Vocab Q1
Unit 1 – Words from Proper Names
1. jingoist
2. lothario
3. maverick
4. nemesis
5. philanderer
6. philippic
7. procrustean
8. protean
9. Pyrrhic
10. Quixotic
11. Saturnine
12. Solecism
13. Spoonerism
14. Sybarite
15. Tawdry
Unit 2 – Appearances and Attitudes
1. acidulous
2. avaricious
3. baleful
4. bellicose
5. bilious
6. bumptious
7. captious
8. churlish
9. complaisant
10. contrite
11. convivial
12. craven
13. debonair
14. dyspeptic
15. lachrymose
Unit 3 – Words about Groups
1. cabal
2. camaraderie
3. caste
4. clandestine
5. cortege
6. détente
7. echelon
8. ecumenical
9. elite
10. esprit de corps
11. genealogy
12. hierarchy
13. hobnob
14. liaison
15. rapprochement
Unit 4 – Sounds Italian
1. adagio
2. arpeggio
3. bravura
4. contralto
5. crescendo
6. falsetto
7. fortissimo
8. imbroglio
9. largo
10. libretto
11. limbo
12. salvo
13. staccato
14. vendetta
15. virago
Unit 5 – Jobs and Professions
1. alienist
2. amanuensis
3. beadle
4. charlatan
5. cosmetologist
6. dermatologist
7. entomologist
8. graphologist
9. internist
10. lapidary
11. ophthalmologist
12. ornithologist
13. osteopath
14. pharyngologist
15. physiologist
Unit 6 – Mythology
1. Adonis
2. Aegis
3. Bacchanal
4. Cassandra
5. Cornucopia
6. Cupidity
7. Erotic
8. Herculean
9. Hydra
10. Iridescent
11. Narcissism
12. Odyssey
13. Olympian
14. Palladium
15. Phoenix
Unit 7 – Social Sciences
1. aberrant
2. anthropomorphism
3. archetype
4. authoritarian
5. catharsis
6. demography
7. epidemiology
8. euthanasia
9. extrovert
10. psychic
11. psychopath
12. psychotherapy
13. schizophrenia
14. subliminal
15. trauma
Unit 8 – From Sunny Spain
1. aficionado
2. barrio
3. bonanza
4. bravado
5. desperado
6. flotilla
7. grandee
8. hacienda
9. lariat
10. machismo
11. manana
12. palmetto
13. renegade
14. siesta
15. torero
Unit 9 – Time on Our Hands
1. anachronism
2. anon
3. antebellum
4. antediluvian
5. atavism
6. augury
7. biennial
8. chronology
9. diurnal
10. eon
11. ephemeral
12. epoch
13. generation
14. score
15. tercentenary