CET-6 Vocabulary

A female monarch or a king's wife; to promote to queen

To determine fate in advance, especially by divine will

Toward the north

Done deliberately; stubbornly determined to have one's own way

A lustrous gem from an oyster shell; something precious

A large bird of prey; in golf, two under par

A person who assists in a crime; contributing to an offense in a secondary role

Attentive; paying close heed (archaic)

A single-celled microscopic organism, some of which cause disease

Something produced incidentally; an unintended side effect

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢

A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a metre

The middle point or place; to place at the middle

To block or overcrowd, hindering normal flow

A standard or rule used to judge or evaluate something

Shame or disgrace; to bring shame upon someone or refuse to honor a payment

To fail to satisfy; to cause discontent

A competitive team and their equipment, especially in motor racing

A temperature scale where water freezes at 32° and boils at 212°

More distant in space or time; to a greater distance

The father of one's spouse

A device that produces colourful flames and explosions for celebration

Of the highest quality; excellently

The taste or smell quality of food; to add seasoning (British spelling)

A republic in western Europe

A unit of liquid volume equal to 4 quarts

A country in central Europe

Merchandise or products for sale; moral benefit or goodness

British spelling of gram; a unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram

Money given for a specific purpose; to officially give or allow something

The quality of being funny; a mood; to indulge someone

Plural of hypothesis; proposed explanations awaiting verification

A country in South Asia

A strong denim fabric; denim trousers

The central figure of Christianity

A unit of power equal to 1000 watts

A method to achieve a result; financial resources

The branch of physics about motion and forces; the workings of something

The basic unit of length in the metric system; rhythmic pattern in poetry

a unit of distance of 1,760 yards

A unit of length equal to 1/1000 of a metre (mm)

A person living nearby; to be adjacent to

The Pacific island region including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia

A smell, whether pleasant or unpleasant (British spelling of 'odor')

The SI unit of electrical resistance (symbol Ω)

A unit of weight equal to 1/16 of a pound, about 28.35 grams

A remote or peripheral part of a town or city

An adult castrated male bovine used as a draft animal