to drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a seperation; to remove or keep at a distance |
| Foreboding | (n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by fear, ominous |
| Forlorn | (adj.) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely, wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless |
| Gallantry | (n.) heroic courage; respect and courtesy; an act or statement marked by high level of courtesy |
| Gaunt | (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren |
| Gratify | (v.) to please; satisfy; to indulge or humor |
| Haughty | (adj.) chillingly proud and scornful |
| Impediment | (n.) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle |
| Imperative | (adj.) necessary, urgent; (n.) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required |
| Infiltrate | (v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily |
| Infinite | (adj.) exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless; (n., preceded by THE) an incalcuable number, the concept of infinity; (cap. I) a name for God |
| Irascible | (adj.) easily made angry, hot-tempered |
| Judicious | (adj.) using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible |
| Kindred | (n.) a person's relatives; a family relationship; (adj.) related by blood; like, similar |
| Malinger | (v.) to pretend illness to avoid duty or work |
| Naive | (adj.) innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience |
| Niche | (n.) a decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing |
| Obliterate | (v.) to blot out completely, destroy utterly |
| Overbearing | (adj.) domineering, haughty, bullying; overpowering, predominant |
| Penal | 9adj.) having to do with punishment |
| Personable | (adj.) pleasing in appearance or personality, attractive |
| Plummet | (v.) to plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to a line |
| Plunder | (v.) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; (n.) property stolen by force, booty |
| Quirk | (n.) a peculiar way of acting; a sudden twist or turn |
| Ramshackle | (adj.) appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky |
| Ransack | (v.) to search or examine thoroughly; to rob, plunder |
| Scavenger | (n.) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies |
| Scoff | (v.) to make fun of; to show contempt for |
| Solvent | (adj.) able to meet one's financial obligations; having the power to dissolve other substances; (n.) a liquid used to dissolve other substances; something that solves, explains, eliminates, or softens |
| Steadfast | (adj.) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing |
| Tedious | (adj.) long and tiresome |
| Teem | (v.) to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities |
| Tractable | (adj.) easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable |
| Ungainly | (adj.) clumsy, awkward; unwieldy |
| Vendor | (n.) a person who sells something |
| Vilify | (v.) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously |
| Waif | (n.) a person (usually a child) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal ; something that comes along by chance; a stray bit |
| Wry | (adj.) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous |
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