BNC Complete List

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How do you learn English vocabulary? What sources do you have to identify words that are most likely to be used in your exams, especially in IELTS and IGCSE? Grow your word stock with visual and vocalized media. Presented below are a little less than 3,000 words that appear 800 to 3,000 times in British National Corpus, a tenth billion word collection, according to A. Kilgarriff.

Each group from PG01 to PG30 represents more or less 100 words with descending frequency, to wit, PG01 words appears more often than those in PG02. Click any group to quickly move to the words list.

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LEXIPIC: British National Corpus (BNC) Series - PG01

Words that appear 28 to 30 times per million

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PG01 accurate to contrary

PG01 counter to grave

PG01 hint to mortgage

PG01 mouse to satisfaction

PG01 seal to visible

• accurate: correct, precise, exact, right, factual
• apple:
• approximately: roughly, about, around, more or less
• awful: disgusting, nasty, terrible, dreadful, ghastly, horrid
• burden: load, weight, responsibility, onus, charge, duty

• bury: hide, conceal, cover, inter, lay to rest
• capture: catch, apprehend, seize, arrest, occupy
• catalogue: inventory, record, register, index, directory, listing
• cease: come to a halt, end, halt, stop, conclude, terminate
• cheese:

• cheque: payment, settlement, money, fee
• childhood: youth, early years, infancy, babyhood, pre-teens
• clinical:
• confuse: bewilder, baffle, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle
• confusion: uncertainty, unsureness, indecision, hesitation, scepticism, doubt

• considerably: greatly, much, very much, a great deal, a lot
• constitutional: legal, lawful, legitimate, licit, authorized
• consult: ask, seek advice from, confer, discuss, talk
• consultation: interview, conference, discussion, dialogue, discourse, debate
• contrary: opposite, reverse, converse, antithesis

• counter: parry, hit back at, answer, respond to, retort to
• dare: be brave enough, have the courage, take the risk
• democrat:
• determination: resolution, resolve, resoluteness
• developing:

• dimension: proportions, measurements, extent, size
• discharge: dismiss, remove, eject, expel, deprive of office
• dish: bowl, plate, soup plate, platter, salver
• distant: faraway, far off, long ago, bygone, away, off, apart
• distribute: give out, deal out, hand out, hand round, issue, dispense

• drift: be carried, be carried along, be carried away
• economics: financial affairs, commerce, business
• emphasise: bring attention to, draw attention to, highlight, point up
• evaluation: assessment, appraisal, judgement, gauging, rating, estimation
• exceed: surpass, outdo, outstrip, outshine, outclass, transcend, top

• fabric: cloth, material, textile, stuff, tissue, web
• fixed: fastened, secure, firm, predetermined, set, established
• fortune: chance, accident, coincidence, serendipity, twist of fate
• furthermore: moreover, further, what's more, also, additionally, in addition
• grave: burying place, tomb, sepulchre, vault, burial chamber

• hint: imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest, indicate, signal, whisper
• hire: employ, engage, recruit, appoint, take on
• historian: chronicler, annalist, archivist, recorder, biographer
• honest: truthful, sincere, candid, frank, direct
• hunt: chase, give chase to, pursue, stalk

• impress: make an impression on, have an impact on, influence, affect, leave a mark on
• impressive: awesome, magnificent, majestic, imposing, splendid
• interval: interim, interlude, stretch, distance, span
• isolated: remote, out of the way, outlying, solitary, lonely
• journal: periodical, publication, magazine, gazette

• lane: byroad, byway, bridleway, alley
• lecture: speech, talk, address, discourse, disquisition, presentation
• leisure: free time, spare time, spare moments
• lend: loan, advance, give credit, credit, allow
• lover: boyfriend, girlfriend

• lower: move down, let down, reduce, decrease, lessen
• luck: fortune, fate, destiny, lot, stars
• merchant: trader, dealer, trafficker, wholesaler
• monetary: financial, fiscal, pecuniary, money, cash, economic
• mortgage: credit, advance

• mouse: copy the file with a click of the mouse
• movie: film, picture, motion picture
• musical: melodic, melodious, harmonious
• opponent: rival, adversary, opposer, the opposition
• palace: official residence, royal residence, castle, mansion

• participant: participator, contributor, sharer, party, member
• participate: take part, engage, join, get involved, share
• perceive: discern, recognize, become cognizant of, become aware of
• percentage: rating, grade, mark, portion, part, division
• pink: rosy, rose, rose-coloured, rosé, pale red

• pot: cooking utensil, container, receptacle, vessel
• precise: exact, accurate, correct, error-free, pinpoint, specific, detailed
• proof: evidence, verification, corroboration, authentication, confirmation, certification
• publisher:
• rape: sexual assault, sexual abuse

• recruit: enlist, sign up, enrol, hire, employ, take on
• replacement: renewal, replacing, successor
• residential: suburban
• salary: pay, earnings, remuneration, fee, fees, emolument
• satisfaction: contentment, content, pleasure, gratification, fulfilment

• seal: fasten, secure, shut, close up, lock, bolt, board up
• secondly: furthermore, also, moreover
• seed: pip, stone, pit, nut, kernel, germ
• shopping: acquisition, investment, buy, order, deal, bargain
• silly: foolish, stupid, unintelligent, idiotic

• spare: extra, supplementary, additional, second
• sponsor: backer, financier, subsidizer, underwriter, guarantor, benefactor
• stomach: abdomen, belly, gut, middle
• storage:
• supplement: augment, increase, add to, boost, swell, amplify, enlarge

• supposed: apparent, seeming, alleged, putative, reputed, rumoured, claimed
• sustain: comfort, help, assist, encourage, succour, support
• tackle: apply oneself to, address oneself to, address, set about
• talent: flair, aptitude, facility, gift, knack, technique
• twist: crumple, crush, buckle, mangle, warp, contort, screw up

• ultimately: eventually, in the end, in the long run, at length
• upstairs:
• vessel: boat, ship, yacht, container, receptacle
• visible: perceptible, perceivable, seeable, observable

LEXIPIC: British National Corpus (BNC) Series - PG02

Words that appear 26 to 28 times per million

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PG02 absorb to composition

PG02 compound to filter

PG02 fold to operating

PG02 participation to spite

PG02 stamp to wire

• absorb: soak up, suck up, draw in, draw up, take in
• acceptance: receipt, receiving, taking, obtaining, acquiring
• adapt: modify, alter, make alterations to, change, adjust
• adjust: modify, alter, regulate, tune, fine-tune, calibrate, balance
• admission: acknowledgement, acceptance, recognition, concession

• airport: airfield, airstrip, landing strip, runway
• alongside: beside, by the side of, on the edge of, alongside, next to
• announcement: statement, report, declaration, proclamation, pronouncement
• automatically:
• bathroom: lavatory, wc, water closet

• bell: chime, gong, alarm
• blind: visually impaired, unsighted, sightless, visionless
• boost: improve, raise, uplift, increase, augment, magnify
• bow: incline the body
• breast: mammary gland

• brick:
• ceiling: roof, vault, vaulting
• chase: pursue, run after, follow, hunt
• classroom:
• composition: make-up, constitution, configuration, structure

• compound: be composed of, be made up of
• compromise: meet each other halfway
• concert: musical performance, musical entertainment, show
• concrete:
• confine: enclose, incarcerate, imprison, intern, impound

• constituency: area, region, place
• continuous: continual, uninterrupted, unbroken, constant
• conviction: declaration of guilt
• corridor: passage, passageway, aisle
• deaf: hard of hearing, hearing-impaired, with impaired hearing

• deliberately: intentionally, on purpose, purposely
• designer: creator, deviser, producer, inventor
• detective: investigator, private detective
• dig: cultivate, till, harrow, plough
• dirty: soiled, grimy, grubby, filthy

• divorce: dissolution, annulment, official separation
• drain: empty, empty out, remove the contents of
• excitement: exhilaration, elation, animation, enthusiasm
• extraordinary: remarkable, exceptional, amazing, astonishing
• filter: sieve, strain, sift, filtrate

• fold: double, double over, double up
• fool: idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop
• found: establish, set up, start, begin
• grab: seize, grasp, snatch
• graduate: qualify, pass one's exams

• grateful: thankful, filled with gratitude, appreciative
• halt: stop, come to a halt, come to a stop
• headquarters: head office, main office
• imagination: imaginative faculty, creative power, fancy
• inevitable: unavoidable, inescapable, bound to happen

• joy: delight, great pleasure, joyfulness
• junior: younger, youngest
• known: familiar, known about, well known
• limitation: restriction, curb, restraint, constraint
• liquid: fluid

• magistrate: judge, her honour, his honour
• manual: done with one's hands, labouring, physical
• mystery: puzzle, enigma, conundrum, riddle
• newly: not long ago, a short time ago
• operating: work, make go, run, set off

• participation: involvement, taking part
• pin: badge, brooch, sticker
• pleasant: enjoyable, pleasing, pleasurable
• poetry: poems, verse, verses, versification
• pose: constitute, present, create, cause

• praise: commend, express approval of
• pretend: make as if, profess, affect
• profile: side view, outline, silhouette
• psychological: mental, emotional, intellectual
• readily: willingly, without hesitation

• refugee: displaced person, dp, escapee
• rid: clear, free, make free, cleanse
• running: sprinting, sprint, racing
• sensible: practical, realistic, responsible
• shed: hut, lean-to, outhouse

• shell: carapace, outside, exterior
• shrug:
• snap: break, break in two, break into two
• so-called: inappropriately named
• spite: malice, maliciousness, ill will

• stamp:
• stem: staunch, stop, halt, check
• strengthen: make strong, make stronger, build up
• summit: top, peak, mountaintop, crest
• surgery: therapy, medical attention

• surrounding:
• thereby:
• tissue: matter, material, substance, stuff
• tongue:
• transform: change, alter, modify, convert

• transition: change, move, passage, transformation
• turnover: revenue, gross revenue, income
• unemployed: jobless, out of work, out of a job
• unity: union, unification, integration
• universe: cosmos, macrocosm, totality

• vegetable: herb, flower, shrub, weed
• violent: brutal, vicious, savage, harsh
• ward: room, compartment, department
• weakness: frailty, feebleness, enfeeblement
• wire:

LEXIPIC: British National Corpus (BNC) Series - PG03

Words that appear 25 to 26 times per million

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PG03 advocate_to_completion

PG03 consciousness_to_gesture

PG03 govern_to_passion

PG03 personally_to_stir

PG03 sufficiently_to_virtue

• advocate: recommend, prescribe, commend, advise
• aids: HIV infection
• album: record, book
• amendment: revision, alteration, change, modification
• architect: designer, planner, builder

• asleep: sleeping, fast asleep, sound asleep
• besides: apart from, other than, aside from
• broken: smashed, shattered, burst
• button: fastener, stud, link, toggle
• carbon:

• cattle: cows, bovines, oxen, bulls
• chart: graph, table, tabulation, grid
• charter: authority, authorization, sanction
• clever: intelligent, bright, smart, brilliant
• coalition: alliance, union, partnership, affiliation

• coin: piece, bit
• commonly: often, frequently, regularly, repeatedly
• communicate: liaise, be in touch, be in contact
• companion: associate, partner, escort, consort
• completion: realization, accomplishment, achievement

• consciousness: awareness, wakefulness, alertness
• consequently: as a result, as a consequence, in consequence
• constraint: restriction, limitation, curb, check
• contest: compete for, contend for, vie for
• cream:

• desperate: despairing, hopeless
• diary: journal, memoir, chronicle, log
• discourse: discussion, conversation, talk, dialogue
• disturb: disarrange, muddle, rearrange
• dust: fine powder, fine particles

• evident: obvious, apparent, noticeable, conspicuous
• expertise: skill, skilfulness, expertness
• exploit: utilize, make use of, put to use
• feminist:
• flash: light up, shine, flare, blaze

• flesh: muscle, tissue, muscle tissue
• forecast: predict, prophesy, prognosticate
• frighten: scare, startle, alarm, terrify
• fulfil: succeed in, attain, realize, consummate
• gesture: signal, signalling, sign, signing

• govern: rule, preside over, be in power over
• grade: rank, level, echelon, standing
• grammar: syntax, rules of language
• guideline: recommendation, instruction, direction
• heaven: paradise, nirvana, the kingdom of heaven

• hers:
• holding: territory, region, state, department
• horror: terror, fear, fear and trembling
• infant: baby, newborn, young child
• injure: hurt, wound, harm, damage

• jury: committee, council, board
• leather: skin, hide
• mail: post, parcel, letter
• margin: edge, side, bank, verge, border
• moon: satellite

• nerve: nerve fibre
• objection: protest, protestation, demur
• observer: spectator, onlooker, watcher
• occasional: infrequent, intermittent, irregular
• passion: sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem

• personally: in person, oneself
• potato: yam, tater, murphy
• pray: say one's prayers, be at prayer
• pride: pleasure, joy, delight, gratification
• printer: publisher, pressperson

• privilege: advantage, right, benefit, prerogative, entitlement, birthright, due
• prosecution: indictment, accusation, denunciation
• psychology: study of the mind, science of the mind
• purely: merely, only, just, solely
• raw: uncooked, fresh

• react: behave, act, take it
• reflection: sending back, throwing back
• regret: be sorry about, feel contrite about
• reinforce: strengthen, fortify, bolster up
• rugby: foot ball

• seize: grab, grasp, snatch, seize hold of
• sophisticated: worldly, worldly-wise, experienced
• specimen: sample, example, bit, snippet, illustration, demonstration
• squad: group, gang, band, body
• stir: mix, blend, agitate

• sufficiently: adequately, amply, abundantly, enough
• summary: synopsis, precis, résumé, abstract
• surprisingly: especially, exeptionally, notably, unusually
• swim: bathe, go swimming, take a dip
• taxation: tax, tariff, toll, excise, duty, fee

• tennis:
• terminal: end, extreme
• timber: wood, logs, firewood
• tin:
• trading: selling, vending, disposal

• trail: series, stream, string, line
• trouser: pants, jeans, slacks, britches
• tube: vent, flue, shaft, conduit, duct
• tune: melody, air, strain
• ultimate: eventual, last, final, concluding, conclusive

• uncertainty: unpredictability, unreliability, riskiness
• underlying: fundamental, basic, basal, primary, prime, first, cardinal, central
• universal: general, ubiquitous, comprehensive, common
• van:
• virtue: goodness, virtuousness, righteousness

LEXIPIC: British National Corpus (BNC) Series - PG04

Words that appear 23 to 25 times per million

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PG04 agenda_to_departure

PG04 destruction_to_integration

PG04 intense_to_pole

PG04 polish_to_shelf

PG04 softly_to_wise

• agenda: list of items, schedule, programme, timetable, line-up, list
• allocate: allot, assign, issue, award
• ally: associate, colleague, friend, confederate, partner, supporter, accomplice,
• attraction: appeal, attractiveness, desirability
• belt: girdle, sash, strap, cummerbund

• bitter: sharp, acid, acidic, pungent, acrid
• cap: limit, upper limit, ceiling
• carriage: coach
• chancellor: head of government, prime minister, pm, president, chief minister
• chicken:

• chocolate:
• conception: inception of pregnancy, conceiving
• confront: challenge, square up to, oppose
• conversion: change, changing, transformation
• convey: transport, carry, bring, take, fetch

• cousin: relative, relation, blood relation, blood relative
• creative: gifted, talented, virtuoso, genius
• decrease: lessen, become less, grow less
• deficit: shortfall, deficiency, shortage
• departure: leaving, going, going away, going off

• destruction: demolition, knocking down, pulling down
• disappoint: let down, fail, dash the hopes of
• disc: circle, round, saucer, discus, ring
• essay: article, piece of writing, composition, study
• evolution: darwinism, natural selection

• experimental: exploratory, investigational, probing
• flexible: pliable, supple, easily bent, bendable
• folk: people, humans, persons, individuals
• format: configuration, arrangement, pattern
• frequent: recurrent, recurring, repeated, persistent

• friendship: company, companionship, fellowship
• grain: cereal, cereal crops
• ideology: beliefs, ideas, ideals, principles
• illegal: unlawful, illicit, illegitimate, against the law
• informal: casual, relaxed, easy-going, natural

• innovation: change, alteration, revolution, upheaval
• inspector: examiner, checker, scrutinizer, scrutineer
• inspire: encourage, hearten
• install: put, position, place, put in place
• integration: combination, amalgamation, incorporation

• intense: great, acute, enormous, fierce
• lease: leasehold, rental agreement, hire agreement
• linguistic: language-producing, semantic, lingual, semasiological
• logic: science of reasoning, science of deduction

• loose: not fixed in place, not secure, insecure
• lost: missing, strayed, gone astray, gone missing
• machinery: equipment, apparatus, hardware, plant
• manufacturing: assembling, doing, casting, making
• multiple: numerous, many, various, different, diverse, several, sundry

• notably: in particular, particularly, especially
• nowhere:
• opera: work of art, work, creation, artistic work
• organ: part of the body, body part, biological structure
• outer: outside, outermost, outward, exterior

• particle: bit, tiny bit, piece, tiny piece
• pen:
• pit: hole, ditch, trench, trough
• planet: satellite, moon, star, heavenly body, orb
• pole: post, pillar, stanchion, standard

• polish: shine, wax, buff, rub up, rub down
• potentially: possibly, likely
• precede: come before, go before, go in advance of
• premium: insurance charge, insurance payment
• processing: procedure, operation, action, activity

• publicity: public attention, public interest, public notice
• pump: force, drive, push, send, transport
• punishment: penalizing, punishing, disciplining
• purchaser: buyer, shopper, customer, consumer
• reception: receipt, receiving, getting, acceptance

• registration: booking, enrollment, listing, recording
• relieve: alleviate, mitigate, assuage, allay
• resignation: departure, leaving, standing down
• resort: holiday destination, holiday centre
• retail: sell, stock, keep, keep in stock

• ruin: derelict, in ruins, gone to rack and ruin
• sack: dismiss, give someone their notice
• seller: vendor, retailer, purveyor, shopkeeper
• sharply: intensely, violently, piercingly
• shelf: ledge, bracket, sill, rack

• softly:
• steady: stable, balanced, firm, fixed, secure
• steam: water vapour, condensation, mist
• strict: stern, severe, harsh, uncompromising
• substitute: exchange, use as a replacement, switch

• surplus: excess, surfeit, overabundance, superabundance
• suspend: abstain, refrain, forbear, hold back, keep
• sympathy: commiseration, pity, condolence, consolation
• thrust: shove, push, propel, impel
• traveller: passenger, tourist, tripper, tourer

• treasury: exchequer, purse
• tunnel: underground passage, subterranean passage
• twin: identical twins, non-identical twins, fraternal twins
• undergo: go through, experience, engage in
• undoubtedly: doubtless, indubitably, doubtlessly

• vat: tub, tank, cistern, bin, drum
• vulnerable: in danger, in peril, in jeopardy, at risk
• wander: stroll, amble, saunter, walk
• wipe: rub, clean, mop, sponge, swab
• wise: sage, sagacious, intelligent, clever

LEXIPIC: British National Corpus (BNC) Series - PG05

Words that appear 22 to 23 times per million

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• accordingly: appropriately, correspondingly, suitably
• acute: severe, critical, drastic, dire
• allocation: allotment, assignment, issuing, issuance
• ambition: aspiration, intention, goal, aim
• anticipate: expect, foresee, predict, think likely

• automatic: mechanized, mechanical, automated
• bare: naked, unclothed, undressed, uncovered
• barely: hardly, scarcely, just, only just
• bench: pew, form, long seat
• bike: cycle, two-wheeler, pedal cycle

• borough: civic, civil, metropolitan
• calculation: computation, reckoning, adding up
• cancel: call off, abandon, scrap, drop
• chat: talk, gossip, chatter, chitter-chatter
• cite: quote, reproduce

• clinic: medical centre, health centre
• closure: closing down, shutting down, shutdown
• competitor: contestant, contender, challenger
• complexity: complication, problem, difficulty
• condemn: censure, criticize, castigate, attack

• correspond: commensurate, relative, proportional
• cow:
• declaration: announcement, statement, communication
• depending: be contingent on, be conditional on
• depression: melancholy, misery, sadness, unhappiness

• devote: allocate, assign, allot, commit
• dictionary: lexicon, wordbook, glossary
• directive: instruction, direction, command
• disorder: untidiness, disorderliness, mess, disarray
• dividend: profit, earnings, income, advantage

• duke: noble, nobleman, peer, aristocrat
• electrical: power driven
• eliminate: remove, get rid of, abolish, put an end to
• era: epoch, age, period, time, aeon, span
• established: accepted, traditional, orthodox, habitual

• ethnic: racial, race-related, ethnological
• evaluate: assess, assess the worth of, put a price on
• fate: destiny, providence, god's will, nemesis
• federation: alliance, association, coalition, confederation
• fence: barrier, paling, railing, rail, bar

• fibre: thread, strand, tendril, filament
• formally: properly, regularly
• fragment: piece, bit, particle, speck
• freeze: refrigerate, chill
• funeral: burial, burying, interment, entombment

• garage: car port, lock-up
• generous: liberal, lavish, magnanimous, munificent
• grasp: grip, clutch, clasp, hold, clench, lay hold of
• greet: say hello to, address, salute, hail, halloo
• hypothesis: theory, theorem, thesis, conjecture

• identification: recognition, singling out, picking out
• inadequate: insufficient, not enough, deficient
• incentive: inducement, motivation, motive, reason
• increasing: growing, rising
• inspection: examination, check, check-up, survey

• integrate: combine, amalgamate, merge, unite
• invitation: request, call, bidding, summons
• jew:
• knit: weave, sew
• liable: responsible, legally responsible, accountable

• logical: reasoning, thinking, straight-thinking
• maker: creator, manufacturer, builder, constructor
• medieval: of the middle ages, middle age, of the dark ages
• modest: self-effacing, self-deprecating, humble
• modify: alter, make alterations to, change, adjust

• mortality: impermanence, temporality, transience
• neglect: uncared for, mistreated, abandoned, forsaken
• nursing: fostering, tending
• patch: piece of cloth, piece of fabric, piece of leather
• petrol: gasoline, gas

• portrait: painting, picture, drawing, sketch, likeness
• pregnant: expecting a baby, having a baby, with a baby on the way
• providing: if, on condition that, provided
• rally: reassemble, regroup, re-form, reunite
• rational: logical, reasoned, well reasoned, sensible

• regarding: concerning, as regards, with regard to
• reliable: dependable, good, well founded, well grounded
• remedy: treatment, cure, medicine, medication
• revolutionary: thoroughgoing, thorough, complete, total
• roughly: violently, forcefully, forcibly, abruptly

• rubbish: refuse, waste, garbage, litter
• shine: emit light, give off light, beam
• silk: cobweb, spider's web
• slope: hill
• sole: only, one, one and only, single, solitary

• spiritual: non-material, inner, psychic, psychical, psychological
• stranger: alien,foreigner
• suspicion: intuition, feeling, impression, inkling, surmise
• swear: promise, vow, promise under oath
• thinking: contemplative, deliberating

• valid: well founded, sound, well grounded
• vendor: seller, salesperson, salesman, saleswoman
• voter: people, citizens, subjects, general public
• weigh: measure the weight of, measure how heavy someone is
• wherever: anywhere, everywhere

• wholly: completely, totally, absolutely, entirely
• withdrawal: removal, taking away
• worldwide: global, international, intercontinental
• wrap: swathe, bundle up, swaddle, sheathe, muffle
• youngster: young person, young adult, young man

LEXIPIC: British National Corpus (BNC) Series - PG06

Words that appear 21 to 22 times per million

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• accountant: clerk, bank clerk, teller, bank teller
• acre: grounds, ground, fields, open space, open area
• adjustment: adaptation, adapting, accustoming,
• admire: applaud, praise, express admiration for
• advertise: announce, communicate

• advertisement: notice, announcement, bulletin
• allegation: claim, assertion, declaration, statement
• anniversary: jubilee, commemoration
• applicant: candidate, interviewee, competitor,
• assurance: word of honour, word, guarantee,

• audit: examination, investigation
• bang: hit, strike, beat, thump, hammer
• bargain: haggle, barter, negotiate, discuss terms
• bay: cove, inlet, estuary, indentation, natural harbour
• cable: rope, cord, line, guy, piece of cordage

• celebration: commemoration, observance, honouring
• ceremony: social event, event, affair, function
• civilian: non-military person, non-combatant,
• clerk: office worker, clerical worker, administrator
• cloth: fabric, material, textile, stuff

• controversial: contentious, disputed, contended, at issue
• controversy: disagreement, dispute, argument, debate
• correspondent: letter writer, penfriend, pen pal
• cotton: fibre, filament
• craft: activity, pursuit, occupation, work

• curious: eager, excited, impatient, in suspense
• desirable: advantageous, advisable, wise, sensible
• determined: intent on, bent on, set on, dead set on
• devise: conceive, think up, come up with
• disability: condition, disorder, dysfunction, affliction

• disposal: throwing away, getting rid of, discarding
• distinctive: distinguishing, characteristic, typical
• electoral: elective, appointing
• encouraging: supportive, reassuring, affirmative
• entertainment: amusement, pleasure, leisure, relaxation

• everyday: daily, day-to-day, quotidian
• exact: definite, fixed, settled, decided, established
• explosion: detonation, discharge, eruption
• exposure: subjection, submission, vulnerability
• flame: fire, blaze, conflagration, inferno

• flee: run, run away, run off, make a run for it
• gear: gearwheel, toothed wheel, cog, cogwheel
• gross: flagrant, blatant, glaring, obvious
• handicap: impediment, hindrance, obstacle
• hesitate: pause, delay, hang back, wait

• historic: famous, famed, important, significant,
• hook: attach, fix, hitch, fasten, secure, clasp
• identical: similar, alike, the same, exactly the same
• illustration: picture, drawing, sketch, figure, graphic
• innocent: guiltless, guilt-free, not guilty, blameless

• insect: ant
• instant: immediate, instantaneous, on-the-spot
• interface: incorporate
• interrupt: cut in, cut in on, break in, break in on
• jail: prison, penal institution, place of detention

• jurisdiction: authority, control, power, dominion, rule
• laughter: laughing, chuckling, chortling, guffawing
• marginal: insignificant
• mate: partner, husband, wife, spouse, lover
• miner: pitman, digger, collier, haulier

• monopoly: cartel, ownership
• murmur: burble, babble, purl, gurgle
• mutual: reciprocal, reciprocated, requited
• namely: that is, that is to say, to be specific
• nursery: playroom, preschool

• oblige: require, compel, bind, make, constrain,
• organic: living, live, animate, biological, natural
• penny: cent
• piano: instrument, keyboard
• pig: hog, boar, sow, porker, swine, piglet

• presidential: administrative
• probe: examine, feel, feel around, explore, prod
• processor: machine
• professor: holder of a chair, chair, head of faculty
• prompt: give rise to, bring about, cause, occasion

• punch: hit, strike, knock, thump, thwack
• rabbit: coney
• rat: large mouse
• removal: taking away, moving, carrying away, shifting
• rope: cord, cable, line, strand, hawser

• rub: massage, knead
• satisfactory: adequate, all right, acceptable, good enough
• server: waitress, stewardess, steward, attendant
• shade: shadow, shadiness, shadows
• specification: statement, stating, naming, identification

• stability: firmness, solidity, steadiness, secureness
• structural: constructional, organizational, systemic,
• superb: excellent, superlative, first-rate, first-class
• swallow: eat, gulp down, consume, devour, eat up
• taxi: cab, taxi cab, minicab, hackney cab

• temple: chapel
• thoroughly: rigorously, in depth, exhaustively, from top to bottom
• tide: flood
• tonne: bulk
• tribunal: arbitration board, arbitration panel, board

• trick: stratagem, ploy, ruse, scheme, device, move
• typically: commonly, generally
• uncle: relative, relation, blood relation, blood relative
• unexpected: unforeseen, unanticipated, unpredicted
• urgent: acute, grave, pressing, dire, desperate

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• accommodate: lodge, house, put up, billet, quarter, board
• accordance: in agreement with, in conformity with, in line with
• adventure: exploit, escapade, deed, feat, trial
• airline: air shuttle
• assert: declare, maintain, contend, argue, state

• battery: cell, accumulator, power unit
• bible: the scriptures, the holy scriptures
• broadcast: transmit, relay, air, beam, put out, send out
• bulk: size, volume, dimensions, measurements
• butter: ‘Beat the egg yolk into the batter, followed by the sour cream and melted butter.’

• cathedral: chancel, basilica
• cinema: movie theatre, movie house
• collective: concertedstar, cumulative
• colony: territory, possession, holding, dependency,
• commander: leader, head, headman, boss, chief

• comply: abide by, act in accordance with, observe
• considering: bearing in mind, taking into consideration
• convenient: suitable, appropriate, fitting, fit, suited, agreeable
• criticise: find fault with, censure, denounce, condemn
• curl: wind, twine, entwine, wrap

• diplomatic: ambassadorial, consular, foreign-policy, political
• discrimination: prejudice, bias, bigotry, intolerance
• doctrine: creed, credo, dogma, belief, set of beliefs
• domain: realm, kingdom, empire, dominion
• drill: drilling

• effectiveness: success, successfulness, efficacy, productiveness
• emission: discharge, release, outpouring, outflow
• emphasize: bring attention to, call attention to, draw attention to
• enforce: impose, apply, carry out, administer
• episode: incident, event, occurrence, happening,

• equity: fairness, fair-mindedness, justness
• exclusive: complete, full, entire, whole, total, absolute
• experienced: knowledgeable, skilful, skilled, expert
• fiction: novels, stories, creative writing
• float: stay afloat, stay on the surface

• full-time: professional, permanent, committed
• gastric: stomach, intestinal, enteric, duodenal
• graphics: artworkstar
• hardware: equipment, apparatus, gear, paraphernalia
• humour: comical aspect, comic side, funny side,

• induce: persuade, convince, prevail upon
• insight: intuition, perception, awareness, discernment
• institutional: corporate
• intent: aim, purpose, intention, objective
• invasion: occupation, conquering, capture, seizure

• junction: join, joint, intersection, link, bond
• leaflet: pamphlet, booklet, brochure, handbill
• leap: jump over, jump, vault over, vault
• learning: study, studying, education, schooling
• literally: verbatim, word for word, line for line

• lorry: truck
• loyalty: faithfulness, constancy
• luxury: opulence, luxuriousness, sumptuousness
• magnificent: splendid, spectacular, impressive, striking
• marked: notable, noticeable

• menu: bill of fare, tariff, card
• mess: untidiness, disorder, disarray, clutter
• mixed: assorted, varied, variegated, miscellaneous
• molecule: particle, bit, little bit, tiny bit, tiny piece,
• motive: reason, motivation, motivating force, rationale

• mutter: talk under one's breath, murmur, mumble
• myth: folk tale, story, folk story, legend
• naked: nude, bare, in the nude, stark naked
• necessity: essential requirement, prerequisite, indispensable item
• needle: bait

• nonetheless: in spite of everything, in spite of that, even so
• overlook: miss, fail to notice, fail to observe
• physically: bodily
• pond: pool, puddle, lake, tarn, reservoir,
• proposition: theory, hypothesis, thesis, argument,

• raid: surprise attack, hit-and-run raid, tip-and-run raid
• rebel: revolutionary, insurgent, revolutionist, mutineer
• reluctant: unwilling, disinclined, unenthusiastic, grudging
• render: give, provide, supply, furnish, make available
• restoration: repair, repairing, fixing, mending, refurbishment

• retreat: withdraw, retire, draw back, pull back
• rhythm: pattern, flow, tempo, regular features
• sacrifice: offer up, immolate, slaughter
• satellite: space station, space capsule, spacecraft
• sheer: utter, complete, absolute, total, pure

• shore: seashore, seaside, beach, coast, coastal region
• singer: vocalist, soloist, songster, songstress
• statistical: analytical
• statute: law, regulation, enactment, act, bill, decree
• stimulate: restorative, tonic, invigorating, bracing, energizing

• stimulus: encouragement
• straightforward: uncomplicated, simple, easy, effortless
• terrace: balcony, deck
• therapy: treatment, remedy, cure, remedial treatment,
• toilet: lavatory, wc, water closet, convenience, public convenience

• tournament: competition, contest, championship, series,
• traditionally: commonly, generally
• tragedy: disaster, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm
• transformation: change, alteration, modification, variation
• translate: interpret, render, gloss, put, express, convert

• tremendous: very great, huge, enormous, immense, colossal
• uncertain: unknown, undetermined, unsettled, unresolved
• undermine: erode, wear away, eat away at, chip away, undercut
• warmth: heat, warmness, hotness
• widow: single

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• accord: give, grant, tender, present, award
• aggressive: hostile, belligerent, bellicose, antagonistic
• alert: warn, notify, apprise, caution, put on one's guard
• amateur: non-professional, non-specialist, layman, layperson
• angel: messenger of god, divine messenger, heavenly messenger

• apartment: suite, suite of rooms, set of rooms, rooms
• appendix: vermiform appendix
• artificial: synthetic, manufactured, machine-made, fabricated
• attendance: presence, appearance, attending, being there
• availability: opportunity, possibility

• await: wait for
• backing: support, help, assistance, cooperation, aid
• beg: beseech, entreat, implore, adjure, plead with
• biological: biotic, biologic, organic, living
• bush: shrub, woody plant

• businessman: entrepreneur, business person, industrialist, manufacturer,
• capitalism: private enterprise, free enterprise, private ownership,
• capitalist: financier, investor, industrialist
• carrier: bearer, conveyor, transporter
• chap: become raw, become sore, redden, become inflamed,

• circular: leaflet, pamphlet, handbill
• classification: categorization, categorizing, classifying
• cliff: precipice, rock face, face, crag, bluff, ridge
• clothing: clothes, garments, articles of clothing
• clue: hint, indication, sign, signal, pointer, guide

• compose: write, create, devise, make up, think up, frame
• continent: mainland
• correctly: accurately, right, rightly, faithfully, unerringly
• coverage: scope
• creditor: beneficiary, cashier

• cupboard: booth, cubicle, kiosk, cabin, hut
• density: solidity, solidness, denseness, thickness
• desperately: in desperation, in despair, despairingly, in anguish, in distress
• discretion: circumspection, care, carefulness, caution, wariness
• educate: teach, school, tutor, instruct, coach, train, upskill

• elite: best, pick, cream, flower, nonpareil, elect
• essence: quintessence, soul, spirit, ethos, nature, life
• evolve: develop, progress, make progress, advance
• explicit: clear, direct, plain, obvious, straightforward,
• fig: whit, iota, jot, hoot, scrap, bit

• flexibility: pliability, suppleness, pliancy, malleability, mouldability
• forgive: pardon, excuse, exonerate, absolve, acquit
• fraction: portion, division
• functional: useful
• gang: band

• heading: title, caption, legend, subtitle, subheading, wording
• hierarchy: pecking order, ranking, grading, ladder, social order
• hungry: ravenous, empty, hollow, faint from hunger
• imperial: royal, regal, monarchal, monarchial, monarchical
• indicator: measure, gauge, barometer, index, mark, sign, signal

• initiate: begin, start off, commence, take action on, usher in
• intelligent: clever, bright, brilliant, sharp, quick, quick-witted
• justification: grounds, reason, just cause, basis, rationale
• landing: alighting, arrival, coming in, deplaning
• lifetime: lifespan, life, days, duration of life, allotted span

• lightly: softly, gently, faintly, delicately
• mathematics: arithmetical problem, problem, calculation, reckoning, tally, question
• mechanical: automatic, machine-like
• mentally: in one's mind, in the mind, in one's brain, in the brain
• merger: amalgamation, combination, merging, union, fusion

• missile: projectile
• mud: mire, sludge, slush, ooze, silt, clay, gumbo, dirt, soil
• ocean: sea, the sea
• oral: spoken, verbal, unwritten, by mouth, vocal
• painful: sore, hurting, hurt, tender, aching, throbbing

• part-time: freelance, independent, one's own boss, working for oneself, casual
• pensioner: retired person, old-age pensioner, oap, senior citizen
• photo: picture, shot, snap, snapshot, likeness, image
• probability: likelihood, likeliness, prospect, expectation
• productivity: efficiency, production, productiveness, work rate

• prominent: important, well known, leading, eminent, pre-eminent,
• provoke: arouse, produce, evoke, cause, give rise to, occasion
• refusal: withholding, failure to grant, denial, veto, turndown
• reporter: journalist, correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman
• romantic: amorous, intimate, passionate

• rumour: gossip, hearsay, talk, tittle-tattle
• sadly: distressingly, worryingly, upsettingly
• seminar: discussion, symposium, meeting, conference, congress
• sensation: feeling, sense, awareness
• separation: disconnection, detachment, severance, uncoupling

• shame: humiliation, mortification, chagrin, ignominy
• shortage: scarcity, sparseness, sparsity, dearth, paucity
• situate: locate, site, set, position, place, base
• sociology: folklore
• specially: deliberately, intentionally, on purpose

• spectacular: striking, picturesque, eye-catching, breathtaking
• squeeze: compress, press, crush, squash, pinch, nip,
• strictly: harshly, strictly, sternly, rigorously, relentlessly
• subtle: fine, fine-drawn, ultra-fine, nice, overnice
• successor: heir, heir apparent, inheritor, next-in-line,

• superior: higher-ranking, higher-level, senior, higher
• triumph: victory, win, conquest, success
• trustee: administrator, agent
• unfair: unjust, inequitable, prejudiced, biased, discriminatory
• unhappy: sad, miserable, sorrowful, dejected, despondent

• verse: poetry, versification, metrical composition, rhythmical composition
• virus: germ, microorganism
• whereby: by which
• whisky: the water of life
• wildlife: animals, wild animals, fauna

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• accent: pronunciation, intonation, enunciation, elocution
• allege: claim, assert, declare, state, proclaim
• amazing: astonishing, astounding, surprising, bewildering
• awake: wake, wake up, awaken, stir, come to, come round
• backwards: towards the rear, rearwards, backward, behind one

• bastard: scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, brute, animal
• blast: shock wave, pressure wave, bang, crash, crack
• brand: make, line, label, marque
• canal: inland waterway, channel, watercourse, waterway
• cater: provide food for, feed, serve, cook for, wine and dine

• chapel: sanctuary
• chemistry: science
• comparable: similar, close, near, approximate, akin, equivalent
• consensus: agreement, harmony, concord, like-mindedness
• constable: police officer, policeman, policewoman, pc, 젳

• coordinate: harmonize, correlate, interrelate, synchronize, bring together
• crystal: glassware, crystalware
• darling: dear, dearest, dear one, love, lover, sweetheart,
• decent: respectable, upright, upstanding, honourable, honest,
• defender: protector, guard, guardian, preserver, bodyguard

• delegate: representative, envoy, emissary, commissioner, agent
• descend: go down, come down
• developer: originator, creator, initiator, institutor, instigator,
• diagnosis: identification, recognition, discovery, detection
• diagram: drawing, line drawing, illustration, picture, artist's impression

• dialogue: conversation, talk, communication, interchange, discourse, argument
• directory: index, list, listing, register, catalogue, record, archive, inventory
• disadvantage: drawback, snag, downside, stumbling block, catch, pitfall, fly in the ointment
• doorway: portal, opening, hatch, entrance, entry, exit, egress
• dull: uninteresting, boring, tedious, tiresome, wearisome

• duration: full length, length of time, time, time span, time scale
• elegant: stylish, graceful, tasteful, discerning, refined,
• entity: organization, institution, establishment, body, operation
• envelope: wrapper, wrapping, wrap, sleeve, cover, covering
• execute: carry out, accomplish, perform, implement, effect, bring off,

• fade: dim, grow dim, grow faint, grow feeble, fail
• faint: indistinct, vague, unclear, indefinite, ill-defined
• fantasy: imagination, creativity, fancy, invention, originality
• flag: banner, standard, ensign, pennant, pennon, banderole, streamer, jack
• fleet: navy, naval force, task force

• forever: for ever, for all time, for ever and ever, for always,
• formerly: previously, earlier, earlier on, before, until now
• forth: out, outside, away, off, ahead, forward, away from home, abroad
• genetic: genetical, congenital, inborn, inherent, inherited, inbred
• ghost: spectre, phantom, wraith, spirit, soul, shadow, presence

• hopefully: optimistically, with hope, full of hope, confidently, expectantly,
• improved: enhanced, upgraded
• influential: powerful, authoritative, dominant, controlling, strong
• ingredient: element, factor
• installation: installing, install, fitting, putting in, putting in place

• isolation: separation, segregation, setting apart, keeping apart
• kit: equipment, tools, implements, instruments, gadgets
• lamp: torch, flashlight
• legislative: law-making, law-giving, judicial, juridical, jurisdictive,
• lesser: less important, minor, secondary, subsidiary, marginal,

• liberty: independence, freedom, autonomy, sovereignty, self government,
• lion: big cat
• locally: narrowly, provincially
• marvellous: amazing, astounding, astonishing, awesome, breathtaking,
• merit: excellence, goodness, standard, quality, level, grade, high quality,

• midnight: twelve midnight, twelve at night, twelve o'clock, dead of night
• modification: softening, moderation, tempering, qualification, restriction, lessening
• nasty: unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful,
• neat: tidy, neat and tidy, as neat as a new pin, orderly, well ordered
• obscure: unclear, uncertain, unknown, in doubt, doubtful

• organism: living thing, being, creature, animal, plant, structure
• oxygen: oxygenate
• pavement: sidewalk
• physics: science
• pity: compassion, commiseration, condolence, sorrow

• poison: toxin, venom
• portfolio: file, binder, ring binder, document case
• realistic: practical, pragmatic, matter-of-fact, down-to-earth, sensible,
• receipt: proof of purchase, sales slip, sales ticket, till receipt
• receiver: acceptor

• recipe: cooking directions
• reign: rule, sovereignty, monarchy
• ridiculous: laughable, absurd, comical, funny, hilarious, humorous
• scholar: academic, intellectual, learned person, professor,
• screw: fasten, secure, fix, attach, clamp, bolt, rivet, batten

• sculpture: carve
• shower: fall, light fall, drizzle, flurry, sprinkling, mizzle
• sin: immoral act, wrong, wrongdoing, act of evil, act of wickedness
• skirt: cloth
• speculation: conjecture, theorizing, hypothesizing, supposition, guesswork

• stance: posture, body position, pose, attitude, bearing
• subsidy: funds, assets, money, capital, resources
• succession: sequence, series, progression, course, chain, cycle
• successive: consecutive, in a row, straight, solid, sequential, succeeding
• tactic: strategy, scheme, stratagem, plan, set of tactics

• thesis: theory, contention, argument, line of argument,
• toy: plaything, game
• tray: platter, plate, dish
• truck: lorry, articulated lorry, heavy goods vehicle, juggernaut
• underneath: beneath, below, underneath, at the bottom of, at the foot of

• undertaking: pledge, agreement, promise, oath, covenant
• unionist: member
• unnecessary: not necessary, not essential, non-essential, not needed
• wool: fleece, hair, coat
• working-class: low-ranking, low, lowly, lower-class, plebeian, proletarian

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• abolish: put an end to, do away with, get rid of, scrap, end
• administer: manage, direct, control, operate, regulate
• alleged: supposed, so-called, claimed, professed, purported
• alternatively: on the other hand, as an alternative, or, as another option
• assign: allocate, allot, give, set

• autonomy: self-government, independence, self-rule
• bean: grain
• brave: courageous, plucky, fearless, valiant, valorous
• builder: designer, planner, maker, constructor, deviser
• cafe: snack bar, cafeteria, buffet

• capability: ability, capacity, power, potential, potentiality
• casual: relaxed, friendly, natural, informal, unceremonious,
• change: convert, transform, make
• cling: hold on to, clutch, grip, grasp, clasp, attach oneself to
• commons: ordinary people

• complicated: complex, intricate, involved, convoluted, tangled
• concede: admit, acknowledge, accept, allow
• concession: compromise, adjustment, modification
• continued: sustain, maintain
• correlation: connection, association, link, tie-in, tie-up, relation

• crazy: mad, insane, out of one's mind, deranged, demented
• damp: moist, moistened, wettish, dampened, dampish
• debut: first appearance, first showing, first performance, launch
• delegation: deputation, delegacy, legation, mission, diplomatic mission,
• delicate: fine, exquisite, intricate, dainty, airy, elegant, graceful

• digital: calculator
• downstairs: towards a lower position, downwards, downstairs
• duck: bird
• entertain: amuse, divert, distract, delight, please, charm
• envisage: foresee, predict, forecast, foretell, anticipate, expect, think likely, envision

• equip: provide, furnish, supply, issue, fit out, kit out,
• exceptional: unusual, uncommon, abnormal, atypical, extraordinary
• excessive: immoderate, intemperate, imprudent, overindulgent
• exhibit: show, put on show, put on view, expose to view
• fancy: wish for, want, desire

• fetch: get, go and get, go for, call for, summon, pick up
• fierce: ferocious, savage, vicious
• frown: scowl, glower, glare, lour, look sullen, make a face
• gender: masculine, feminine
• glory: renown, fame, prestige, honour, distinction, kudos

• glow: radiate heat, burn without flames, smoulder
• happily: contentedly, merrily, delightedly, joyfully
• harsh: grating, jarring, grinding, rasping, raspy
• heating: meltingstar, warming
• heel: wedge, wedge heel, stiletto, stiletto heel

• hey: hello
• incidence: prevalence, frequency
• insert: put, place, press, push, thrust, slide,
• instinct: urge, appetite, desire, need
• instruct: order, command, direct, tell, enjoin, give the order to

• intensity: strength, power, powerfulness, potency
• intensive: thorough, in-depth, concentrated, rigorous
• interfere: meddlesome, meddling, intrusive, intruding
• intervene: intercede, involve oneself, get involved, interpose oneself,
• invent: originate, create, innovate, design, devise

• jet: jet plane, jetliner
• killer: murderer, slaughterer, destroyer, liquidator
• liberation: freeing, release, discharge, deliverance, salvation
• lonely: solitary, unaccompanied, alone, lone, by itself
• lung: bronchi

• motivation: enthusiasm, drive, ambition, initiative, determination
• musician: player, performer, instrumentalist, accompanist
• nest: lair, den, drey, lodge, burrow, set, form
• norm: standard, usual, normal, typical, average, the rule
• officially: formally

• packet: pack, carton, box, cardboard box, container,
• panic: alarm, anxiety, nervousness, fear, fright
• parameter: instructions, stipulations, requirements, conditions,
• partial: incomplete, limited, qualified, restricted, imperfect,
• persist: persevere, continue, carry on, go on, keep at it, keep on

• pint: floods, gallons, pints, oceans
• plead: beg, entreat, beseech, implore, appeal to, petition
• precious: valuable, costly, expensive, high-priced, dear
• pregnancy: gestation
• princess: queen, sovereign

• progressive: continuing, continuous, increasing, growing
• radiation: discharge, release, outpouring, outflow, outrush
• random: haphazard, disorganized, undisciplined, erratic,
• redundancy: excess, superfluity
• resemble: look like, be similar to, be like, bear a resemblance to

• residence: home, house, flat, apartment, place of residence
• safely: carefully
• scandal: outrageous wrongdoing, outrageous behaviour, immoral behaviour
• separately: individually, one by one, one at a time, singly
• severely: very badly, extremely badly, seriously, gravely

• simultaneously: at the same time, at one and the same time, at the same instant
• spectrum: rainbow
• sphere: circle
• steep: precipitous, sheer, abrupt, sharp, perpendicular
• subsidiary: subordinate, secondary, ancillary, auxiliary, lesser, minor,

• suicide: self-destruction, taking one's own life, self-murder,
• sword: blade, steel
• teenager: adolescent, youth, young person, boy, girl, minor, juvenile
• translation: transcription
• tropical: equatorial

• tutor: teacher, instructor, educator, educationalist, educationist
• unite: unify, join, link, connect, combine, amalgamate
• update: modernize, bring up to date, bring into the twenty-first century
• vertical: upright, erect, perpendicular, plumb, straight
• weekly: once a week, seven-day

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• accessible: reachable, attainable, approachable, within reach
• accounting: financial affairs, money matters, pecuniary matters, fiscal matters
• accuracy: correctness, precision, exactness, rightness, perfection, "
• ambulance: rescue, hospital wagon"
• assignment: task, piece of work, piece of business, job, duty, chore

• auditor: examiner, checker, scrutinizer, scrutineer, investigator
• banking: monetary, money, economic, pecuniary, banking
• basket: receptacle, container, holder, vessel, box, case
• carer: attendant, aide, helper, assistant, personal assistant
• casualty: victim, fatality, mortality

• chronic: persistent, long-standing, long-term, constantly recurring
• clay: earth, terracotta, gault, catlinite, pipeclay
• collector: penny-pincher, pinchpenny, niggard, cheese-parer, scrooge
• compulsory: obligatory, mandatory, required, requisite, necessary,
• conceal: hide, keep out of sight, keep hidden, secrete, tuck away

• conceive: think up, think of, come up with, dream up, draw up
• consistently: always, constantly
• continental: intercontinental
• copper: metal
• coup: seizure of power, overthrow, takeover, ousting

• courage: bravery, braveness, courageousness
• criticize: find fault with, censure, denounce, condemn
• deck: floor
• decorate: ornament, adorn, trim, embellish, garnish, furnish
• delighted: very pleased, glad, happy, joyful, thrilled, overjoyed

• diamond: precious stone, jewel
• disappointment: sadness, regret, dismay, sorrow
• disclose: reveal, make known, divulge, tell, impart, communicate
• edit: correct, check, copy-edit
• elected: vote, vote for, vote in, choose, choose by ballot

• engagement: betrothal, betrothment, marriage contract
• equilibrium: balance, symmetry, equipoise, parity, equality, evenness
• estimated: roughly calculated, approximated
• exclusively: expressly, specially, specifically
• execution: implementation, carrying out, accomplishment, performance

• faculty: power, capability, capacity, facility, potential
• fascinating: engrossing, captivating, absorbing, interesting
• fighter: soldier, fighting man, fighting woman, warrior
• firstly: before anything else, first and foremost
• flavour: taste, savour, tang, relish, palate

• forum: meeting, assembly, gathering, conference, seminar
• guilt: culpability, guiltiness, blameworthiness, wrongdoing
• handsome: good-looking, nice-looking, attractive
• happiness: contentment, pleasure, contentedness, satisfaction
• hip: pelvis, hindquarters, haunches, thighs

• horizon: skyline, range of vision, field of view, vista, view
• horrible: dreadful, horrifying, horrific, horrendous
• hostile: antagonistic, aggressive, confrontational, belligerent
• hostility: antagonism, unfriendliness, bitterness, malevolence
• ideological: psychological, spiritual

• incur: suffer, sustain, experience, bring upon oneself
• inherit: become heir to, fall heir to, come by, come into
• juice: liquid, fluid, sap
• legend: myth, saga, epic, folk tale, folk story, traditional story,
• medal: honour, decoration, ribbon, star, order, badge

• mild: lenient, clement, light
• monster: fabulous creature, mythical creature
• navy: naval force
• neighbourhood: district, area, locality, locale, quarter
• nightmare: bad dream, night terrors

• occupational: job-related, work, professional, vocational,
• offender: wrongdoer, criminal, lawbreaker, malefactor
• ok: all right, right, right then, right you are
• operational: up and running, running, working, functioning,
• opposed: against, set against, dead set against

• opt: choose, select, pick, pick out, decide on
• orchestra: ensemble
• ours: communal "
• painter: dauber, interior decorator"
• pardon: reprieve, free pardon, general pardon, amnesty,

• payable: due, to be paid, owed, owing
• peaceful: tranquil, calm, restful, pleasant, quiet, still, relaxing
• photographer: lensman, paparazzo, documentarian
• politically: governmentally
• questionnaire: question sheet, set of questions, survey form, form

• related: connected, interconnected, associated, linked
• relevance: relevancy
• remainder: residue, balance, remaining number, remaining part
• resume: restart, recommence, begin again, start again, reopen
• rider: horseman, horsewoman, horse rider, jockey

• scarcely: hardly, barely, only just
• scatter: throw, strew, toss, fling
• sensitivity: responsiveness, sensitiveness, reactivity
• similarity: similar nature, likeness, sameness, comparability
• solely: only, simply, just, merely, uniquely, exclusively, entirely

• spending: pay out, lay out, expend
• spin: revolve, rotate, turn, turn round, go round
• splendid: magnificent, sumptuous, grand, impressive
• spray: sprinkle, shower, spritz, spread in droplets, spatter
• steadily: regularly, immovably

• striker: demonstrator, protester, objector, picketer
• substantially: considerably, significantly, greatly, a great deal,
• suite: apartment, flat, set of rooms, suite of rooms
• supervision: administration, management, direction, control, charge
• systematic: structured, methodical, organized, orderly, well ordered,

• technological: practical, scientific, applied, applying science
• ton: bulk, load
• trader: dealer, merchant, buyer, seller, salesman, saleswoman
• trainer: instructor, coach, teacher, mentor, adviser
• whip: lash, scourge, thong, strap, belt

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• abstract: theoretical, conceptual, notional, intellectual
• adjacent: adjoining, neighbouring, neighbouring on, next door to,
• affection: fondness, love, liking, endearment, feeling, sentiment
• analyst: critic, pundit, commenter, monitor, observer, blogger
• appointed: scheduled, arranged, prearranged, specified, decided

• arrow: shaft, bolt, dart
• assemble: come together, get together, gather, collect, meet, muster
• bloke: man, boy, male, individual, body
• breakdown: malfunction, failure, seizing up
• broadly: in general, on the whole, as a rule, in the main

• bureau: cabinet, cupboard, chiffonier, sideboard
• bye: goodbye
• candle: taper, sconce
• chaos: disorder, disarray, disorganization, confusion
• chin: jaw

• clash: confrontation, skirmish, brush, encounter, engagement
• collar: neckband, choker
• coloured: brightly coloured, bright-coloured, deep-coloured,
• combined: amalgamate, merge, unite, integrate, incorporate
• commerce: trade, trading, buying and selling, business

• commonwealth: federation, society
• competence: capability, ability, competency, capacity, proficiency,
• complicate: make difficult, make more difficult, make complex
• confess: admit, acknowledge, reveal, make known, disclose
• contemplate: look at, view, regard, examine, inspect, observe, survey

• cooking: baking
• counterpart: equivalent, opposite number, peer, equal, parallel
• creep: crawl, move on all fours, move on hands and knees
• dawn: daybreak, break of day, crack of dawn, sunrise,
• definite: explicit, specific, express, precise, exact, defined

• dismissal: one's notice, discharge
• drawer: basket, cabinet
• dynamic: modern, liberal, advanced, forward-looking, forward-thinking
• elbow: arm joint, bend of the arm
• embrace: hug, hold in one's arms, take in one's arms, hold

• endless: unlimited, limitless, illimitable, without limit, infinite
• exclusion: barring, keeping out, debarment, debarring, disbarring
• exploration: investigation, study, survey, research, search, inspection
• facilitate: make easier, make easy, ease, make possible
• fishing: angling, trawling, catching fish

• fist: clenched hand
• forthcoming: imminent, impending, coming, approaching
• fortunately: luckily, happily, providentially, opportunely, by good luck
• founder: builder
• freely: openly

• frustration: exasperation, annoyance, anger, vexation, irritation
• gay: lesbian, sapphic, lesbigay
• geographical: topographical, zonal, territorial, topical
• geography: earth science
• grace: elegance, stylishness, poise, finesse, charm

• hitherto: previously, formerly, earlier, so far, thus far, before
• humanity: humankind, the human race, the human species,
• inhabitant: resident, occupant, occupier, dweller, settler
• instantly: immediately, at once, straight away, right away,
• jaw: jawbone, lower jaw, mandible

• lamb: young sheep
• legitimate: legal, lawful, licit, legalized, authorized, permitted
• lively: energetic, active, animated, vigorous, dynamic
• marine: saltwater, seawater, sea, oceanic, aquatic
• mature: adult, grown-up, grown, fully grown, full-grown

• miracle: supernatural phenomenon, mystery, prodigy, sign
• moving: in motion, operating, operational, working
• neutral: impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced, objective, without favouritism
• nonsense: rubbish, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blarney
• notable: noteworthy, remarkable, outstanding, important, significant

• nowadays: this day, this very day, before tomorrow, this morning
• organiser: administrator, manager, chairman, chairwoman,
• polytechnic: educational institution, training establishment, centre of learning
• poster: notice, placard, public notice, bill, sign
• post-war: seat war

• predecessor: former holder of the post, previous holder of the post
• provincial: non-metropolitan, small-town, non-urban, outlying, rural
• publicly: openly
• pursuit: chasing, pursuing, stalking, tracking, trailing, shadowing
• regulate: control, adjust, manage, balance, set, synchronize, modulate, tune

• reproduce: copy, produce a copy of, make a facsimile
• reservation: advance booking, arrangement
• rice: grain
• sandwich: light meal, something to eat, supper, treat,
• script: text, book, screenplay, libretto, lyrics, score

• sergeant: police officer
• shelter: sanctuary, place of shelter, refuge, accommodation
• shit: excrement, bodily waste, waste matter
• slam: bang, close with a bang, shut with a bang, close noisily, 
• slave: bondsman, bondswoman, bondservant, bondslave

• sleeve: slave
• smart: well dressed, well turned out, fashionably dressed
• socialism: leftism, fabianism, syndicalism, consumer socialism
• sue: take legal action against, take to court, bring an action against
• supermarket: store, retail store, outlet, retail outlet

• supper: dinner, evening meal, main meal
• terror: extreme fear, dread, horror, fear and trembling,
• theft: robbery, stealing, thieving, larceny, thievery
• transmission: transference, transferral, passing on, communication
• upwards: up, uphill, towards a higher level, to the top

• utility: usefulness, use, advantage, benefit, value, help,
• vague: indistinct, indefinite, indeterminate, unclear
• vanish: disappear, vanish into thin air, be lost to sight
• venue: place, site, spot, area
• wealthy: rich, affluent, moneyed, cash rich, well off,

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• absent: away, off, out, not present, non-attending, truant
• adoption: assumption, assuming, taking on, acquiring, acquisition
• advisory: consultative, consulting, advising, counselling
• alteration: change, adjustment, adaptation, modification
• ambitious: aspiring, determined, forceful, pushy, enterprising

• antibody: antibiotic
• artistic: creative, imaginative, inventive, original
• aunt: relative, relation, blood relation, blood relative
• beam: ray, shaft, stream, streak, pencil, finger
• beef: meat, flesh

• biscuit: cracker, wafer
• blank: empty, unfilled, unmarked, unwritten on, unused
• blanket: cover, covering, rug, afghan, quilt, eiderdown, duvet
• boring: tedious, dull, monotonous
• bureaucracy: civil service, administration, government, directorate

• certainty: confidence, sureness, positiveness, conviction
• circulation: flow, motion, movement, course, passage
• classify: put in order, order, set out, lay out, spread out
• comedy: light entertainment
• constituent: composing

• container: receptacle, vessel, holder, repository, canister, drum, box, case
• contractor: entrepreneur, promoter, impresario, arranger
• correspondence: correlation, similarity, resemblance, comparability
• cure: healing, restoration to health
• dealing: business methods, business practices, business,

• devil: Satan
• differently: separately
• dispose: arrange, order, place, put, position, orient, array
• dock: harbour, marina, waterfront, port, anchorage
• dramatically: badly

• drum: boom
• dump: dispose of, get rid of, throw away, throw out
• electron: current
• empirical: observed, seen, factual, actual, real, verifiable, first-hand
• endorse: uphold, support, defend, maintain, confirm

• exam: test, examination, paper, question paper,
• explode: blow up, detonate, blow, burst, burst apart,
• fluid: flowing substance
• fox: reynard
• fraud: fraudulence, sharp practice, cheating

• funding: grant, allowance, endowment, contribution, donation
• harbour: port, dock, haven, marina, dockyard, boatyard
• hazard: danger, risk, peril, threat, menace
• helicopter: copter
• inn: tavern, bar, hostelry, taproom

• invariably: always, every time, each time, on every occasion
• keeper: guardian, protector, defender, guard, bodyguard
• ladder: steps
• lighting: light, radiance, gleam, glitter
• limb: arm, leg

• liver: organ
• log: chunk of wood, branch, tree trunk, bole, stump
• magnetic: appealing
• matrix: form
• memorial: monument, shrine, mausoleum, cenotaph

• monthly: calendar
• naval: marine, ocean, oceanic
• nut: kernel
• oven: stove, kitchen stove, microwave, microwave oven
• palm: clasp

• pan: saucepan, frying pan, pot, casserole, wok, skillet
• petition: appeal, round robin, list of protesters, list of signatures
• pope: pontiff, sovereign pontiff, supreme pontiff, bishop of rome
• portion: part, piece, bit, section, chunk, segment
• prediction: forecast, prophecy, divination, prognosis

• prey: quarry, game, kill
• reassure: put someone's mind at rest, set someone's mind at rest
• recruitment: calling, employ
• reduced: lessen, make less, make smaller, lower, bring down
• referendum: public vote, plebiscite, popular vote, ballot, poll

• regardless: anyway, anyhow, in any case, nevertheless, nonetheless
• republican: elected, representative, parliamentary, popular
• respondent: contestant, party
• riot: uproar, rampage, furore, tumult, commotion
• ruler: leader, sovereign, monarch, potentate

• segment: piece, part, bit, section, chunk, division, portion
• shallow: flat
• shared: common
• shield: buckler, target
• signature: initials

• smash: break, break to pieces, smash to smithereens
• socially: culturally
• stitch: sew
• submission: yielding, capitulation, agreement, acceptance
• super: excellent, superb, superlative, first-rate

• surgeon: expert, physician
• suspension: adjournment, interruption, postponement, delay
• tent: camp, military camp, bivouac, cantonment
• terrorist: bomber, arsonist, incendiary
• tighten: secure, make fast, make more secure

• toe: bottom, base, edge, end, lowest part
• tumour: cancerous growth, malignant growth, cancer, malignancy
• verdict: judgement, adjudication, adjudgement, decision
• well-known: familiar, widely known, popular, common
• widen: broaden, become wider, make wider, open up

• wisdom: sagacity, sageness, intelligence, understanding
• workforce: employees, staff, personnel, human resources
• workstation: vdu, visual display unit, pc, input device, output device
• wrist: joint
• ye: you

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• abortion: termination, miscarriage
• actively: passionately, earnestly, vigorously
• administrator: manager, director, managing director, executive
• associated: related, connected, linked, correlated, analogous
• atom: particle, molecule, bit, little bit, tiny bit, tiny piece, fragment

• auction: distribution, disposal, allocation, transfer, transference
• awkward: embarrassing, uncomfortable, unpleasant
• barn: outbuilding, shed, outhouse, shelter
• bearing: posture, comportment, carriage, gait, stance
• blade: cutting tool, cutter, carver

• boom: reverberation, resonance, resounding
• bowel: intestine, intestines, small intestine, large intestine, colon
• breeze: gentle wind, breath of wind, puff of air, current of air
• cab: taxi, taxi cab, minicab, hackney cab
• champagne: champers, bubbly

• charm: attractiveness, beauty, glamour, prettiness, loveliness
• closed: watertight, waterproof, damp-proof, water-resistant
• coincide: occur simultaneously, happen together, happen at the same time
• colonial: regional, state, territorial, district, local
• coming: forthcoming, imminent, impending, approaching

• commence: begin, start, start off
• commodity: item, material, type of produce, product, article, object, thing
• composer: melodist, symphonist, songwriter, singer-songwriter
• conscience: sense of right and wrong, sense of right, moral sense, still small voice
• contradiction: denial, refutation, rebuttal, countering, counterstatement, opposite

• custody: care, guardianship, charge, keeping, safe keeping
• defect: fault, flaw, imperfection, deficiency, weakness
• desktop: work station
• destination: journey's end, end of the line, landing place, point of disembarkation
• dissolve: go into solution, become a solution, break down

• disturbance: disruption, distraction, interference, bother, trouble, inconvenience
• dolphin: mammal, whale, beluga, grampus
• eagle: bald eagle, golden eagle
• economist: business analyst, financial expert
• electronics: electronic

• elephant: elephant
• emperor: ruler, sovereign, king, monarch, potentate, lord, overlord
• encouragement: heartening, cheering, cheering up, buoying up, pepping up, uplifting
• equality: fairness, justness, equitability, impartiality, even-handedness
• evidently: obviously, clearly, plainly, perceptibly, visibly, discernibly

• exhaust: tire out, wear out, overtire, overtax, fatigue, weary
• expedition: journey, voyage, tour, odyssey
• favourable: approving, commendatory, commending, praising
• fitness: health, strength, robustness, sturdiness, hardiness
• formulate: draw up, put together, work out, map out, plan, prepare, get ready

• fortnight: half-month, two weeks
• forwards: ahead, forwards, onwards, onward, on, further
• grandfather: grandad, grandpa, grandpop
• grandmother: grandma, granny
• handful: a small number, a small amount, a small quantity, a sprinkling

• hedge: hedgerow, row of bushes, fence
• horn: antenna, tentacle
• imprisonment: incarceration, internment, confinement, detention, custody, captivity
• indirect: incidental, accidental, unintended, secondary, subordinate
• integrated: desegregated, non-segregated, unsegregated, racially mixed

• integrity: honesty, uprightness, probity, rectitude, honour, honourableness
• killing: murder, taking of life, assassination, homicide, manslaughter
• lacking: flawed, inadequate, incomplete
• lap: knee, knees, thighs
• mayor: administrator, agent, bureaucrat, civil servant

• metropolitan: civic, civil, urban, city, town, borough, community
• mineral: mineral
• nail: fingernail, thumbnail, toenail
• nationalist: loyalist
• owl: barn owl, night owl, tawny owl

• peculiar: strange, unusual, odd, funny, curious, bizarre, weird
• plan: scheme, plan of action, idea, master plan
• plea: appeal, entreaty, supplication, petition, prayer
• prevention: hindrance, hampering, holding back, discouragement
• primitive: ancient, earliest, first, prehistoric, antediluvian, antique

• profound: heartfelt, intense, keen, great, very great, extreme
• quid: pound sterling
• regiment: army, group, corps, division, brigade
• rejection: refusal, non-acceptance, declining, turning down
• remarkably: awfully, exceptionally, extraordinarily

• reportedly: supposedly, seemingly, apparently, allegedly, reportedly
• required: essential, vital, indispensable, necessary, needed
• resulting: arise, come from, derive
• rigid: fixed, set, firm, inflexible, unalterable, unchangeable
• runner: contestant, hurdler, racer

• sanction: penalty, punishment, deterrent
• seldom: rarely, infrequently, on rare occasions, hardly ever
• short-term: brief, momentary, temporary, short-lived, impermanent
• soup: liquid dish
• specify: state, name, identify, define, describe

• spoil: mar, damage, impair, blemish, disfigure, blight, flaw
• standing: status, rank, ranking, position, social position
• strand: thread, filament, fibre
• sympathetic: commiserating, commiserative, pitying, condoling
• takeover: gaining of control, change of ownership

• tempt: entice, persuade, convince, inveigle, induce
• thereafter: after that, after that time, following that
• thief: robber, burglar, housebreaker, cat burglar
• tightly: firmly, securely
• tile: brick, shingle

• tomato: fruit
• tribute: accolade, praise, commendation, acclaim, acclamation
• vein: duct, tube, channel, passage, pipe
• waist: middle
• whoever: someone

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• accurately: exactly, precisely
• accused: litigator, opponent, contestant, contender, disputant, plaintiff
• albeit: although, even if, even though, in spite of the fact that
• amend: revise, alter, change, modify, qualify, adapt, adjust
• applicable: relevant, appropriate, pertinent, apposite, germane

• barrel: cask, keg, butt, vat, tun, tub, drum, tank
• bold: daring, intrepid, courageous, brave, valiant
• booking: reservation, appointment, date
• brass: rudeness, insolence, impoliteness, unmannerliness
• breeding: reproduction, reproducing, procreation, multiplying

• bucket: pail, scuttle, can, tub, pitcher, vessel
• cave: cavern, grotto, hollow, cavity, pothole, underground chamber,
• characterise: distinguish, make distinctive, mark, set apart, identify,
• charming: delightful, pleasing, pleasant, agreeable, likeable
• clarify: make clear, shed light on, throw light on, elucidate

• cluster: bunch, clump, collection, mass, knot, group
• coastal: seaside, littoral
• collaboration: cooperation, alliance, partnership, participation
• comparative: relative, qualified, modified
• corresponding: comparable, correlative

• corruption: dishonesty, dishonest dealings, unscrupulousness
• counselling: advice, guidance
• crude: unrefined, unpurified, unprocessed, untreated
• cruel: brutal, savage, inhuman, barbaric, barbarous
• dedicate: devote, commit, pledge, bind, obligate, give, give over

• depict: portray, represent, picture, illustrate, delineate
• diminish: decrease, decline, reduce, lessen, shrink, contract,
• dioxide: oxide
• diversity: diversification, assortment
• dreadful: terrible, frightful, horrible, grim, awful, dire

• drown: suffocate in water, inhale water
• eager: anxious, impatient, waiting with bated breath, longing
• earl: noble, nobleman, peer, aristocrat, patrician, grandee
• enquire: ask, make enquiries, ask questions, pose a question
• enthusiastic: eager, keen, avid, ardent, fervent, warm, passionate

• erect: upright, bolt upright, straight, vertical
• excite: thrill, exhilarate, animate, enliven, rouse, stir,
• extended: inclusive, comprehensive, expanded, enlarged
• faction: clique, coterie, caucus, cabal, bloc, camp, group
• fossil: petrified remains, petrified impression

• genuinely: absolutely, actually
• goodness: virtue, virtuousness, good, righteousness, morality
• graph: chart, diagram, grid
• grief: sorrow, misery, sadness, anguish, pain, distress
• heritage: inheritance, birthright, patrimony

• hunting: blood sports, field sports, stalking, trapping
• hut: shack, shanty, cabin, log cabin, shelter,
• immense: huge, vast, massive, enormous, gigantic, colossal
• independently: alone, all alone, on one's own, in a solitary state
• inequality: imbalance, inequity, unevenness, disproportion

• inspect: audit, check out
• inspiration: creativity, inventiveness, innovation, innovativeness
• interference: intrusion, intervention, intercession, involvement,
• kilometre: distance
• lawn: piece of land, plot

• lump: chunk, wedge, hunk, piece, mass, block, slab, cake
• meantime: for now, for the moment, for the present, for the time being
• migration: relocation, resettling, population movement, transhumance
• minimal: very little, minimum, the smallest amount of
• mining: drilling, digging

• minus: take away, take from, take off, deduct, debit
• missing: lost, mislaid, misplaced, nowhere to be found
• mobility: ability to move, movability, moveableness, motility
• motorway: street, road, roadway, avenue, boulevard, way
• oak: tree

• obstacle: barrier, hurdle, stumbling block, bar, block, impediment
• omit: leave out, exclude, fail to include, except, shut out
• onwards: ahead, forwards, onwards, onward
• originate: arise, have its origin, derive, begin, start, stem
• outlet: means of expression, release, means of release

• pencil: pen
• practically: almost, nearly, very nearly, virtually, just about
• prejudice: preconceived idea, preconception, preconceived notion
• preliminary: preparatory, introductory, initial, opening, prefatory
• productive: fertile, fruitful, rich, fecund, high-yielding

• propose: put forward, suggest, advance, offer, present, move,
• protocol: etiquette, social practice, custom, usage, use, habit,
• quota: portion, part, division, bit, allowance, ration
• referee: umpire, judge, referee's assistant, assistant referee
• revelation: disclosure, surprising fact, divulgence, declaration, utterance

• ridge: mountain, hill, height, alp, aiguille, serac
• ritual: formalities, proceedings, business, rigmarole
• saint: angel, good person
• salad: greens
• saying: proverb, maxim, aphorism, axiom, adage, saw, tag

• slice: piece, portion, wedge, chunk, hunk, lump
• soap: detergent
• suck: sip, sup, siphon, slurp, draw, drink, gulp, lap,
• summon: send for, call for, ask for, request the presence of
• taxpayer: people, citizens, subjects, general public, electors

• thigh: knee, knees, thighs
• tourism: travel, journey, exploration
• transmit: transfer, pass on, hand on, communicate, convey, impart,
• tuck: push, ease, insert, slip
• ugly: unattractive, ill-favoured, hideous, plain, plain-featured

• uncomfortable: painful, not comfortable, intolerable, unbearable
• valuation: price, value, evaluation, costing, quotation, estimate
• worship: reverence, revering, worshipping, veneration, venerating
• worthy: admirable, deserving
• yacht: sailboat, cruiser

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• added: combined, joined
• ankle: bone
• appreciation: valuing, respect, prizing, cherishing, treasuring
• ballet: choreography, dance
• banker: investor, speculator, capitalist, industrialist, tycoon

• basin: bowl, dish, pan, pot
• beneficial: advantageous, favourable, helpful, useful, of use
• bias: prejudice, partiality, partisanship, favouritism
• bonus: extra payment, gratuity, tip, handout, gift, present, honorarium
• bunch: bouquet, spray, posy, nosegay, corsage

• calendar: almanac
• caution: care, carefulness, wariness, awareness, heedfulness,
• clergy: clergymen, clergywomen, churchmen, churchwomen
• compensate: recompense, repay, pay back, reimburse, remunerate
• configuration: arrangement, layout, geography, design, organization, order

• continually: frequently, regularly, repeatedly, recurrently, again and again
• continuity: continuousness, uninterruptedness, flow, progression
• covenant: contract, compact, treaty, pact, accord, deal, bargain
• dancer: danseur, danseuse
• decoration: ornament, trinket, bauble, knick-knack, gimcrack, spangle

• deem: regard as, consider, judge, adjudge, hold to be, look on as
• deliberate: intentional, calculated, conscious, done on purpose
• deprive: dispossess, strip, divest, relieve, bereave
• dilemma: quandary, predicament, difficulty, problem, puzzle, conundrum,
• diverse: various, many and various, sundry, manifold, multiple

• donation: gift, contribution, subscription, present, handout
• dwelling: residence, place of residence, place of habitation, home
• elaborate: complicated, detailed, intricate, complex, involved
• eligible: entitled, permitted, allowed, qualified
• embark: board ship, go on board, go aboard, climb aboard,

• embarrassment: awkwardness, self-consciousness, unease, uneasiness
• eyebrow: brow
• farming: agriculture, cultivation, tilling, tillage, husbandry,
• fatal: deadly, lethal, mortal, causing death,
• fling: throw, toss, sling, hurl, cast, pitch, lob, bowl, launch

• forbid: prohibit, ban, outlaw, make illegal, veto, proscribe
• forehead: brow, temple
• gardener: grower, landscaper
• girlfriend: sweetheart, woman, girl, partner, significant other
• heir: successor, heiress, next in line, inheritor, heir apparent,

• hide: conceal, secrete, put in a hiding place
• honestly: fairly, lawfully, legally, legitimately, honourably, decently
• importantly: notably, remarkably, outstandingly, importantly, seriously
• inherent: ntrinsic, innate, immanent, built-in, inborn
• injection: inoculation, vaccination, vaccine, immunization,

• insufficient: inadequate, not enough, too little
• intermediate: halfway, in-between, middle, mid, midway, median
• irrelevant: beside the point, not to the point, immaterial
• lecturer: university teacher, college teacher, tutor, reader
• librarian: bibliognost, cataloger

• lid: cover, top, cap, covering
• lounge: public room, sitting room, common room
• loyal: faithful, true, true-hearted, tried and true
• make-up: cosmetics, greasepaint
• managerial: management, directorial, directing, executive

• manuscript: document, text, script, paper, typescript
• marble: alabaster
• mask: disguise, veil, false face, domino, stocking mask
• maturity: adulthood, full growth, majority, coming-of-age, matureness
• middle-class: bourgeois, ordinary

• misery: unhappiness, distress, wretchedness, hardship, suffering
• mysterious: puzzling, strange, peculiar, curious, funny, queer, odd,
• noble: aristocratic, noble-born, of noble birth, titled, patrician
• occurrence: event, incident, happening, phenomenon, affair
• outsider: stranger, visitor, non-member, odd man out

• parental: fatherly, maternal, paternal
• passive: submissive, acquiescent, unresisting, yielding, unassertive
• pet: favourite, darlin
• plunge: jump, dive, hurl oneself, throw oneself, fling oneself,
• popularity: fashionableness, vogue, stylishness

• positively: certainly
• privatisation: privatize
• profitable: moneymaking, profit-making, commercial, successful
• pronounce: say, enunciate, articulate, utter, express, voice
• prospective: destined, intended, planned, to be, expected

• psychologist: adviser, consultant, guide, mentor, confidant, confidante
• racial: ethnic, race-related, ethnological
• renew: resume, return to, pick up again, take up again
• restraint: constraint, restriction
• revive: resuscitate, bring round, bring to life, bring back

• rightly: justifiably, justly, legitimately, rightly, properly, reasonably
• rising: ‘rising ground’
• sauce: relish, dressing, condiment, ketchup, flavouring
• sexuality: sensuality, sexiness, seductiveness, desirability
• straw: fodder, feed, food, foodstuff, herbage, pasturage

• sufferer: injured
• suspicious: doubtful, unsure, dubious, wary, chary, sceptical
• symbolic: figurative, representative, illustrative, emblematic
• telecommunication: publicity
• thumb: digit, first digit, opposable digit

• timetable: calendar, itinerary
• tobacco: cigarette
• tribe: ethnic group, people, race, nation
• trophy: cup, medal
• tyre: wheel

• validity: legal acceptability, authenticity, correctness
• verb: deponent
• weaken: enfeeble, debilitate, incapacitate, sap one's strength
• wicket: arch, entrance

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• activate: operate, switch on, turn on, start, start off
• activist: advocate
• alike: similar, the same, indistinguishable, identical,
• arouse: cause, induce, prompt, set off, trigger, stir up, inspire
• aspiration: desire, hope, longing, yearning, hankering

• betray: break one's promise to, be disloyal to, be unfaithful to
• bolt: bar, lock, catch, latch, fastener, hasp, pin
• boyfriend: lover, sweetheart, loved one, love, beloved, darling
• caravan: mobile home, camper, caravanette
• carve: sculpt, sculpture

• characterize: distinguish, make distinctive, mark, set apart, identify
• circulate: flow, course, move round, go round
• commentator: critic, analyst, pundit, commenter, monitor, observer,
• commissioner: administrator
• compile: assemble, put together, make up, collate, compose

• convict: declare guilty, find guilty, pronounce guilty
• crush: squash, squeeze, press, compress
• deed: act, action, activity
• defensive: defending, guarding, safeguarding, protecting
• dignity: grace, respectability

• disagree: fail to agree, be in contention, be in dispute
• distinguished: eminent, famous, famed, renowned, prominent, well known
• distress: anguish, suffering, pain, agony, ache, affliction
• divine: godly, godlike, angelic, seraphic, saintly, beatific
• drunk: intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable

• ending: end, finish, close, closing, conclusion, resolution
• enforcement: imposition, implementation, application, carrying out
• explicitly: absolutely, clearly
• exploitation: taking advantage, making use, abuse of, misuse
• fare: ticket price, transport cost, price, cost, charge

• feedback: response
• fiscal: tax, budgetary, revenue
• fitting: attachment, connection, installation
• fortunate: lucky, favoured, blessed, blessed with good luck
• frontier: border, boundary, partition, borderline, dividing line

• furious: enraged, raging, infuriated, very angry, inflamed,
• garment: item of clothing, article of clothing, item of dress
• grid: grating, mesh, gauze, grille, grillwork, lattice
• gut: stomach, belly, abdomen
• harmony: euphony, polyphony, consonance

• headline: report, story, account, description, article, piece,
• invention: origination, creation, innovation, devising, contriving
• jeans: denims, blue jeans
• knight: chevalier, cavalier, cavalryman, horseman, equestrian
• learner: beginner, trainee, apprentice, pupil, student, mentee

• lifestyle: way of life, way of living, manner of living, life
• linear: unswerving, undeviating, direct, as straight as an arrow
• lordship: supremacy, ascendancy, dominance, domination, superiority
• melt: liquefy, thaw, unfreeze, defrost, soften, run, flux
• membrane: layer, laminate, sheet, skin, film, veil, diaphragm, partition

• merge: join, join together, join forces, amalgamate, consolidate,
• mist: haze, fog, smog, murk, cloud, cloudiness, mistiness,
• molecular: atomic
• monument: memorial
• obey: do what someone says, accept orders from, take orders from

• partially: to a limited degree, to a limited extent, partly, to a certain degree
• philosophical: theoretical, analytical, rational, metaphysical, logical
• predator: carnivore
• protective: preservative, protecting, safeguarding, shielding, defensive
• publishing: announce, circulate

• pulse: heartbeat, pulsation, pulsing, throb, throbbing, vibration,
• punish: penalize, discipline, mete out punishment to, bring someone to book
• qualified: certified, certificated, chartered, licensed, professional
• reactor: activator
• realm: domain, sphere, area, field, department, arena

• rebuild: reconstruct, renovate, restore, refashion, remodel
• repeatedly: frequently, often, again and again, over and over,
• reproduction: copying, duplication, duplicating, replication, replicating
• revision: emendation, correction, alteration, changing, adaptation
• rod: bar, stick, pole, baton, staff

• rug: mat, carpet
• sacred: holy, hallowed, blessed, blest, consecrated
• selective: choosy
• semantic: language-producing, lingual, semasiological
• senate: chamber, committee, council

• skilled: able
• slim: slender, lean, willowy, sylphlike, svelte, lissom
• solar: cosmic
• spill: knock over, tip over, upset, overturn
• spine: backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, vertebrae

• stall: stand, table, counter, booth, kiosk, compartment
• statue: sculpture, figure, effigy, statuette, figurine, idol
• steward: flight attendant, cabin attendant, member of the cabin staff
• stiff: rigid, hard, firm, hardened, inelastic, non-flexible
• suppress: subdue, defeat, conquer, vanquish, triumph over

• temporarily: for the time being, for the moment, for now
• tender: caring, kind, kindly, kind-hearted, soft-hearted
• textile: fabric, cloth, material
• toward: against
• towel: rag, dishcloth, floorcloth, wipe, sponge, duster

• tremble: shake, shake like a leaf, quiver, twitch, palpitate
• unpleasant: disagreeable, irksome, troublesome, annoying, irritating
• useless: futile, pointless, purposeless, impractical, vain, in vain
• utterance: remark, comment, word, expression, statement, observation
• utterly: completely, totally, absolutely, entirely, wholly, fully, thoroughly

• viewer: watcher, television watcher, spectator, onlooker,
• villa: chateau, mansion
• weep: cry, shed tears, sob, snivel, whimper, whine, mewl
• width: wideness, breadth, broadness, thickness, spread
• worthwhile: valuable, of value, worth it, worth the effort, useful, of use

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• aggression: hostility, aggressiveness, belligerence, bellicosity
• ambassador: envoy, diplomat, ambassador extraordinary
• ancestor: forebear, forefather, predecessor, progenitor, antecedent
• arch: archway, vault, span, dome
• array: exhibition, exposition, exhibit, arrangement,

• bacteria: illness, ailment, infection, disease, disorder, sickness,
• bat: truncheon, club, cudgel, bludgeon, stick, mace
• beast: monster
• beautifully: attractively, charmingly
• bee: bumblebee

• bile: acrimony, resentment, rancour, sourness, acerbity, asperity
• binding: irrevocable, unalterable, unbreakable, indissoluble, permanent
• bless: ask god's favour for, ask god's protection for,
• brigade: unit, contingent, battalion, regiment, garrison
• bull: bullock, cow, ox

• bullet: ball, shot
• burning: blazing, flaming, aflame, fiery, flaring, ignited
• cabin: berth, stateroom, compartment, room, deckhouse
• cheer: encourage, urge on, spur on, drive on, motivate
• clutch: grip, grasp, clasp, cling to, hang on to

• coffin: box, sarcophagus
• compel: force, coerce into, pressurize into, pressure
• competent: acquainted with, familiar with, with a knowledge of,
• compliance: yielding, capitulation, agreement, acceptance
• confrontation: conflict, clash, brush, fight, battle, contest, encounter

• conjunction: partnership
• consume: use, use up, utilize, expend
• convincing: cogent, persuasive, powerful, potent, strong, forceful,
• decisive: deciding, conclusive, determining, final, settling, key
• depart: leave, go, go away, go off, take one's leave, take oneself off

• dependence: helplessness, weakness, defencelessness, vulnerability
• doing: performance, performing, carrying out, effecting, execution
• doubtful: irresolute, hesitant, tentative, vacillating, dithering
• embassy: consulate, legation, ministry
• emergence: disclosure, becoming known, coming to light, exposure

• erosion: corrosion, destruction
• exemption: immunity, exception, dispensation, indemnity
• follower: acolyte, assistant, attendant, satellite, companion
• foreigner: alien, immigrant, outsider
• glove: mitten, mitt, gauntlet

• grind: crush, pound, pulverize, mill, powder, granulate, grate
• horizontal: parallel, level, even, straight, plane, flush
• illusion: mirage, hallucination, apparition, phantasm, phantom
• inappropriate: unsuitable, unfitting, ill-suited, unseemly, unbecoming
• inland: interior, non-coastal, central, inshore, internal, upcountry

• intact: whole, entire, complete, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed
• intake: batch, lot, assortment, selection, collection, supply
• invisible: unnoticeable, undetectable, indistinguishable, indiscernible
• knot: tie, twist, loop, bow, splice, splicing, join, link, fastening, bond
• lemon: fruit

• manipulate: operate, handle, work, control, use, employ, utilize
• mathematical: arithmetical, arithmetic, numerical, statistical, algebraic
• mid: central, mean, medium, medial, median, midway
• morality: ethics, rights and wrongs, correctness, ethicality
• motivate: prompt, drive, move, inspire, stimulate, influence, lead

• neatly: tidily, smartly, sprucely
• negligence: carelessness, lack of care, lack of proper care and attention
• openly: publicly, in public, in full view of people, for all to see
• optimistic: cheerful, cheery, positive, confident, hopeful, sanguine
• overnight: during[in] the night

• ozone: atmosphere
• paid: compensated, salaried
• penetrate: pierce, puncture, make a hole in, perforate, stab
• permanently: for all time, forever, for good, for always, for good and all,
• persistent: tenacious, persevering, determined, resolute

• powder: dust, fine particles, fine grains
• predominantly: mainly, mostly, for the most part, chiefly, principally,
• promoter: organizer, advertiser
• relaxation: mental repose, composure
• reminder: prompt, prompting, cue, nudge

• respectable: reputable, of good repute, upright, honest, honourable
• respective: separate, personal, own, particular, individual, specific
• scrutiny: careful examination, inspection, survey, scan
• seemingly: apparently, on the face of it, to all appearances, as far as one can see
• serum: secretions

• shaft: pole, stick, rod, staff, shank, upright
• sickness: illness, disease, disorder, ailment, complaint, affliction,
• skull: cranium, crown
• spatial: dimensional
• stag: buck, hart

• sterling: pound sterling, £
• sunlight: daylight, sun, sunshine, light of day, sun's rays
• supervise: superintend, oversee, be in charge of, be in control of
• swiftly: rapidly, quickly, fast, speedily, briskly, at high speed
• tablet: pill, capsule, lozenge, caplet, pastille, pellet, drop, ball

• tariff: tax, duty, toll, excise, levy, assessment, imposition
• temper: temperament, disposition, nature, character, personality
• temptation: desire, urge, itch, impulse, inclination
• terribly: very, extremely, awfully, dreadfully, really, frightfully
• throne: seat of state, royal seat

• trainee: novice, starter, learner, student, pupil
• treasure: riches, valuables, jewels, gems, gold, silver, precious metals,
• unacceptable: intolerable, insufferable, unsatisfactory, impermissible
• underline: underscore, mark, pick out, emphasize, highlight
• unfortunate: unlucky, hapless, out of luck, down on one's luck, luckless

• vitamin: mineral, supplements
• warehouse: storeroom, storehouse, store, depot, depository
• whale: cetacean, leviathan
• wit: intelligence, shrewdness, astuteness, cleverness
• woodland: woods, wood, forest, trees

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• accountability: responsibility, liability, answerability
• adverse: unfavourable, disadvantageous, inauspicious, unpropitious
• apology: expression of regret, one's regrets
• attain: achieve, accomplish, reach, arrive at, come by, obtain
• boast: brag, crow, swagger, swank, gloat, show off, blow one's own trumpet

• booklet: pamphlet, brochure, leaflet, handout, handbill
• bronze: copper
• brow: forehead, temple
• calcium: alkaline earth metals
• chemist: analyst, examiner

• chop: cut up, cut into pieces, chop up
• cognitive: mental, emotional, intellectual, inner, non-physical
• comparatively: analogously
• complication: difficulty, problem, issue, obstacle, hurdle
• confer: bestow on, present to, present with, grant to, award to

• congregation: parishioners, parish, churchgoers, flock, fold
• cooperation: collaboration, working together, joint action, combined effort,
• cop: policeman, policewoman, officer of the law
• corn: grain, cereal, cereal crop
• curiosity: inquisitiveness, interest, spirit of enquiry

• cylinder: tube, conduit, hose, main, duct
• debtor: borrower, mortgagor
• diameter: width
• dictate: say aloud, utter, speak, read out, read aloud, recite
• dip: immerse, submerge, plunge, duck, dunk, lower, sink

• dislike: hate, detest, loathe, abominate, abhor, despise,
• dive: plunge, plummet, nosedive, descend, jump
• documentation: official paper, legal paper, paper, form, certificate
• embody: personify, incorporate, give human form to
• enzyme: impetus, catalyst

• exile: banishment, expulsion, expatriation, deportation, eviction
• fame: renown, celebrity, stardom, popularity, notability
• fertility: fecundity, fruitfulness, productiveness, prolificacy,
• fond: keen on, partial to, addicted to, enthusiastic about
• fusion: blend, blending, combination, amalgamation, joining

• gothic: gothic
• gravel: shingle, grit, pebbles, stones
• gravity: attraction, attracting force, downward force
• guerrilla: freedom fighter, underground fighter, irregular soldier
• headmaster: leader, chief, boss, controller, master, supervisor, governor

• heal: make better, make well, cure, treat successfully
• hydrogen: atmosphere
• inclusion: incorporation, addition, insertion, introduction
• incredible: unbelievable, beyond belief, hard to believe, scarcely credible
• inheritance: legacy, bequest, endowment, birthright, estate

• inhibit: impede, hinder, hamper, hold back, discourage, interfere with
• jewellery: jewels, gems, gemstones, precious stones
• laser: ray
• layout: structure, arrangement, construction, framework
• legacy: bequest, inheritance, heritage, bequeathal, bestowal

• lengthy: long, very long, of considerable length, long-lasting
• likelihood: probability, chance, prospect, possibility, likeliness
• loop: bend, curve, kink, arc
• mammal: vertebrate, creature
• marker: notice, signpost, signboard, warning sign

• metaphor: figure of speech, figurative expression, image, trope
• miserable: unhappy, sad, sorrowful, dejected, depressed, downcast,
• mobile: able to move, able to move around, moving, walking
• narrative: account, story, tale, chronicle, history, description
• neighbouring: nearby

• old-fashioned: antique, outdated, outmoded
• onion: facts, information, data, subject, discipline
• orientation: direction
• outbreak: eruption, flare-up, upsurge, outburst, epidemic, breakout
• planner: conspirator, co-conspirator, schemer, intriguer

• polite: well mannered, civil, courteous, respectful, deferential
• portray: paint, draw, draw a picture of, paint a picture of
• premier: leading, foremost, chief, principal, head, top-ranking
• prescribe: order, advise, authorize, direct
• printing: typography, presswork

• privately: in private, with no one else present, behind closed doors
• probable: likely, most likely, odds-on, expected, to be expected
• rage: temper, fit of anger, fit of fury, fit of rage
• redundant: unnecessary, not required, inessential, unessential,
• regain: recover, get back, win back, recoup, retrieve

• regulatory: managerial, management, directorial, directing
• rip: tear, snatch, jerk, tug, wrench, wrest, prise
• selected: choose, pick, hand-pick, single out, pick out
• silently: calmly, quietly
• sovereignty: jurisdiction, supremacy, dominion, power

• specialise: specialize
• spectacle: display, show, performance, presentation
• sponsorship: backing, support, patronage, funding
• steer: guide, direct, manoeuvre
• sunshine: sunlight, sun, sun's rays, sunbeams, daylight

• synthesis: combination, union, amalgam, blend, mixture, compound
• terrify: petrify, scare stiff, frighten someone out of their wits
• testament: last will and testament, last wishes
• thread: cord, fiber, filament
• timing: choice, judgement

• toss: throw, hurl, cast, fling, sling, pitch, shy, lob
• toxic: poisonous, venomous, virulent, noxious, dangerous
• tragic: disastrous, calamitous, catastrophic, cataclysmic,
• trigger: generator
• up-to-date: modern, contemporary, the latest, up to the minute

• usage: utilization, use, employment, consumption
• wee: little, small, tiny, minute, miniature, small-scale
• willingness: readiness, preparedness, disposition, inclination
• winning: victorious, successful, triumphant, vanquishing

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• abolition: scrapping, ending, stopping, doing away with
• abruptly: all of a sudden, suddenly
• accusation: allegation, charge, claim, assertion, asseveration
• adaptation: converting, conversion, alteration, modification
• adequately: appropriately, sufficiently

• applied: empirical, hands-on, pragmatic, real, actual, active
• bicycle: cycle, two-wheeler, pedal cycle
• boil: simmer, bubble, seethe, heat, cook, stew
• brochure: pamphlet, booklet, prospectus, catalogue, leaflet
• butterfly: insect

• canvas: tarp, sailcloth
• causal: related, associated
• cautious: careful, wary, aware, heedful, attentive, alert
• cheerful: happy, jolly, merry, bright, glad, sunny, joyful,
• chosen: required, necessary, proper, right, correct

• cleaner: attendant, retainer
• compatible: adaptable, appropriate, consistent
• confirmation: corroboration, verification, proof, testimony, endorsement
• conform: comply with, abide by, obey, observe, follow
• conspiracy: plot, scheme, stratagem, plan, machination, cabal

• contempt: scorn, disdain, disrespect, deprecation, disparagement,
• controller: administrator, manager, chairman, chairwoman
• corps: brigade, regiment, battalion, company, troop, division
• corpse: dead body, body, cadaver, carcass, skeleton
• costly: expensive, dear, high-cost, high-priced, highly priced

• designate: appoint, nominate, depute, delegate
• despair: hopelessness, desperation, distress, anguish, pain, unhappiness
• disagreement: dissent, lack of agreement, difference of opinion, dispute
• dot: spot, speck, fleck, speckle, point, pinpoint, pinprick, mark, dab
• dual: double, twofold, binary

• endure: undergo, go through, live through, experience, meet, encounter
• entail: necessitate, make necessary, require, need, demand, call for
• ethical: moral
• exert: bring to bear, apply, bring into play, exercise, employ
• exit: way out, door, egress, passage out, escape route

• fashionable: in fashion, in vogue, voguish, popular, up to date, bang up to date
• furnish: provide with furniture, fit out, rig out, kit out, appoint,
• fury: rage, anger, wrath, passion, outrage, spleen
• gasp: pant, puff, puff and pant, blow, heave, wheeze
• gathering: assembly, meeting, meet, convention, rally, turnout,

• genius: brilliance, great intelligence, great intellect, great ability,
• given: specified, stated, designated, set, particular, specific
• habitat: natural environment, natural element, natural territory
• hammer: mallet, beetle, gavel
• ideally: in a perfect world, in a utopia

• implicit: implied, indirect, inferred, understood, hinted
• interim: meantime, meanwhile, intervening time, interval, interlude
• jazz: blues
• keyboard: workstation, vdu, visual display unit, pc, input device, output device
• legally: constitutionally, lawfully, legitimately

• locomotive: rolling stock, trains, locomotives, carriages, wagons
• maid: female servant, maidservant, housemaid, parlourmaid
• manor: mansion, stately home, hall, big house, manor house
• misleading: deceptive, confusing, deceiving, equivocal, ambiguous
• monk: brother, male member of a religious order, religious

• mosaic: patchwork
• multiply: increase, increase exponentially, grow
• murderer: killer, liquidator, terminator, slaughterer
• orthodox: conservative, traditional, observant, conformist
• outlook: point of view, viewpoint, views, slant, angle

• patent: copyright, licence, legal protection, right, performing right
• patience: forbearance, tolerance, restraint, self-restraint, resignation
• patron: sponsor, backer, financier, subsidizer, underwriter
• pepper: seasoning, spice
• pie: pastry, tart, tartlet, quiche, pasty

• postpone: put off, delay, defer, put back, hold off, hold over
• prevail: win, win out, win through, triumph, be victorious
• print: set in print, send to press, run off, preprint
• proclaim: publicize, make public, make known, give publicity to
• provider: supplier, donor, giver, contributor, source, mainstay

• purple: color, violet
• queue: line, row, column, file, chain, string, stream
• rating: grade, classification, class, grading, ranking, rank
• reconstruction: modification, modifying, alteration, adaptation, regulation
• recorder: tape recorder, cassette recorder

• renaissance: rejuvenation
• salmon: fish
• scent: smell, fragrance, aroma, perfume, redolence
• scratch: score, abrade, scrape, roughen, scuff, scuff up
• shiver: tremble, quiver, shake, shudder, quaver, quake

• sincerely: genuinely, honestly, really, with all sincerity, truly
• snatch: grab, seize, seize hold of, grab hold of, take hold of
• soccer: association football
• sofa: settee, couch, divan, chaise longue, love seat
• spectator: onlooker, watcher, looker-on, fly on the wall, viewer

• static: unchanged, fixed, stable, steady, unchanging, changeless
• stride: march, stalk, pace, tread, step, walk
• subjective: personal, personalized, individual, internal, emotional
• syndrome: ailment, disorder
• teenage: adolescent, teenaged, youthful, young, juvenile

• territorial: geographical, topographical, zonal, topical
• unaware: ignorant, unknowing, unconscious, heedless
• unconscious: knocked out, insensible, senseless, insentient, insensate
• underground: below ground, below the surface, under the earth
• valve: vent, vent hole, way out, exit, egress

• verbal: unwritten
• weave: entwine, lace, work, twist, knit, interlace, intertwine
• weird: uncanny, eerie, unnatural, preternatural, supernatural,
• wolf: mammal
• yell: cry, yelp, call, shout, howl, yowl, wail, scream

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• abbey: monastery, convent, priory, cloister, friary, nunnery
• accelerate: expedite, stimulate
• agreed: settled, established, resolved, determined, worked out
• amid: in the middle of, surrounded by, among, amongst
• amuse: delight, please

• analogy: correlation
• angrily: fiercely, furiously
• annoy: irritate, vex, make angry, make cross, anger, exasperate
• annually: yearly, once a year, each year, by the year
• anonymous: unnamed, of unknown name, nameless, incognito

• apparatus: equipment, gear, rig, tackle, gadgetry
• appraisal: assessment, evaluation, estimation, judgement
• arbitrary: capricious, whimsical, random, chance, erratic,
• archbishop: abbey, bishop
• archive: annals

• ashamed: sorry, shamefaced, abashed, sheepish, guilty
• assertion: declaration, contention, statement, claim,
• atomic: microscopic
• balcony: platform, terrace, veranda
• bitterly: hardly

• bride: newly-wed, honeymooner
• broker: dealer, broker-dealer, agent, negotiator, trafficker
• cage: enclosure, pen, pound
• choir: singers, chorus, chorale
• coherent: logical, reasoned, reasonable, well reasoned

• colourful: brightly coloured, bright-coloured, deep-coloured
• crawl: creep, go on all fours, move on hands and knees
• dancing: footing
• depressed: sad, saddened, unhappy, gloomy, glum
• descent: going down, coming down

• disastrous: catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic, tragic
• disclosure: revelation, surprising fact, divulgence, declaration
• discourage: disheartened, dispirited, demoralized, deflated,
• divert: reroute, redirect, change the course of, draw away
• dominance: supremacy, superiority, ascendancy, pre-eminence

• efficiently: well, surely
• enclose: surround, circle, ring, encompass, encircle, circumscribe
• exotic: foreign, non-native, tropical
• fantastic: tremendous, remarkable, great, terrific, enormous
• ferry: passenger boat, passenger ship, ferry boat, packet boat, packet, shuttle

• flick: jerk, snap, flip, stroke, brush, sweep, swipe
• formulation: origination, creation, innovation, devising
• fringe: edging, edge, border, hem, trimming
• glare: stare angrily, scowl, glower, look daggers
• glimpse: brief look, quick look

• grim: stern, forbidding, uninviting, unapproachable
• herb: flavouring, salt and pepper, herbs, spices
• hunger: lack of food, need for food, hungriness
• ignorance: incomprehension, unawareness, unconsciousness
• individually: one at a time, one by one, singly, separately

• intimate: close, bosom, boon, dear, cherished, familiar
• landowner: entrepreneur, financier
• large-scale: extensive, wide-reaching, wide-ranging, sweeping
• likewise: also, in addition, too, as well, by the same token, to boot
• lobby: entrance hall, hallway, hall, entrance, vestibule

• locality: position, place, situation, location, spot
• lodge: gatehouse, cottage, toll house
• mainstream: general, primary
• making: manufacture, manufacturing, mass production, building
• mercy: leniency, lenience, clemency, compassion, grace

• mistress: doyenne, star, leading light, celebrity, big name
• node: junction, fork, branching, intersection, interchange
• overwhelming: very large, profuse, enormous, immense, inordinate
• performer: actor, actress, thespian, artiste, artist
• philosopher: thinker, theorist, theorizer, theoretician, philosophizer

• placement: positioning, placing, putting in place, arrangement
• polymer: synthetic, compound
• precision: exactness, exactitude, accuracy, accurateness, correctness
• preservation: conservation, protection, maintenance, care, safeguarding
• presume: assume, suppose, dare say, imagine, take it, expect, believe

• propaganda: information, promotion, advertising, advertisement
• prosperity: wealth, success, profitability, affluence, riches
• pudding: dessert, sweet, sweet course, sweet dish
• quarry: stone pit
• quit: leave, go away from, depart from, vacate, evacuate

• quotation: citation, quote, reference, mention, allusion
• repay: reimburse, refund, pay back, recompense, compensate
• repayment: refund, reimbursement, paying back
• revival: improvement, rallying, picking up, betterment
• sailor: seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, mariner

• salvation: lifeline, preservation, conservation
• scan: study, examine, scrutinize, inspect, survey
• sentiment: view, point of view, way of thinking, feeling
• shy: bashful, diffident, timid, sheepish, reserved
• sock: stocking

• squadron: unit, detail, squad, troop, contingent, outfit
• stumble: trip, trip over, trip up, lose one's balance
• subscription: donation, contribution, offering, gift, present
• summarise: sum up, abridge, condense, encapsulate, outline
• surrender: capitulate, give in, give up, give oneself up

• survivor: residue, leavings
• sweat: perspiration, moisture, dampness, wetness, lather
• theology: belief, creed
• thorough: rigorous, in-depth, exhaustive, thoroughgoing
• threshold: doorstep, sill, doorsill, doorway, entrance

• tolerate: allow, permit, authorize, sanction, condone
• torch: lamp, light, flashlight, beacon
• varying: changeable, differing
• wardrobe: clothes cupboard, cupboard, cabinet, locker, storage room
• wicked: evil, sinful, immoral, wrong, morally wrong

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• accumulate: gather, collect, assemble
• actress: actor, performer, player, trouper, theatrical
• aggregate: accumulated, cumulative
• ambiguity: ambivalence, equivocation
• apologise: say sorry, express regret, be apologetic

• appetite: hunger, ravenousness, hungriness, need for food
• ash: cinders, ashes, embers, clinker
• autonomous: self-governing, sovereign
• ballot: public vote, plebiscite, popular vote, poll
• bankruptcy: insolvency, liquidation, failure, ruin, financial ruin

• bizarre: strange, peculiar, odd, funny, curious
• burial: burying, committal, entombment, inhumation
• calf: cow, heifer, bull, bullock, ox
• calorie: energy
• cart: wagon, carriage

• cassette: album
• census: poll, review, investigation, enquiry, study
• chorus: refrain, burden, strain
• clarity: lucidity, lucidness, clearness, perspicuity
• confidential: private, personal, intimate, privileged, quiet

• continuing: enduring, lasting
• controlled: guarded
• costume: outfit, ensemble, suit
• courtesy: politeness, courteousness, good manners
• decree: order, edict, command, commandment, mandate

• default: non-payment, failure to pay, non-remittance
• deficiency: insufficiency, lack, shortage, want
• delicious: mouth-watering, appetizing, tasty, flavoursome
• delightful: very pleasant, lovely, greatly to one's liking,
• dense: thick, heavy, opaque, soupy, murky

• developed: informed, aware, educated, knowledgeable
• devoted: loyal, faithful, true, true blue, staunch
• differentiate: discern, discriminate
• disciplinary: punitive
• dragon: basilisk

• driving: assertive, forceful, competitive, insistent
• embarrassed: awkward, self-conscious, uneasy, uncomfortable
• evolutionary: developmental, transformative
• exclaim: cry out, cry, declare, come out with, burst out with
• feather: plume, quill

• flour: grain powder
• flourish: grow, thrive, prosper, do well, grow well, develop
• flush: red, pink, ruddy, glowing, reddish, pinkish
• formidable: intimidating, forbidding, redoubtable, daunting
• foster: encourage, promote, further, stimulate, advance

• fridge: cooler, icebox, cold storage
• glorious: illustrious, celebrated, famous, famed, renowned
• gradual: slow, moderate, measured, unhurried, restrained
• greenhouse: hothouse, conservatory
• guardian: protector, defender, preserver, champion

• harvest: gathering in of the crops, harvesting, harvest time
• hatred: loathing, hate, detestation, dislike, distaste
• haul: drag, pull, tug, heave, hump
• highway: street, road, roadway, avenue
• homeless: without a roof over one's head, on the streets, vagrant

• immigration: exodus, migration
• impulse: urge, instinct, drive, compulsion
• inability: lack of ability, incapability, incapacity
• incidentally: by the way, by the by, by the bye, in passing
• indirectly: incidentally, accidentally, secondarily, concomitantly

• jointly: together, in partnership, in cooperation, cooperatively
• lace: openwork, lacework, tatting, netting
• lexical: rhetorical, unwritten
• listener: auditor
• loudly: aloud, emphatically, noisily, vociferously

• monkey: ape, baboon, chimpanzee, gorilla
• motif: design, pattern, decoration, figure, shape,
• noisy: rowdy, rackety, clamorous, boisterous, roisterous
• notebook: notepad, exercise book, register, logbook, log
• offensive: insulting, rude, derogatory, disrespectful

• outdoor: exterior, external, outer, outermost
• parcel: package, packet
• photography: arts
• pill: tablet, capsule, caplet, pellet, lozenge, pastille
• pillow: cushion, bolster, headrest, pad, support, rest

• pony: cayuse, mustang
• presidency: board, bureau, cabinet, committee, ministry
• privacy: seclusion, privateness, solitude, isolation, retirement
• projection: estimate, forecast, prediction, calculation
• psychiatric: emotional, spiritual, inner

• racism: racial discrimination, racialism, racial bigotry
• rebellion: uprising, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, revolution
• renewal: resumption, recommencement
• resentment: bitterness, indignation, irritation, pique
• rifle: gun

• scholarship: learning, book learning, knowledge, erudition
• sediment: dregs, lees, deposit, grounds, settlings
• sketch: drawing, preliminary drawing, outline
• slot: aperture, slit, crack, hole, opening, groove, notch
• stadium: arena, field, ground, pitch

• stain: discolour, blemish, soil, mark, muddy, spot
• staircase: stair, tread, tread board
• striking: noticeable, obvious, conspicuous, evident, salient
• terminate: bring to an end, end, bring to a close, bring to a conclusion
• triangle: tapered piece, segment, slice, section

• unchanged: fixed, established, hard and fast, determined
• uphold: confirm, endorse, sustain, validate, ratify
• viewpoint: way of thinking, point of view, view, frame of reference
• worm: bug, vermin
• yarn: thread, cotton, wool, fibre, filament, strand

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• academy: educational institution, training establishment
• adjective: accessory
• aesthetic: decorative, ornamental, graceful, elegant
• agony: pain, hurt, suffering, torture, torment, anguish
• allegedly: reportedly, supposedly, reputedly, purportedly

• amusement: mirth, merriment, light-heartedness, hilarity, glee
• appalling: shocking, horrific, horrifying, horrible, terrible
• axis: centre line, vertical, horizontal
• bacon: pork
• balloon: blimp

• bass: deep-toned, deep, low-pitched, low-toned
• bin: basket
• biology: embryology
• bored: disinterested, tired, fatigued
• bracket: parenthesis, brace

• brewery: distillery
• bulb: tuber, corm, rhizome
• chord: music, tones, note
• commentary: essay, dissertation, treatise, paper, discourse
• cutting: clipping

• dairy: dairy farm
• daylight: natural light, sunlight, light of day
• deadline: time limit, limit, finishing date, finishing time
• donor: giver, contributor, benefactor, benefactress
• dressing: sauce, relish, condiment, dip, flavouring

• ego: self-esteem, self-importance, self-worth
• enjoyment: pleasure, entertainment, amusement, diversion
• eventual: final, ultimate, concluding, closing, endmost, end
• fever: feverishness, high temperature, febricity, febrility
• flock: group, flight, congregation

• foolish: stupid, silly, idiotic, half-witted, witless
• fur: hair, wool
• gall: impudence, insolence, impertinence, cheek
• herd: flock, drove, pack, group, collection, fold
• imaginative: creative, visionary, inspired, insightful, inventive

• injunction: order, ruling, direction, directive, command
• innovative: advanced, innovatory, original, experimental, inventive
• invade: occupy, conquer, capture, seize, take, take over,
• investigator: inspector, examiner, enquirer, explorer, analyser
• jungle: tropical forest, rainforest, tropical rainforest

• kneel: fall to one's knees, get down on one's knees, genuflect
• magnitude: immensity, vastness, hugeness, enormity
• mainframe: calculator
• memorandum: message, communication, note, email,
• methodology: course of action, line of action, plan of action, policy

• mighty: fearsome, ferocious
• moderate: average, modest, medium, middling, ordinary
• monarchy: kingship, sovereignty, autocracy, monocracy,
• moor: upland, moorland, heath, plateau
• newcomer: arrival, new arrival, immigrant, settler, stranger

• nuisance: source of annoyance, source of irritation
• offset: counterbalance, balance, balance out, cancel, cancel out
• organisational: bureaucratic, departmental, governmental
• outfit: costume, suit, uniform, ensemble, habit, attire
• park: leave, station, position

• pillar: column, post, pole, support, upright, vertical, baluster
• pledge: promise, undertaking, vow, word, word of honour,
• prescription: instruction, order, direction, authorization
• prosecute: arraign, indict, litigate, sue, summon
• recipient: beneficiary, receiver, donee, giftee, legatee

• recycle: reuse, reprocess, convert into something
• reluctance: unwillingness, disinclination, lack of enthusiasm
• repetition: reiteration, repeating, restatement, retelling
• reservoir: pool, lake, pond
• restrain: prevent, stop, keep, hold back

• rib: bone
• romance: affair
• rude: ill-mannered, bad-mannered, impolite, discourteous
• shatter: smash, smash to smithereens, break, break into pieces
• shilling: British coin

• shocked: blow, upset, disturbance, source of distress
• shrink: get smaller, become smaller, grow smaller, contract
• sniff: inhale, snuffle, breathe in, snuff, snuff up
• soak: immerse, steep, submerge, submerse, dip, sink
• spit: expectorate, hawk

• spontaneous: unforced, voluntary, unconstrained, unprompted
• stab: knife, run through, skewer, spear, bayonet,
• stool: footrest, footstool
• straighten: make straight, align
• strangely: abnormally, rarely, curiously

• strive: endeavor, go all out, seek
• suburb: outlying district, residential area, dormitory area
• sunny: bright, sunshiny, sunlit, brilliant
• supervisor: manager, director, administrator, overseer
• supporting: hold up, bear, carry, prop up, keep up, bolster up

• surveyor: passenger, tourist, tripper, tourer, journeyer,
• swell: expand, bulge, distend, become distended,
• texture: feel, touch
• theirs: owned
• tiger: performer, doer, worker, succeeder, high achiever

• trunk: main stem, bole, stock
• variant: alternative, other, different, divergent, disparate
• vegetation: plants, plant life, flora
• velocity: acceleration, momentum, pace
• vivid: graphic, evocative, realistic, true to life

• vocational: job-related, work, professional, employment
• warrant: authorization, written order, licence
• warrior: fighter, soldier, fighting man, serviceman,
• wartime: war
• washing: cleansing, bathing, showering, scrubbing

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• accumulation: aggregation, build-up
• allied: federated, confederated, federal, associated
• aloud: audibly, out loud, for all to hear, clearly,
• aluminium: metal
• ant: insect

• asylum: refuge
• batch: delivery, shipment, load, containerload
• beard: facial hair, whiskers, stubble, designer stubble
• biography: life story, life history, life, memoir
• bitch: female dog

• bomber: bombardier
• bounce: rebound, spring back, bob, recoil
• bowler: player
• brake: damper, restraint
• cargo: freight, load, haul, consignment, delivery

• conceptual: theoretical, notional, philosophical, unpragmatic
• constructive: positive, useful, of use, helpful, encouraging
• copyright: licence, legal protection, right, performing right
• credibility: trustworthiness, reliability, dependability,
• critique: analysis, evaluation, assessment, appraisal,

• dash: rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge
• desired: wish, wanted
• disco: social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event
• distort: twisted, warped, contorted, bent, buckled
• doll: puppet, marionette, figure, figurine, model

• duly: properly, correctly, in due manner, rightly
• economically: sparingly
• embarrassing: shaming, shameful, humiliating, mortifying,
• fairy: sprite, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, puck
• faithful: loyal, constant, true, devoted, true-blue

• fisherman: angler
• fog: mist, mistiness, fogginess, haar, smog, murk
• frightened: anxious, disturbed, perturbed, troubled,
• galaxy: star system, solar system, constellation
• goat: billy goat, nanny goat

• grammatical: syntactic, morphological, semantic
• handling: hold, pick up, grasp, grip, lift
• heap: pile, stack, mass, mound, mountain
• holly: evergreen shrub
• immune: resistant, unaffected

• inflict: administer to, deal out to, mete out to
• injured: hurt, wounded, harmed, sore, damaged
• integral: essential, fundamental, basic, intrinsic, inherent
• ironically: jokingly
• irony: sarcasm, sardonicism, dryness, causticity

• jockey: rider, horseman, horsewoman, equestrian
• knitting: sew, weave
• liaison: cooperation, contact, association, connection, collaboration
• linen: cloth
• mainland: continent

• meaningful: significant, relevant, important, consequential,
• ministerial: governmental, government, local government
• nationalism: patriotism, patriotic sentiment
• nun: sister, novice, abbess, prioress, mother superior
• offend: hurt someone's feelings, give offence to, affront

• outset: start, starting point, beginning, arrival, appearance
• pad: dressing, compress, pack, padding
• parade: procession, march, cavalcade, motorcade
• patrol: vigil, guard, watch, monitoring, policing
• poorly: badly, deficiently, defectively, faultily

• pottery: china, crockery, ceramics, ware
• preach: give a sermon, deliver a sermon, sermonize,
• prefer: like better, would rather, would rather have
• prevalence: commonness, currency, widespread presence, generality
• privileged: wealthy, rich, affluent, prosperous

• prohibit: forbid, ban, bar, interdict, veto, proscribe, make illegal
• query: question, enquiry
• ray: beam, shaft, streak, bar, pencil, finger, stream
• receptor: sensory
• reconcile: make harmonious, restore harmony to

• reluctantly: hesitantly, unwillingly
• rhetoric: oratory, eloquence, power of speech, command of language
• ribbon: ‘four lengths of ribbon’
• roar: cry, shout
• sausage: banger

• scrap: fragment, piece, bit, offcut, oddment
• sexually: instinctly
• sleeping: unconscious, dreaming
• smoothly: evenly, level, flat, flush, as flat as a pancake, horizontally
• snake: serpent

• solidarity: unanimity, unity, like-mindedness, agreement,
• stagger: lurch, walk unsteadily, reel, sway, teeter, totter,
• suffering: difficulty, hardship
• tease: make fun of, poke fun at, chaff, make jokes about
• technically: properly, in fairness, correctly, legally, technically

• testing: examination, measurement, trial, verification
• theorist: logician
• toast: bread
• uneasy: worried, anxious, ill at ease, troubled, disturbed
• unreasonable: uncooperative, obstructive, unhelpful, disobliging

• unusually: awfully, extraordinarily, surprisingly
• unwilling: reluctant, unenthusiastic, hesitant, afraid, resistant,
• vaguely: roughly, more or less, approximately, nearly
• versus: contrast, vs
• vice-president: vice-chancellor

• vigorous: robust, healthy, in good health, hale and hearty
• vocabulary: lexicon, word stock, lexis
• voltage: volt
• waiter: server, waitress, stewardess, steward, attendant
• wheat: cereal, grass

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• absurd: preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, farcical
• accomplish: fulfil, achieve, succeed in, realize, attain, manage
• admiration: commendation, acclaim, applause, approbation
• altar: holy place, temple, church, chapel, tabernacle
• arena: stadium, amphitheatre, theatre, coliseum

• attachment: accessory, fitting, fitment, extension, supplementary part
• attainment: fulfillment, realization
• authorise: approved, recognized, sanctioned, commissioned
• avenue: driveway, approach, access road
• belly: inside, inner part, inner area, depths, recesses, bowels

• brandy: strong liquor, liquor, strong drink
• cellar: basement, vault, crypt, undercroft, underground room
• coincidence: accident, chance, serendipity, fate, a twist of fate,
• comfortably: adequately, easily
• communism: collectivism, state ownership, socialism, radical socialism

• compact: dense, packed close, close-packed, tightly packed,
• consistency: evenness, steadiness, stability, constancy, regularity,
• convenience: benefit, use, good, comfort, ease, enjoyment
• co-operative: collaborative, collective, communal, combined,
• cord: string, thread, thong, lace, ribbon, strap

• counsel: advice, guidance, direction, instruction
• counsellor: adviser, consultant, guide, mentor
• courtyard: yard, court, quadrangle, square, close,
• cult: band, faith
• damn: curse

• demolish: knock down, pull down, tear down, bring down
• depot: storehouse, warehouse, store, storage place
• dirt: grime, dust, soot, smut
• disguise: dress oneself up as, pass oneself of as, pretend to be
• disruption: disturbance, disordering, disarrangement, disarranging

• donate: give, give a donation of, make a donation of
• evoke: bring to mind, call to mind, put one in mind of,
• exaggerate: overstate, overemphasize, overstress, overestimate,
• frankly: candidly, directly, straightforwardly, straight from the shoulder
• frog: green frog, amphibian

• frozen: ice-cold, ice-covered, icy, ice-bound, frosted
• geological: geographic, earthly
• helmet: armor, hard hat
• hemisphere: cupola, vault, rotunda, arched roof
• housewife: homemaker, lady of the house

• immigrant: newcomer, settler, incomer, new arrival,
• inclined: apt, prone, willing
• indigenous: native, aboriginal, local
• indulge: wallow in, give oneself up to, give way to
• infinite: boundless, unbounded, unlimited, limitless

• inhibition: shyness, reticence, self-consciousness, reserve, diffidence
• innocence: guiltlessness, blamelessness, freedom from guilt
• inquest: enquiry, investigation, inquisition, probe, review
• invoke: pray to, call on, appeal to, plead with, supplicate
• jerk: yank, tug, pull, wrench, snatch, heave

• lab: workshop
• labourer: workman, worker, working man, hand,
• litre: volume, cubic centimetres
• lunchtime: lunch break, noontime, noon
• mandatory: obligatory, compulsory, binding, required

• manipulation: stratagem, tactic, gambit, ploy, trick, dodge, ruse
• momentum: speed, pace, rate, tempo, impetus
• mug: beaker, cup
• nationality: citizenship
• nicely: attractively, pleasantly, pleasingly, agreeably, delightfully,

• nominate: propose, put forward, put up, submit, present
• nucleus: core, centre, central part, most important part,
• offering: contribution, donation, benefaction, gift, present,
• offspring: children, sons and daughters, progeny
• optional: voluntary, non-compulsory, at one's discretion

• overwhelm: swamp, submerge, engulf, bury, deluge
• par: equivalence, level, mean
• passport: travel document, travel papers, papers
• pine: evergreen tree
• presently: at present, currently, at the moment, at this moment

• principally: mainly, mostly, chiefly, for the most part,
• reasoning: hypothesis, rationale, thinking
• refuge: haven, safe haven, shelter, sanctuary, retreat
• repeated: say again, restated, reiterated, go through again
• retailer: merchant, trader, vendor

• revenge: vengeance, retribution, retaliation, reprisal, requital,
• rob: steal from
• rubber: soft
• scared: frightened, afraid, fearful, nervous, panicky
• scenario: plot, outline, storyline, framework, structure

• secretion: production, discharge, emission, excretion, exudation
• secular: non-religious, lay, non-church, temporal, worldly
• semi-final: contest, competition, game, tournament, tie
• simplicity: clarity, clearness, plainness, simpleness, intelligibility,
• sip: drink slowly, drink, taste, sample

• soar: fly up, wing, wing its way
• socket: space, chamber, hollow, hole, pocket, pouch
• soften: alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe, take the edge off
• solo: unaccompanied, single-handed, companionless, unescorted
• startle: surprise, frighten, scare, alarm, give someone a shock

• supposedly: supposedly, seemingly, apparently, allegedly, reportedly,
• tense: taut, stretched tight, tight, rigid, stretched, strained, stiff
• umbrella: parasol, sunshade
• unclear: uncertain, undecided, yet to be decided, unsure
• uncover: lay bare, bare, expose, expose to view, leave unprotected

• unsuccessful: failed, without success, abortive, misfired
• vacuum: empty space, emptiness, void, nothingness
• viable: workable, feasible, practicable, practical, applicable,
• whatsoever: any
• worse: bad, poor, not so good

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• absorption: incorporation, assimilation, integration, appropriation
• acquaintance: familiarity, conversance, conversancy, contact
• approved: accepted, allowed, authorized
• aquarium: bowl
• attacker: assailant, assaulter, aggressor, striker

• aviation: flying, air transport, aerial navigation, aeronautics
• bake: cook, oven-bake, dry-roast, roast, spit-roast, pot-roast
• banana: severely mentally ill, mentally ill, insane, mad, certifiable,
• bleak: bare, exposed, desolate, stark, arid, desert, denuded
• blessing: protection, favour

• blonde: fair, light, light-coloured, light-toned, yellow
• bourgeois: middle-class, property-owning, propertied, shopkeeping
• bureaucratic: administrative, official, procedural, red-tape, governmental
• cereal: cereal crops
• chalk: chalkstone

• chew: masticate, munch, champ, chomp, crunch
• chimney: stack, smokestack
• clearance: destruction, knocking down, pulling down, tearing down
• clearing: glade, dell, space, gap, opening
• colonel: captain

• combat: battle, fighting, action, hostilities, conflict
• computing: count, figure out
• co-operate: unite, join up, join together, team up, join forces
• curiously: notably, eagerly
• decorative: ornamental, adorning, embellishing, garnishing

• delete: remove, cut out, take out, edit out, expunge
• deploy: position, station, post, place, install
• deprivation: poverty, impoverishment, penury, privation
• diagnose: identify, determine, distinguish, recognize
• differentiation: distinction, distinctness, disparity, polarity, contrast

• distortion: warp, twist, contortion, bend, buckle, deformation
• distributor: dealer, merchant, buyer, seller, salesman
• elder: older, senior, first, firstborn, more grown up, big
• embryo: fetus, fertilized egg, unborn baby, unborn child
• enjoyable: entertaining, amusing, delightful, nice, to one's liking

• exceptionally: unusually, uncommonly, abnormally, atypically
• fluctuation: variation, shift, change, alteration, swing,
• footstep: footfall, step, stride, tread, pace, stomp, stamp
• freight: cargo, load, haul, consignment, delivery
• frustrate: thwart, defeat, foil, block, stop, put a stop to

• gospel: christian teaching, christ's teaching, the life of christ
• gown: dress, frock, shift, robe
• grouping: faction, political party, group, side, alliance, affiliation
• handy: useful, convenient, practical, easy-to-use, well-designed
• hectare: area

• heroin: drugs, narcotics, addictive drugs, recreational drugs
• hobby: pastime, leisure activity, leisure pursuit, leisure interest,
• hostage: captive, prisoner, detainee, internee
• infrastructure: structure, framework, frame, form, make-up
• insider: member, staff member, member of staff,

• ion: ion
• jam: preserve, conserve, jelly, marmalade
• jar: earthenware container, glass container, pot
• jealous: envious, covetous, desirous
• kettle: pot

• kindly: benevolently, good-naturedly, warmly, affectionately
• legislature: local authority, local government, municipal authority,
• literacy: ability to read and write, reading ability, writing ability
• lone: solitary, single, solo, unaccompanied, unescorted
• minimise: keep down, keep at a minimum, keep to a minimum

• monarch: sovereign, ruler, crown, crowned head, potentate
• monastery: religious house, religious community
• morale: confidence, self-confidence, self-esteem
• mutation: alteration, change, variation, modification, transformation
• notify: inform, tell, advise, apprise, let someone know,

• optical: seeing, optic, ocular, eye
• organizational: regulatory, governmental, managerial
• passionate: intense, impassioned, ardent, fervent, fervid, zealous
• plasma: fluid, blood
• plaster: plasterwork, stucco

• portable: transportable, movable, mobile, transferable, easily carried
• predictable: foreseeable, to be expected, only to be expected
• promptly: punctually, on time, on the dot, on the nail
• proportional: corresponding, proportionate, comparable, in proportion
• quantitative: bulk, capacity

• realism: pragmatism, practicality, matter-of-factness
• recreation: pleasure, leisure, relaxation, fun, enjoyment, entertainment
• referral: passing on, transfer, redirection
• rehearsal: practice, practice session, try-out, trial performance
• renewed: resume, return to, pick up again, take up again

• resent: begrudge, feel aggrieved about, feel aggrieved at,
• retired: former, ex-, emeritus, past, in retirement,
• retrieve: get back, recover, regain, regain possession of
• robbery: burglary, theft, thievery, stealing, breaking and entering,
• screening: broadcast, transmission, televising, showing, relaying,

• seasonal: repeated, recurring, repetitive, reiterative
• slap: hit, strike, smack, crack, clout, cuff, thump, punch
• spider: spider
• spy: secret agent, undercover agent, enemy agent
• steal: theft, thieving, thievery, robbery, larceny, burglary

• stunning: remarkable, extraordinary, staggering, incredible
• swimming: floating
• unexpectedly: quickly, suddenly, unusually
• unrest: disruption, disturbance, agitation, upset
• varied: diverse, assorted, diversified, differing,

• vector: value, index, indicator, measure, norm
• villager: civilian, inhabitant, settler
• witch: sorceress, enchantress, occultist, necromancer, wiccan
• worrying: concerned, nervous
• x-ray: radioactivity

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• amp: amperage, ampere
• appropriately: suitably, properly
• architectural: building, constructive
• armchair: recliner
• balanced: practical, sensible, realistic, matter-of-fact, responsible

• beneficiary: heir, heiress, inheritor, legatee
• bleed: lose blood, haemorrhage
• blink: shut and open, flutter, flicker, wink, bat
• boiler: furnace
• boxing: pugilism, fighting, sparring, fisticuffs

• bundle: bunch, roll, clump, wad, parcel, packet, package
• clerical: office, desk, back-room
• climber: hiker
• congratulate: give someone one's good wishes, wish someone good luck
• consolidate: strengthen, make stronger, make secure, secure,

• consortium: alliance, coalition, union, league, guild, syndicate
• constrain: compel, force, coerce, drive, impel, oblige
• contend: cope with, face, grapple with, deal with,
• continuously: continually, uninterruptedly, unbrokenly, constantly, ceaselessly
• contractual: compulsory, obligatory, mandatory, involuntary

• cough: cold
• deer: reindeer, roe deer,
• denial: contradiction, counterstatement, refutation
• departmental: bureaucratic, managerial, organizational
• dependency: colony, protectorate, province, dominion, outpost

• detection: observation, noticing, noting, discernment, perception,
• detector: scanner, recorder
• deteriorate: worsen, get worse, decline, be in decline
• dining: feast
• disrupt: throw into confusion, throw into disorder, throw into disarray

• domination: rule, government, sovereignty, control, command,
• doubtless: undoubtedly, indubitably, doubtlessly, no doubt,
• electorate: people, citizens, subjects, general public, electors
• enhanced: increase, add to, intensify, magnify, amplify, inflate
• extensively: broadly, largely

• fax: copy, reproduction, duplicate, photocopy
• fiercely: angrily, brutally, ferociously, forcefully, furiously, madly
• fountain: jet, spray, spout, spurt, well, fount
• fragile: breakable, easily broken, brittle, frangible
• gig: performance, turn, routine, number, item

• gloom: despondency, depression, dejection, downheartedness
• gossip: chat, talk, conversation, chatter, heart-to-heart
• guild: association, society, union, league, alliance, coalition
• halfway: midway, middle, mid, central, centre, intermediate
• haunt: appear in, materialize in

• hen: poultry
• hunter: huntsman, huntswoman, stalker, trapper, woodsman
• illuminate: light, light up, throw light on, cast light upon
• imprison: incarcerate, put in prison, send to prison
• indoor: private, stay-at-home

• inject: administer, introduce
• instrumental: involved, active, influential, contributory
• insure: sponsor, support, back, indemnify, provide security for
• kite: aircraft
• leak: seep, seep out, escape, ooze, ooze out, exude

• lender: financial institution
• lick: tongue, wet, moisten, wash, clean
• limestone: chalk
• manifestation: demonstration, indication, phenomenon
• mould: cast, die, form, matrix, shape, container

• nomination: selection, choosing, choice, voting in, election
• notorious: infamous, of ill repute, with a bad name
• noun: abstract noun, common noun, proper noun
• novelist: author, writer of fiction, creative writer
• overtake: pass, get past, go past, go by, overhaul, get ahead of

• overview: synopsis, precis, résumé, abstract, abridgement, digest
• photographic: in photographs, pictorial, graphic
• precaution: safeguard, preventative measure, preventive measure
• precedent: model, exemplar, example, pattern, previous case
• prolonged: continuous, ongoing, steady, continual, continuing

• rocket: missile, projectile
• rotation: revolving, turning, spinning, gyration, wheeling
• satisfied: pleased, well pleased, happy, content, contented
• scar: cicatrix
• scramble: clamber, climb, crawl, claw one's way, scrabble

• sideways: to the side, laterally, crabwise
• ski: a pair of skis
• slab: flagstone, flag, sett
• sodium: sodium
• spelling: orthography

• spoon: ladle, dipper
• swap: bandy, exchange, trade, reciprocate, pass back and forth
• swift: prompt, rapid, sudden, immediate, instant
• syllable: pronunciation
• textbook: book

• therapist: psychologist, psychotherapist, analyst, psychoanalyst,
• trench: ditch, channel, trough, excavation, pit, furrow
• trivial: unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential
• trolley: roller
• tumble: fall, fall over, fall down, topple over, lose one's footing

• ulcer: sore, ulceration, open sore, abscess, boil
• unlawful: illegal, illicit, lawbreaking, illegitimate
• unprecedented: unparalleled, unequalled, unmatched, unrivalled
• upgrade: improve, better, make better, ameliorate, reform
• veteran: retired soldier

• vicar: parish
• violation: contravention, breach, infringement, infraction
• virtual: effective, in effect, near, near enough
• warranty: guarantee, assurance, promise, commitment
• whichever: whichever, whichever comes to hand

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• affinity: empathy, rapport, sympathy, accord, harmony
• alien: foreign, overseas, non-native, external
• astonishing: amazing, astounding, staggering, shocking
• attempted: pursue,seek
• banner: placard, sign, poster, notice

• basement: cellar, vault, crypt, undercroft, underground room
• bulletin: report, news, news report, newscast, flash
• carrot: payment, payout, reward, recompense
• cemetery: graveyard, churchyard, burial ground, burial place
• choke: gag, retch, cough, struggle for air

• citizenship: autonomy, privilege
• compartment: section, part, partition, bay, recess, chamber
• complement: accompaniment, companion, addition, supplement
• compute: calculate, work out, reckon, figure, enumerate
• continuation: carrying on, continuance, prolongation, protraction

• damaging: harmful, injurious
• deadly: fatal, lethal, mortal, death-dealing
• dentist: dental surgeon
• detain: delay, hold up, make late, retard, keep, keep back,
• detention: custody, imprisonment, confinement, incarceration

• deter: put off, discourage, dissuade, scare off
• differential: distinctive, different, dissimilar, contrasting, divergent
• dine: have dinner, have supper
• discard: dispose of, throw away, throw out, get rid of, toss out
• disperse: scatter, disseminate, distribute, spread, broadcast

• disposition: temperament, nature, character, constitution
• distributed: give out, deal out, hand out, hand round, issue
• dozen: twelve
• ethics: moral code, morals, morality, moral stand
• financially: monetary, money, economic

• fixture: match, race, game, competition, contest,
• fork: divided
• franchise: warrant, charter, licence, permit, authorization
• fundamentally: basically, elementally, radically
• gallon: gallon

• hastily: quickly, hurriedly, in a hurry, fast, swiftly, rapidly,
• honey: nectar, sweet
• hospitality: friendliness, hospitableness, welcome, warm reception
• humble: meek, deferential, respectful, submissive
• incapable: unable to, not capable of, lacking the ability to

• instructor: trainer, teacher, tutor, coach, demonstrator
• interactive: collaborative, collective, communal, combined
• intercourse: dealings, relations, relationships, association
• irrespective: regardless of, without regard for, without regard to
• ivory: tusk

• justified: valid, sound, well founded, well grounded
• lately: recently, of late, latterly, in the past few days
• license: permit, allow, authorize, give a licence to
• linger: wait around, stay, remain, stay put, wait
• magical: supernatural, magic, occult, mystical

• mains: mains supply
• managing: acceptance, shouldering, handling, managing
• memorable: unforgettable, catchy, haunting, indelible, never to be forgotten
• microphone: public address system, pa system, speaker, speaker unit
• monitor: detector, scanner, recorder

• motorist: driver
• mushroom: button mushroom, toadstool
• nationally: governmentally
• nephew: relative, relation, blood relation, blood relative
• nitrogen: atmosphere

• nominal: in name only, in title only, titular, formal
• odour: smell, scent, aroma, perfume, fragrance
• omission: deletion, cut, exclusion, gap, blank, lacuna, hiatus
• orbit: course, path, circuit, track, trajectory, rotation,
• pedestrian: walker, person on foot, hiker, rambler

• pioneer: settler, colonist, colonizer, frontiersman, frontierswoman
• plug: stopper, bung, cork, seal, spigot, spile
• porter: carrier, bearer, baggage carrier, baggage bearer
• postcard: note, letter, card, message, bulletin, communication,
• privatization: privatization

• procession: parade, march, cavalcade, motorcade, carcade
• programming: set up, arrange
• proprietor: owner, possessor, holder, keeper, freeholder, landowner,
• puzzle: puzzling, bewildering, perplexing, mystifying, bemusing
• raised: heightened, lifted

• reliance: dependence, dependency
• residue: remainder, remaining part, part leftover, rest,
• restrictive: select, chic, high-class, elite, fashionable, stylish
• revised: adjusted, amended, improved, updated
• royalty: stateliness, dignity, magnificence, pomp, solemnity,

• scrape: rake, drag, push, brush, sweep
• shrub: bush, woody plant
• skeleton: frame, bones
• slump: sit heavily, flop, flump, collapse
• spoken: announced, expressed, mentioned

• superintendent: manager, director, administrator, supervisor
• syntactic: morphological, semantic
• talented: gifted, skilful, skilled, accomplished, brilliant,
• talking: chattering, conversing, discussing
• telly: television

• tract: tract
• t-shirt: V-neck, turtleneck
• urgency: importance, top priority, imperativeness, weight
• urgently: hastily, abruptly
• velvet: fibres, threads, loops

• vicious: brutal, ferocious, savage, violent, dangerous
• voucher: coupon, token, ticket, document, certificate
• wagon: caravan, carriage, cart, van
• weed: plant
• wording: phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, words,

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• ambiguous: equivocal, ambivalent, open to debate,
• ample: enough, sufficient, adequate, plenty of, abundant
• anticipation: expectation, prediction, forecast
• arc: curve, bend, bow, arch
• archaeological: archaeological

• articulate: eloquent, fluent, communicative, effective
• ascertain: find out, discover, come to know, get to know
• bubble: globe, ball, orb, spheroid, globule, round
• civic: municipal, city, town, urban, metropolitan
• civilization: human development, advancement, progress

• complementary: harmonizing, harmonious, complementing, supportive
• conductor: director, maestro, manager, master
• confession: admission, owning up, acceptance of blame
• correction: rectifying, rectification, righting, putting right
• craftsman: artisan, craftsperson, tradesman, tradesperson,

• creed: faith, religion, religious belief, religious beliefs
• crouch: squat, squat down, duck, duck down, hunker down,
• cultivate: till, plough, dig, turn, hoe
• demonstrator: protest marcher, human chain
• denounce: condemn, criticize, attack, censure, castigate,

• destiny: future, inevitability, prospect
• deviation: divergence, digression, turning aside, departure, deflection
• diplomat: ambassador, envoy, emissary, consul, attaché,
• distinctly: plainly, precisely
• distract: disturbing, unsettling, intrusive, disconcerting,

• dome: cupola, vault, rotunda, arched roof, arched ceiling
• encompass: surround, enclose, ring, encircle, circumscribe
• enormously: very, extremely, exceedingly, exceptionally
• enthusiast: fan, fanatic, devotee, aficionado, addict, lover
• entitlement: right, prerogative, claim, title, licence

• eternal: everlasting, never-ending, endless, without end,
• excavation: unearthing, digging up, uncovering, revealing
• expel: throw out, bar, ban, debar, drum out, thrust out
• fascinate: engross, captivate, absorb, interest, enchant,
• feasible: practicable, practical, workable, achievable, attainable

• feast: banquet, celebration meal, lavish dinner, sumptuous repast,
• goalkeeper: gatekeeper
• groan: moan, murmur, whine, whimper, mewl, bleat, sigh
• hardship: privation, deprivation, destitution, poverty, austerity,
• hay: forage, dried grass, pasturage, herbage, silage

• helpless: dependent, incapable, powerless, impotent, weak
• honourable: morally correct, honest, moral, ethical, principled, righteous
• hug: embrace, cuddle, squeeze, clasp, clutch, cling to,
• infect: pass infection to, transmit infection to, spread disease to,
• insistence: demand, bidding, command, dictate, instruction

• intensify: escalate, step up, boost, increase, raise, sharpen
• jewel: gem, gemstone, precious stone, semi-precious stone
• kidney: organ
• lazy: idle, indolent, slothful, work-shy, shiftless, loafing
• majesty: stateliness, dignity, magnificence, pomp, solemnity,

• mankind: the human race, man, humanity, human beings
• marathon: prolonged, extended, stretched out, drawn out
• meadow: field, pasture, paddock, water meadow
• mole: mouldwarp, mouldywarp
• municipal: civic, civil, metropolitan, urban, city, town

• noticeable: perceptible, discernible, detectable, distinguishable
• optimism: hopefulness, hope, confidence, buoyancy, cheer
• pal: friend, companion, comrade, intimate, familiar
• papal: apostolic, pontifical
• pasture: grass, grazing, meadow

• pat: tap, slap lightly, clap, dab
• pier: dam, dock, jetty, wharf
• pigeon: dove, carrier pigeon "
• premature: untimely, early, too soon, too early, before time rash"
• preoccupation: pensiveness, concentration, engrossment, absorption,

• prestige: status, standing, stature, prestigiousness, reputation,
• profitability: advantage, benefit
• prop: pole, post, beam, support, upright, brace
• provisional: interim, temporary, pro tem
• quest: search, hunt, pursuit

• rehabilitation: recovery, reformation
• restricted: cramped, confined, constricted, small, narrow
• retention: confinement, detainment, detention
• revise: amend, emend, correct, alter, change, adapt,
• sanctuary: refuge, haven, harbour, port in a storm, oasis

• siege: blockade, beleaguerment, encirclement
• sore: painful, in pain, hurting, hurt, aching, throbbing,
• sticky: adhesive, adherent, gummed
• stocking: nylons, stay-ups
• strap: thong, tie, cord, band, belt, tape

• stroll: saunter, amble, wander, meander, ramble, dawdle,
• substantive: meaningful
• sulphur: sulphur
• tick: click, clack, tick-tock, snick, plock, beat, tap
• toll: charge, fee, payment, levy, tariff, dues, tax, duty, impost

• train: instruct, teach, coach, tutor, give lessons to, school
• trait: characteristic, attribute, feature, quality, essential quality
• transcription: translation, transliteration
• treasurer: clerk, bank clerk, teller, bank teller
• turkey: turkey

• understandable: comprehensible, easy to understand, intelligible
• unfamiliar: unknown, new, strange, queer, foreign
• utter: emit, let out, give, produce, give vent to
• vacant: empty, unoccupied, unfilled, free, available
• virgin: maiden, unmarried girl, maid, vestal virgin

• voyage: journey, trip, expedition, excursion, tour, hike, trek,
• walker: hiker, rambler, wayfarer, traveller
• walk: stroll, saunter, amble, wend one's way, trudge
• wary: cautious, careful, circumspect, on one's guard
• workplace: office, workroom, place of work, studio, library

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• abnormal: unusual, uncommon, atypical, untypical, non-typical,
• athlete: sportswoman, sportsman, sportsperson
• bail: surety, security, collateral, assurance, indemnity
• bodily: physical, physically gratifying, carnal, fleshly, animal
• bump: hit, ram, bang, bang into, collide with, be in collision with

• colon: gut, guts, entrails, viscera
• contraction: shrinking, reduction in size, shrinkage
• conversely: conversely, inversely, the other way round, contrariwise,
• crossing: junction, crossroads, intersection, interchange
• cruelty: brutality, savagery, savageness, inhumanity

• cushion: pillow, bolster, headrest
• decay: decompose, rot, putrefy, go bad, go off, spoil,
• decision-making: ruling
• defy: go against, flout, disobey, refuse to obey
• drainage: oozing, seeping, trickle, trickling, drip, dribble

• excited: thrilled, exhilarated, elevated, animated, enlivened,
• facade: front, frontage, face, aspect, elevation
• feminine: womanly, womanlike, ladylike, girlish, female
• finished: completed, concluded, consummated, finalized,
• forestry: forest management, forest planting, forest cultivation

• forge: hammer out, beat into shape, found
• fuss: ado, excitement, agitation, uproar, to-do, stir, commotion
• garlic: garlic
• greeting: hello, salute, salutation, address
• ham: feigned, insincere, false, affected, mannered, unnatural,

• handicapped: disabled, disadvantaged
• harmful: damaging, injurious, detrimental, dangerous, deleterious
• historically: normally, generally, habitually, customarily
• homework: exercise, assignment, school task, drill
• homosexual: gay, lesbian, sapphic, lesbigay

• hover: be suspended, be poised, hang, float, levitate, drift, fly, flutter
• imminent: impending, at hand, close, near, approaching
• incredibly: extremely, very, really, thoroughly, exceedingly
• install: put, position, place, put in place, set in place,
• invaluable: indispensable, crucial, critical, key, vital, irreplaceable

• latin: latin
• litigation: legal proceeding, legal proceedings, legal action,
• manifest: obvious, clear, plain, apparent, evident, patent,
• manpower: employees, workers, workforce, personnel,
• marsh: swamp, marshland, bog, peat bog, swampland,

• midfield: midfield
• moan: groan, wail, whimper, sob, cry, whine
• multimedia: interactive media, mixed media
• perceive: discern, recognize, become cognizant of, become aware of
• pest: bug, virus

• petty: trivial, trifling, minor, small, slight, unimportant,
• physician: doctor, doctor of medicine, md, medical practitioner
• plausible: credible, reasonable, believable, likely, feasible
• prone: susceptible, vulnerable, liable, inclined, given
• quantum: quantum

• rack: framework, frame, stand, holder, shelf, form, trestle,
• ram: sheep
• reformer: propagandist
• revert: return, go back, come back, change back
• rotten: decaying, decayed, rotting, bad, off, decomposed

• salon: shop, parlour, establishment, place, premises,
• skipper: commander, master, skipper
• slogan: expression, saying
• sociological: organizational
• solvent: financially sound, able to pay one's debts, debt-free

• spouse: husband, wife, partner, mate, consort
• stimulation: encourage
• suitcase: travelling bag, travel bag, case, grip, valise, overnight case,
• supplementary: additional, extra, supplemental, increased, further
• sway: swing, shake, oscillate, rock, undulate, move from side to side

• symmetry: regularity, evenness, uniformity, equilibrium
• tread: walk, step, stride, pace, go
• unwanted: unwelcome, undesirable, undesired, unpopular
• urine: bowel motion, bowel movement, stools, excrement
• wildly: uncontrolled, unrestrained, out of control