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Vocab planner # day 1
Word list
- Abase
Syn. - degrade
- Abduction
Syn. - kidnapping
- Abet
Syn. - incite, provoke, urge
- Abhor
Syn. - hate, abominate, loathe, detest
- Abjure
Syn. - renounce, repudiate, relinquish
- Abrupt
Syn. - sudden, hasty, unexpected
- Aboriginal
Syn. - primitive, native, pristine
- Abdicate
Syn. - renounce, relinquish,
- Aberration
Syn. - deviation, anomaly, abnormality
- Abeyance
Syn. - suspension, waiting, reserved
- Abject
Syn. - poor, vile, wretched, worthless
- Abnegate
Syn. - renounce, denial
- Abominable
Syn. - hateful, detestable, odious, obnoxious
- Abrasion
syn. - friction, scrape
- Abrogate
syn. - abolish, repeal, quash, revoke, rescind
One word
- Democracy - by people
- Autocracy - by one people
- Bureaucracy - dominated by officials
- Monarchy - by a king
- Plutocracy - by a rich
- Gerontocracy - by old or elderly people
- Ochlocracy - mob rule
- Aristocracy - by the noble class
- Anarchy - absence of law and order
- Mobocracy - by the mob
- Oligarchy - by a few
- Despotism - by a powerful person
- Kakistocracy - by the worst man
- Red tapism - delay in official work due
to excessive formality
Idioms and phrases
- Above board
Meaning - open and honest
- Across the board
Meaning - applying to everyone or
to all cases
- Get one’s act together
Meaning - to get organised
- Ad hoc
Meaning - for a particular purpose
- Ad lib
Meaning - to speak without preparation
- Add fuel to fire
Meaning - make
a situation worse
- Add insult to injury
Meaning - to make matters worse
- Against the clock
Meaning - in
a hurry to get something
done before a certain time
- against the tide
Meaning - to go opposite to a trend
- clear the air
Meaning - sort out a situation
by
setting disagreements
prepositional phrases
- abound in or with something
- absolve somebody of a charge
- absorbed in some work
- abstain from something
- abide by a law
- refrain from something bad
- have the ability for something
- abundance of something
phrasal verbs
- ask after
- enquire about someone’s health,
how life is going
- ask around
- ask a number of people for
information or help
- ask for
- request to have or be given
- act on
- to take action
- back away/off
- retreat or go backwards
- back down
- take back from position/ proposal
in an argument
word list
- abscond
syn. - elope, flee, run off, decamp
- abstain
syn. - deny oneself, forbear, refrain
- abstruse
syn. - abstract, enigmatic, vague, obscure
- abundant
syn. - plentiful, abound, copious, replete
- abyss
syn. - bottomless, chasm, pit
- acclaim
syn. - applause, cheer, plaudit, praise
- accompany
syn. - go with, escort, chaperon
- accost
syn. - speak to, address, greet
- absolve
syn. - acquit, exonerate, forgive, exculpate
- abstemious
syn. - eats/drink sparingly, abstinent
- accessory
syn. - accomplice, helper, abettor
- abut
syn. - adjoin, meet
- accede
syn. - agree, assent, concur, consent, acquiesce
- accomplish
syn. - achieve, complete, perform
- accumulate
syn. - gather, collect, hoard, amass
one word
- calligrapher - artistic handwriting
- mercenary - hired to fight foreign army
- amateur - plays a sport for pleasure
- collier - coal miner
- polyglot - speaks many language
- philatelist - stamps
- draughtsman - technical drawing
- antiquary - collector of ancient relics
- vinter - wine
- linguist - languages
- architect - prepares plans for buildings
- jockey - horse-riding for races
- conjuror - magic tricks
- lexicographer - dictionary compiler
- professional - plays a sport for money
- pedagogue - teaching
- florist - sells flowers
- ethnologist - races and cultures
- sinecure - job with no work, high pay
- cartographer - maps
idiom and phrases
- into thin air - into nowhere
- put
on airs - to behave as
thought
one is superior to other
- all
and sundry - everybody,
one and all
- all ears - listen attentively
- all in - exhausted
- all in one piece - safe and undamaged
- all set - ready to go, prepared
- in
apple-pie order-
with everything tidy
and arranged
- rotten
apple - a person who will have
a bad influence on the group
prepositional phrases
- be abundant in something
- have access to something
/ somebody
- in accordance with a rule
- accuse(someone) of theft
- acquainted with a person
/thing
- acceptable to a person
- accountable for an action
phrasal verbs
- back out of
- fail to keep an agreement,
arrangement
- back up
- support
- bear on
- influence, affect
- bear out
- confirm that something
is correct
- bear with
- be patient
vocab planner # day 3
word list
- accuse
syn. - charge, blame, indict, arraign
- acerbity
syn. - bitterness, acrid, acrimonious
- acoustic
syn. - pertaining to sound
- acquiesce
syn. - consent, yield, agree, concur
- acquit
syn. - to free from accusation, absolve
- acrimonious
syn. - pungent, bitter, caustic, virulent
- acute
syn. - sharp, pointed
- adhere
syn. - stick, cling, hold
- accustom
syn. - to make familiar, train, habituate
- acme
syn. - summit, peak, zenith, apex, pinnacle
- acquire
syn. - get, procure
- acrid
syn. - pungent, bitter, caustic
- acumen
syn. - special ability, astuteness, sagacity
- adamant
syn. - stubborn, contumacious, obdurate
- adipose
syn. - fat, oily, sebaceous
one word
- anaemia - deficiency of blood
- contagious - spreads by touch
- panacea - cure for all ills
- epidemic -
spreads quickly over
a large area
- diagnosis - finding the causes of
diseases
- neurotic - nervous disorder
- hereditary - descending from
father to son
- anaesthetic - given to tranquilize
- infectious - spreads through air
- endemic - disease typical of
a region
- pathology - study of diseases
- antidote - given to counteract
a poison
- congenital - since birth
- amnesia - loss of memory
idiom and phrases
- upset the apple cart
- spoil plans or arrangements
- armed to the teeth
- fully equipped
- up in arms
- protest angrily
- get the axe
- be dismissed
- have an axe to grind
- bear a personal grudge
- back to the drawing board
- go back to from where you started
- bend over backwards
- take great pains to do something
- take a backseat
- take up an important role
- hit a bad patch
- pass through a difficult period
- in someone’s bad books
- out of favour with someone
prepositional phrases
- accustomed to v+ing
- acquainted with a person
- accede to a request
- account for an action
- adhere to a rule
- acquitted of a charge
- admit of an excuse
phrasal verbs
- blow out - extinguish
- blow over - when a bad time or phase ends
- blow up - explode, inflate
- breaks down - start crying, stop work
- break in - go into a building to steal something
- break out of - escape
vocab planner # day 4
word list
- adjunct
syn. - attachment, appendage, appurtenance
- affectation
syn. - show of pretence, artificiality, foppery
- aghast
syn. - amazed, appalled, terrified, startled
- adulterate
syn. - contaminate, mix to make impure
- advent
syn. - coming, arrival
- adversity
syn. - misfortune, suffering, affliction, misery
- affluent
syn. - rich, opulent, wealthy, moneyed
- agglomerate
syn. - pile, heap, accumulation, aggregation
- adjure
syn. - plead, appeal, beseech, entreat
- admonish
syn. - cold, reprimand, rebuke, reprove
- adroit
syn. - skilful, expert, dexterous
- akin
syn. - similar, analogous, cognate
- adverse
syn. - unfavourable, hostile, opposing
- affront
syn. - insult, abuse, chafe, indignity
- affable
syn. - friendly, genial, cordial
- aggravate
syn. - worsen, increase, heighten
one word
- chiropractor -spines and joints
- cardiologist -disorders of the hearts
- gynaecologist -women’s diseases
- optician -prepares and sells lenses
- osteopath -treatment of bones
- paediatrician -treatment of the children
- gerontologist -ageing effects
- obstetrician -delivery of babies
- dermatologist -treatment of skin
- optometrist -measures eyesight
- ophthalmologist -treatment of eye diseases
- trichologist -hair and scalp disorders
- oncologist -treatment of cancers
- orthopaedic -bones/muscles disorder
idiom and phrases
- the early bird catches the worm
Meaning - one who acts early gets advantage over others
- bite the bullet
Meaning - take a pleasant
challenge bravely
- bite the dust
Meaning - be defeated
- black sheep
Meaning - a member of a family/group
who is not as good as others
- in the black
Meaning - showing a profit (not in debt)
- wet blanket
Meaning - a dull person who kills
all the excitement
- a blessing in disguise
Meaning - something that appears
to be bad turns to be beneficial
- blow hot and cold
Meaning - keep
changing one’s
attitude
- blow the whistle on someone
Meaning - to
reveal someone’s
wrongdoing
- blue-eyed boy
Meaning - someone’s favourites or pet
prepositional phrases
- admit to or into a place
- adapt to addiction to
- get admission for a person
- have affection for a person
- adhere to a plan or cause
- alienated from somebody
- take advantage of something
- afflicted with
phrasal verbs
- break out -spread of a disease
- break up -finish a relationship
- bring about -make something happen
- bring round -persuade or convince someone
- bring in -succeed with
something difficult
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