A

abet /'bet/
abiding /'baidi/
able /'ebl/ adj.
accommodate /'kmdeit/
accommodation /km'den/ accommodations
acme /kmi/ acmatic (adj)
acute /'kyut/
adamant /'dmnt/
adaptable /'dptbl/
adept (n) /'dpt/
adroit /'drit/
advocate /'dvkeit/
akin /kin/
alien /eilin/
allay /lei/
allegation /l'gein/
allocate /'lkeit/
aloof /'luf/
ambiguous /m'bigyus/
ample /'mpl/
analogous /'nlgs/
analogy /'nldi/
animosity /n'msi/
antipathy /n'tipi/
apparent /'prnt ; 'pr-/
appease /'piz/

arbiter /'rb/
arbitrary /'rbtrri/
arbitrator /:rbtretr/
archaic (adj) /r'kei-ik/
arduous /'rdus/
assuage /'sweid/
authenticate /:entikeit/
avaricious /v'ris/ avarice (n)
aversion /v:rn/
avocation /vokein/
B
benign /bi'nain/
bequest /bi'kwst/
birth /b/ n.
biting /'baii/
blatant /'bleitnt/
C
candid (adj) /'kndid/
candor /'knd/ (n)
cantankerous /kn'tkrs/
capacious /k'peis/
caprice (n) /kpri:s/
capricious /k'pris/
careful /'krfl/
carnal /'krnl/
censorious /sen's:ris/
champion /'tmpin/
changeable /'teindbl/

cheeky /ti:ki/
circumspect /'skmspkt/
circumspect /'skmspkt/
clandestine /kln'dstin/
clement /'klemnt/ clemency (n)
clever /'klv/ adj.
comely /'kmli/
commode /kmod/
commodious /k'modis/
comparable /'kmprbl/
compatible /km'pbl/
complacent /km'pleisnt/
conceal /kn'sil/ v. concealed
concur /kn'k/
congenial (adj)/kn'dinyl/
congruent /k'grunt 'kgrunt/
congruous /'kgrus/
conspicuous /kn'spikyus/
constant /'knstnt/
contentious /kn'tns/
convocation /k:nvkein/
convoke /kn'vok/
corporeal /k:r'p:ril/
corroborate /k'rbreit/
courier /'kri 'k-/
course /krs/
covert /'kovt 'k- ko'vt/
covetous /kvts/

creation /kri'ein/
credible /'krdbl/
credo /'krido/
credulous /kredls/= gullible /glbl/
creed /kri:d/
cryptic /'kriptik/
curriculum /k'rikylm/
cursory /'ksri/
cutting /'ki/
D
deft /dft/ adj.
defunct /di'fkt/
delegate /'dlgeit/ v /'dlgit/ n.
delete /di'lit/
depressed /di'prst/
dexterous /'dkstrs/
digress (v)/dai'grs di-/
digression (n) /dai'gren/
discreet /di'skrit/
dissident /'disdnt/
distinct /di'stikt/
diurnal /dai:rnl/
doctrine /'dktrin/
dogma /'dgm 'dgm/
dolorous /dolrs/
dupe /dup/

E
economical /k'nmikl i-/
eerie /'iri/
emaciated /i'meiieiid/
embellish /im'bli/ embellishment (n)
emollient (adj) /i'mlynt/
endorse /in'drs/
enigmatic /nig'mik/
enmity /'nmi/
ephemeral /i'fmrl/
equivocal /i'kwivkl/
erase /i'reis/
erratic /i'rik/
espouse /'spaz i-/
eternal /i'tnl/
evanescent /v'nsnt/
everlasting /v'lsti/
evident /'vdnt/
exhaustive /ig'zstiv/
expert /'kspt/
expunge /ik'spnd/
F
fair /fr/ adj.
fickle /'fikl/
flighty /'flaii/
flippant /'flipnt/
forthright /'frrait/
forthrightness /'f:rratns/

frank /frk/
fresh /fr/ adj.
frugal /'frugl/
fugacious /fju:geis/
fugitive /'fyudiv/
furtive /'fiv/
G
garrulous /'grls/
gaunt /gnt ; gnt/
genesis /'dnsis/
gloomy /'glumi/
glum /glm/
grave /greiv grv/
grumpy /'grmpi/
gull /gl/
gullible /'glbl/
H
haggard /'hgd/
handsome /'hnsm/
haphazard /hp'hzd/
harmonious /hr'monis/
hidebound /haidband/
hurried /'hid 'hrid/
I
ill-tempered
imbued /im'byud/
impertinent /im'ptn-nt/
impetuous /im'ptus/

implacable /im'plkbl/
impregnated /im'prgneitid/
impressionable /im'prnbl/
improvident /impr:vidnt/
impulsive /im'plsiv/
incessant /in'ssnt/
incongruous /in'kgrus/
incorruptible /inkrptbl/
incredible /in'krdbl/
indifferent /in'difrnt/
inflexible /in'flksbl/
ingenuous /in'dnyus/
ingenuousness
inheritance /in'hrins/
insignificant /insig'nifknt/
intractable /in'trktbl/
intransigent /in'trnsdnt -z-/
inviolable /in'vailbl/
irascible /i'rsbl/
irresolute /irezlu:t/
J
jargon /'drgn/
jovial /'dovil/
K
keen /kin/
kindred /'kindrid/
L
laborious /l'bris/

lacerate /'lsreit/
legacy /'lgsi/
loquacious /lo'kweis/
lucrative /'lukriv/
lucre /lu:kr/
lugubrious /l'gubris/
M
malevolence /m'lvlns/
malice /'mlis/
malicious /m'lis/
malleable /'mlibl/
mandatory /mndt:ri/
manifest /'mnfst/
manifold /'mnfold/
mercenary /'msnri/
mercurial /m'kyril/
misanthropy /misnrpi/
mitigate /'migeit/
mollify /'mlfai/
mollifying /'mlfai-i/
monocle /mnkl/
monogamy /m'ngmi/
monogram /'mngrm/
monotonous /m'ntn-s/
moody /'mudi/
morose /m'ros/
moroseness (n)
multifarious /mlti'fris/

multitudinous /mltitu:dins/
mysterious /mi'stiris/
N
nebula /'nbyl/
nebulous /'nbyls/
negligible /'nglidbl/
nettle /'nl/
O
obligatory /'bligtri/
obstinate /'bstnit/
obstinate /'bstnit/
old-fashioned
omnidirectional
/:mnidreknl/ ; /:mnidireknl/ ; /:mnidaireknl/
omnipotent /m'nipnt/
omnipresent /:mnipreznt/
omniscient /m'nint/
open
optimistic /pt'mistik/
optional /'pnl/
origin /'rdin 'r-/
ostensible (adj)/'stnsbl/
outspoken /at'spokn/ adj. outspokenness
P
pacify /'psfai/
paragon /'prgn/
paraphrase (n) /'prfreiz/
parsimonious /prs'monis/

peeve (n) /pi:v/

peevish /pi:vi/
peripheral /p'rifrl/
permanent /'pmnnt/
permeated /'pmieitid/
persevering /p:rsvr/
plausible /'plzbl/
pliable /'plaibl/
pliant /plaint/
poignant /'pinynt/
pragmatic (adj)/prg'mik/
precocious /pri'kos/ (adj)
precociousness (n)
presentable /pri'znbl/
pretext /'pritkst/
private /'praivit/
prodigal /pr:digl/
proffer /'prf/
proficient /pr'fint/
profligate /'prflgit/
prolix /proliks/
prolonged /pr'ld/
protracted /pro'trktid pr-/
provide /pr'vaid/
provident /'prvdnt/
proximity /prk'simi/
prudent /'prudnt/
puncture /'pkt/

pungent /'pndnt/
R
rancor /'rk/
reasonable /'riznbl/
rebirth /ri'b 'rib/
rebuff /ri'bf/
reconcile /'rknsail/
recur /ri'k/
rejoinder /ri'dind/
reliable /ri'laibl/
renaissance /'rnzns -sns rn'sns/
repudiate /ri'pyudieit/
resolute /'rzlut/
resolve (v) /rz:lv/ ; /rz:lv/
resurgence /ri'sdns/
retardation /ritr'dein/
retort /ri'trt/
S
sacred /'seikrid/
sanction /'skn/
sanguine /'sgwin/
saturated (adj) /streitid/
saturation (n) /stren/
saturnine /strnain/
scruple /'skrupl/
scrupulous /'skrupyls/
sedate /si'deit/
sensual /'snul/

sincere /sin'sir/
slapdash /'slpd/
sly /slai/
sober /'sob/
sodden /'sdn/
softening /'sfn-i/
solemn /'slm/
soothing /su-i/
specious /'spis/
spendthrift /'spndrift/
sporadic /sp'rdik/

stable /'steibl/
standoffish /stn'dfi/
steadfast /'stdfst/
stealthy /steli/
steep /stip/ adj. steeped
straightforwardness /stretf:rwrdns/
strange /streind/
strenuous /'strnyus/
stubborn /'stbn/
subjugate /'sbdgeit/
subjugation (n) /sbdugen/
substantiate /sb'stnieit/
sullen /'sln/
summit /'smit/
superficial /sup'fil/
supple /'spl/
supposition /sp'zin/
surreptitious /sp'tis srp-/
T
tacit /'tsit/
taciturn /'tstn/
tawdry /'tdri/
tenuous /'tnyus/
thorough /'o 'ro/
thoughtless /'tlis/
thrifty /rifti/
timeless /'taimlis/
tirade /'taireid/

toilsome /tilsm/
tractable /'trktbl/
transient /'trnnt/
transitory /'trnztri/
trivial /'trivil/
U
unapproachable /n'protbl/
unassailable /nseilbl/
uncanny (adj)/n'kni/
underhand /'ndhnd/
unequivocal /ni'kwivkl/
unjustifiable /ndstfabl/
unprecedented /n'prsdnid/
unremitting /nri'mii/
unscrupulous /n'skrupyls/
unshakable /nekbl/
unsteady /n'stdi/
unsympathetic /nsimp'ik/
untouchable /n'ttbl/
unwarranted /n'wrnid -'wr-/
unwavering /nwevri/
unyielding /n'yildi/
urban /'bn/
urbane /'bein/ : lch s, tao nh
vacillate /'vsleit/
vacillating
vanguard /'vngrd/ : tin phong

verbal /'vbl/
verbatim /v'beiim/
verbiage /v:rbiid/
verbose /v'bos/ verbosity (n)
verify /'vrfai/
vituperative /vai'tupriv -reiiv/
vocal /'vokl/
vocation /vo'kein/
vocational /vo'keinl/
volatile /'vll/
voluble /v:ljbl/
voluntary /'vlntri/
waive /weiv/
warrant /'wrnt 'w-/ : giy php
weird /wird/
whimsical /'wimzikl/
workable /'wkbl/
wry /rai/ : nhn nh gh tm
zenith /'zini/