Word List 35 Minister: He is a minister of foreign affairs. Combustion: Their combustion climbed to the revolution point. Veterinary: Plausible: Elucidate: Transient: Sanitation: Distortion: Altruistic: Climatic: Pragmatic: Dwindle: The population is dwindling. Disdain: She was treated with disdain. Constituent: Impetus: Her speech gave an impetus to my ideas. Malleable: Renaissance: Incongruity: Instinctual: Pedigree: Scuffle: Treatise: He issued a technical scientific treatise. Hypothetical: Smother: Excess: You will have to pay for the excess. Spine: Stress: The examination put a lot of stress on him. Smooth: Are the walls rough or smooth? Incur: The city incurred great losses in the earthquake. Missile: A hand-grenade is a missile weapon. Compulsively: Wrap: She wrapped her shawl closer about her. Confine: He is confined to bed by illness. Limitation: He knows his own limitations. Chain: Sea water has corroded the chain. Sip: Tedious: Pathology: Setting: The play has its setting in Vienna. Mood: Her mood is variable. Extinct: Many animals and birds are now extinct. Aridity: Vision: Sausage: Organism: Surveillance: Senior: Vague: Through the fog we saw the vague outline of a ship. Translate: The novel has been translated into many languages. Poverty: Poverty has been eradicated here. Breakwater: Modify: Adverbs are used to modify verbs and adjectives. Clockwise: Isolate: Several villages have been isolated by the heavy snowfall. Highlight: Moist: His eyes were moist with tears. Threaten: The acid rain is threatening world environment. Underling: Medium: Do you have a medium in this color? Detail: He explained it in detail. Compile: We are compiling an English dictionary for students. Induction: Link: Foreland: Unemployment: There are indications that unemployment will decrease. Option: We have the option of going or not. Bay: Big waves will never build up in a small bay. Slogan: Instinct: We sometimes act on instinct. Marsh: Mental: He got the answer by mental arithmetic. Hospitality: The people of your village showed me great hospitality. Origin: The Origin of Species. Array: Remain: He remained home on the pretext that he was sick. Comprehension: