o Aberrant: not usual or not socially acceptable
o Accompaniment: music that’s played to support singing or another
instrument
o Amorphous: having no definite shape or structure
o Ascend: go up or climb
o Autonomous: able to govern itself or control its own affairs
o Beguiling: attractive and interesting but sometimes mysterious or
trying to trick you
o Beneficial: improving a situation; having a helpful or useful effect
o Cynic: a person who believes that people only do things to help
themselves, rather than for good or sincere reasons
o Derogatory: showing a critical attitude towards someone
o Diligent: showing care and effort in your work and duties
o Disastrous: very bad, harmful or unsuccessful
o Exemplify: to be a typical example of something
o Fundamental: serious and very important
o Hindrance: a thing that provides resistance, delay or obstruction to
something or someone
o Hypocrisy: behaviour in which somebody pretends to have moral
standards or opinions that they don’t actually have
o Indispensable: absolutely necessary
o Intercede: to speak to somebody to help settle an argument
o Martyr: a person who’s killed because of their religious or other
beliefs
o Nonchalant: feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not
displaying anxiety, interest or enthusiasm
o Nuisance: a person, thing or circumstance causing inconvenience or
annoyance
o Punitive: inflicting or intended as punishment
o Redundant: not or no longer needed or useful
o Sabotage: deliberately destroy or obstruct something, especially for
political or military advantage
o Squander: waste something, especially money or time in a reckless
manner
o Stringent: strict, precise and exacting
o Unanimous: fully in agreement
o Validate: check or prove the accuracy of something
o Vindicate: clear someone of blame or suspicion
o Virulent: of a disease or poison, extremely severe or harmful
o Vulnerable: susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm