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Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library

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52 <strong>Vocabulary</strong> <strong>4000</strong><br />

irreparable cannot be repaired<br />

irresolute hesitant, uncertain<br />

irrevocable cannot be rescinded<br />

isosceles having two equal sides<br />

itinerant wandering<br />

itinerary route<br />

J<br />

jabberwocky nonsense<br />

jaded spent, bored with one’s<br />

situation<br />

jargon specialized vocabulary<br />

jaundiced biased, embittered<br />

jeer mock<br />

jejune barren, unsophisticated<br />

jest joke<br />

jilt reject, end a relationship promptly<br />

jingoistic nationalistic, warmongering<br />

jocular humorous<br />

jostle push, brush against<br />

journeyman reliable worker<br />

joust combat between knights on<br />

horses<br />

jubilant in high spirits<br />

judicious prudent<br />

juggernaut unstoppable force<br />

jugular throat<br />

juncture pivotal point in time<br />

junoesque stately beauty<br />

junta small ruling group<br />

jurisdiction domain<br />

jurisprudence law<br />

justify excuse, mitigate<br />

juvenescent making young, growing<br />

out of infancy and into childhood<br />

juxtapose to place side by side<br />

K<br />

kaleidoscope series of changing<br />

events<br />

keen of sharp mind<br />

ken purview, range of comprehension<br />

kindle arouse, inspire<br />

kindred similar, related by blood<br />

kinetic pertaining to motion<br />

kismet fate, the will of Allah<br />

kite bad check<br />

kitsch trashy art<br />

kleptomania impulse to steal<br />

knave con man<br />

knead massage, to fold, press, and<br />

stretch a substance into a uniform mass<br />

knell sound of a bell<br />

Koran holy book of Islam<br />

kowtow behave obsequiously<br />

kudos acclaim<br />

L<br />

labyrinth maze<br />

lacerate tear, cut

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