Vocab 5 Flashcards
Noun : approval or agreement, often given by an official group
The council has finally indicated its ……. of the plans.
Approbation
Noun : a small group of people with shared interests, often one that does not want other people to join them:
a …… of writers
Coterie
Noun : physical or mental tiredness
Shareholders are blaming the company’s problems on the …… of the CEO.
Lassitude
Adjective : temporarily quiet and not active
The political situation was now relatively ……
Quiescent
Verb : to say formally or publicly that you no longer agree with a belief or way of behaving:
He …… his religion/his life of dissipation.
Abjure
Adjective: serious, sad, and without humour or entertainment:
a ……atmosphere/voice/face
The funeral was a …. occasion.
I left them in a ….. mood.
Sombre
Noun:a mixture of mercury and another metal, especially one used by dentists to repair teeth
e.g. an …….. filling
amalgam
Noun: someone with a very great ability that usually shows itself when that person is a young child:
e.g.
The 16-year-old tennis……….. is the youngest player ever to reach the Olympic finals.
He read in the paper about a mathematical ……… who was attending university at the age of twelve.
prodigy
Adjective:plain and simple, with little or no decoration:
e.g. her ……. beauty
unadorned
Noun: the state of being very pale:
The deathly ….. of her skin was frightening.
pallor
Noun: the action of sending air out of your lungs:
With a short ……… , he prepared for the work ahead.
You could hear every ragged ………
exhalation
