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Dive into advanced English vocabulary with words like alleviate, beleaguer, claimant, demagogue, endure, fraught, inveigle, mode, pillage, sonorous, vertigo. Expand your lexicon and communication skills!
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Vocabulary Week 1 Advanced English I
ALLEVIATE • (uh LEE veeayt) v. • Link: LEAVES ATE • To make less severe; to relieve, to lessen
BELEAGUER • (be LEE gur) v. • Link: BIG LEAGUE • To besiege; beset, surround, harass
CLAIMANT • (KLAY munt) • Link: CLAIM ANT • A person making a claim
DEMAGOGUE • (DEM uh gawg) • Link: THEM DOGS • A leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the people
ENDURE • (in DYOOR) v. • Link: MANURE • To carry on through despite hardships; to put up with
FRAUGHT • (frawt) n. • Link: CAUGHT • Teeming with; laden; full; involving; accompanied by
INVEIGLE • (in VAY gul) v. • Link: BAGEL • To tempt or persuade by using deception or flattery
MODE • (mowd) n. • Link: TOAD • A way or method of doing something; type, manner, fashion
PILLAGE • (PIL luhj) v. • Link: VILLAGE • To rob of goods by violent seizure, plunder; to take as spoils
SONOROUS • (SON uh russ) adj. • Link: SNORERS • Producing sound, especially deep and rich, resonant
VERTIGO • (VUR tuh go) n. • Link: WHERE TO GO • The sensation of dizziness