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5. WORD LIST
Accessory
Adjacent
Apparent
Conventional
Diversity
Facilitate
Finale
Fusion
Hybrid
Kernel
Parallel
Query
Rue
Transparent
Travail

6. ACCESSORY
NOUN: clothing that is worn or carried, but not part
of your main clothing
SYNONYM: accoutrement
“When taking a fresh look at your wardrobe, editing
it to suit your lifestyle, don’t neglect to amass a
good accessory selection.”

7. ADJACENT
ADJECTIVE: having a common boundary or edge
SYNONYMS: conterminous, contiguous, neighboring
“The church gets its name from the adjacent
hospice where pilgrims on their way to or from
Rome once stayed.”

8. APPARENT
ADJECTIVE: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or
judgment
SYNONYMS: evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable
“Over the next four years, no work of any kind was carried out
and it became increasingly apparent that senior officials
had decided that The Grange should not be restored after
all.”

9. CONVENTIONAL
ADJECTIVE: conforming with accepted standards
SYNONYM: established
“Yet when a wisdom becomes as conventional as
this one, it is time to question it and even to think
the opposite.”

10. DIVERSITY
NOUN: noticeable heterogeneity
SYNONYMS: diverseness, multifariousness, variety
“Their diversity and the richness of species is most
apparent in the lowland neotropical rainforests
found in Amazonia and in Australia, which have
more than 2,000 living species.”

11. FACILITATE
VERB: make easier, increase the likelihood of
“It follows that it is the applied linguists’ task to
facilitate mediation since their role precludes
any direct engagement with this process on
their own account.”

12. FINALE
NOUN: the concluding part of any performance
SYNONYMS: close, closing curtain
“Listening to the Finale in particular, I was struck by
the lack of driving force there is behind it in this
performance.”

13. FUSION
NOUN: the state of being combined into one body
SYNONYM: coalition
“Other forms of mental handicap may be attributed
to genetic factors, where the fusion of the
parents’ genes creates an irregularity in the
chromosomal mix.”

14. HYBRID
ADJECTIVE: produced by crossbreeding
SYNONYM: intercrossed
“This hybrid bike from Raleigh combines popular
mountain and road bike features making it perfectly
suited for people who like mountain bikes but have no
intention of going near a mountain.”

15. KERNEL
NOUN: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of
some idea or experience
SYNONYMS: substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart
and soul
“The kernel of the unconscious system is the whole set of
instinctual wish-impulses which may be represented to
consciousness by dream images.”

16. PARALLEL
ADJECTIVE: being everywhere equidistant and not
intersecting
ANTONYMS: perpendicular, oblique
“A large truss rod cover above the nut hides a very
substantial dual truss rod system; two rods lie parallel
along the neck, keeping the whole assembly firmly in
shape.”

17. QUERY
VERB: pose a question
SYNONYM: question
“We are unable to provide personal query
answering service to readers by post.”

18. RUE
VERB: to feel sadness associated with some wrong done
or some disappointment
SYNONYMS: sorrow, regret
“She might live to rue this impetuous decision, but at
least she’d never look back with regret on what might
have been if only she’d had the courage to dare.”

19. TRANSPARENT
ADJECTIVE: easily understood or seen through
(because of a lack of subtlety)
“Really, Muggeridge was one of the worst and
most transparent liars he had ever
encountered.”

20. TRAVAIL
NOUN: use of physical or mental energy
SYNONYMS: effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat
“Why does this inspirational man demand so much
travail from his damaged body?”

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