1. Scaffolding : nounmetal poles and wooden boards that are joined together to make a structure for workers to stand on when they are working high up on the outside wall of a building

2. Ennui: nounfeelings of being bored and not satisfied because nothing interesting is happening“He suffered from ennui whenever he was alone.”

3. Goatee: nouna small pointed BEARD that is grown only on the chin

4. Efflorescence: nounthe process of flowering or blooming.

5. Guillotine: noun; verba machine, originally from France, for cutting people’s heads off. It has a heavy blade that slides down a wooden frame

6. Estuary: nounthe wide part of a river where it flows into the sea“naval manoeuvres in the Clyde estuary”

7. Heist: noun; verban act of stealing valuable from a shop/store or bank“heisted the collection of jewels from the museum.”

8. Hieroglyphic: adjectiveOf, relating to, or being a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.“He could read the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.”

9. Supersede: verb

Category 5

to take the place of something/somebody that is considered to be old-fashioned or no longer the best available“Madness follows, and the birth of a son who will supersede him.”

10.Homonym: nouna word that is spelt like another word (and may be pronounced like it) but which has a different meaning“The words `there' and `their' are homonyms.”

11.Scaffolding : nounmetal poles and wooden boards that are joined together to make a structure for workers to stand on when they are working high up on the outside wall of a building

12.Ennui: nounfeelings of being bored and not satisfied because nothing interesting is happening“He suffered from ennui whenever he was alone.”

13.Goatee: nouna small pointed BEARD that is grown only on the chin

14.Efflorescence: nounthe process of flowering or blooming.

15.Guillotine: noun; verba machine, originally from France, for cutting people’s heads off. It has a heavy blade that slides down a wooden frame

16.Estuary: nounthe wide part of a river where it flows into the sea“naval manoeuvres in the Clyde estuary”

17.Heist: noun; verban act of stealing valuable from a shop/store or bank“heisted the collection of jewels from the museum.”

18.Hieroglyphic: adjectiveOf, relating to, or being a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.“He could read the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.”

19.Supersede: verb

to take the place of something/somebody that is considered to be old-fashioned or no longer the best available“Madness follows, and the birth of a son who will supersede him.”

20.Homonym: nouna word that is spelt like another word (and may be pronounced like it) but which has a different meaning“The words `there' and `their' are homonyms.”

21. Anile . adjectiveof like a feeble old woman

22. Dentifrice . noun a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush

23. Armageddon . noun any catastrophically destructive battle Example: “They called the first world War an Armageddon”

24. Assiduous . adjectivemarked by care and persistent effort Example: “Her assiduous attempts to lean French”

25. Impuissance . nounpowerlessness revealed by an inability to act

26. Bevy . noun a flock of quail

27. Agglutinate . verbclump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.

28. Cachinnate . verb laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way

29. Cackle . nouna loud laugh suggestive of a hen’s cackle

30. Tyranny noun to do something with a machine, a method, an object, etc. for a particular purpose