No.
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Words
|
Type
|
Meaning
|
Example
|
1
|
Zealous
|
Adjective
|
*strong
*passionate
*impassioned
|
*A zealous plea for justice.
*A zealous
feeling deeps inside my heart strongly pushed me to study smart.
|
2
|
Plea
|
Noun
|
*appeal
*apology
*beg for something
|
*Dad ignores my youngest sister’s pleas to
follow him to go to the night market.
*The prisoner’s plea for mercy.
|
3
|
Despised
|
verb
|
*hated
*scorned
*disliked
*loathe
|
*Maryam despises
when people talked about her disabilities and weakness.
*I despise
anchovies on pizzas
and I refused to eat them.
|
4
|
Contempt
|
noun
|
*disrespect
*scorn
*opprobrium
|
*Pam stared at the girl with total contempt.
*His action displays an arrogant contempt for the wishes of the majority.
|
5
|
Tenfold
|
adjective
|
10x as many
|
You’re tenfold
better than him.
|
6
|
Adorn
|
verb
|
*beautify
*fancy up
|
The dress really adorned
my youngest sister as a bride tonight.
|
7
|
Lure
|
noun
|
*attraction
*appeal
|
*Advertisers are trying to lure a younger audience to their products.
*My mum proves that she can bear not to
listen to the salesman’s lures.
|
8
|
Stealthily
|
Adverb
|
*secret
*quiet
|
The cat catches a rat stealthily.
|
9
|
Mimic
|
adjective
|
*copy
*imitate
|
*Just be yourself, don’t you try to mimic others.
*She’s talented mimic.
|
10
|
Ensnare
|
verb
|
*catch
*trap
|
*Mia uses the long net to ensnare the
butterfly.
*Dad ensnared the
thief in the kitchen last night.
|
11
|
Devoured
|
verb
|
*eat up
*consume
*use up
*enjoy avidly
|
*I devour
to read these books.
*The starving villagers simply devoured the relief foods.
|
12
|
Frivolous
|
adjective
|
*helpless
*unimportant
*negligible
*not serious
*foolish
|
*When asked by the waiter if we wanted anything else that evening, we made a frivolous
request for free drinks.
*Don’t worry, we just had a frivolous conversation last night!
|
13
|
Prudent
|
adjective
|
*careful
*wise
*frugal
*intelligent
*judicious
|
*I love to listen to her prudent advice.
*Her calm response was very prudent under the circumstances.
|
14
|
Diverse
|
adjective
|
different
|
*My parents have diverse opinion
especially about our studies.
*A movement supported by people with diverse interests but one common goal.
|
15
|
Imply
|
verb
|
*suggest
*hint
*indicate
*express in indirect way
*infer
|
*They may have implied
that they’d help, but they didn’t actually say so.
*His silence implied consent.
|
No.
|
Words
|
Type
|
Meaning
|
Example
|
1
|
Airy-fairy
|
adjective
|
*impractical
*fanciful
*unrealistic
|
*Airy-fairy ideas about winning the sweepstakes.
*I want an airy-fairy concept
for my marriage.
|
2
|
Starry-eyed
|
adjective
|
*unrealistic
*overoptimistic
*gullible
|
I’m tired to advise her not to be starry–eyed
girl anymore.
|
3
|
gullible
|
adjective
|
*easily fooled
*dewy-eyed
*naïve
*wide-eyed
|
I pity with her gullible behavior.
|
4
|
agog
|
adjective
|
*eager
*expect something
|
*Kids all agog over new toys.
*Ryan becomes more active
especially when he feels agog to complete the
puzzle.
|
5
|
deplore
|
verb
|
*really hate
*bemoan
*grief
*regret
|
*Aikal deplored the fact that his
guests were seeing his apartment as its messiest.
*We deplore to procrastinate when
doing any task.
|
6
|
Columnist
|
noun
|
Person who write newspaper @ magazine column
|
I can’t imagine how can I be
a columnist in one day.
|
7
|
chatter
|
verb
|
*talk in casual way
*make clicking sounds by knocking together rapidly
*make fast
|
*The squirrels chattered angrily.
*The chattering brakes make us feels really uncomfortable.
*My teeth chattering with cold.
|
8
|
avid
|
adjective
|
*very eager
*greedy
*acquisitive
|
*The avid readers can’t wait for
the book to be published.
*I’m not agree with people who avid
for publicity.
|
9
|
bemoan
|
verb
|
*unhappy
*distress over
*lament
|
*Ali bemoaned the death of his wife by writing a series of
poignant letters addressed to her.
*Daddy bemoans our bad
behavior in front of his friends after we having our lunch.
|
10
|
Thrice
|
adverb
|
*3 times
*extremely
|
*She was thrice married.
*He was thrice in sorrow.
|
11
|
prowess
|
noun
|
*great ability/ skill
|
*An extraordinary display of prowess
on the football field.
*My uncle has a courage to show his prowess
in archery in front of his rival.
|
12
|
Vestige
|
noun
|
*footprint
*sign / evidence of same past thing
*relic
|
*A few strange words carved on
a tree were the only vestige of the lost colony of Roanoke.
*The archeologists
surprised to see the vestiges in dark, narrow cave.
|
13
|
banquet
|
Noun
|
*formal dinner
*feast
|
We’re invited to come to an
awards banquet.
|
14
|
mansion
|
noun
|
*large house
*castle
*villa
|
*If I ever win the lottery, I’m going to buy a mansion in the hills.
*Mum deplores to live in mansion as
she just wants stay only with dad and
not many people.
|
15
|
austere
|
Adjective
|
*unfriend
*rigid
*harsh
*severe
|
*I’ve got an austere critic from a
warden as I didn’t give my card before
going out.
*I love his austere style
of writing.
|
16
|
assault
|
Verb
|
Violently attack
|
*He was arrested for assaulting a police officer.
*Airel tries to assault his
stepmother because of small matter.
|
17
|
consent
|
noun
|
*agreement
|
*No one may use the vehicle without the consent
of the owner.
*Mum not really consent with brother’s decision.
|
18
|
obligation
|
noun
|
*something burden
*commitment
*responsibility
|
*I’ve to pay off my current obligations
before I can buy new house.
*Ryan leaves his disturbing obligations
in work for a week and enjoys a
vacation with his lovely family.
|
19
|
Patent
|
*Noun
*adjective
|
*permit
*license for an invention
*obvious
*clear
|
*A company has since taken out a patent
on the chemical.
*He forgot to took out a patent for
an improved steam hammer.
*She was smiling with patent
insincerity.
*His face looks exhausted with patent
sleepy.
|
20
|
wary
|
adjective
|
*cautious
*careful
*alert
|
*Investors are increasingly
wary about putting money into stocks.
*Our parents always advise us to keep wary
on strangers.
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