Common I Flashcards
Alluring
Meaning: Powerfully and mysteriously attractive; Seductive
Sentence: The first time I met M, she had quite an alluring air about her
Lascivious
Meaning: Feeling an overt sexual desire
Sentence: The first couple of months after my 20th birthday were characterised by excessive amounts of lasciviousness
Preternatural
Meaning: something that is beyond what is normal or natural
Sentence: the conjuring follows the story of preternatural events happening in an old house in the US
Preordain
Meaning: Decide an outcome in advance
Sentence: Whenever my friends find me and RK talking they preordain how it will end
Pithy
Meaning: Concise
Sentence: My list of schools is pithy yet my list of courses is quite extensive making the the application process an arduous one
Acerbic
Meaning: sarcastic or sardonic (style of speaking)
Sentence: Harvey Spector is known for his acerbic nature in the show ‘Suits’
Synonyms: Caustic
Vicissitude
Meaning: Unhappy occurrence of change
Sentence: Tourism in Europe has undergone a vicissitude change due to the terrorist attacks by ISIS
Simpatico
Meaning: Compatible
Sentence: M and I were quite compatible in a sense enabling us to get along well
Providential
Meaning: Opportune
Sentence: my US trip came at a providential moment because Coldplay was scheduled to play there at the same time
Mendaciously
Meaning: dishonestly
Sentence: I mendaciously told my parents Shiv and I didn’t go out in nyc because I didn’t want them to worry
Subterfuge
Meaning: clever deception
Sentence: Magicians rely simply on stage theatrics and subterfuge for their acts
Overt
Meaning: transparent
Sentence: J and A’s relationship is overtly “open”
Mirthful
Meaning: full of joy
Sentence: Shiven LA was one of the most mirthful people in my friend circle
Probity
Meaning: honestly
Sentence: probity is key to a healthy relationship
Solemnity
Meaning: a proper and serious state of being
Sentence: Dada rarely lightens up, he is always in a state of solemnity
Scathing
Meaning: immense dislike
Sentence: My attitude towards the wolf pack can be described as scathing at best
Venal
Meaning: capable of being bribed
Sentence: Cops in Delhi are no longer as venal as they used to be
Onerous/ arduous
Meaning: Difficult/ very unpleasant
Sentence: GRE Sentence Equivalence is quite onerous/arduous to say the least
Placid
Synonym: Pacific
Meaning: peaceful, calm
Sentence: Ironically the Pacific Ocean is not at all placid as one might expect it to be
Conciliatory
Meaning: anti war
Sentence: the Germans have become a councillors nation post World War Two
Unseemly
Synonym: Ignominious
Meaning: worthy of shame/disgrace
Sentence: Donald Trump is one of the few people on this planet who can be described as unseemly
Besotted
Meaning: infatuated
Sentence: The fact that I, besotted by J is quite disturbing
Copious
Meaning: detailed
Sentence: Las Vegas slot machines lack copious instructions
Contravene
Meaning: to act against
Sentence: jihadists admire their religion but contravene its basic tenets
Ideologues
Meaning: uncompromising advocates of an ideology
Sentence: RSS can be regarded as ideologues at a very fundamental level
Arresting
Meaning: impressive
Sentence: Avani’s ability to woo boys even now is quite arresting
Vacuity
Meaning: empty headedness
Sentence: my dad for all his brilliance has moments of complete vacuity
Modishness
Meaning: stylishness
Sentence: Parthiv is known for his modishness as he always keeps up with the latest trends
Conversance
Meaning: familiarity
Sentence: having watched so many movies, New York can be associated with a sense of conversance that you don’t get in every destination
Besmirch
Meaning: attack the honour of something
Sentence: sleeping with someone’s wife is equivalent to besmirching them
Balkanise
Meaning: divide a group into smaller, mutually hostile groups
Sentence: The West’s decision to interfere in the social order of the Middle East balkanised the entire region
Deftness
Meaning: cleverness
Sentence: My deftness has allowed me to make amazing excuses to fool my employers and teachers on occasion
Dissemble
Meaning: concealed or disguised one’s true feelings or beliefs
Sentence: when I used to talk to girls while I was still dating, I’d take great efforts to dissemble my hormones
Coalesce
Meaning: come together to form a whole
Sentence: the streams all coalesced into a large river in the valley
Earnest
Meaning: showing sincere or intense conviction
Sentence: I miss being the earnest student I was in the 12th grade
Defeasible
Meaning: open in principle to revision, annulment or objection
Sentence: DU’s syllabus although by and large the same is always defeasible to an extent
Sophistry
Meaning: the use of fallacious arguments
Sentence: in most situations I find myself relying more on sophistry then logic
Sinecure
Meaning: a position that requires little work but provides financial benefit
Sentence: it’s quite distasteful to see my friends get sinecure internships practically every summer
Insinuate
Meaning: suggest or hint something unpleasant
Sentence: he was insinuating that she sleep her way to the top
Asperity
Meaning: harshness in tone or temper
Sentence: my grandfather has a general sense of asperity in his dialogue
Dissolute
Meaning: lax in morals
Sentence: Avani warned us about her friend Alex’s dissolute nature, it was exemplified by her fling with Dhiren
Ubiquitous
Meaning: existing everywhere
Sentence: Parthiv’s photos are ubiquitous in Modern school circles even though he never went there
Salubrious
Meaning: healthful
Sentence: had I lived abroad chances are I would not be leading a salubrious lifestyle
Comestible
Meaning: edible
Sentence: Shiv told me the brownies weren’t exactly comestible after I had already eaten them
Loath
Meaning: reluctant, unwilling
Sentence: I have be one loath to try drugs since the pot brownie trip
Complacency
Meaning: self satisfaction
Sentence: college names are largely complacent, people from less prestigious institutions do equally well in life
Equanimity
Meaning: calmness
Sentence: my dad used to be known for his calmness but is now crabby most of the time
Evanescent
Meaning: short lived
Sentence: my evanescent relation with M was one of the highlights of my summer
Pathos
Meaning: evoking pityness or sadness
Sentence: while she was still in my life RK was a constant source of pathos for me
Attenuate
Meaning: to weaken or reduce in force
Sentence: the advent of the Internet has lead to an attenuation in people’s attention spans
Rancor
Meaning: bitter
Sentence: jäger has a very rancor taste when not had with red bull
