F5 T2 English Vocab exam

Abstention

choosing not to do something, especially not voting (n.)

Accolade

praise and approval (n.)

Aggregate

formed by adding together several amounts or things; total (v./n./adj.)

An array of

a large or impressive group of things (phr.)

Capacity

the total amount that can be contained or produced (n.)

Catastrophe

a sudden event that causes great damage or suffering; a total disaster (n.)

Debut

the first time that something appears in public (n./v.)

Defect

a fault or problem in something or someone that spoils that thing or person or causes it, him, or her not to work correctly (n./v.)

Deliver

to achieve or produce something that has been promised (v.)

Deplete

smaller or less than before (v.)

Designate

to choose someone officially to do a particular job (v.)

Disperse

to spread across or move away over a large area (v.)

Disrupt

to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected (v.)

Eliminate

to remove or take away someone or something (v.)

Endorse

to make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone (v.)

Enormity

very great size or importance (n.)

Exquisitely

in a very beautiful and delicate way (adv.)

Frenetically

in a way that involves a lot of excited movement or activity (adv.)

Guile

clever but sometimes dishonest behaviour used to deceive others (n.)

Hail

to publicly praise or show approval for a person or an achievement (v./n.)

Humiliate

make you feel ashamed or stupid (v.)

Illuminating

giving you new information about a subject or making it easier to understand (adj.)

Immunise

to protect someone against a particular disease or infection by introducing special substances into the body, esp. by injection (v.)

Inaugurate

to put someone into an official position with a ceremony (v.)

Irreversible

not possible to change; impossible to return to a previous condition (adj.)

Lethal

deadly or capable of causing death (adj.)

Leverage

to use something that you already have in order to achieve something new (v./n.)

Malicious

intended to harm or upset other people (adj.)

Masquerade

to pretend or appear to be (v./n.)

Novice

a person who is not experienced in a job or situation (n.)

Pave the way

to make it easier for something else to happen in the future (phr.)

Persist

if an unpleasant feeling or situation persists, it continues to exist (v.)

Phenomenal

extremely successful or special, especially in a surprising way (adj.)

Plagiarism

the process or practice of using another person's ideas or work and pretending that it is your own (n.)

Prerequisite

something that must exist or happen before something else can exist or happen (n./adj.)

Prestigious

very much respected and admired, usually because of being important (adj.)

Proliferation

the fact of something increasing a lot and suddenly in number or amount (n.)

Recurring

happening many times, or happening again (adj.)

Spike

a very high amount, price, or level, usually before a fall (v./n.)

Startling

surprising and sometimes worrying (adj.)

Stipulate

to say exactly how something must be done (v.)

Susceptible

easily influenced or harmed by something (adj.)

Viable

able to work as intended or able to succeed (adj.)