bereft Flashcards
not having something or feeling great loss:
bereft
not having something or lacking some thing; feeling great loss:
conducive
providing the right conditions for something good to happen or exist:
Such a noisy environment was not conducive to a good night’s sleep.
fervent
showing strong and sincere feelings or beliefs:
tacit
understood without being expressed directly
legislation
a law or set of laws suggested by a government
the process of making rules or laws:
infighting
competition between people within a group, especially to improve their own position or to get agreement for their ideas
bureaucratization
relating to a system of controlling or managing a country
involving complicated rules and processes that make something slow and difficult:
indigence
the state of being very poor:
tenacity
the determination to continue what you are doing,persistence.
aspersion
a criticism, suggestion, or remark that damages another person’s reputation:
An egalitarian
person who believes in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
A dowager
a widow with a title or property derived from her late husband
A dilettante
a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge
An iconoclast:
a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
anatomy
structure of an organ or its part
implacable
unable to be changed, satisfied, or stopped:
revisionists
people who advocate for the reevaluation of accepted views or theories.
antipodes
places that are diametrically opposite each other on the Earth’s surface
reversals
the act of turning or changing to an opposite direction, or course of action
Stature
person’s natural height
succinct
expressing something in a short way
Prognosis
the likely course of a disease or ailment.
Preeminence
the fact of surpassing all others; superiority.
divisive
causing disagreement between to people
