Academix expressions 3 Flashcards
Aptly
suitable or right for a particular situation
An apt comment/description
Ascribed
to consider something to be caused, created, or owned by someone or something
To what do you ascribe to the enormous success of your latest book?
Caveats
a warning to consider something before taking any more action, or a statement that limits a more general statement
He agreed to the interview, with the caveat that he could approve the final article.
Dog
To cause difficulties
Technical problems dogged our trips from the outset.
Embellishing
to make something more beautiful by adding something to it
The product was embellished by its clever marketing and beautiful website.
Fostered
to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings:
They were discussing the best way to foster democracy and prosperity in the former communist countries.
Amassing
to get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period.
Along with amassing skills and wrestling with ideas, one should react emotionally to Beloved.
Artbitrary
based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason.
Did you have a reason for choosing your destination or was it arbitrary?
Bemoaned
to complain or express sadness about something.
This comprehensive volume appears at a time when many bemoan the decline of ethical and moral standards.
Corrosive
harmful or destructive; deleterious
The corrosive effect of poverty on their marriage.
Embedded
If an emotion, opinion, etc. is embedded in someone or something, it is a very strong or important part of him, her, or it
A sense of guilt was deeply embedded in my conscience.
Hedge
A way of protecting, controlling, or limiting something
She’d made some overseas investments as a hedge against rising inflation in this country.
Incurring
something, usually something unpleasant, as a result of actions you have taken
The play has incurred the wrath/anger of both audiences and critics.
Instill
to put a feeling, idea, or principle gradually into someone’s mind, so that it has a strong influence on the way that person thinks or behaves:
It is part of a teacher’s job to instill confidence in/into his or her students.
Inundated
to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all
We have been inundated with requests for help.
