504 Essential Words

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Abandon: desert; leave without planning to come back; quit; leave behind; reject; renounce; and give up
Anecdote: short narrative describing an interesting or amusing incident; tale; narrative; urban myth
Bachelor: unmarried man; graduate who holds a bachelor's degree
Bear: give birth; something difficult to do or deal with; endure; carry; support; suffer; produce
Blade: edge (of a knife); cutting portion of a razor; thin leaf; paddle; bat; racquet; propeller
Break in: enter forcibly; interrupt a person while he is speaking; an illegal forced entry in order to steal something
Breeding: courtesy; education; upbringing; rearing; cultivation; producing offspring
Cloak: loose sleeveless outer garment that fastens at the neck and hangs down the back; mask; disguise; cover
Contest: fight for; appeal; challenge; competition
Cot: a small bed with high barred sides for a baby or very young child; light portable bed; a camp bed
Data: information; facts; facts and statistics used for reference or analysis; the quantities
Detective: investigative; one who searches for information and evidence relevant to specific occurrences
Flirting: coquetry; affectionate and playful conduct meant to arouse ***ual interest; brief romance
Gallant: brave; showing respect for women; chivalrous; gentlemanly
Generous: freely giving more of something than is necessary or expected; giving; unselfish; abundant; plentiful
Gesture: express an idea or emotion through bodily movements; motion of to emphasize or help to express a thought
Hardship: something that is hard to bear; difficulty; suffering; trouble; severe suffering or privation; misfortune; bad luck
Jealous: afraid that the one you love might prefer someone else; wanting what someone else has
Keen: sharp; intense; eager; clever; perceptive; astute; strong; enthusiastic; wonderful; amazing
Knight: medieval warrior; man who holds an honorary nonhereditary rank; chess piece shaped like a horse's head
Lot: divide; allocate; section of land; film studio; large amount; a great deal
Muddy: covered in mud; cloudy; hazy; vague; cover in mud; make impure; confuse the issue; make unclear
Oath: a promise that something is true; words of a solemn promise; a curse
Peg: fasten with clothespin; strengthen with a wedge; reinforce with a spike
Puddle: small pool of water or liquid; mud; pool of foul stagnant water; dirty; pollute; roll about in the mud
Qualify: become fit; show that you are able; meet the minimum standards; restrict; attribute a quality or characteristic
Swore: past ofswe ar; solemnly promise; curse; use obscene language; testify under oath (Law); bind by an oath
Tact: ability to say the right thing; diplomacy; ability to skillfully deal with people; sense of what is proper or appropriate
Unaccustomed: unfamiliar; not accustomed to; unusual; not used to something
Upbringing: rearing of children; the treatment and instruction received from one's parents throughout childhood
Vacant: empty; unfilled; unoccupied; not in use; lacking expression; not claimed
Widow: woman whose husband has died; take away something valuable
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lesson two

lesson two

Adventure: escapade; exciting experience; risky undertaking; put oneself at risk; take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
Blanket: cover; coat; a large piece of woolen material used as a covering for warmth as on a bed
Castle: large building typically of the medieval period; chateau; palace; turret; tower
Cemetery: place where dead people are buried; a tract of land used for burials
Cheat: deceive; swindle; betray; be disloyal; break rules; obtain answers or information in a dishonest way
Coffin: a long; narrow box in which a dead body is buried or cremated.
Conceal: hide; cover; keep secret
Corpse: a dead body; especially of a human
Deadened: diminish; alleviate; anesthetize; numb; make less lively; become dead
Dismal: dark; gloomy; cheerless; depressing; sad
Fled: past and past participle offle e; escape; run away; move swiftly; hurry
Frigid: very cold; frozen; ***ually unresponsive
Grave: place where a person or thing is buried; severe; serious; critical; somber; sober
Inhabit: occupy; live in; dwell in; reside in; populate; be present in; be inside of
Janitor: custodian; maintenance man; gatekeeper; doorman; warden; cleaner; maintenance man
Latitude: angular distance on a meridian north or south of the equator; an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth
Legal: of or pertaining to the law; allowed by law; established by law; according to law
Longitude: angular distance measured east or west from the prime meridian; an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth
Maid: servant; cleaning lady; young girl; unmarried woman; virgin
Numb: without the power of feeling; deadened; lacking sensitivity; in shock; senseless
Peril: danger; risk; hazard; a situation of serious and immediate danger
Recline: lie in a horizontal position; lie back; lie down and rest; stretch out; lean back
Revenge: action taken in return for an injury or offense; take vengeance; avenge; retaliate; requite
Shack: small crude shelter used as a dwelling; a roughly built hut or cabin; live together without being legally married
Shriek: scream; loud shrill cry; screech
Sinister: evil; wicked; dishonest; frightening; malicious; threatening; ominous; portending evil; on the left side;
Slight: small; light; lacking substance; unimportant; treat with indifference; pay no attention to; disrespect
Slum: poor neighborhood; densely populated poverty-stricken area of a city
Stuck: past participle ofstick; fixed in place; caught; puzzled; jab or poke with a pointed object; fasten; put in a particular place
Teller: a person who deals with customers' transactions in a bank; cashier; vote counter
Tempt: try to get someone to do something; test; invite; entice; tantalize; seduce
Wage: salary; payment; earnings; a fixed regular payment for work typically paid on a daily or weekly basis
Wager: bet; gamble the act of gambling; stake on the outcome of an issue
Wicked: evil; bad mischievous; vicious; malicious; severe; unjustified; dangerous; unpleasant; vile
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Lesson three

Lesson three

Annual: occurring once a year; something that appears
Anoint: rub oil on a person's head or feet as part of a religious ceremony; smear with a liquid
Appeal: plead; request; petition for a new trial or judgment; earnest or urgent request
Barely: hardly; scarcely; by a small margin
Blend: mixture; combination; mix together thoroughly
Breezes: light wind; quarrel; feud; any undertaking that is easy to do; a gentle wind
Contrary: contradictory; opposed; stubborn; obstinate; in opposition; against; counter
Costume: clothing; outfit; dress of a distinctive style or period; style of dress; woman's outfit
Devise: think out; plan; invent; bequeath property through a will
Dined: eat dinner; give a dinner for; have supper; dinner party
Dispute: argue; debate; appeal; contest; oppose; fight against; disagreement; argument
Essential: necessary; very important; needed; fundamental; impossible to live without
Excessive: immoderate; exceeding normal bounds; extreme; more than is necessary
Exorbitant: excessive; extreme; disproportionate; expensive; greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
Expensive: costly; high priced; precious
Grant: award; gift; present; contribution; donation; agree; donate; agree to give or allow
Immoderate: excessive; extreme; exaggerated; not moderate; not within reasonable limits
Labor: strenuous physical or mental work;; job or work that must be accomplished; work-force; worker
Legislative: having the authority to make or enact laws; having the power to make laws; relating to laws or a legislature
Minimum: least possible amount; smallest possible size; lowest degree
Persuade: convince; induce; cause to do something through reasoning or argument; win over to do or believe; make willing
Precious: expensive; valuable; priceless; beloved; dear; affectedly delicate; overly refined
Quarrel: fight; an angry dispute; argue; struggle; squabble; conflict; complain; find fault
Retail: pertaining to the sale of goods to final consumers; of the sale of merchandise to end users
Roam: travel about aimlessly; wander; drift; rove; move about aimlessly or without any destination
Scarce: hard to get; rare; not abundant; in short supply
Shade: cast a shadow upon; dim; darken; screen; hide from view; protect from light; cover with a shade change gradually
Shortening: add butter or other fat; act of making shorter; act of cutting; abbreviation; solid fat used in baking
Slaughter: butcher an animal; murder a person; indiscriminately kill a large number of people or animals; kill (animals) for food
Strike: temporary work stoppage; hit; blow; knocking down of all pins at one time (Bowling); failure to hit a ball (Baseball)
Talent: natural ability; innate ability or skill; capacity for achievement; talented person
Typical: usual; of a kind; characteristic; representative; conforming to the expected; standard; classic
Visible: able to be seen; can be clearly seen; in view; observable; obvious; apparent
Wholesale: on a large scale; in large quantities; at a wholesale price; less than retail in price
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Lesson four

Lesson four

Aggravate: make worse; exacerbate; annoy
Beau: a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; lover; young man courting a woman; suitor
Cellar: basement; underground room; wine cellar; a storage space or room below ground level in a house
Circulate: go around; go from place to place or person to person; move around; distribute; pass around; hand out
Complain: find fault; express displeasure; express dissatisfaction or annoyance
Convincing: persuasion; influencing; swaying; cause to believe firmly in the truth of something
Country: rural; located away from urban areas; state; region; inhabitants of a particular nation; one's homeland
Crab: any of a number of crustaceans having five pairs of walking legs; grouch; bad-tempered person
Crumble: fall to pieces; shatter; collapse; break into small crumbs; fall apart
Dense: closely packed together; thick; compact; close; stupid; slow
Descend: go or come down from a higher place to a lower level; go down; lower oneself morally
Eliminate: remove; get rid of; omit; terminate or take out
Enormous: extremely large; immense; huge; extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
Extravagant: lacking restraint in spending money or using resources; unrestrained in especially feelings; lavish; costly; excessive
Folk: people; people who share a common background or way of life; cultural or ethnic group
Fortify: garrison; defend; strengthen; reinforce; enrich; make strong or stronger
Gossip: talk about the private affairs of others; spread rumors; light informal conversation for social occasions
Hoop: encircle; surround; make a basket; a rigid circular band
Humid: moist; damp; marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere
Mist: fog; haze; veil of tears; blurry vision; a cloud of tiny water droplets in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface
Perceive: feel; sense; be aware of; distinguish; discern; see; behold; become conscious of
Predict: tell beforehand; prophesy; foretell; announce in advance
Schemer: planner; deviser; one who plots; a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
Scissors: a cutting tool consisting of two blades which slide against one another and cut material placed between them
Sleet: partly frozen rain; mixture of snow and rain; rain containing some ice; or snow melting as it falls
Swamp: an area of waterlogged ground; flood; fill or cover with water; inundate; overwhelm
Sword: weapon consisting of a long straight or curved blade fixed to a hilt; a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade
Theory: explanation based on thought observation or reasoning; coherent group of general assumptions; speculation; hypothesis
Utilize: make use of; make practical and effective use of; employ
Vacate: give up; leave; and leave behind empty
Vanish: disappear; disappear suddenly; cease to exist; pass away rapidly
Vapor: moisture in the air that can be seen; fog; steam; mist
Villain: a very wicked person; a wicked person or a person guilty of a crime
Weed: a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants; tobacco; cigarettes
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Lesson five

Lesson five

Altitude: height; distance above sea level
Assemble: gather together; bring together; put together; get together; make by putting pieces together
Batter: a ballplayer who is batting in baseball; strike; beat; hit repeatedly
Beard: the hair growing on the lower part of a man's faces; defy; oppose
Bring out: express; present; display; publicize; advertise; make visible; direct attention to
Burden: what is carried; a load; weigh down; weight to be borne or conveyed; an onerous or difficult concern
Bureau: an administrative unit of government; writing desk; dresser; office
Campus: grounds of a collage university or school; a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
Career: the particular occupation for which you are trained; profession; the general progression of your working life
Casual: without or seeming to be without plan or method; random; accidental; superficial; temporary; informal
Debate: a discussion in which reasons for and against something are brought out; argue; discuss; consider
Documentary: a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event; relating to or derived from documents
Dragnet: net which is dragged in fishing or hunting; method by which someone or something is found or caught
Droplet: a tiny drop; a very small drop of a liquid
Evade: get away from by trickery or cleverness; avoid; run away; avoid or try to avoid fulfilling answering or performing
Evaporate: turn into vapor; become vapor; release moisture; disappear; vanish; turn from liquid into vapor
Explore: go over carefully; look into closely; examine; travel to unknown regions; investigate; research
Funky: fearful; panicky; terrified; cool; fashionable; unconventionally modern and stylish
Hand down: passed on as by inheritance; passed on from one person to another; transfer; without effort
Innocent: free from evil or guilt; not guilty; free from sin or wrongdoing; simple; naive; unsophisticated; harmless
Majority: the larger number; greater part; more than half; the age when a person is legally a full adult
Pretending: the act of giving a false appearance; make believe with the intent to deceive; act in a role
Probe: search into; examine thoroughly; investigate; a flexible slender surgical instrument used to explore body cavities
Reform: make better; improve by removing faults; a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
Riot: a public act of violence by an unruly mob; a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
Rioter: one who takes part in a riot; troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace
Rural: in the country; characteristic of a small town; rustic; living in or characteristic of farming or country life
Shape up: develop in a positive way; change; be shaped; develop; get organized; behave in a more respectable manner
Take on: accept responsibility; occupy; cause to work; deal with; admit into a group or community; accept as a challenge
Topic: subject that people think write or talk about; some situation or event that is thought about
Tradition: beliefs; opinions; customs handed down from one generation to another; an inherited pattern of thought or action
Wand: a baton used by a magician or water diviner; a long thin stick or rod especially one held as a symbol of office
Witch: a female sorcerer or magician; an ugly evil-looking old woman
Wizard: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field; one who practices magic or sorcery; genius; magician
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Lesson six

Lesson six

Accuse: one who has been charged with a crime; one who has been blamed
Affair: a vaguely specified concern; a usually secretive or illicit ***ual relationship; matter; deal, concern
Appliance: a device that is very useful for a particular job; tool, gadget; device; apparatus
Approach: come near or nearer to in distance, time, or standard; appeal to; turn to
Basement: cellar, story of a building which is underground; a room or floor which is partly or entirely below ground level
Bracelet: piece of jewelry worn around the wrist; an ornamental band or chain worn on the wrist or arm
Brake: devices which allow one to slow or stop a vehicle
Chill: coldness due to a cold environment; depress or discourage; cool; cold
Client: a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer; customer; buyer
Comprehensive: including much; covering completely; including all or everything; having a thorough understanding of a subject
Convict: prove someone guilty of a crime; convince someone of error or wrongdoing; prisoner
County: a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; district, division of land
Deceive: make someone believe as true something that is false; mislead; be dishonest with; cheat
Defect: fault; that which is wrong; imperfection; deficiency; weakness; limitation
Defraud: take money, rights and etc by cheating; cheat; rob; deceive
Deprive: take away possessions from someone; keep from having, keeping, or obtaining; prevent from having, deny
Detect: find out; discern; discover
Dull: boring; not sharp; gloomy; stupid; not intelligent; not shiny; deaden; lacking interest or excitement
Employee: a person who works for pay; a worker who is hired to perform a job
Expel: force to leave or move out; exile, eject; drive out; banish; remove from a position or office
Jail: prison, location where convicted criminals and people awaiting trial are confined
Livelihood: the financial means whereby one lives; means of supporting oneself; maintenance; sustenance; occupation
Mayor: elected official acting as executive head of a town or city; the head of a city government
Neglect: give too little care or attention to; disregard; be negligent; forget to perform (a duty; fail to care for, abandon
Pilgrim: Christian who has traveled to a sacred place; one who makes a journey for religious reasons
Poll: an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people; get the opinion; receive votes
Popular: liked by most people; of the general population; well-liked; admired; approved; accepted; common
Praise: an expression of approval and commendation; express admiration; express approval of
Sarcasm: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; satire; irony
Spine: spinal column of a vertebrate; backbone; a series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back
Steering: act of causing a vehicle to move in a particular direction; the act of guiding or showing the way; drive
Superstition: belief that is not based on fact; an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear
Thorough: being all that is needed; comprehensive; complete; finished
Undoubtedly: certainly; unquestionably; beyond doubt
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Attic: section of a house below the roof; low wall at the top of a classical building which hides the roof
Attorney: a professional person authorized to practice law; a lawyer appointed to act for another in legal matters
Capsule: a small case or covering; a small container; pill containing medicine
Condemn: express strong disapproval of; declare or judge unfit; denounce; convict, declare guilty
Conqueror: someone who is victorious by force of arms; victor, one who defeats
Consent: agree; give permission or approval; permission to do something; give an affirmative reply to
Constitution: law determining the fundamental political principles of a government; law, rule; set of governing principles
Crew: group of people working together on an air or watercraft; team of people working together; social unit
Denounce: condemn in public; express strong disapproval; speak out against; censure; accuse
Dim: become or make darker; lacking clarity or distinctness; not shining brightly or clearly
Due: that which is deserved or owed; payable; right; fitting, suitable; adequate; should arrive at a specific time
Entitle: give the right to; give a title to
Gang: an association of criminals; band, group of people who associate for social or criminal purposes
Gloomy: dark; dim; in low spirits; characterized by hopelessness; sad; depressing; depressing in character or appearance
Hall of fame: building which houses plaques and statues honoring famous people
Inspection: a formal or official examination; act of looking over carefully and critically; review
Lifeguard: expert swimmer employed to watch over other swimmers and rescue anyone in danger of drowning
Massive: big and heavy; large and solid; bulky; enormous
Molest: interfere with and trouble; disturb; bother, annoy, ***ually harass
Outfielder: player in the outfield; player in the outermost field (Sports, Baseball)
Postpone: put off to a later time; delay; arrange for something to take place at a time later than that first scheduled
Preserve: keep from harm or change; keep safe; protect; a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone
Resent: feel injured and angered at something; have a feeling of ill will, be displeased or bitter
Scratch: scrape, rub; make a small cut or laceration; score or mark with a sharp or pointed object
Stream: a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth; flow; pour out from; flow freely; blow, wave
Torrent: any violent; rushing stream; flood; a heavy rain; a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid
Unforeseen: not known beforehand; unexpected; not foreseen; unanticipated,
Unique: having no like or equal; being the only one of its kind; singular, matchless, unequaled, rare
Violent: acting with or resulting from great force or emotional intensity; using unwarranted injurious force; strong; forceful
Wreck: something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation; an accident that destroys a ship at sea; ruin; destroy
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Lesson eight

Lesson eight

Amateur: a person who does something for pleasure not for money or as a profession; not professional, novice
Apparent: obvious; readily perceived or understood; seeming real or true
Bulky: large, taking up much space; massive; of large size for its weight; clumsy
Clue: something which helps to solve a problem; hint; a fact or piece of evidence used to solve a crime or that serves to reveal
Dye: a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair; coloring; pigment, tint
Elate: put in high spirits, make proud, make happy; fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; beautify
Exaggerate: overstate, make something seem greater or more important than it really is; make larger than normal
Featured: characterize; depict; describe; having features as specified; given prominence
Foreman: a person who exercises control over workers; man who is in charge of a group of people; leader of a jury
Get off: come down or off of; stop bothering; go to sleep; have a ***ual encounter; escape a punishment
Haunted: obsessed or terrified in a strange manner; visited or populated as if by ghosts; a frequently visited place
Inference: a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning; act of deriving; drawing of a conclusion
Lumberjack: a person who fells trees; logger; one who cuts down and prepares trees for sale
Mediocre: neither good nor bad; average; ordinary; of medium quality; regular; low-grade; poor
Neat: clean or orderly; in good order; tidy or carefully arranged; not messy
Obvious: easily seen or understood; clear to the eye or mind; not to be doubted; plain; clear; unmistakable; apparent; evident
Ponderous: heavy; weighty; boring; slow and clumsy because of great weight; dull
Prominent: well-known; important; having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; noticeable; famous
Put out: move to or place in a particular position; bring into a particular state or condition; annoy; remove; send out
Reluctant: unwilling; unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; hesitant
Ridiculous: absurd; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; broadly or extravagantly humorous
Security: freedom from danger, care, or fear; feeling or condition of being safe; safety; protection; defense; guarantee; stock
Skim: glance through quickly; noting only the important points; a thin layer of a substance on the surface of a liquid.
Squad: small military unit; small group of people trained to work together as a team; a cooperative unit
Sublime: wonderful; splendid; inspiring wonder or awe; of such excellence or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe
Survive: live longer than; remain alive after; continue to live; endure or last; continue to live after another has died; outlive;
Valid: supported by facts or authority; sound; true; well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; logical, well-founded
Variety: lack of sameness; a number of different things; the quality or state of being different or diverse
Violet: purple color; any of numerous low-growing small-flowered violas; of a color midway between red and blue
Weird: mysterious, unearthly; strange; odd; queer; supernatural; concerned with fate or destiny
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Lesson nine

Lesson nine

Banish: expel from a community or group; ban from a place of residence, as for punishment; send away; dismiss
Boredom: the feeling of being bored by something tedious; the state of feeling bored
Century: period of one hundred years; 100 years
Challenge: call to a fight; a demanding or stimulating situation; invite to engage in a contest; test one's ability
Conclude: end; finish; decide; deduce; decide by reasoning; reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
Decree: an official order that has the force of law; order by law
District: region; area; a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Document: something handwritten or printed that gives information or proof of some fact; record in detail; record for evidence
Enthusiasm: a feeling of excitement; great interest; intense enjoyment; eagerness
Fin: organ attached to various parts of a fish's body for steering; five-dollar bill (Slang)
Grand: large; magnificent; splendid; wonderful; chief, main; one thousand dollars (Slang)
Ignore: pay no attention; disregard; overlook; refuse to recognize; reject; refuse to acknowledge
Lack: be entirely without something; have not enough; the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; be missing
Metropolitan: of or pertaining to a capital city, characteristic of a important city; sophisticated; a person who lives in a main city
Miniature: represented in a small scale; reduced in size; tiny; of a much smaller size than normal
Onlooker: someone who looks on; observer; spectator; one who watches from the side
Poke fun: subject to laughter or ridicule; make fun
Poodle: an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped
Rage: violent anger; something that arouses intense but brief enthusiasm; anger; passion
Resist: act against; strive against; oppose; challenge; withstand; be immune to the effects of; try to prevent by action or argument
Sawbuck: a framework for holding wood that is being sawed; ten-dollar bill (Slang)
Source: place which something comes or is obtained; origin; starting point; originate from
Strive: attempt by employing effort; endeavor; try hard; compete; struggle; resist
Sundae: ice cream served with a topping; a dish of ice cream with added ingredients such as fruit, nuts, and syrup
Thunderstorm: a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning
Undeniable: not to be denied; cannot be questioned; indisputable; not possible to deny
Vicinity: region near a place; neighborhood; a surrounding or nearby region; proximity; nearby area
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Lesson Ten

Lesson Ten

Admit: declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; confess to something; allow entrance; accept as valid
Attitude: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
Compete: try hard to get something wanted by others; be a rival; participate in a contest; measure oneself against others
Deserted: abandoned; forsaken; left desolate or empty; located in a dismal or remote area
Dread: look forward to with fear; fear greatly; causing great fear; fearful expectation or anticipation; be anxious about
Excel: do better than; be better than; be talented, do very well; surpass; be exceptionally good at an activity or subject
Fair: a traveling show; festival; market; bazaar; exhibition; treating people equally; considerable in size or amount
Feminine: of woman or girl; of the female ***; characteristic of a woman; having qualities traditionally associated with women
Flexible: easily bent; willing to yield; capable of change; able to change readily to meet new circumstances
Former: previous; of the past; prior; earlier; past; ancient; first; having been previously
Jockeys: someone employed to ride horses in horse races; a professional rider in horse races
Juggling: the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression; using tricks for a dishonest purpose
Masculine: male; of man; manlike; characteristic of men; strong; having appearance traditionally associated with men
Menace: threat; danger; bother; something that is a source of danger
Modest: marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; simple; limited
Mount: get up on; climb up; ascend; raise; ride; establish; animal which can be ridden
Mountebank: charlatan, impostor; one who pretends to be a doctor giving phony medical advice; a person who deceives others
Numerous: amounting to a large indefinite number; very many; consisting of a great number; multiple
Pastime: an activity that one does regularly for enjoyment; a hobby; entertainment; amusement
Phony: something fake; not authentic
Pony: small horse; miniature breed of horse
Quack: one who practices medicine without having the proper qualifications; charlatan; sound made by a duck
Remedies: a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury; something that corrects something that fixes
Reputation: the state of being held in high esteem and honor; the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone
Rival: competitor; opponent; a person or thing competing with another for superiority or the same objective
Squeeze: the act of gripping and pressing firmly; press on, compress; extract by pressure; press firmly
Stubborn: persisting in a reactionary stand; difficult to treat or deal with; resistant to change; persistent; hard to control
Tendency: leaning; movement in a certain direction; an inclination towards a particular characteristic or type of behavior
Underestimate: set too low a value; amount or rate; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value; underrate
Victorious: having won a victory; conquering; winning; successful; characterized by or pertaining to victory
Watchman: a guard who keeps watch; a man employed to look after an empty building, especially at night
Yield: production of a certain amount; end resistance, especially under pressure or force; be flexible under stress
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Lesson Eleven

Lesson Eleven

Absurd: plainly not true or sensible; foolish; unreasonable; nonsensical; silly; inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
Binocular: an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes; adapted for or using both eyes; two-eyed
Conflict: direct opposition; disagreement; fight; a serious disagreement or argument
Deaf: unable to hear; unwilling to hear, heedless; unwilling to listen or respond to
Decade: ten years; group of ten; a period of ten years
Evidence: that which makes clear the truth or falsehood of something; proof; your basis for belief or disbelief
Fiction: that which is imagined or made up; imaginative narrative which has no basis in fact; act of creating with the imagination
Flabby: lacking firmness or stiffness; weak; limp; soft; not tightly controlled and therefore ineffective
Frequent: happening often; occurring repeatedly; regular; common; usual; coming at short intervals or habitually
Granting: fulfilling (of a request or desire); bestowing; give; agree to give or allow (something requested) to
Harsh: unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses; cruel or severe; rough; extremely unkind
Hesitate: fail to act quickly; be undecided; be uncertain; pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
Juror: a member of a jury; someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury
Knot: a fastening made by looping a piece of string, rope, etc. on itself and tightening it; tie; a small group of people
Mediation: intervene in a dispute to bring about an agreement; act of bringing peace between two nations who are at dispute
Merely: only; just; simply; purely; and nothing more
Minority: smaller number or part; less than half; part of a population differing in some characteristic (race, ***, etc.)
Mitten: hand covering for use in cold weather with one section for the fingers and one section for the thumb
Occasion: particular event, or the time at which it takes place; opportunity; occurrence; event; incident
Proverb: a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice; saying
Recent: done, made, or occuring not long ago; having happened or been done lately; belonging to a period of time not long ago
Rough: having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level; severe; raw; crude; unclear; not gentle
Scuba diving: the sport or pastime of swimming underwater using a scuba
Shoreline: the line along which a large body of water meets the land; a boundary line between land and water
Shrub: a woody plant which is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground; bush
Slope: side of a hill, incline; a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another
Solitary: alone; single; only; done without the company of others; lonely; secluded or isolated
Swap: exchange one thing for another; make an exchange or trade; an equal exchange
Vision: act or power of seeing with the eye; imagination; the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom
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Lesson twelve

Lesson twelve

Abolish: formally put an end to (a practice or institution); cancel; revoke
Adequate: as much as is needed; fully sufficient; enough; suitable; satisfactory or acceptable
Aerial: living in the air; far above the ground; airy; a structure that transmits or receives radio or television signals
Aqueous: of or relating to water; watery; resembling or containing water
Audible: able to be heard; heard or perceptible by the ear
Blaze: a very large or fiercely burning fire; a very bright light or display of colour; ignite; shine
Comet: a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
Death penalty: punishment of death for a criminal offense; the action or fact of dying or being killed
Decrease: make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree; reduce; lessen; decline
Drill: tool or machine with a rotating or reciprocating cutting tip, used for boring holes; practice; train
Flood: an overflow of a large amount of water over dry land; great stream of water; overflow
Frank: free in expressing one’s real thoughts, opinions, or feelings; not hiding what is in one’s mind; candid and honest
Halo: a circle of light round the sun or moon caused by refraction through ice crystals in the atmosphere
Igneous: formed by great heat (Geology); fiery; of or pertaining to fire
Ignite: set on fire; start to burn; catch fire or cause to catch fire; cause to start burning
Luminous: emitting light; glowing; bright; understandable; bright or shining, especially in the dark
Medieval: of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; like the Middle Ages
Meteors: a small body of matter from outer space that becomes incandescent as a result of friction with the earth's atmosphere
Pollute: make dirty; contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances; make impure; ruin
Population: people of a city or country; total number of people living in an area; all the inhabitants of a particular place
Prohibit: forbid by law or authority; command against; outlaw; prevent
Reveal: make known; show; exhibit; display; expose; make public; cause or allow to be seen
Boy Scout: member of the Boy Scouts (boys' club that stresses outdoor life and service to others); momma's boy; male child
Sergeant: noncommissioned military officer ranked above a airman first class; a police officer ranking below an inspector
Sought: past and past participle ofseek; go in search of; search for; request; attempt to find
Treasurer: one in charge of the funds of an organization, one in charge of a treasury; financial officer; money handler
Urban: of or having to do with cities or towns; pertaining to or characteristic of a city; living in a city
Urgent: demanding immediate action or attention; important; pressing; immediate
Whisper: speak very softly using one's breath rather than one's throat; speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
Wound: an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact; injure; offend
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Lesson thirteen

Lesson thirteen

Affair: amour; matter; deal; concern; a matter that is a particular person's concern or responsibility
Burst: break or cause to break suddenly and violently apart; smash into pieces; the act of exploding or bursting something
Came in handy: be useful; serve a purpose; turn out to be useful
Commence: begin; start; take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Counselor: person trained to give guidance on personal, social, or psychological problems; supervisor
Craft: an activity involving skill in making things by hand; a boat or ship
Editor: person who prepares a publication; one who revises and corrects a manuscript and helps to improve it
Exhausted: tired; drained of energy; weak; tire out completely
Famine: starvation; great shortage; extreme scarcity of food
Fellow: having membership in, belonging to (a group, academic organization, etc.); guy; man or boy; friend
Girl scout: member of an organization for girls aimed at developing citizenship; a girl belonging to the Scout Association
Gleam: a flash or beam of light; sparkle; shine brightly, especially with reflected light; be expressed by a person's eyes
Hazy: misty; smoky; unclear; vague; filled or abounding with fog or mist; unclear
Hollow: empty; having nothing inside; worthless; having a hole or empty space inside
Identify: recognize as being or show to be a certain person or thing; prove to be the same; relate; establish the identity of
Journalist: one who writes for, edits, managees, or produces a newspaper or magazine; someone who keeps a diary or journal
Lunge: sudden forward movement of the body; move forward abruptly
Migrate: move from one place to another; resettle seasonally; immigrate; move to a new area in order to find work
Observant: quick to notice; watchful; paying attention; watching; noticing; paying close attention especially to details
Persist: continue firmly; refuse to stop or be changed; insist; stand firm; persevere; continue to exist
Revive: bring back or come back to life or counciousness; renew; restore; reactivate, put into action again
Rumor: unverified information spread by gossip; a currently circulating story or report of unverified or doubtful truth
Sailing: act of traveling on a sailboat; act of operating and navigating a sailboat; act of cruising
Spoil: diminish or destroy the value or quality of; become unfit for eating; harm the character of a child by being too indulgent
Utensil: tool or container, especially for household use; implement; instrument; tool; device
Vessel: a ship; a hollow container; tube containing body fluid; boat; container
Yawn: involuntarily open the mouth wide and inhale due to drowsiness or fatigue; be wide open
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Lesson fourteen

Lesson fourteen

Bewildered: confused completely; puzzled; cause to be confused emotionally
Bitter: having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet; causing pain or unhappiness
Brawl: a noisy quarrel or fight; a noisy fight in a crowd
Brutal: coarse and savage; like a brute; cruel; causing suffering and pain; savagely violent
Coarse: crude; rough; impolite; (of a person's features) not elegantly formed or proportioned
Cruel: heartless, unkind; disregarding or taking pleasure in the pain or suffering of others
Duplicate: an exact copy; make an exact copy of; repeat exactly; a copy that corresponds to an original exactly
Junior: for or denoting young or younger people; low or lower in rank or status; new arrival; one recently admitted
Opponent: a person who is on the other side of the fight; game, or discussion; person fighting, struggling, or speaking against
Oval: elliptical shape; having a rounded and slightly elongated outline; egg-shaped
Pit bull: a dog of any of several breeds that was developed and trained for fighting and is noted for strength and stamina
Rival: person who wants and tries to get the same thing as another; one who tries to equal or do better than another
Roller derby: used for an entertainment involving a contest between two roller-skating teams on an oval track
Savage: barbaric; uncivilized; wild; untamed; cruel; brutal; very angry; violent, and uncontrolled
Skinny: unattractively thin; slim; thin
So called: inaccurately or questionably designated as such; who is called; known as; doubtful or suspect
Tempered: having a particular state of mind; moderate; soften; toughen; a tendency to become angry easily
Thrust: push with force; drive by applying pressure; push suddenly or violently in the specified direction
Turf: ground-level layer of matted soil and plant roots; area; territory (Slang); area of influence or expertise (Slang)
Underdog: person having the worst of any struggle; one who is expected to lose; loser
Unruly: hard to rule or control; lawless; ungovernable; unmanageable; disorderly and disruptive
Vicious: evil; wicked; savage; cruel or violent; faulty in character
Violent: acting or done with strong, rough force; brutal; strong; forceful; raging; very intense or powerful
Waterfront: area by the shore; part of a city near the shore; a part of a town or city alongside a body of water
Whirling: turning or swinging round and round; spinning; move or cause to move rapidly round and round
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Lesson fifteen

Lesson fifteen

Alter: make different; change; vary; modify; change in character, appearance, or composition
Bartender: bar attendant; waiter; a person serving drinks at a bar; an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
Carve: cut into or shape (a hard material) in order to produce an object or design
Casual: happening by chance; not planned or expected; not calling attention to itself; random; temporary; accidental
Comic strip: series of cartoons, animated story which appears in sequels (in a newspaper)
Dig up: discover; reveal; disclose; find by digging in the ground; found
Ecologist: expert on ecology; expert on the study of the environment and its inhabitants; the branch of biology
Expand: increase in size; enlarge; swell; spread out; broaden; make or become larger or more extensive
Fortunate: having good luck; lucky; successful; having unexpected good fortune
Hollow: having a hole or empty space inside; worthless; meaningless; without real value
Innovative: fresh; clever; having new ideas; being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before
Inquiry: exploration; questioning; investigation; a search for knowledge; a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
Invade: enter for conquest or plunder; occupy; penetrate
Loyalty: faithfulness; trustworthiness; showing firm and constant support or allegiance to a person or institution
Mature: ripe; fully grown or developed; adult; completely planned; based on careful consideration
Pioneer: one who goes first or prepares a way for others; guide; an innovator or developer of new ideas or techniques
Pledge: promise; vow; swear; hock; mortgage; solemnly undertake to do or give something; aoth
Pursue: follow; proceed along; continue; carry on; persist in; work at; follow in order to catch or attack
Revise: change; alter; bring up to date; make changes in order to improve something; edit, correct; produce an updated version
Ripe: mature; fully developed or grown; ready for use; ready for action; prepared for a particular experience; appropriate
Sacred: worthy of respect; holy; pertaining to religion; concerned with religion or religious purposes
Salute: raise the right hand to the right side of the forehead (as a sign of respect); show respect to; express praise; honor
Senior: older; having a higher rank; elderly; aged; pertaining to students in their final year at a school or university
Swell: expand; inflate; rise up; become or make greater in intensity, amount, or volume; become larger or rounder in size
Torn down: past part oftear down; destroy; to cause to decompose or disintegrate; destruct
Unanimous: in complete agreement; in complete accord; in one mind
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Lesson sixteen

Lesson sixteen

Aboveboard: exposed; obvious; fair; just; without concealment or deception; honest
Accurate: exactly right as the result of care or pains; precise; correct in all details; capable of reaching the intended target
Capacity: amount of room or space inside; largest amount that can be a container; volume which can be contained or received
Cautious: very careful; never taking chances; wary; careful to avoid potential problems or dangers
Confidence man: a confidence trickster; a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim; defrauder
Confident: firmly believing; certain; sure; persuaded of
Die: stop living; fail utterly or come to an end; small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; a device used for shaping metal
Doubt: not believe; not be sure of; feel uncertain about; lack of certainty; the state of being unsure of something
Eardrum: the membrane of the middle ear, which vibrates in response to sound waves
Grateful: feeling or showing gratitude; thankful; appreciative; expressing thanks; affording comfort or pleasure
Jar: a wide-mouthed cylindrical container made of glass or pottery; a cylindrical vessel with a wide mouth and without handles
Marvelous: wonderful; splendid; excellent; astonishing; causing great wonder; extraordinary; extremely good or pleasing
Microscope: instrument with a lens for making objects larger so that one can see things more clearly
Mischief:source of evil or misfortune; harm; damage; trouble maker (usually a child); vexation; annoyance
Penetrate: get into or through; pass into; enter; pierce; understand; comprehend; understand or gain insight into
Pierce: go into; go through;prick, stab; penetrate; make a hole; force or cut a way through
Pound: punch; strike; hit; beat; shatter; smash; shake heavily; unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (equal to 454 grams)
Retina: light-sensitive layer at the back of the eyeball which receives images and transmits them to the brain as nerve impulses
Scar: mark left on the skin after a wound or burn has healed
Slender: long and thin; limited; slight; slim; gracefully thin; barely sufficient
Surpass: be greater than; do better than; excel; go beyond; transcend; exceed
Toothpick: small pointed piece of wood for cleaning between the teeth
Vast: very great; enormous; huge; large; of very great extent or quantity; immense
Vex: anger; puzzle; confuse and concern; make annoyed or worried; disturb the peace of mind of
Wilderness: wastelands; forest; desert; range; back country; uninhabited region; garden for wild growth
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