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1. Aberration (noun) — a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one.

2. Accessory (noun) — a thing which can be added to something else in order to make it more useful, versatile, or attractive.

3. Acclivity (noun) — an upward slope.

4. Accommodation (noun) — a room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay.

5. Acquiescence (noun) — the reluctant acceptance of something without protest.

6. Adulterate (verb) — render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.

7. Aggrandize (verb) — increase the power, status, or wealth of.

8. Amateur (noun) — a person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid rather than a professional basis.

9. Ammunition (noun) — the projectiles with their fuses, propelling charges, or primers fired from guns.

10. Anaemia — (also spelled Anemia) a decrease in the total amount of red blood cells (RBCs) or hemoglobin in the blood, or a lowered ability of the blood to carry oxygen.

11. Anesthesia or anaesthesia (noun) — a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical purposes.

12. Apocalypse (noun) — the complete final destruction of the world

13. Apprentice

14. Archipelago (noun) — an extensive group of islands.

15. Assassin (noun) — a person who murders an important person for political or religious reasons.

16. Avaricious (adjective) — having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

17. Besiege (verb) — surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.

18. Bourgeois (adjective) — belonging to or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

19. Brilliant (adjective) — exceptionally clever or talented.

20. Bulletin (noun) — a short official statement or broadcast summary of news.

21. Burglar (noun) — a person who commits burglary (= illegal entry of a building with intent to commit a crime, especially theft).

22. Camouflage (noun) — the disguising of military personnel, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surroundings.

23. Celestial (adjective) — positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy.

24. Cemetery (noun) — a large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard.

25. Challenge (noun) — a task or situation that tests someone’s abilities.

26. Cigarette (noun) — an object similar to a cigarette containing a narcotic or herbal substance.

27. Colonel (noun) — a rank of officer in the army and in the US air force, above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier or brigadier general.

28. Commemoration (noun) — the action or fact of commemorating a dead person or past event.

29. Commencement (noun) — the beginning of something.

30. Commission

31. Committee

32. Commodity

33. Complaisant (adjective) — willing to please others or to accept what they do or say without protest.

34. Contemporaneous

35. Contemptuous

36. Councillor/Counsellor

37. Counterfeit

38. Corrigendum (noun) — A correction of an error, especially in a printed document.

39. Curriculum

40. Delinquency

41. Dilemma

42. Dilettante (noun) — a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.

43. Disciplinarian

44. Disquieting

45. Dyspepsia (noun) — indigestion

46. Elephantiasis (noun) — a condition in which a limb or other part of the body becomes grossly enlarged due to obstruction of the lymphatic vessels.

47. Embarrassment

48. Encyclopedia

49. Erroneous

50. Etiquette

51. Exaggerate

52. Factitious

53. Flicker

54. Frighten

55. Gargantuan (adjective) — enormous

56. Grandeur (noun) — splendour and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style.

57. Guerrilla

58. Gymnasium

59. Hereditary

60. Hippopotamus (noun) — a large thick-skinned semiaquatic African mammal.

61. Homogeneous

62. Honorary

63. Humorous

64. Hyacinth (noun) — a bulbous plant of the lily family

65. Idiosyncrasy (noun) — a mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual.

66. Inapplicable

67. Incorrigible (adjective) — (of a person or their behaviour) not able to be changed or reformed.

68. Indefatigable (adjective) — (of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly.

69. Infinitesimal (adjective) — extremely small.

70. Inheritance

71. Interruption

72. Indigenous

73. Irreconcilable (adjective) — (of ideas or statements) so different from each other that they cannot be made compatible.

74. Irresponsible

75. Irreversible

76. Itinerant (adjective) — travelling from place to place.

77. Jewelry

78. Leisure

79. Magniloquent (adjective) — using high-flown or bombastic language.

80. Maintenance

81. Malediction

82. Manoeuvre (noun) — a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.

83. Masquerade (noun) — a false show or pretence.

84. Mediterranean

85. Mellifluous (adjective) — (of a sound) pleasingly smooth and musical to hear.

86. Mercenary

87. Millennium

88. Millionaire

89. Misspell

90. Monotonous

91. Multifarious (adjective) — many and of various types.

92. Nauseous (adjective) — affected with nausea; feeling inclined to vomit.

93. Omelet/ Omelette (noun) — a dish of beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan and served plain or with a savoury or sweet topping or filling.

94. Omission

95. Opprobrious (adjective) — (of language) expressing scorn or criticism.

96. Orthodoxy

97. Oscillate

98. Palliate (verb) — make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe without removing the cause.

99. Pedagogue

100. Perennial (adjective) — lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.

101. Peevish (adjective) — having or showing an irritable disposition.

102. Physique

103. Pomegranate (noun) — a spherical fruit with a tough golden-orange outer skin and sweet red gelatinous flesh containing many seeds.

104. Predecessor

105. Procession

106. Pronunciation

107. Questionnaire

108. Sophomore

109. Stratagem

110. Superintendent

111. Surveillance

112. Remuneration

113. Renaissance

114. Turpitude (noun) — depraved or wicked behaviour or character.

115. Vicissitude (noun) — a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.