2 Feb Flashcards
sop
a thing of no great value given or done as a concession to appease someone whose main concerns or demands are not being met.
Standard operating procedure
commonsensical
exhibiting native good judgment.
flagging
becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength.
moor
make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor.
swathe
a broad strip or area of something.
scaffolding
a temporary structure on the outside of a building, made of wooden planks and metal poles, used by workmen while building, repairing, or cleaning the building.
perusal
the action of reading or examining something.
interlude
an intervening period of time; an interval.
toeing
movement or travel backwards and forwards between two or more places. All this toing and froing between London and New York takes it out of him.
apartheid
(in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.
decry
publicly denounce.
condemn
fetter
a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles.
parable
a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.
myopic
lacking foresight or intellectual insight.
short-sighted.
morphing
undergo or cause to undergo a gradual process of transformation.
plebiscite
the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution.
delimitation
the action of fixing the boundary or limits of something.
tantamount
more or less, as good as
