Must do Vocabulary words
Must do Vocabulary words
40 minutes masterclass- CATKing wordlist
- Aberration- a departure from what is normal usual or expected
- Abreast- up to date with the latest news, ideas, information
- Adept- very skilled or proficient at something
- Agog- very eager or curious to see and hear something
- Altruism- belief in or practice of selfless concern
- Annul- declare invalid
- Audacious- showing willingness to take a surprisingly bold step
- Austere- having an extremely plain and simple style of loving life
- Artless- without guile or deception
- Abyss- a bottomless gulf or pit
- Accretion- an increase in natural growth or addition
- Acidulous- being sour to the taste
- Acme- the highest point of something
- Adulterate- make impure by adding an inferior or foreign substance
- Ameliorate- make better
- Amortize- liquidate gradually
- Amulet- a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil, danger
- Anachronism- something located at a time when it could no longer be belong
- Antagonize- provoke the hostility of
- Antipathy- the feeling of intense dislike
- Apathy- an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
- Apocryphal- being of questionable authenticity
- Apostate- not faithful to religion, party or cause
- Approbation- official agreement or acceptance
- Arbitrary- based on or subject to individual discretion
- Arbitrate- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- Archaic- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier century
- Ardor- feelings of great warmth and intensity
- Arrogate- seize and take control without authority
- Articulate- express or state clearly
- Banal- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- Belfry- a bell tower
- Bevy- a flock of birds
- Bifurcate- split or divide into two
- Bilk- cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
- Blight- any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
- Blithe- carefree, happy & light-hearted
- Bolster- support or strengthen
- Blowhard- a person who blusters and boasts in an unpleasant manner
- Bucolic- pastoral, rustic, countrified
- Burgeon- grow forth, expand or increase quickly
- Brazen- bold or open to the point of shocking
- Bedlam- uproar, confusion
- Belligerent- seeking war, hostile
- Besiege- to surround
- Besmirch- strain, soil, dim the reputation
- Bizarre- weird
- Blatant- disagreeably loud
- Badger- to pester, nag; annoy persistently
- Cacophony- a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
- Confound- prove something wrong
- Coda- a concluding event, remark or section
- Calumny- slander, defame
- Cache- secret hiding place
- Cajole- coax, wheedle
- Callow- inexperienced, youthful
- Complacent- self-satisfied
- Carnage- slaughter
- Chagrin- disappointment
- Cliché- stereotype
- Conflagration- great fire
- Conjecture- guess
- Corpulent- excessively, fat, fleshy, obese
- Corroborate- confirm, support
- Countenance- approve, tolerate
- Coup- revolution, overthrow
- Capricious- unpredictable
- Caustic- bitterly sarcastic
- Chicanery- trickery or deception
- Commensurate- proportional
- Condone- to forgive, allow or approve
- Consequential- as a result of
- Contentious- controversial
- Contrite- remorseful, apologetic, penitent
- Covet- to crave for, to desire
- Cringe- cower, shrink back as if in fear
- Culpable- blameworthy, deserving blame
- Culprit- one guilty of a crime
- Culvert- artificial channel for water
- Cumbersome- heavy & awkward to carry or wear
- Cumulative- growing by addition
- Cunning- clever in deceiving, sly
- Curmudgeon- churlish, miserly individual
- Cursive- (of writing) flowing
- Cursory- casual, hastily done with little attention
- Curtail- shorten, reduce
- Cynical- skeptical or distrustful of human motives
- Daub- smear, cover with something sticky
- Daunt- intimidate, frighten
- Dauntless- bold, fearless
- Dawdle- loiter, hang around, waste of time doing nothing
- Daze- bemuse, benumb, stun with a blow or shock
- Deprecate- express disapproval
- Destitution- extreme poverty
- Diatribe- bitter criticism
- Dilettante- one with little knowledge and great interest in the arts
- Disdain- scorn
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