A1 English Vocabulary

The quality of caring only about oneself

Showing contempt or treating something as unworthy of attention

Reduction in disease severity; forgiveness of sin or debt

Having good reasons; (of text) aligned at both margins

The activity of travelling on water in a boat for pleasure

To include or classify within a larger category

Located far from the centre; remote or peripheral

Relating to Satan; extremely evil or wicked

Not justified or authorized; lacking a reasonable basis

To train again, especially in a new skill or job

Taking pleasure in causing pain or humiliation to others

A central pin or shaft for rotation; a key person or thing; to turn or shift direction

Refined and well-educated; artificially grown in a lab or controlled setting

A person who has suddenly gained wealth or power but is arrogant or socially unaccepted

Able to be shown as reasonable or acceptable

Abbreviation for millimetre; an expression of agreement or satisfaction

Deliberately planned; not spontaneous

To recover from illness or exhaustion

Lacking formal instruction or training

Extremely and irrationally devoted to a cause

A cosmetic treatment for the fingernails; to trim and polish nails or something neatly

The quality of being light in weight or pale in color

Harsh, discordant sounds; a state of conflict or disagreement

Arranged in a neat and systematic way

Difficult to endure; causing stress or irritation

Secretly gathering information; espionage

Generally assumed to be the case; supposed

All future generations; one's descendants

The successful realization of a plan or goal

Compensation for a wrong; to set right an injustice

Voluntary self-punishment to show regret; a Christian sacrament of confession

Controlled distribution of scarce resources

A device used to hold things together or in place

In a fair and morally right manner

Patterned with alternating squares; marked by varied fortune

Impossible to defend or justify as a position

To reorganize or reequip for improvement

Very large in quantity; abundant

Plain or unattractive in appearance; simple and domestic

Faster than the speed of sound

Relating to a section or region; a modular sofa

With good reason; in a defensible manner

To formally withdraw from a political union or organization

Showing disrespect for sacred things; secular; to desecrate

The quality of being firm and resistant; severity

To make or become ill; to cause disgust or nausea

A very small person or thing

A distinctive personal habit; an affected or exaggerated style