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- apse/æps/ Semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome.
- avoidable/əˈvɔɪdəbl/ Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
- cajole/kəˈʤəul/ (transitive and intransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
- callus/ˈkæləs/ Thickened and hardened area of skin.
- discount/ˈdɪskaunt/ To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like.
- earthy/ˈə:θɪ/ Resembling dirt or soil (i.
- epee/eˈpeɪ/ A number of different bladed weapons.
- gist/ʤɪst/ The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter; the pith.
- heal/hi:l/ (of a person or treatment) cause (a wound, injury, or person) to become sound or healthy again.
- heave/hi:v/ (transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
- hobosMigratory worker or homeless vagabond.
- idea/aɪˈdɪə/ Mental image or concept.
- inconvenientlyIn an inconvenient manner.
- letupA pause or period of slackening.
- levy/ˈlevɪ/ To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
- linen/ˈlɪnɪn/ Textile made from spun flax fiber.
- liner/ˈlaɪnə/ Someone who fits a lining to something.
- linger/ˈlɪŋgə/ (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter.
- lyre/ˈlaɪə/ String instrument from Greek classical antiquity.
- movie/ˈmu:vɪ/ Sequence of images that give the impression of movement.
- muff/mʌf/ (historical) A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
- nutritional/nju:ˈtrɪʃənl/ Provision to cells and organisms to support life.
- outcome/ˈautkʌm/ That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.
- platter/ˈplætə/ A tray for serving foods.
- plierTool with two legs, can fix or modify a workpiece.
- ramp/ræmp/ Tilted flat surface; flat supporting surface tilted at an angle, with one end higher than the other, used as an aid for raising or lowering a load.
- recoil/rɪˈkɔɪl/ Backward momentum of a gun when it is discharged.
- rummyCard game.
- salesmenAct of selling a product or service in return for money or other compensation.
- sari/ˈsa:ri:/ Woman's draped garment of South Asia.
- scab/skæb/ An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
- sell/sel/ (transitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
- slate/sleɪt/ Fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock.
- slob/slɔb/ (informal, disapproving) A lazy and slovenly person.
- slug/slʌg/ Common name for an apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc.
- staunch/stɔ:nʧ/ Device for raising and lowering boats or ships.
- stew/stju:/ A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan.
- sting/stɪŋ/ A small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.
- stub/stʌb/ The truncated remnant of a pencil or similar-shaped object after use.
- table/ˈteɪbl/ A piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface on which objects may be placed.
- tact/tækt/ The sense of touch.
- tongAn instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
- tonneMetric unit of mass.
- treadmill/ˈtredmɪl/ Exercise machine.
- truantingUnexcused absence from school.