The students' companion by Best Wilfred D

Author:Best, Wilfred D
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: English language Dictionaries
Publisher: Harlow : Longman
Published: 1991-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

SMALL WORDS FOR BIG ONES

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inanimate lifeless

indolent, otiose lazy

lascivious lewd

deficiency lack

missive letter

vivacious lively

amiable lovable

delitescent latent

munificent liberal

clemency leniency

salacious lustful

effulgence lustre

hilarious merry

abstemious moderate

banausic mechanical

lugubrious mournful

esoteric mysterious

fallacious misleading

labyrinth maze

miscellaneous mixed

alimony maintenance

matrimony marriage

venal mercenary

deride mock

mucedinous mouldy

rabid mad

hypochondriacal melancholy

humidity moisture

obstreperous, fremescent,

boisterous noisy

indigenous, vernacular native

sobriquet nickname

contiguity nearness

adjacent near

anonymous nameless

proximity nearness

oleaginous oily

unguent ointment

provenance origin

umbrage offence

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avocation occupation

elliptical oval

extortionate oppressive

translucent opaque

senile old

pristine original

impecunious penniless

encomium, eulogy praise

impuissant powerless

collateral parallel

indigent poor

calligraphy,

chirography penmanship

depurate purify

aperient purgative

tableau picture

demotic popular

perad venture perhaps

commiseration pity

lucrative profitable

predatory plundering

echinated prickly

verisimilitude probability

concierge porter

hauteur pride

prophylactic preventive

copious plentiful

petulant peevish

defecate purify

rapine plunder

contaminate pollute

orison prayer

penitentiary prison

enigma puzzle

cantankerous quarrelsome

charlatan quack

expeditious quick

conundrum riddle

guerdon reward

recapitulate summarise

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