Brainscape Bot Deck 13 Flashcards
noun
the quality of caring about other people’s comfort, safety, and how they feel:
I’m touched by your __________.
solicitude
noun
a particular point in time:
At this ________, it is impossible to say whether she will make a full recovery.
Negotiations are at a critical ________.
juncture
noun
a woman of high social rank whose husband is dead but who has a title and property because of her marriage to him:
a _______ queen
dowager
noun
a piece of soil or clay:
Their hoofs threw up ____s of earth as they galloped across the field.
Don’t be such a ____!
clod
adjective
dirty and unpleasant:
There are lots of really ______ apartments in the city’s poorer areas.
He told me he’d had an affair but he spared me the ______ details.
a ______ story
______ details
The ______ condition of many of the city school buildings was shocking.
sordid
noun
anger, argument, and bad feeling:
The ________ of the dispute has shocked a lot of people.
The decision was reached without ________ or controversy.
acrimony
verb
(especially of dogs) to make a deep, rough sound while showing the teeth, usually in anger or (of people) to speak or say something angrily and forcefully:
The dogs started to _____ at each other so I had to separate them.
[ + speech ] “Go to hell!”, he _____ed.
The yarn _____ed as she unwound it.
That old brush will _____ your hair.
The dog gave a low _____ so I quickly drew my hand back.
“Take your hands off me!” she said with a _____.
She tried to comb the _____s out of her daughter’s long hair.
a _____ of blankets on the bed
[ I ] “What do you want?” he _____ed.
[ T ] The collision _____ed traffic for 10 miles on the Interstate.
The dog’s _____ frightened me.
snarl
adverb
in a way that causes or has a very sharp feeling of sadness:
He sang __________ of wanting to know true love.
The war correspondent is known for __________ chronicling the effect of war on ordinary people.
poignantly
noun
a person’s appearance, especially the typical expression on their face:
His aristocratic ____ and expensive clothes singled him out.
mien
adjective
violently divided:
It was a community/nation/family _____ by hatred.
riven
verb
past simple of fall
A great number of trees were ____ed to provide space for grazing.
He eventually ____ed his opponent with a punch to the head.
We went ____ walking last weekend.
He decided the diseased trees had to be ____ed.
fig. He was ____ed (= killed) by a heart attack.
fell
adjective
shy and not confident of your abilities:
a _________ manner
You shouldn’t be so _________ about your achievements - you’ve done really well!
diffident
noun
the act of using movements of your hands and body, and expressions on your face, without speech, to communicate emotions and actions or to tell a story:
The first scene was performed in ____.
The whole of the banquet scene is ____d.
Most of the bands that appear on the show just ____ to a recording of their songs.
He was miming something at me across the room.
[ U ] In the game of charades, you have to convey the title of a movie or book through ____.
[ I ] The illusion of live music was created by singers miming to their records.
mime
noun
the brightness that a shiny surface has:
a treatment for restoring the ______ to dull hair
the rich ______ of well-polished furniture
The dancing of the principal ballerina added ______ to an otherwise unimpressive production of “Giselle”.
lustre
verb
to spoil something that is pure or someone’s perfect reputation:
His reputation, he said, had been unfairly sullied by half-truths and innuendos.
No speck of dirt had ever sullied his hands.
sully
adjective
humorous in an unkind way that shows you do not respect someone or something:
a ________ smile/look/comment
a ________ smile
Mildly ________, the chairman’s soft-spoken cross-examination embarrassed hostile witnesses without humiliating them.
sardonic
noun
a very small piece of food:
a ______ of cheese
The prisoners ate every last ______.
a ______ of good news
She ate every last ______ on her plate.
morsel
verb
If you _____ a strong emotion felt by someone, such as fear or worry, you cause them to feel it less or to feel calm again:
The government is trying to _____ public fears/concern about the spread of the disease.
I was nervous, but seeing her _____ed my fears.
allay
noun
conversation or discussion about something:
They were seen in close _____________ over a drink.
Work involved endless meetings, _____________s, and discussions about the law.
____________n differs from lying in that the person is not consciously attempting to deceive.
____________ns are artificial constructions of our own design built round particles of retained experience.
confabulation
adjective
completely in love with someone and always thinking of them :
He was so completely ________ with her that he couldn’t see how badly she treated him.
besotted
noun
the edge of a piece of cloth, such as the bottom edge of a skirt or dress, that is folded over and sewn so that it does not develop loose threads:
I took the ___ up/let the ___ down.
I need to ___ those curtains.
She was busy ___ming her skirt.
hem
verb
to form a false understanding of the meaning or intention of something that someone does or says:
She said Harris had ___________d her comments.
Their caution was ___________d as cowardice.
Johnson complained that his statements were ___________d.
misconstrue
verb
to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or to annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone:
Religious minorities were _________d and massacred during the ten-year regime.
His latest film is about the experience of being _________d for being gay.
Ever since the news broke about her divorce, she has been _________d by the tabloid press.
She claimed the government was ________ing its opponents.
political/religious ________ion
Given the chance, victims may seek revenge on their ________ors.
persecute
adjective
feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen:
I’m very ____________ about tomorrow’s meeting.
I’ve invited a lot of people to the party, but I’m a little ____________ that no one will come.
We’re all ____________ about tomorrow’s meeting.
They looked ____________ly around the room.
afraid: She was afraid of the dark.
frightened: Don’t be frightened, my dog is quite friendly.
scared: Are you scared of spiders?
petrified: He got to the top of the tree and was absolutely petrified he’d fall.
terrified: I’m terrified of flying.
panic-stricken: She was panic-stricken when her little boy disappeared.
worried: I’m worried that he’s not going to graduate.
concerned: Aren’t you concerned that she might tell someone?
perturbed: He didn’t seem unduly perturbed by the news.
fretful: She got a fretful night’s sleep after the dreadful news.
anxious: All this waiting is making me anxious.
____________: He’s a bit ____________ about leaving home.
apprehensive
