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- adorn/əˈdɔ:n/ To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- assail/əˈseɪl/ To attack violently using words or force.
- barb/ba:b/ The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc.
- clack/klæk/ An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
- clairvoyance/klɛəˈvɔɪəns/ Ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through extrasensory perception.
- coup/ku:/ Sudden deposition of a government; illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus.
- cyst/sɪst/ Closed sac growth on the body.
- doll/dɔl/ Model of a human being, often used as a toy for children.
- flunkyAlternative form of flunkey.
- foal/fəul/ Young horse.
- fulcrum/ˈfʌlkrəm/ (mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.
- gnaw/nɔ:/ (transitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
- hose/həuz/ Flexible conduit for conducting liquid, gaseous, or particulate effluents.
- isle/aɪl/ A (small) island, compare with islet.
- lade/leɪd/ To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
- ladle/ˈleɪdl/ A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle.
- litany/ˈlɪtənɪ/ Form of prayer.
- lull/lʌl/ A period of rest or soothing.
- nail/neɪl/ The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
- neon/ˈni:ən/ Element with atomic number 10.
- ogle/ˈəugl/ (transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
- opal/ˈəupəl/ Silica mineral.
- oust/aust/ River in France.
- oven/ˈʌvn/ Thermally insulated chamber used for the heating, baking or drying of a substance.
- ovum/ˈəuvəm/ Haploid female reproductive cell or gamete.
- pancake/ˈpænkeɪk/ Thin, round cake made of eggs, milk and flour.
- reel/ri:l/ Object around which lengths of another material (usually long and flexible) are wound for storage.
- revue/rɪˈvju:/ Theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches to mock actuality or contemporary people.
- roast/rəust/ A cooking method that uses dry heat where hot air envelops the food, cooking it evenly on all sides.
- scar/ska:/ An area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury.
- sleet/sli:t/ (chiefly Britain, Ireland) A mixture of rain and snow.
- snob/snɔb/ (informal) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes.
- snore/snɔ:/ Sound made while sleeping.
- soundproofReducing the sound pressure with respect to a specified sound source and receptor.
- sowing/ˈsəuɪŋ/ Process of planting seeds.
- stain/steɪn/ Discoloration different from the surface or medium it is found upon.
- sultan/ˈsʌltən/ A Muslim sovereign.
- tact/tækt/ The sense of touch.
- thereupon/ˈЗɛərəˈpɔn/ Immediately or shortly after that.
- tray/treɪ/ Shallow platform designed for carrying things.
- tuba/ˈtju:bə/ Type of musical instrument of the brass family.
- tune/tju:n/ A melody.
- wing/wɪŋ/ Surface used by birds and airplanes for flight.