CET-6 Vocabulary

The quality of being rapid; swiftness

Able to cure illness; a healing substance

A former British coin worth one twentieth of a pound; currency of some East African countries

An expression of pleasure at another's success; the act of congratulating

To develop or convert to large-scale industry

To cause loss of direction or clarity; to confuse

To set in advance; a setting configured beforehand

Forward in time or space; onward

A body of water partly enclosed by land; to howl or bark deeply

Sealed against water; impossible to disprove or evade

To repeatedly perform to improve skill; to carry out habitually

The state of being inactive or lazy

A thorny shrub of the genus Rosa bearing fragrant flowers; the flower itself; Having a pinkish-red or rosy color

To circulate fresh air through a space; to discuss openly

A particular area of expertise; something a person or place is especially known for

A passionate expression of grief or mourning

A man who is getting married or has just married

A container for shaping material; fungus on damp surfaces; to shape or influence

A number in the base-ten system; relating to the decimal system

An electronic component that stores electrical energy in an electric field

A material that does not conduct heat, electricity, or sound

A thin thread-like strand; dietary roughage; moral character (British spelling of fiber)

A large heavy truck for transporting goods

Of or relating to tension; capable of being stretched

A local district or area; the people living nearby

Arriving or acting exactly on time

Feeling dissatisfied or unhappy with one's situation

Of lower quality or greater severity; comparative of 'bad'

A diagram showing relationships between quantities; to plot such a diagram

A device for sending long-distance messages; to send a telegram; to unintentionally reveal one's intentions

Either of the two latitude lines bounding the tropics; of or relating to the tropics

Calm and peaceful; the Pacific Ocean

To make poor; to weaken in quality

Able to be logically defended or justified; well-founded

Relating to the Celsius temperature scale; the scale itself

The science of extracting and working with metals

A medieval warrior or honorary title holder; to confer a knighthood

An exclamation of joy or approval; a cheer

A person who hoards money and is extremely stingy

The ability of an electrical circuit to store electric charge, measured in farads

To ask someone earnestly; to beg or plead

To educate or develop a person or society to a higher cultural standard

A grammar word linking a noun or pronoun to other words in a sentence

A worldly-wise person; to make less naive or more complex

Expressing approval; advantageous or likely to lead to success

An old-fashioned record player

A kind act or goodwill; to prefer or support someone

One who strangles; a plant that kills its host tree by entwining it