1. Swear
2. Title
3. Station
4. Part
5. Fair
6. Plate
7. Saw
8. Nail
9. Bark
10. Bat
11. Club
12. Key
13. Lie
14. Find
15. Engage
16. Pitch
17. Play
18. Park
19. Right
20. Low
21. Shingle
22. Still
23. Quick
24. Fast
25. Maintain
26. Suspect
27. Want.
28. Wit
29. Record
30. Shrink
31. Bout
32. Train
33. Post
34. Bond
35. Bound
36. Steal
37. Date
38. Leave
39. Hang
40. Cleave
41. Galvanize
42. Crane
43. Foil
44. Row
45. Station
46. Sheer
47. Scale
48. Match
49. Basic
50. Base
51. Affect
52. Effect
53. Boost
54. Shrew
55. Yield
56. Staff
57. Positive
58. Associate
59. Stand
60. Face
61. Store
62. Plot
63. Cast
Old Terms
Body parts
Crown
Pate
Visage
Countenance
Bosom
Breast
Limbs
Shanks
Dogs
windows
Hitherto
Albeit
Royalty and how it’s addressed (also
called Peers)
King, Queen
Your Majesty
Prince, Princess
Your Royal Highness
Duke, Duchess
Your Grace
Marquess, Marchioness
My Lord, My Lady
Earl, Countess
My Lord, My Lady
Viscount, Viscountess
My Lord, My Lady
Baron, Baroness
My Lord, My Lady
Baronet
Sir, Madam
Knight, Dame
Sir, Madam
Commoner
Mr., Mrs.
Governess
Peerage=royalty
Henceforth
Hence
Wherefore
Wherein
Whence
Vocab
1. Abandon: Give up
completely.
2. Abate: Become less
intense or
widespread.
3. Abet: Encourage or
assist.
4. Accede: Accent or
agree to a demand.
5. Berate: Scold or
criticise.
6. Bovine: Of or
relating to cattle.
7. Braggart: A person
who boasts about
achievements.
8. Burnish: Polish by
rubbing.
9. Cache: A collection
of similar items
stored in a secret
place.
10.
Cacophony:
Harsh discordant
mixture of sounds.
11.
Catalyst:
Substance that
increases the rate
of a chemical
reaction.
12.
Censorious:
Severely critical of
others.
13.
Dearth:
Scarcity or lack of
something.
14.
Demagogue: A
political leader who
seeks support by
appealing to popular
desires rather than
reason.
15.
Diluvial: Of or
relating to a flood.
16.
Dispassionate:
Not influenced by
strong emotion.
17.
Effluvia: An
unpleasant or
harmful odour.
18.
Emulate: Match
or surpass.
19.
Epochal:
Extremely
significant.
20.
Expound:
Explain or present.
21.
Facile:
Appearing
comprehensive by
ignoring the
complexities of the
situation.
22.
Fictive:
Created by
imagination.
23.
Flippant: Not
showing a serious
attitude.
24.
Gauche: Lacking
grace.
25.
Gregarious:
Outgoing or social.
26.
Grotto: Small
cave or cave-like
structure.
27.
Hedonist: A
person who believes
the pursuit of
pleasure is the most
important aspect of
life.
28.
Heretical:
Practicing religious
heresy.
29.
Hubris:
Excessive pride.
30.
Hypocrite: A
person who says one
thing and does
another.
31.
Ignoble: Not
honourable in
character.
32.
Imbibe: Drink
alcohol
33.
Imperious:
Assuming power
without
justification.
34.
Importunate:
Persistent.
35.
Jettison: Throw
or drop for an
aeroplane or ship.
36.
Jocular:
Humorous or playful.
37.
Junta: Military
group that rules
after taking by
force.
38.
Kismet:
Destiny.
39.
Lexicon:
Vocabulary of a
person.
40.
Licentious:
Immoral.
41.
Limber:
Flexible.
42.
Loquacious:
Talkative.
43.
Malapropism:
Mistaken use of a
word in place of a
similar-sounding
word.
44.
Malfeasance:
Wrongdoing.
45.
Mawkish:
Sentimental in a
sickening way.
46.
Misnomer: Wrong
or inaccurate name
in the designation.
47.
Modicum: Small
or minimal portion.
48.
Mote: Tiny
piece of a
substance.
49.
Necromancy:
Practice of
communicating with
the dead.
50.
Nihilism:
Rejection of
religion
51.
Nomenclature:
The choosing of
names for things.
52.
Novel:
Fictitious prose
narrative.
53.
Obfuscate: To
confuse.
54.
Olfactory: Of
or relating to the
sense of smell.
55.
Opprobrious:
Compressing scorn.
56.
Ostracize:
Exclude from a
society or group.
57.
Palatial:
Resembling a palace.
58.
Pandemic:
Disease prevalent
over an entire
country or multiple
countries.
59.
Paramount: More
important than
anything else.
60.
Patrician: An
aristocrat.
61.
Polyglot:
Knowing or using
several languages.
62.
Prestidigitatio
n: Magic tricks
performed for
entertainment.
63.
Provincial: Of
or concerning a
province or country.
64.
Rancor:
Bitterness or
resentfulness.
65.
Rarefy: To make
or become more dense
or solid.
66.
Recapitulate:
Summarize and state
again the main
points.
67.
Refute: Prove
to be wrong or
false.
68.
Repose: A state
of rest.
69.
Resilient: Able
to withstand.
70.
Revile:
Criticize in an
abusive manner.
71.
Rife: Of common
occurrence.
72.
Sanctimonious:
Making a show of
being morally
superior.
73.
Scrupulous:
Diligent attention
to detail.
74.
Sedition:
Conduct or speech
inciting people to
rebel.
75.
Sinecure:
Position requiring
little or no work.
76.
Stint: Supply
an inadequate amount
of something.
77.
Sybarite: Selfindulgent person.
78.
Tawdry: Showy
but cheap.
79.
Tenacious: Keep
a firm hold on
something.
80.
Terse: Sparing
in the use of words.
81.
Tout: Attempt
to sell something by
aggressively
pestering.
82.
Trounce: Defeat
heavily in a
contest.
83.
Tutelage:
Authority over
someone or
something.
84.
Unconscionable:
Not right or
reasonable.
85.
Untoward:
Unexpected.
86.
Usury: Lending
money at unlawful
rates.
87.
Vehemently:
Showing strong
feelings.
88.
Veritable:
Using as an
intensifier.
89.
Vilify: Write
or speak in an
abusively
disparaging way.
90.
Vociferous:
Vehement.
91.
Wan: Pale with
the appearance of
illness.
92.
Wield: Hold and
use typically a
weapon or tool.
93.
Winsome:
Attractive
appearance or
character.
94.
Wry: Using dry
or mocking humour.
95.
Xenophobe: Fear
or dislike for
people of different
countries.
96.
Yeoman: A man
holding and
cultivating a field.
97.
Yen: Japanese
monetary unit.
98.
Yowl: A loud
wailing cry.
99.
Zenith: Peak.
Commonly confused words
1. It’s vs. Its
2. They’re vs. Their
vs. There
3. You’re vs. Your
4. Accept vs. Except
5. Access vs. Excess
6. Affect vs. Effect
7. Afflict vs. Inflict
8. Alludes vs. Eludes
9. Allusion vs.
Illusion
10.
Cite vs. Site
vs. Sight
11.
Conscious vs.
Conscience
12.
Could of vs.
Could have vs.
Could’ve
13.
Illicit vs.
Elicit
14.
Eminent vs.
Imminent
15.
Empathetic vs.
Emphatic
16.
Fewer vs. Less
17.
Many vs. Much
18.
Imitated vs.
Intimated
19.
Ingenuous vs.
Ingenious
20.
Patience vs.
Patients
21.
Perspective vs.
Prospective
22.
Respectfully
vs. Respectively
23.
Than vs. Then
24.
Wander vs.
Wonder