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Accede

To agree to a request or accept a position

Acrimonious

Bitter and angry in tone

Adroit

Clever and skilful

Adversity

Difficulties or misfortune

Aerophobia

Fear of flying

Agoraphobia

Fear of situations where escape may be difficult

Alfresco

In the open air

Allegory

A story with a hidden symbolic meaning

Altruist

A person who cares about others' welfare

Ambiguous

Having more than one possible meaning

Amiable

Friendly and pleasant

Anarchist

A person who opposes established government or authority

Annihilate

To destroy completely

Antagonism

Hostility or opposition

Antediluvian

Extremely old or outdated

Aplomb

Self-confidence and composure

Arduous

Difficult and requiring great effort

Atelophobia

Fear of imperfection

Avery

A brand name; intended vocabulary meaning needs verification

Barren

Unable to produce crops; unproductive

Bellicose

Aggressive and eager to fight

Belligerent

Hostile and aggressive

Benevolence

Kindness and generosity

Benevolent

Kind and generous

Bias

An unfair preference for or against someone or something

Botany

The scientific study of plants

Brevity

The quality of being brief

Brittle

Easily broken

Burlesque

A comic imitation that exaggerates its subject

Cantankerous

Bad-tempered and argumentative

Carcinogenic

Capable of causing cancer

Charlatan

A person who falsely claims to have special knowledge or skills

Cheeky

Impudently playful or disrespectful

Condominium

An individually owned apartment in a shared building

Conundrum

A difficult problem or puzzle

Corpulent

Excessively overweight

Cortege

A procession, especially at a funeral

Credulous

Too ready to believe things

Cunning

Clever at achieving goals through deceit or trickery

Decipher

To work out the meaning of something difficult to understand

Defer

To postpone until later

Depreciation

A decrease in value

Dipsomaniac

A person with an uncontrollable craving for alcohol

Disconcerting

Causing confusion or uneasiness

Disillusioned

Disappointed after discovering the truth

Dismay

Sudden distress or disappointment

Ebullient

Cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic

Emaciated

Extremely thin, usually from illness or lack of food

Eminent

Famous and respected

Enervate

To weaken or drain energy

Enigma

A mystery or something difficult to understand

Epilogue

A concluding section of a literary work

Epitaph

An inscription on a tombstone

Erroneous

Incorrect or mistaken

Esoteric

Understood by only a small group with specialised knowledge

Espionage

The practice of spying

Ethology

The scientific study of animal behaviour

Evanescent

Disappearing quickly

Exalted

Held in high regard or elevated in rank

Exonerate

To clear someone of blame or guilt

Expedient

Convenient or practical in a particular situation

Extravagant

Excessive in spending or display

Eyrie

A large bird of prey's nest, especially an eagle's

Falbala

A decorative frill or flounce on clothing

Fastidious

Very attentive to detail; difficult to please

Fecund

Fertile or highly productive

Feisty

Lively, spirited and determined

Feline

Relating to cats

Fervently

With intense passion or enthusiasm

Fickle

Frequently changing one's opinions or loyalties

Flippant

Not showing proper seriousness

Flummoxed

Confused or bewildered

Folly

Foolishness or a foolish act

Fraudulent

Involving deception or fraud

Frequency

The rate at which something occurs

Frisky

Playful, lively and energetic

Frugal

Careful about spending money

Gerophobia

Fear or aversion to ageing or old age

Gratuitous

Unnecessary or unjustified

Gregarious

Sociable and fond of company

Grotesque

Strange or ugly in a disturbing way

Hedonist

A person who seeks pleasure as a primary goal

Histrionic

Overly dramatic or theatrical

Humdrum

Dull and monotonous

Hysterical

Overcome by intense, uncontrolled emotion

Illicit

Illegal or forbidden

Immaculate

Perfectly clean or flawless

Imminent

About to happen very soon

Imperious

Arrogant and domineering

Impetuous

Acting hastily without thinking

Impudent

Disrespectfully bold or rude

Inadvertently

Unintentionally or by accident

Incorrigible

Impossible or very difficult to reform

Inexpedient

Unwise or unsuitable in the circumstances

Infallible

Incapable of making mistakes

Innocuous

Harmless or unlikely to cause offence

Insolvent

Unable to pay one's debts

Intransigent

Unwilling to compromise

Iridescent

Showing changing colours in the light