A/2 Flashcards
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ANXIOUS
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ANXIOUS
—adjective
- full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous:
~ Her parents were anxious about her poor health. - earnestly desirous; eager (usually followed by an infinitive or for):
~ anxious to please; anxious for our happiness. - attended with or showing solicitude or uneasiness:
anxious forebodings.
Synonym
adjective: worried, tense
afraid apprehensive careful concerned distressed fearful fidgety jittery nervous restless scared uneasy uptight aghast antsy basket case bugged butterflies choked clutched disquieted disturbed dreading fretful hacked hyper in a state in a tizzy in suspense jumpy nervy overwrought shaking shaky shivery shook up shot to pieces solicitous spooked strung out sweating bullets taut troubled unglued unquiet watchful wired worried sick wreck
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APPARENT
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APPARENT
—adjective
- readily seen; exposed to sight; open to view; visible:
~ The crack in the wall was readily apparent. - capable of being easily perceived or understood; plain or clear; obvious:
~ The solution to the problem was apparent to all. - according to appearances, initial evidence, incomplete results, etc.; ostensible rather than actual:
~ He was the apparent winner of the election. - entitled to a right of inheritance by birth, indefeasible except by one’s death before that of the ancestor, to an inherited throne, title, or other estate.
Synonym
adjective: seeming, not proven real
possible probable supposed credible illusive illusory likely ostensible outward plausible semblant specious superficial suppositious
- An apparent situation, quality, or feeling seems to exist, although you cannot be certain that it does exist. I was a bit depressed by our apparent lack of progress.
- If something is apparent to you, it is clear and obvious to you. It has been apparent that in other areas standards have held up well.
phrase - If you say that something happens for no apparent reason, you cannot understand why it happens. The person may become dizzy for no apparent reason.
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APPARENTLY
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APPARENTLY
- adverb
1. You use apparently to indicate that the information you are giving is something that you have heard, but you are not certain that it is true. Apparently the girls are not at all amused by the whole business.
2. You use apparently to refer to something that seems to be true, although you are not sure whether it is or not. The recent deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession.
seemingly allegedly ostensibly possibly probably supposedly as if as though at a glance at first sight in all likelihood intuitively it appears that it seems that most likely on the face of it outwardly plausibly professedly reasonably reputably speciously superficially tangibly to all appearances
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APPEAL
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APPEAL
—noun
- an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- a request or reference to some person or authority for a decision, corroboration, judgment, etc.
Synonym
noun: request for help
application bid call claim demand overture petition plea proposal question suit address adjuration entreaty importunity invocation prayer proposition recourse requisition solicitation submission supplication imploration
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APPREHEND
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APPREHEND
—verb (used with object)
- to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority:
~ The police apprehended the burglars. - to grasp the meaning of; understand, especially intuitively; perceive.
- to expect with anxiety, suspicion, or fear; anticipate: apprehending violence.
—verb (used without object)
- to understand.
- to be apprehensive, suspicious, or fearful; fear.
Synonym
verb: catch and arrest
bust capture seize bag collar cop grab nab nail place under arrest run in take in take into custody take prisoner
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APPREHENSION
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APPREHENSION
—noun
- anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
- the faculty or act of apprehending or understanding; perception on a direct and immediate level.
- acceptance of or receptivity to information without passing judgment on its validity, often without complete comprehension.
Synonym
noun: anxiety, fear
alarm disquiet doubt dread foreboding misgiving mistrust suspicion trepidation uneasiness worry apprehensiveness concern premonition presage presentiment
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ARBITRARY
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ARBITRARY
—adjective
- subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one’s discretion:
~ an arbitrary decision. - decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
- having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical:
an arbitrary government. - capricious; unreasonable; unsupported:
an arbitrary demand for payment.
Synonym
adjective: whimsical, chance
capricious discretionary erratic frivolous inconsistent irrational irresponsible random subjective unreasonable willful approximate fanciful injudicious offhand optional supercilious superficial unaccountable unscientific wayward
- If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
~Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common. ar|bi|trari|
lyɑrbɪtrɛərɪliADV with vThe victims were not chosen arbitrarily.British magazines
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ARCHIVE
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ARCHIVE
—noun
- Usually archives.documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- archives,a place where public records or other historical documents are kept.
- any extensive record or collection of data:
The encyclopedia is an archive of world history. The experience was sealed in the archive of her memory.
Synonym
noun: collection, usually of records
annals chronicles clippings documents excerpts extracts files papers registers roll scrolls writings
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ARDUOUS
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ARDUOUS
—adjective
- requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult:
an arduous undertaking. - requiring or using much energy and vigor; strenuous:
~ making an arduous effort. - hard to climb; steep:
~ an arduous path up the hill. - hard to endure; full of hardships; severe:
an arduous winter.
Synonym
adjective: difficult, hard to endure
backbreaking burdensome exhausting formidable grueling laborious onerous painful rigorous strenuous tiring tough troublesome trying uphill fatiguing harsh heavy labored murder no picnic punishing rough severe taxing toilsome
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ARGUABLY
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ARGUABLY
—adjective
- susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable:
~Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable. - susceptible to being supported by convincing or persuasive argument:
~Admirers agree that it is arguable he is the finest pianist of his generation. - You can use arguably when you are stating your opinion or belief, as a way of giving more authority to it.
~They are arguably the most important band since The Rolling Stones.
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ARREARS
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ARREARS
—plural noun
- the state of being behind or late, especially in the fulfillment of a duty, promise, obligation, or the like:
~ Many homeowners have fallen into arrears. - Sometimes arrear.something overdue in payment; a debt that remains unpaid:
~ Those countries that have paid their arrears may be granted additional loans.
—Idioms
3. in arrears,behind or late, especially in payment:
~She was three months in arrears on her mortgage and credit card payments.
Synonym
noun: debt
deficit liability obligation claim debit deficiency back payment balance due unpaid bill
- Arrears are amounts of money that you owe, especially regular payments that you should have made earlier.
~They have promised to pay the arrears over the next five years.
- phrase
2. If someone is in arrears with their payments, or falls into arrears , they have not paid the regular amounts of money that they should have paid. …the 300,000 households who are more than six months in arrears with their mortgages.
- If sums of money such as wages or taxes are paid in arrears , they are paid at the end of the period of time to which they relate, for example, after a job has been done and the wages have been earned.
~Interest is paid in arrears after you use the money.k
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ASPECT
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ASPECT
—noun
- appearance to the eye or mind; look:
~the physical aspect of the country. - nature; quality; character:
~the superficial aspect of the situation. - a way in which a thing may be viewed or regarded; interpretation; view:
~both aspects of a decision. - part; feature; phase:
~That is the aspect of the problem that interests me most.
Synonym
noun: visible feature
attitude condition facet form air appearance bearing countenance demeanor expression face look manner mien
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ASPIRE
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ASPIRE
—verb (used without object), as·pired, as·pir·ing.
- to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
~to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor.
Synonym
verb: aim, hope
crave pursue strive yearn desire dream hanker long seek struggle try want wish be ambitious be eager
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ASPIRATION
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ASPIRATION
—noun
- a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition:
intellectual aspirations. - a goal or objective that is strongly desired:
~The presidency has been his aspiration since boyhood.
Synonym
noun: goal, hope
aim ambition desire dream eagerness endeavor inclination longing objective passion wish yearning ambitiousness craving direction hankering object pursuit push urge vocation work fire in the belly right stuff
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ASSAULT
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ASSAULT
—noun
- a sudden, violent attack; onslaught:
~an assault on tradition. - Law.an unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt or offer to do violence to another, with or without battery, as by holding a stone or club in a threatening manner.
Synonym
noun: attack
aggression charge incursion invasion offensive onslaught rape strike violation advance onset storm storming
-variable noun
1. An assault on a person is a physical attack on them.
~The attack is one of a series of savage sexual assaults on women in the university area.
- transitive verb
1. To assault someone means to physically attack them. The gang assaulted him with iron bars.
