english exam vocab

a city or town that has corporate status and local government.

horrifyingly wicked.

murder (an important person) in a surprise attack for political or religious reasons.

never done or known before.

a person who wields something, especially power

a man who was responsible for beheading condemned prisoners.

kill (a person or animal) in a violent way

causing death, leading to failure or disaster.

a house or building, together with its land and outbuildings, occupied by a business or considered in an official context.

having no parallel or equal; exceptional.

something, especially a building, that is very large and is considered unsightly.

clearly visible or understood; obvious.

(of a crowd or a natural force) move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward.

the human race; human beings collectively.

the comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment.

a bedspread.

customary; usual.

unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible.

not attempting to impress others with an appearance of greater importance, talent, or culture than is actually possessed.

requiring or using great exertion.

having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion.

without success or a result.

a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.

succeed in forcing a way into or through (a thing).

become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand.

an intervening time or space, a pause or break in activity.

a person with opinions and principles that you think are sensible and morally correct.

famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed.

an uncertain belief.

a person or thing of enormous size, importance, or ability.

the action of intruding.

the inner or indoor part of something, especially a building; the inside.

reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity.

lack of variety and interest; tedious repetition and routine.

wooded; covered by trees or bushes.

a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.

a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.

causing horror or disgust.

the collection and study of historical information using sound recordings of interviews with people having personal knowledge of past events.

a keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection.

objects kept or collected because of their historical interest, especially those associated with memorable people or events.

free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty / conduct oneself or perform in a specified way.

a large, impressive house.

a judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to an incident, such as a death.

announce officially or publicly.

dirty; stained / having been disgraced or discredited.

a bag in which scraps of fabric and old clothes are kept for use.

(in Roman Catholic doctrine) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven.

having an extremely offensive smell / disagreeable; unpleasant.

a former practice in India whereby a widow threw herself on to her husband's funeral pyre.

a group of theatrical performers working together.

a person whose business is preparing dead bodies for burial or cremation and making arrangements for funerals.

a person affected by chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior.

(of a member of a person's family) genetically related; related by blood.

lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.

one's family or ethnic descent.

the area of the prefrontal cortex that sits just above the orbits (also known as the eye sockets).

a sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act.

characterized by a disregard for rules or conventions; unconstrained or uninhibited.

a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.

region of the brain primarily associated with emotional processes.

lack of proportion or relation between corresponding things.