CET-6 Vocabulary

The act of misleading or tricking someone; dishonest behavior

The boundary line of a circle; the length of this line

A large branch of a tree

A grooved wheel and rope machine for lifting; to lift with a pulley

The central hall of a church

Relating to the ear or the sense of hearing

Brief yet complete; expressing much in few words

Showing great enthusiasm and dedication

To rob or loot by force; goods taken by looting

To turn something upside down or in the opposite order

To project out over something; a part that extends beyond its support

To decline in quality or morals; morally corrupt; a corrupt person

A person who defeats others or conquers territory by force

Until now or until the time being discussed

A non-expert or non-clergy person; someone without specialist knowledge

A person of black African descent; relating to black ethnicity (now often considered offensive)

Emitting bright light when heated; shining brilliantly

The process of making something normal or standard

A frame linking draft animals; a burden or oppression (n.); to join together (v.)

Visiting places of interest as a tourist

A homeless wanderer; to walk heavily or for a long distance

A conversation between people; spoken lines in a story; to negotiate

Added to complete or enhance something; additional

By means of experiments; in an experimental manner

Extreme joy or ecstasy; to fill with great delight

Hard work or toil; the working class; to work hard

An instrument measuring air pressure; an indicator of trends

Arranged like rays from a centre (adj.); a radial tyre (n.)

To adjust or regulate tone, pitch, or a signal

Something of little importance; to treat something as unimportant; a British layered dessert

The arithmetic operation of multiplying; an increase in number

A light engineless aircraft that flies by riding air currents

To light a fire; to arouse a feeling or passion

The quality of being unusual; a distinctive characteristic or habit

The process of adjusting a measuring instrument for accuracy

To picture or imagine something in one's mind

A glove with one section for the thumb and one for all other fingers

To feel deep regret for one's sins or wrongdoings

A hard, common mineral made of silicon dioxide

A bird that pecks holes in wood to find insects

Compensation for a wrong done

A soft high-pitched sound; to make such a sound

Sticking out beyond a surface; the act of projecting

The ability to speak or write in a fluent and persuasive way

A bird kept or hunted for food; to hunt wild birds

(Of time) to pass by

A male school principal

Showing or expressing contempt or disdain