AWC Flashcards
trammeled
deprive of freedom of action. hamper, restrict, restrain, c
forgo
refrain from
immaculate vs maculate
perfectly clean, tidy spottles vs dirty, untidy
pristine
clean and neat
unsoiled
clean tidy
goad
provoke spur
preemptive
preventing enemy attack
unscathed
unharmed, intact
Anguish
Pain suffer grief sorrow
Veneer
Coat with tiny sheer sth polish dye etc
debilitate
weaken, enervate
enervate
weaken
reparation
compensation or war compensation
envoy
representative or messenger, diplomat below ambassador
ponder
think carefully
ponderous
slow slum because of weight or dull, laborious zahmetli sıkıcı)
inchoate
rudimentary basic incomplete
audacity
bold and taking risks // rude and disrespectful behavior
impudence
rude and disrespectful
germane (to)
relevant, pertinent, concerning
behest
order or command
hone
refine or sharpen or making perfect
pesky
annoying, causing trouble
Crack adj
Skilfull superior abilty
Phony
Suspicious, false, artificial, fake
Treacherous
Dangerous, likely to betray, insecure
Perfidy
Betrayal, treacherous
Wither
Decay or become dry stop flourishing
glitch
sudden malfunction or irregularity
peeve
annoyance, irritating
gaunt
so skinny and lean due to suffering hunger etc.
haggard
looking exhausted, tired and unwell
emaciated
weak and thin due to insufficient food
tarnish
dirty,damaged,corrupt
bulk at
stop, thwart, hinder
about-face
turn or think in opposing the direction
rout
defeat disastrously
precipitate
fall down suddenly, abruptly, bring about fast
debacle
defeat, loss
magnanimous
showing lofty, noble behavior
godsend
desired or wanted things coming unexpectedly surprisingly
staunch
tight, loyal, steadfast
denigrate
criticize unfairly, biased
eclipse
obscure the light
impend
about to being, happening bad
gut
inner organs or- feeling emotion-based
penchant
strong liking, fond of
recalcitrant
uncooperative
galore
abundant plentiful
buttressed
make stronger and durable with buttress
mole
1 mammal 2 spy
clemency
merci
lenient
permissive merciful
decree
official order
auspicious
successive, favorable to be successful or prosperous
auspices under the auspices of
protection (under the protection)
assail
attack violently 2 criticise
tenacity
being determined
steadfast
firm and never give up, loyal
subpoena
call for court
perjury
giving false or lie in court
tacit
understood by without words tells
fait accompli
oldu bitti
heed
pay attention, careful
Bigotry
Prejudice, intolerance
crapola
rubbish
praxis
practice exercise
credential
a person’s quality, suitability for a position or written registry about his history
fraternity
a group of people who have common opinion, job, profession; community
goad
provoke, urge
incongruent
incompatible
incongruous
incompatible
impinge
having a negative effect, inflict on, or strike
esoteric
intended to be understood only by small number of people
charade
sessiz sinema oyunu
allude
imply, mean
increment
increase, addition
locus
location, the exact position
shirk
neglect, avoid responsibilities
specter
ghost, phantom
staunch
loyal, trusty or sturdy(wall)
stalwart
loyal, sturdy, firm, staunch
condone
accept, allow, approve
regurgitate
bring up from the mouth, vomit / restate, repeat
milieu
social context, social environment
eschew
refrain, abstain from
serendipity
occurring by chance
cadre
small group (kadro )
bog down
result in or become stuck in the mud
delineate
tell or show exact positions, describe in detail
chafe
make sore by rubbing, damage by rubbing, make inconvenient, make annoyed
retribution
punishment as a retaliation
retributive justice
justice with punishment rather than rehabilitation
nemesis
retribution or persistent victoruous enemy, opponent
encroachment
intrusion gradually and secretly or advance over limit
snap
grasp, bite vigorously by mouth or abrupt movement or sudden movement
subversion
undermining the authority, governmental power, etc
ostensibly
intended to display rather than real or true
postulate
suggest, demand, claim that and idea is true
crux
core point, the essence
taint
defect, degeneration, flaw
reap
cut, crop, slice, win, gain, remove, lif
rebuff
reject, deny
quandary
dilemma, hesitation
garland
çelenk, derleme demet, antalogy (poetry)
frown upon
disapprove of sth
askance
suspect, doubtful
curmudgeonly
the old guy who is negative
octogenarian
people ages between 80-89
haphazard
luckily, random, unplanned
unwitting
unaware, unintentional, not on purpose, undeliberately
egregious
remarkably good or very bad, shocking
cajole
persuade
impend
sth (bad) about to be, imminent
sweepstakes
müşterek bahis (ganyan)
retrenchment
decrease, cut,
bankroll
support, subsidize
perturbation
anxiety or deviation from the regular pattern
heed
pay attention, careful attention
quagmire
swamp, mud or difficult complex situation
vindicate
become clear after a charge, acquit
plink
shooting sth or emit a short sharp metallic sound or play a drum instrument
procrastinate
delay,
dither
being indecisive, uncertain
ambidextrous
multifaceted, versatile
succint
clear, concise
reverberation
resonation, a continuing effect
undermine
erode or lessen the effectiveness or power
littoral
the shore of sea or lake
accomplice
a person helps another for the crime
creed
faith; a set of religion
ambivalence
having confused feelings about sth or sone, uncertainty
incarceration
imprisonment, confinement
hurtle
move, throw at a great speed uncontrolled
porous
having minute holes through which air or water pass, passable, permeable
intransigent
not easy to compromise, not easygoing
lump
1 the whole entity, majority; 2 an abnormal swelling; 3 awkward, stupid, dull, clumsy person
lumps
1 bruise; 2 losses, defeats
malleable
can be shapeable, moldable
altercation
the noisy argument, the dispute in public
kickback
illicit money, taken for doing a job, making a transaction
illicit
illegal, unlawful, illegitimate
collusion
secret or hidden agreement to cheat other people.
condone
ignore or accept and continue a behavior which is morally unacceptable ;
grudge
resentment or sick feelings about sone for a past story
satire
literature which uses irony and sarcasm
coalesce
come together(rejoin) or bring things as a whole part
woo
seek for support; try to gain someone’ s love
dash
run or move or travel in a great hurry ;; to strike with great power, smash
hurl
throw an object with power ;; push someone violently ;; vomit ;; utter(say-abuse) vehemently
founder(v)
to sink fully(ship) ;; break down or fall down (a plan)
brunt
principal part of sth(storm,attack etc)
mop up
to finalize,conclude
debunk
show the falseness
squander
to waste (money, time etc) in a foolish way ;; miss a chance,oppurtinty
litter
trash items ;; untidy items ;;
rife with
be with full of;; abundant, prevalent
underscore
emphasize the importance, underline, highlight
commensurate
regarding in size, proportion
fester
rotten, deteriorate, (wound) become septic
doldrums
stagnation, inactivity ;; equatorial region of the Atlantic Ocean with unpredictable weather, storms, and winds
parse (parsing)
analyze, examine carefully and in detail
glean
extract, derive from
consternation
anxiety, perturbance, dismay
mishmash
mess, confusion, a heterogeneous mixture
jumble
the disordered, confusing way
hodgepodge
heterogeneous mixture, becoming mixed
smear
make a spot on sth,;; blaming or degrading someone
trumped-up
so-called, allegedly, fixed, fake
consternation
amazement, confusion, dismay
quell
silence, repress, crush
rein in
control, stop
crony
close friend, pal
blatant
noisy, obvious, clamorous
clamorous
evident, openly
sham
fake
disavow
reject, refuse, deny
cynicism
skepticism
platitude
ordinary, banal, morally bad
gruntled
satisfied
disgruntled
unsatisfied, angry, frustrated
wane
decrease, diminish
tutelary
guardian, guard
imperfection
fault, mistake, defect, flaw
truncate
shorten or prune
tactile
relating touch, connected with the sense of touch
seethe
bubble up, simmer, boil
fumble
acting clumsily
aberration
deviate, divert
stymie
prevent, hinder, impede, hamper
snug
comfortable and well protected from cold etc ::: very tight, close-fit
levy
impose a fee, tax, tariff etc;; conscript ;; seize officially, confiscate
peeve
cause of annoyance;; annoyance
pet peeve
something community finds annoying (yelling, slow walker)
Epiphany
Suddenly understanding, become conscious on the point (Aydinlanma)
Religious enlightenment
Mutilate
Destroy, break apart damage a device
To destroy an idea
Toil
To make hard work, labor very hard
Smitten
Suddenly start to like or love sth or sone
Strongly influenced by sth or someone
deride
ridicule, mock
contempt
Disregard, humiliate, scorn, disdain
Convoke
To call together to a meeting
Summon
To call or order a specific group of people to a particular place or official place
Collect courage or power etc
Summons
Official order for court or to come a official place
Wig n / v
N artificial hair which covers head
V to speak angrily someone because of disagreement
Debacle
Fiasco, failure
Precarious
In a dangerous situation due to safety concerns
Situation that will go worse
Jinx
Thing that brings bad luck
Lavish
Large in quantity or expense or impressive
Subdue
Overcome, dominate, control
Gullible
Easily persuaded to believe, credulous
Convergence
Two things r ideas come together, merge
Propound
To propose an idea, theory or opinion to consider
Show off
Boast , flaunt, gimmick
Dawdle
Spend time idly
lackadaisically
Lack of enthusiasm
Oblivious (to)
Indifferent, clueless,
Involved
Complicated
Allude
Hint at, imply
Complacency
Self satisfaction, smugness
Smugness
Excessive pride of self achievement
Uncanny
Weird, strange
Pluck
Pull sth with sudden movement; pick collect flowers; save sone from a dangerous position
Exalt
To praise sone highly; to raise sone to higher position or rank
Exasperate
To annoy sone badly especially by doing nothing to solve the problem
By dint of
By means of
Frown
Bring eyebrows together to show annoyed, thinking or worried kas catmak
Frown on upon
Disapprove sth
Refraction
Deflection from regular path ; change in direction
Gleam
Shine, to appear briefly or faintly
Glint
Glance ; shine briefly or give off bright reflection
Stave sone sth off
Prevent sth bad happens, cope with, overcome
Dissection
To cut or open a a death body of a human or animal
To examine carefully
Castration
To remove the testicles of a male
Manure
Animal shit
Defy
Reject or refuse to obey
Defy sone to do sth
Whack
Hit, shoot, strike, smash
Downplay
Understate, make sth seem less important or less bad than it really is
Overstate
Express sth in a way more important
Foreground v
Give importance to a particular subject
Upshot
Consequence, outcome, result
Clench
Squeeze together. Press tightly
Set your heart on sth
To get or achive sth very much
Conceive
To bring and idea, imagine
Become pregnant
Conceit
Too proud of yourself
Postulate
Suggest a theory
Despise
Humiliate, look down on
Cogent
Persuade, convincing
Peek
Look short time by avoiding seen
Be in awe of sth/sone
Respect highly
Hobo
Homeless
Bereave
Deprived of sth or sone especially after death of sone
Irrevocable
Impossible to change
Elicit
To get an information peoduct or reaction
To get sone or student’s find answer rather then telling directly
Bough
Main branch of a tree
Aberration
Deviation from normal pattern, anomaly
Vehement
In a strang and emotional way
Gilded
Covered with gold leaf
Famousl and wealthy
Gibberish
Unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing
Squash
Being squeezed or forced to fit in small place
Poignant
Evoke sadness or regret
Illustrious
Famous, renown
Unequivocal
Obvious
Tactful
Considerate not to hurt some one
Taciturn
Calm, silent person, not tending to speak too much, reserved
Reserved
Not wanting to speak , calm people
Hew
To cut into large pieces with a axe or chop down
To obey, adhere to regulations
Hem
The edge of a dress or cloth which is folded by sewing
Gross
Total
Extremely unpleasant ugly, fat
Unacceptable behavior
Hem and haw
To hesitate, take too much time to decide
Dither
Undecided, take too much time to make decisions
Grit
Small tiny little particles
Grim
Sad
Zag
Zigzag
Zany
Funny, clownish
Ludicrous
Absurdly funny and making laughs
Tug
To pull
Huddle
Crowd or coming together in a group
Bringing legs, arms to body closely
Grapple
With try to solve or understand a difficult situation
Barter
Exchange goods or services without using the money
Meager
Insufficient as quality or quantity inadequate;; small, thin, lean
Confer
Give right, power or entitlement etc parliament conferred powers in queen
Have discussion, change opinions
Confer with someone
Sedentary
Liking sitting , tending to live sitting, settled, not active
Be the envy of sone
Be liked and wanted a lot of people
Swear
Insulting language slang bad words;;;
Give oath to tell true firmly
Swear by sth
To believe strongly or firmly that sth is useful and effective
Swear sone in
When someone is sworn in ; Formal oath or formal promise at court or when starting an office
Obama was sworn in as president
Swear off
To quit sth bad after years, addiction
Swear off
To quit sth bad after years, addiction
Afoot
Planned, happening or being prepared
Ensuing
Happening after sth or because of it
Premise
A belief or theory on which argument bases;; assumption
On the premises
In a building or on the land piece
Spindly
Long and tall slim
Lucid
Clear, obvious
Soluble
Capable of being mix with the liquid
Sliver
Fragment, little part usually broken part
Fortnight
Two week period
Conscientious
Putting a lot of effort
Painstaking
Hardworking
Contentious
Causing disagreement or argument
Sparse
Small in number
Irrepressible
Full of energy, very energetic
By leaps and bounds
Extraordinary rapidly , very fast
By dint of
By means of, by virtue of
Through thick and thin
Through very long and difficult times
She stood by me through thick and thin
Dole
Unemployment money by the government
On the dole
Relent
Yield, release or give permission for that you previously refused
Carp
Complain about trivial matters
Howler
A stupid or funny mistake
Glare
Too shiny and bright
To look at sone long in an angrily way
Cross
Annoy, cross sone s mind
Think too much
Ensnare
To get control or catch something or sone
Obnoxious
Very unpleasant or rude
Assiduous
Har working, diligent
Seethe
Bubble up as a result of the boiling
Sagacious
Having good judgement, wise
Inexorable
Continuing without any possible stop, unstoppable
Implacable
Sone who has too strong beliefs to change , unable to change or satisfy
Placate
To stop sone from feeling angry
Appease
Sentient
Able to feel emotions
Deft
Skillful, capable
Fastidious
Giving too much attention to small details; meticulous
Egregious
Extremely bad
Restive
Resistant,stubborn
Paragon
Model of excellence or perfection
Lucid
Clear and easily understood
Truculent
Ready to fight, cruel
Demur v. n.
To express objections or doubts
Vs demure
Trenchant
Effective, articulate and clear cut
Repudiate
Reject refuse to accept
Trifle
Slightly or unimportant
Tremulous
Fearful
Burgeon
To grow and flourish
Pedant
A person who interested in small details and bureaucratic issues whic are unimportant
Apprehension
Worry or anxiety about future;;;
Catch or arrest sone who not obey the law
Apprehend
To understand;; to catch or arrest sone
Diffident
Shy, modest, quiet
Ameliorate
To improve, flourish
Evince
To show, reveal
Fathom
Understand, comprehend
Exigent
Urgent, critical
Concoct
Make up, fabricate
Concord
Agreement or peace between nations, people
Discord
Disagreement
Quench
To stop thirsty by drinking water;;
Put out a fire
To satisfy the wish
Eschew
To avoid sth intentionally or give sth up
Shun
To avoid sth
Serendipity
To find sth by luck
Pernicious
Extremely destructive or harmful
Philistine
A person who is materialistic and lack of art and beauty
Disdain
To think sone or sth does not deserve your respect or like
Loom
About to happen bad or destructive
Ingenious
Smart, clever
Ailment
Illness
Assay
Analyze by experiment or perform an examination on a chemical to learn how pure it is
Venerable
Deserving respect due to age, position
Ruminate
To think deeply
Chew the cud
Chew the cud
To think deeply and slowly;; digest again
Reticent
Not talkative, silent
Perpetual
Everlasting,
Flagrant
Shocking because of being so bad and obvious, egregious
Ingenuous
Trustworthy, sincere and honest
Chastise
Criticize severely
Timid
Shy, easily frightened
Trait
Characteristics
impeccable
flawless, perfect, without bad parts
Umpteen
very many, a lot
umpteenth
many times, a lot of times
Preclude
Thwart, prevent
Flimsy
Weak, easily broken or argument without support
Streamline
Organize, foster, to improve the efficiency
Comport
An idea or theory which fits or is similar or matches
Comport yourself .. behave in particular way
devoid
be lack of sth be devoid of sth
wrong
to treat sone in a bad manner
cessation
end, stop, halt
sheer
completely, totally, considerably ;; change direction suddenly ;; very steep and high
ingenious
clever, smart, skillful
ingenuous
honest, trustworthy
implications
result, effect, outcome
stigma
a strong disproval from society due to bad behavior
premises
an area of land and buildings etc
Offset
To balance the harmful effects so it makes no difference
grudge
Strong feelings of dislike of sone for long time due to bad behavior
Hold the grudge
premise
an asumaption or theory
premises
an area of land and buildings etc
Enclosure
an area surrounded by fence ; sth additional to main message or envelope
draw in
darken early, the day becomes darker early since autumn or winter comes
draw on
to use the information or experience to help you do sth, to adopt, to benefit
avail of sth
make use of sth
Wound up
Worried, angry
Teem
To rain heavily
Teeming
To crowded with people, animals etc
Teem with sth
Be full of sth
Devout
Strong believers of a religion or idea
Tout
To advertise, talk about or praise sth or sone to persuade people to like accept or buy
Monolithic
Too large, too regular to change it,
Affable
Friendly, amiable
Anoint
Bless, baptize
Frivolous
Silly or unimportant
Derelict
Abandoned, deserted
Usurp
To take control of sth without legal rights
Lash
To hit strongly
Lash out
To hit or attack sone ;;; to criticize or speak angrily
Impart
To communicate information to sone; to add or give sth particular taste, color, taste etc. pepper can impart hot to dish
Rectitude
Honesty and correct behavior
Lavish
Large in quantity; very generous
Lavish sth on sone/sth
To give a lot or too much of sth
Rampart
Large wall around the city to protect
A litany of sth
A list of unpleasant and unwanted things, repeatedly
Undaunted
Without fear, determined and enthusiastic despite problems or no success
Repentant
Penitent, sorry
Repent
Be sorry for doing bad,
Elated
Cheerful, enjoyed
Wily
Cunning, smart, intelligent
Acrimony
Anger, argument and bad feelings
Tacit
Unspoken, silent
Virtually
Almost
Frieze
Wall decorations
Shroud
To hide sth by covering ;; n. A layer or cover which hides sth (mummy, embalming)
Filibuster
Make a long speech to prevent or delay a law being made
Ditch
N. Channel supplying water; v. To get rid of sth
Frieze
Wall decorations
Shroud
To hide sth by covering ;; n. A layer or cover which hides sth (mummy, embalming)
sprawling
spreading large are and covered with a lot of buildings
By and by
Eventually or before long
Intrinsically
Extremely important and inseparable
Diurnal
Relating to day time. Vs nocturnal
Rustic
Basic and simple, typical of country side
Utterly
Extremely or completely
Whimsical
interesting and awkward, unusual way which is funny or annoying
Demure adj.
Quiet an Well behaving , modest and shy person
Coy
Keeping secret and privacy
She is coy about her age.
Destitute
Miserable, poor
Bereft
Poor
Devoid
Poor, lack of sth
Impervious
Not allowing liquid to go through
Impermeable
Vs pervious
Percolate
Liquid flows through a substance
Sea water through rocks
Water through coffee etc
Red tape
Official rules and processes that seem unnecessary and delaying
Cut through the red tape
Feign
To pretend
Reproach
Scold, berate
Meager
Deficiency in size or quantity
Instigate
Urge, spur, goad
Repulse
Push back;
To disgust
Garish
Gaudy, in a bad situation
Exult
To rejoice, be joyful, cheerish
exalt
to respect highly
secrete
to produce a liquid, emit, release a saliva etc.
conduce
to cause, lead, give way, to help sth particular happen
bring down
sone make sone less powerful, sth make sth less, lessen
bring in
to earn money, make living
bring sth off
to succeed in doing successful, achieve, accomplish
call on
sone to visit sone or to ask sone to do sth;; sth to use (in good quality) sth to achieve sth - You need to call on your strength to survive.
call off
cancel
put out
to extinguish a fire etc
put off
delay
carry on
to continue to do or be involved in sth
excrete
to get rid of waste materials from body such as urine
Opulent
Abundance and luxury
Ostentatious
Too eager to make show with money, luxury etc.
Boastful with wealth, power
Modality
A particular way, means, procedure for doing sth
Yontem, tarz
Vie
To compete with other people to achieve sth
Vie for sth
Vie with sone for sth
Vie to verb
Acme
Peak, pinnacle, zenith
Inherent
Existing as a natural part, indispensable
There are risks inherent in every war.
Iterative
Doing again and again to improve, repeatedly
Iterative
Doing again and again to improve, repeatedly
Circumvent
To avoid cleverly
Oversee
Manage, supervise
teem
teem with sth be abundant or plentiful with sth or to contain large numbers of animals or people
Resilient
be capable of being strong again - be resilient to
Fiddle
Cheat or act dishonestly
To play violin
Fiddle around
Spend time doing small things which are unimportant
Fiddle around with sth
To make small changes to make sth work
Fine tuning, calibration
Or
To touch or move things with your fingers because you are nervous or bored
Demure
Quite, modest, reserved
Nascent
Recently formed or started, new borne
In the Early stage
Reproach
Criticize when expected is not met,
Make off
To leave quickly (with sth)
Stipulate
A condition or rule which says how sth must be done
Persecute
To oppress or treat sone badly or severely due to its religion, race, political beliefs etc
Unravel
To solve a mystery or a puzzle or unknown situation ; to separate the threads
Dawdle
Not work or to do very slowly than required time
Fiddle around
Spend time by doing trivial things
Amble
To move slowly
Gawky
Shy, tall and awkward
Insipid
Having no taste or odor, no energy or not strong character, not interested
Unrequited
Love not reciprocated
Nimble
Swift, agile, quick
Stifle
Choke, suppress
contempt
dislike, having no respect to sth or sone.
contempt FOR sth/sone
hold sone/sth IN contempt
dislike, abhor, hate, scorn
Prescient
knowing/suggesting correctly what will happen in the future, prophecy ; visionary
rollback
to reduce the influence of an act, law etc ;;; reduce in prices, costs, etc
Shake off
Get rid of the sth bad
Ineptitude
The fact of not being skilled or effective
Estuary
Wide part of a river where it meets with sea or ocean
Helm
Handle or wheel that controls the direction of ship or boat
At the helm
Succinct
Clear, concise short, brief
Fonent
Incite, provoke, instigate
Instigate
Bring into action, incite, encourage
