Chosen Words Flashcards
throw out (a suggestion) for discussion.
“I’m just …….
spitball Spitballing/ˈ
spɪtbɔːl/
NORTH AMERICAN
verbINFORMAL
Is happiness an ….. to being a good cop( the rookie)
“a serious ……… to scientific progress”
impediment
/ɪmˈpɛdɪm(ə)nt/
a hindrance or obstruction in doing something.
hindrance
“he didn’t see household …… as his responsibility”
Scutwork
ˈskʌtwəːk/
tedious, menial work.
Tether
ˈtɛðə/
1.
tie (an animal) with a rope or chain so as to restrict its movement.
“the horse had been tethered to a post”
Similar:
tie
tie up
hitch
rope
chain
fasten
secure
bind
fetter
shackle
restrain
Opposite:
unleash
release
2.
use (a smartphone) in order to connect a computer or other device to the internet.
“check if Wi-Fi access is free in the lobby or tether your phone”
noun
a rope or chain with which an animal is tied to restrict its movement.
“regulations banning neck and girth tethers for sows”
Similar:
rope
chain
cord
lead
leash
fetter
restraint
halter
- attache
- longe
verb
- attacher à
Quixotic
extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
“a vast and perhaps quixotic project”
Scurrilous
making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.
“a scurrilous attack on his integrity”
Similar:
abusive
vituperative
derogatory
disparaging
denigratory
pejorative
deprecatory
insulting
offensive
defamatory
slanderous
libellous
scandalous
opprobrious
vitriolic
venomous
unfounded
ill-founded
groundless
baseless
unsubstantiated
unwarranted
unsupported
insupportable
uncorroborated
unjustified
unjustifiable
bitchy
contumelious
calumnious
calumniatory
aspersive
invective
humorously insulting.
“a very funny collection of bawdy and scurrilous writings”
Spoof
film or a particular genre of film, in which its characteristic features are exaggerated for comic effect.
“a Robin Hood spoof”
Similar:
parody
pastiche
burlesque
take-off
skit
imitation
send-up
pasquinade
pasticcio
View 1 vulgar slang word
2.
a trick played on someone as a joke.
“word got out that the whole thing had been a spoof”
Similar:
hoax
trick
joke
game
leg-pull
con
dido
quiz
verb
1.
imitate (something) while exaggerating its characteristic features for comic effect.
“it is a movie that spoofs other movies”
Similar:
parody
take off
burlesque
pastiche
make fun of
send up
View 1 vulgar slang word
2.
hoax or trick (someone).
“they proceeded to spoof Western
Lepidopterology
the study of butterflies and moths
Gist
Wthe substance or general meaning of a speech or text.
“it was hard to get the gist of Pedro’s talk”
Similar:
essence
substance
quintessence
main idea/theme
central idea/theme
nub
core
heart
heart of the matter
nucleus
kernel
pith
marrow
meat
burden
crux
important point
thrust
direction
drift
sense
meaning
significance
import
nitty-gritty
2.
LAW
Scour
scour1
verb
1.
clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent.
“she scoured the cooker”
Similar:
scrub
rub
clean
wash
cleanse
wipe
polish
buff (up)
shine
burnish
abrade
dight
furbish
2.
(of livestock) suffer from diarrhoea.
“he went out to deal with piglets who were scouring”
noun
1.
the action of scouring or the state of being scoured, especially by swift-flowing water.
“the scour of the tide may cause lateral erosion”
2.
diarrhoea in livestock, especially cattle and pigs.
Excoriate
scour1
verb
1.
clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent.
“she scoured the cooker”
Similar:
scrub
rub
clean
wash
cleanse
wipe
polish
buff (up)
shine
burnish
abrade
dight
furbish
2.
(of livestock) suffer from diarrhoea.
“he went out to deal with piglets who were scouring”
noun
1.
the action of scouring or the state of being scoured, especially by swift-flowing water.
“the scour of the tide may cause lateral erosion”
2.
diarrhoea in livestock, especially cattle and pigs.
Encroach
intrude on (a person’s territory, rights, personal life, etc.).
“rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room”
Similar:
intrude
trespass
An unorthodox or independent-minded person.
“he’s the …….. of the fashion scene”
Similar:
individualist
nonconformist
Maverick
free spirit
unorthodox person
unconventional person
Woebegone
strongly affected with woe : WOEFUL
exhibiting great woe, sorrow, or misery
a woebegone expression
b
: being in a sorry state
woebegone tattered clothes
woebegoneness
Woebegone describes someone or something that feels or shows great woe, sorrow, or misery.
// The team never looked more woebegone than it did heading back to the locker room after losing the championship to their rivals by a single run.
// Despite its woebegoneappearance, the old mill town has a strong community and a vibrant arts scene.
To stoke
add coal or other solid fuel to (a fire, furnace, boiler, etc.).
“he stoked up the barbecue”
Similar:
add fuel to
mend
keep burning
tend
fuel
encourage or incite (a strong emotion or tendency).
“his composure had the effect of stoking her anger”
INFORMAL
consume a large quantity of food or drink to give one energy.
“Carol was at the coffee machine, stoking up for the day”
Skeezer
slang A woman considered unclean or immoral, especially due to being promiscuous.
Some skeezer was trying to seduce my boyfriend at the party.
Clubs like these are always full of skeezers and douchebags.
Someone who hoes around and acts like a whole bitch.
That girl fucks with everybody she’s a “skeezer for real”
Inappétence
LITTÉRAIRE
Absence de besoin, de désir.
Inappétence sexuelle.
2.
SPÉCIALEMENT
Absence d’appétit, anorexie.
Lickspittle
a servile flatterer; toady
Clueless
having no knowledge, understanding, or ability.
“you’re clueless about how to deal
unmindful, insensible, ignorant
unobservant, insensitive.
désemparés
Listlessly
(Of a person or their manner)
lacking energy or enthusiasm : bouts of listless depression
To romp
especially of a child or animal) play roughly and energetically.
“the noisy pack of children romped around the gardens”
Jouer bruyamment
Se délecter
Crestfallen
Sad and disappointed
He came back empty-handed and crestfallen
Batch
A quantity or consignment of goods produced at one time…a number of things or people
A batch of hostile letters came
Garrulous
excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
(of food or drink) pleasant to taste.
“a very palatable local red wine”
Platable
A slight knowledge or suspicion ; a hint : the records give us an …..of how people saw the world
… they had an ….. of the sentiments in which she had been brought up
Inkling
excessive pride or self-confidence.
“the self-assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s”
Hubris
understand (something) intuitively or by empathy.
“corporate leaders seemed to …. this concept fairly quickly”
establish a rapport.
“nestling earth couple would like to find water brothers to ….. with in peace”
To work
make quickly
“I ……. some pasta and a beef”
put together quickly
prepare hastily
build rapidly
Knock up
make quickly
“I ……. some pasta and a beef”
put together quickly
prepare hastily
build rapidly
Knock up
Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.
“they ……. him to stay
beseech
/bɪˈsiːtʃ/
Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action :
I argued this point with him but he was ……
Obdurate
Mépris pour la religion
caractère de ce qui exprime un tel mépris
action, parole qui dénote un tel mépris
Impiété
Fait de coïncider, de s’ajuster parfaitement
Fait de convenir, d’être adapté
…tant qu’il y a …..entre les normes morales et les structures d’interactions, rien ne permet logiquement d’affirmer que le capitalisme est immoral..
Congruence
Quarrelsome, unruly, troublesome,
The political party is more organized and coherent and less …..
Fractious
Manipulate (someone) using psychological methods into questioning their own sanity or powers of reasoning.
“in the first episode, Karen Valentine is being …… by her husband”
Gaslight
Theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one’s trust or belonging to one’s employer.
“charges of fraud and embezzlement”
Similar:
misappropriation, theft pilfering pilferage
misuse of funds, filching, snaffling pinching purloining
embezzlement
/ɪmˈbɛzlm(ə)nt,ɛmˈbɛzlm(ə)nt/
Severe or bare in appearance or outline.
“the ridge formed a —— silhouette against the sky”
“he came running back in ——- terror
Stark
Similar:
sharply delineated
barren
forsaken
dreary
Opposite:
fuzzy
indistinct
pleasant
comfortable
ornate
2.
complete; sheer.
- rigide
- austère
A person who avoids work or effort.
“the slackers who let the side down by their want of team spirit”
A slacker
layabout,idler,shirker, loafer, malingerer,work-dodger,sluggard,slug
laggard,lazybones,slugabed,couch potato,skiver,lead-swinger, scrimshanker, goof-off
fainéant
to complain fretfully
To whinge
To whine
Pettifogger/ Shyster
a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable
For nearly three years now, I’ve been fascinated by the performance art of this blustering pettifogger.
a person, especially a lawyer, who uses unscrupulous, fraudulent, or deceptive methods in business.
“an ambulance-chasing shyster”
excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental.
“although the film’s a bit ——-, it’s watchable”
Twee
silly and pointless.
“a —— comment”
Fatuous
making a show of being morally superior to other people.
“what happened to all the ——- talk about putting his family first?”
Sanctimonious
1 law enforcement : the office or jurisdiction of a bailiff
2 the sphere in which one has superior knowledge or authority : a special domain
Bailiwick
(in North America) 2 February, when the groundhog is said to come out of its hole at the end of hibernation. If the animal sees its shadow—i.e. if the weather is sunny—it goes back into its hole, which portends six weeks more of winter weather.
a situation in which a series of unwelcome or tedious events appear to be recurring in exactly the same way.
“she lived an unrelenting Groundhog Day of laundry, shopping, and rearing us kids”
Groundhog day
86 “Eighty six”
But he was “eighty-sixed” - cut off - from club activities for a while after someone spiked his drink with drugs and “I went berserk.”
verb. (intransitive) To flow or cause to flow in a noisy series of spurts
To Gluck
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verb
have saliva dripping copiously from the mouth.
“Fido tended to slobber”
Similar:
drool
slaver
dribble
salivate
water at the mouth
slabber
drivel
noun
saliva dripping copiously from the mouth.
“slobber hung in frothy ropes from the dog’s mouth”
Slobber
the quality of being sincere, straightforward, artless, etc.:
He was known for a certain….—a genuine and spontaneous character rather than a shrewdly calculating one.
guilelessness
flout
verb
1.
openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention).
“the advertising code is being flouted”
Similar:
defy
refuse to obey
flout
verb
1.
openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention).
“the advertising code is being f….”
Similar:
cock a snook at
infract
set at naught
Opposite:
observe
2.
ARCHAIC
mock; scoff.
“the women pointed and flouted at her”
Translate flout to
verb
1. faire fi de
2. mépriser
noun
1. méprise
cock a snook at
infract
set at naught
Opposite:
observe
2.
ARCHAIC
mock; scoff.
“the women pointed and flouted at her”
- faire fi de
To describe something, such as an idea or remark, as……. is to say that it is foolish or silly rather than sensible or logical.
Our hopes for an apology and a reasonable explanation for the error were met with …….. platitudes.
Fatuous
To ….. something, such as a law or rule, is to treat it with contemptuous disregard.
A teenager ……. a curfew, for example, will not hide the fact that they are out past the time they are required to be home.
The court found that the company had continued to f….. the law despite multiple warnings.
Flout
To P…. is to take something that belongs to someone else—that is, to steal it. Pu…. is much more formal-sounding than steal, but is often—though not always—encountered in humorous contexts, suggesting that the theft is not serious.
// The puppy managed to purloin a few cookies from the plate when no one was looking.
To purloin
Qui peut être étiré, courbé, déformé sans se rompre
Ductile
La ductilité de l’acier est importante pour la fabrication des fils et de taules
Scamper
Qui peut être étiré, courbé, déformé sans se rompre
Exemple: “La d…..de l’acier est importante pour la fabrication de fils et de tôles”
Ductilité
Ductile
Fausse repentance, tartuferie.
Componction
ex. : Bob prit un air de componction.
Se dit d’une personne ou d’une chose difficile à comprendre.
Abstrus
Payer quelqu’un pour accomplir une tâche méprisable ou criminelle.
ex. : J’ai sti….Junior en lui promettante un MacDo s’il disait à son père qu’il a grossi (moi, je n’ose pas)…
Stipendier
(n.m.) Faux brave, homme qui se vante d’exploits imaginaires.
ex. : Quel ma…, celui-là.
Matamore
Un échange verbal souvent agressif et passionné.
Après des semaines de tensions, une al……éclata entre les deux voisins, provoquant un scandale dans tout le quartier.
Algarade
Qui n’a jamais accouché ou mis bas.
Nullipare
Le chl…est un procédé rhétorique consistant à se déprécier soi-même par fausse modestie pour tenter de mieux convaincre ou pour recevoir des éloges.
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Chleuasme
Une personne/d’un animal ayant la faculté de voir dans la pénombre ou pendant la nuit.
Une chouette par exemple.
Nyctalope
Quelqu’un qui est de mauvaise humeur grognon, grincheux.
Il est at….. depuis qu’il a perdu son emploi.
ATRABILAIRE
Le psithur….désigne le bruissement des feuilles lorsqu’il y a du vent, semblable à un chuchotement.
Psithurisme
Désigne la tendance qu’ont certaines personnes à s’« exprimer sur des sujets qui leur sont méconnus, et donc hors de leur domaine de compétence ».
Ultracrépidarianisme
Qui a de belles fesses.
Son charme calli…. ne laissait personne indiffére + et tous les regards se tournaient vers elle dès qu’elle entrait dans la pièce.
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CALLIPYGE
knock up
phrasal verb of
make something in a hurry.
“I k…….some pasta
knock up
have an adverse effect.
“years of pumping iron have taken their ………… his body”
- faire des ravages
take its toll on
An exciting and enjoyable experience.
the party was a B….
be a blast
DEROGATORY*INFORMAL
a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
BRITISH
a person who becomes a member of a mutually owned building society or insurance company in order to gain financially in the event of the organization demutualizing.
Carpetbagger
destructive to life; deadly.
“p…… diseases”
DATED*INFORMAL
causing annoyance; troublesome.
“they are bickering like p…….. children”
pestilent
- wicked and cruel.
“pirates and their ——— deeds”
Similar: wicked evil iniquitous heinous villainous diabolical
dastardly
/ˈdastədli,ˈdɑːstədli/
Nearly valueless, ludicrous.cockamamie
/ˌkɒkəˈmeɪmi/
ridiculous; implausible.
“a cockamamie theory”
Cockamamie
FOUNDATION, BASIS
preparation made beforehand
the g——– was done before the winter tour
Lay the groundwork for you
make something more interesting, lively, or exciting.
“j—— an all-white kitchen with red tiles”
he jazzed up the food with a spicy sauce
be very nervous or worried
You are sweating bulletsI was sweating bullets while I waited to talk to my boss.4 days ago
Make/lose a lot of money very quickly
Shut up!
Zip your face
to fail to meet someone when you said you would
She stood me up, the little bitch
He’s stood me up twice now.
The main reason
It boils down to the fact that you are a jealous guy…
be forced to collaborate whether one likes it or not of necessity, necessarily;
willy-nilly”
fine looking : SMART
Spiffy
She looked very spiffy in her new dress.
Get a wriggle on or we ii miss the movie
Get a wriggle
Personne qui se procure à bon compte, par ruse, en volant, en parasitant, ce qui est nécessaire à son existence. Synon. parasite, tricheur.
Écornifleur
Absence de besoin, de désir.
Absence d’appétit, anorexie
Inappétence sexuelle.
cause to show the effects of exhaustion or strain.
damage or cause to shrivel by burning or exposure to heat.
the state of being completely exhausted.
“I’m tired, worn to a frazzle”
To frazzle
a situation that changes from one extreme to another, or in which a person’s feelings change from one extreme to another:
Roller coaster
La S………., est le fait de faire par hasard une découverte inattendue qui s’avère ensuite fructueuse, notamment dans le domaine des sciences.
Sérendipité
Rude
A secretary asked in a S….. voice whether she could help him.
Snippy
combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one.
“the urban crisis c…… a number of different economic, political, and social issues”
Conflate
Confondre
What are morals?
Morals are principles or rules that define what is right or wrong behavior.
True or False: Morals can vary between different cultures.
True
Fill in the blank: __________ ethics focuses on the consequences of actions.
Consequentialist
What is the difference between morals and ethics?
Morals refer to personal beliefs about right and wrong, while ethics are rules provided by an external source.
Multiple Choice: Which of the following is an example of a moral dilemma? A) Choosing what to eat for dinner B) Deciding whether to tell a lie to protect someone’s feelings C) Picking a movie to watch
B) Deciding whether to tell a lie to protect someone’s feelings
What role do emotions play in moral decision-making?
Emotions can influence our perceptions of right and wrong and affect our moral choices.
True or False: All moral systems are absolute.
False
Fill in the blank: __________ is the philosophical study of morality.
Moral philosophy
What is utilitarianism?
Utilitarianism is a moral theory that suggests that the best action is the one that maximizes overall happiness or utility.
Multiple Choice: Which philosopher is most closely associated with deontological ethics? A) John Stuart Mill B) Immanuel Kant C) Aristotle
B) Immanuel Kant
What is the significance of the ‘Golden Rule’ in moral philosophy?
The ‘Golden Rule’ states that one should treat others as one wishes to be treated, promoting empathy and reciprocity.
True or False: Moral relativism asserts that moral standards are universal.
False
Fill in the blank: __________ moral theories emphasize the importance of character and virtue.
Virtue
What is moral absolutism?
Moral absolutism is the belief that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged.
Multiple Choice: Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of moral principles? A) Universality B) Conditional C) Prescriptiveness
B) Conditional
What is the role of reason in moral decision-making?
Reason helps individuals evaluate moral situations, consider the consequences of actions, and make informed decisions.
True or False: Moral judgments are purely subjective.
False
Fill in the blank: __________ ethics deals with issues of right and wrong in business practices.
Business
What is moral psychology?
Moral psychology is the study of how people understand and engage in moral reasoning and behavior.
Multiple Choice: Which concept refers to the moral obligation to act in the best interest of others? A) Altruism B) Egoism C) Nihilism
A) Altruism
What is the ‘trolley problem’?
The ‘trolley problem’ is a thought experiment in ethics that explores the moral implications of making decisions that affect the lives of others.
True or False: Moral principles can change over time and with societal evolution.
True
Fill in the blank: __________ ethics focuses on the duties and rights of individuals.
Deontological
What is the principle of double effect?
The principle of double effect states that it is morally permissible to perform an action that has both good and bad effects under certain conditions.
Multiple Choice: Which theory argues that moral truths exist independently of human beliefs? A) Moral relativism B) Moral realism C) Moral subjectivism
B) Moral realism
What is the concept of moral agency?
Moral agency refers to the capacity of individuals to make moral judgments and be held accountable for their actions.
