Times Spark Vocab List Part 3 (5 Oct -10 Oct & 18 Nov -4 Dec)




6  Oct
fallibility
mortality
nutshell
obsessively
fantasy
unconventional
8 Oct
summoned
sanctum sanctorum
memorabilia
montages 
proximity
omnipresent

 9 Oct
apex
synergise

 10 Oct
gouging

 19 Nov
repeal 
assent
outrage

 20 Nov
liability
reformative

 21 Nov
phase out
irony
to wean

 22 Nov
net neutrality
thorny
encumbered
squashed

 23 Nov
cleave
orchestrated
atrocities
exulted
ensued

 24 Nov
ethics
transparency
manipulation

 25 Nov
Caravan
senators
"winding up"

 26 Nov
hinder
unequivocal

 27 Nov
benign
discretion

 28 Nov
"a ticking clock"
apt

 29 Nov
collegium
credibility
malfunction

 1 Dec 
grim
deteriorating 

 2 Dec
slain 
jibe
retort
tarred
stasis 

 3 Dec
 anagram 
‘quandary’
despair
irony
rote-learning
‘mugging’ 
arsenal
aerobium
oribatid
shizzle-load
francophone
newbs 
obvs
dench
ridic
wooziest
expat

 4 Dec
sophisticated
tactical







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