Vocabulary TestQube Set 1

• Accolades (noun)


  praises or awards given in recognition of achievement
• Advantage (noun)


  a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position
• Agreement (noun)


  a negotiated and typically legally binding arrangement between parties
• Alliance (noun)


  a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations
• Alteration (noun)


  the action or process of changing or modifying something
• Ambiguity (noun)


  the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness
• Anomaly


  something that deviated from what is standard, normal, or expected
• Apathy


  lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern
• Applause


  approval or praise expressed by clapping
• Asset


  a useful or valuable thing, person, or quality
• Aversion


  a strong dislike or disinclination
• Bastion


  a stronghold or fortification; a place of protection
• Bazaar


  a market in a Middle Eastern country
• Benchmark


  a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared
• Blunder


  a stupid or careless mistake
• Boulevard


  a wide street in a town or city, typically one lined with trees
• Bounty


  A sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal; generosity
• Breakthrough


  a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development
• Catastrophe


  an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster
• Celebration


  the action of marking one's pleasure at an important event or occasion by engaging in enjoyable, typically social, activity
• Chasm


  a deep fissure in the earth's surface; a profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc
• Cloister


  a covered walk in a convent, monastery, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other