Word List 23

Pressure: Wood blocks compress a great deal under pressure.
Conviction: His argument does not carry much conviction.
Tranquility: 
Facilitate: Modern devices facilitate domestic work.
Grand: He lives in a grand house.
Acumen: 
Dissertation: 
Heap: A heap of old clothes was lying in the corner.
Blame: Who is to blame for the mistake?
Frame: 
Installment: 
Symbolism: 
Ascribe: 
Abstract: Beauty is abstract.
Disruption: 
Self-esteem: 
Literate: 
Extinction: Pandas are on the margin of extinction.
Endanger: 
Perception: My perception of the problem is quite different.
Prediction: 
Foster: Commissioner Foster is responsible for literature and arts.
Ancestral: 
Rekindle: 
Revival: 
Inevitable: Death is inevitable.
Disenchantment: 
Acupuncture: 
Loath: The little girl was loath to leave her mother.
Orthodox: The restaurant offers the orthodox Christmas dinner of turkey.
Popularity: She was at the peak of her popularity.
Amplify: He amplified on this subject.
Reliance: 
Nightmare: Life with him was a nightmare.
Leap: The dog made a leap over the fence.
Conscious: She was conscious that her memory was failing.
Divine: To err is human, to forgive, divine.
Decompose: A prism decomposes sunlight into various colors.
Spot: The paper was blotted with ink spots.
Investigate: A committee was constituted to investigate into that.
Underneath: He appears pompous but is a good man underneath.
Division: There was a division of opinion on the matter.
Gamble: He has gambled away all his wealth.
Ancient: Marriage became an institution in ancient societies.
Strand: 
Specimen: He collects specimens of all kinds.
Motive: He did that out of mercenary motives.
Furious: 
Alternative: I had no alternative but to accept his offer.
Access: The only access to the city is across the bridge.
Whaling: 
Exhilaration: 
Inland: 
Migrate: Some birds migrate to warmer countries in winter.
Barrel: The tanker took on 200, 000 barrels of crude oil.
Claim: He claimed that he hadn't done it.
Digest: I have digested most of the important points in the book.
Decipher: 
Extraordinary: 
Aluminium: 
Stale: These are words which cannot be staled by repetition.
Snap: 
Tan: 
Hang: Hang your overcoat in the closet.
Impair: 
Inescapable: 
Adolescent: 
Associate: We associate China with the Greet Wall.
Guinea: 
Layer: This cake has a layer of fruit in the middle.
Cable: The truck used a cable to drag the car.
Wedge: