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The words that separate strong scores in GL and CEM papers: precise, less common, often with tricky look-alikes. Each word has a meaning written for children, a similar word and an opposite. Have a look at the first words for free.

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Advanced level: the first 12 of 27, A to Z.

facilitate
verb
to make an action or process easier
Similar:
ease
Opposite:
hamper
famine
noun
a time when there is extreme shortage of food and people starve
Similar:
starvation
Opposite:
abundance
famished
adj.
extremely hungry
Similar:
hungry
Opposite:
full
farcical
adj.
so silly and chaotic that it is absurd
Similar:
ridiculous
Opposite:
sensible
fatal
adj.
causing death or leading to disaster
Similar:
deadly
Opposite:
benign
fateful
adj.
having an important and often lasting effect on what follows
Similar:
crucial
Opposite:
common
faux
adj.
made to look like the real thing but not genuine
Similar:
fake
Opposite:
authentic
flippant
adj.
not taking serious things seriously enough
Similar:
careless
Opposite:
earnest
flora
noun
all the plants that grow in a particular place
Similar:
plants
Opposite:
fauna
fluctuate
verb
to keep changing, rising and falling again and again
Similar:
vary
Opposite:
fix
foolhardy
adj.
taking silly risks without thinking of the danger
Similar:
reckless
Opposite:
careful
foreign
adj.
belonging to or coming from another country
Similar:
alien
Opposite:
domestic

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