8th of June 2016 NUMBER WORD DEFINITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE 1 CAUSALITY The idea that something can cause another thing to exist Scientist found no causality between the events 2 VERITABLE True or real The rumour that Michael Jackson has a wife is not veritable 3 AFFLUENT Having a large amount of money His family was more affluent than most 4 BANE Killer or slayer Cancer was the main bane in humans’ death nowadays 5 BILK To cheat especially by taking money The garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made 9th of June 2016

NUMBER	WORD	DEFINITION	SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1	PARADIGM	A pattern for something that may be copied	The Freudian paradigm of psychoanalysis
2	PALLIATE	To make the effects (illness) less painful	Treatment that can palliate the painful symptoms of the disease
3	AMALGAMATION	To unite into one thing	Amalgamating different styles of music
4	POTPOURRI	A collection of different things	A potpourri of hit songs form the last 10 years
5	HARK	To pay close attention	Upon hearing the ring the teacher cried,”Hark! Is that a phone ? “

10th of June 2016

NUMBER	WORD	DEFINITION	SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1	INANE	Very silly or stupid	The film’s plot is inane and full of cliches
2	SUPERFICIAL	Not thorough or complete	A superficial analysis of the results
3	INADVERTENTLY	Not intended	He tripped the flower vase inadvertently
4	IMPASSE	A situation in which no progress seems possible	She had reached an impasse in her career
5	MUSES	To think about something carefully	I could sell the house, she mused, but then where would I go ?

11th of June 2016

NUMBER	WORD	DEFINITION	SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1	ALLUDING	To make indirect reference	Mrs Simons alluded to some health problems, without being specific
2	UNFORSEEABLE	Cannot be seen	Her future is currently unforeseeable due to her financial problem
3	IMPECCABLE	Free from error	She has impeccable taste of music
4	LITANY	A long list of complaints	The team blamed its losses on a litany of injuries
5	CHRONICLE	A description of events that happened orderly	A chronicle of the Civil War

12th of June 2016

NUMBER	WORD	DEFINITION	SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1	NOTION	An idea	He has some pretty strange notions
2	ARBITRARY	Not planned or chosen for a particular reason	It was a completely arbitrary decision
3	PERNICIOUS	Causing great harm that is not easily seen	The pernicious effects of jealousy
4	FRACTIOUS	Full of anger and disagreement	The fractious crowd grew violently
5	INOCULATE	To introduce something into the mind	Inoculated them with the idea that the individual can always make a difference in this world