D_22/02/21(Manhattan 8 --> TC --> Drill Hard ) Flashcards
renounce
- VERB
If you renounce a belief or a way of behaving, you decide and declare publicly that you no longer have that belief or will no longer behave in that way.
You must renounce your old ways of thinking. [VERB noun]
A substantial minority, unable to renounce Marxism, left to form a new party called Communist Refoundation. [VERB noun] - VERB
If you renounce a claim, rank, or title, you officially give it up.
He renounced his claim to the French throne. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: disclaim, deny, decline, give up
vagrant
noun [ C ] LAW formal or specialized
a person who is poor, does not have a home or job, and moves from place to place:
The town has shelters and food handouts for vagrants.
myrmidon
noun [ C ] formal
someone who follows and obeys a powerful person or authority, even when this means doing bad things for them:
They each claimed that they were only doing their job - the standard reply from the myrmidons of authoritarian regimes everywhere.
proselyte
noun [ C ]
someone who has been persuaded to change their religious or political beliefs:
Moody was a Catholic proselyte.
malefactor
noun [ C ] formal
a person who does bad or illegal things
crotchet
noun [ C ] MUSIC UK
a musical note with a time value equal to two quavers or half a minim
a peculiar whim or stubborn notion
awl
noun [ C ]
a pointed tool for making small holes in wood or leather
opus
- COUNTABLE NOUN
An opus is a piece of classical music by a particular composer. Opus is usually followed by a number which indicates at what point the piece was written. The abbreviation op. is also used.
…Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in E minor, Opus 90. - COUNTABLE NOUN
You can refer to an artistic work such as a piece of music or writing or a painting as an opus.
…the new opus from Peter Gabriel.
commodious
ADJECTIVE [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A commodious room or house is large and has a lot of space.
[written]
Synonyms: roomy, large, comfortable, extensive
Meaning of propinquity in English
propinquity
noun [ U ] formal
the fact of being near something:
Don’t let geographical propinquity determine your choice.
NOUN
- nearness in place or time
- nearness in relationship
Definition of propinquity
1: nearness of blood : KINSHIP
2: nearness in place or time : PROXIMITY
reciprocity
UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Reciprocity is the exchange of something between people or groups of people when each person or group gives or allows something to the other.
[formal]
They gave assurances they would press for reciprocity with Greece in the issuing of visas.
reciprocal
ADJECTIVE [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A reciprocal action or agreement involves two people or groups who do the same thing to each other or agree to help each another in a similar way.
[formal]
They expected a reciprocal gesture before more hostages could be freed.
Many countries have reciprocal agreements for health care.
Synonyms: mutual, corresponding, reciprocative, reciprocatory
letup
noun
a pause or reduction in the intensity of something dangerous, difficult, or tiring.
“there had been no let-up in the eruption”
lumber
- UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Lumber consists of trees and large pieces of wood that have been roughly cut up.
[mainly US]
It was made of soft lumber, spruce by the look of it.
He was going to have to purchase all his lumber at full retail price.
Synonyms: junk, refuse, rubbish, discards More Synonyms of lumber - VERB
If someone or something lumbers from one place to another, they move there very slowly and clumsily.
He turned and lumbered back to his chair. [VERB adverb/preposition]
The truck lumbered across the parking lot toward the road. [VERB adverb/preposition]
He looked straight ahead and overtook a lumbering lorry. [VERB-ing]
Synonyms: plod, shuffle, shamble, trudge
trudge
VERB
If you trudge somewhere, you walk there slowly and with heavy steps, especially because you are tired or unhappy.
We had to trudge up the track back to the station. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: plod, trek, tramp, traipse [informal]
sidle
VERB
If you sidle somewhere, you walk there in a quiet or cautious way, as if you do not want anyone to notice you.
A young man sidled up to me and said, ‘May I help you?’ [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: edge, steal, slink, inch
traipse
- VERB
If you traipse somewhere, you go there unwillingly, often because you are tired or unhappy.
If traipsing around shops does not appeal to you, perhaps using a catalogue will. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Joyce traipsed from one doctor to another, praying that someone would listen. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: trudge, trail, tramp, slouch More Synonyms of traipse - VERB
If you talk about people traipsing somewhere, you mean that they are going there or moving about there in a way that annoys someone or gets in their way.
[disapproval]
You will have to get used to a lot of people traipsing in and out of your home. [VERB preposition/adverb]
She doesn’t want security men traipsing round with her every minute of the day.
circumambulate
- to walk around (something)
- (intransitive)
to avoid the point
nugatory
adjective formal
worth nothing or of little value:
a nugatory amount
sumptuous
ADJECTIVE
Something that is sumptuous is grand and obviously very expensive.
…a sumptuous feast.
She produces elegant wedding gowns in a variety of sumptuous fabrics.
Synonyms: luxurious, rich, grand, expensive
shelling
the act of bombing a place with artillery shells
Out on the streets, the shelling continued.
woebegone
ADJECTIVE Someone who is woebegone is very sad. [written] She sniffed and looked woebegone. Synonyms: gloomy, low, blue, troubled
effulgent
radiant; brilliant
haggard
adjective
looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes:
He’d been drinking the night before and was looking a bit haggard.
crescendo
noun [ C usually singular ]
a gradual increase in loudness, or the moment when a noise or piece of music is at its loudest:
The music reached a crescendo.
an increase in excitement, danger, or action:
There has been a rising crescendo of violence in the region.
diocese
COUNTABLE NOUN
A diocese is the area over which a bishop has control.
Synonyms: bishopric, see
epaulet
COUNTABLE NOUN [usu pl]
Epaulets are decorations worn on the shoulders of certain uniforms, especially military ones.
cognoscenti
noun [ plural ] formal
a group of people who have a great knowledge and understanding of a particular subject, especially one of the arts:
Not being one of the cognoscenti, I failed to understand the ballet’s subtler points.
illuminati
noun [ plural ] formal
people who claim to have a special understanding or knowledge of something:
There seems to be a subtext to this passage, intended for the illuminati only.
neophyte
noun [ C ] formal
someone who has recently become involved in an activity and is still learning about it
easy to exchange or trade for something else of the same type and value:
fungible goods/commodities
fungible assets/bonds
COMMERCE, LAW
fungible goods are easy to exchange for others of the same type and value:
Technological advances have given gas the potential to be a fungible global commodity like oil.
heteromorphic
occurring in two or more different forms, especially at different stages in the life cycle.
cult
a religious group, often living together, whose beliefs are considered extreme or strange by many people:
Their son ran away from home and joined a religious cult.
[ C ]
a particular system of religious belief:
the Hindu cult of Shiva
uninitiated
PLURAL NOUN
You can refer to people who have no knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity as the uninitiated.
For the uninitiated, Western Swing is a fusion of jazz, rhythm & blues, rock & roll and country music.
Its appeal may not be immediately obvious to the uninitiated.
Uninitiated is also an adjective.
For those uninitiated in scientific ocean drilling, the previous record was a little over 4 km. [+ in]
This may not be visible to the uninitiated eye, but the experienced quarryman sees it.
condone
VERB
If someone condones behaviour that is morally wrong, they accept it and allow it to happen.
I have never encouraged nor condoned violence. [VERB noun]
I couldn’t condone what she was doing. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: overlook, excuse, forgive, pardon
palliate
verb [ T ]
to reduce the bad effects of something:
They tried to palliate the hardship of their lives.
MEDICAL specialized
to reduce pain without curing its cause:
The drugs palliate pain but have no effect on inflammation.
imperil
VERB
Something that imperils you puts you in danger.
[formal]
You imperilled the lives of other road users by your driving. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: endanger, risk, hazard, jeopardize
disposition
- COUNTABLE NOUN
Someone’s disposition is the way that they tend to behave or feel.
The rides are unsuitable for people of a nervous disposition.
He was a man of decisive action and an adventurous disposition.
…his friendly and cheerful disposition.
Synonyms: character, nature, spirit, make-up More Synonyms of disposition - SINGULAR NOUN [usually NOUN to-infinitive]
A disposition to do something is a willingness to do it.
[formal]
This has given him a disposition to consider our traditions critically.
They show no disposition to improvise or to take risks.
Synonyms: tendency, inclination, propensity, habit - SINGULAR NOUN
If you refer to the disposition of a number of objects, you mean the pattern in which they are arranged or their positions in relation to each other.
[formal]
…to understand the buildings from the disposition of walls and entrances.
Synonyms: arrangement, grouping, ordering, organization More Synonyms of disposition - COUNTABLE NOUN
The disposition of money or property is the act of giving or distributing it to a number of people.
[law]
Judge Stacks was appointed to oversee the disposition of funds. [+ of]
Synonyms: control, management, direction, regulation
bulk
- SINGULAR NOUN
You can refer to something’s bulk when you want to emphasize that it is very large.
[written, emphasis]
The truck pulled out of the lot, its bulk unnerving against the dawn.
…the shadowy bulk of an ancient barn. [+ of]
Synonyms: size, volume, dimensions, magnitude More Synonyms of bulk - SINGULAR NOUN [usually poss NOUN]
You can refer to a large person’s body or to their weight or size as their bulk.
Bannol lowered his bulk carefully into the chair.
Despite his bulk, he moved lightly on his feet.
Synonyms: weight, size, mass, heaviness - QUANTIFIER
The bulk of something is most of it.
The bulk of the text is essentially a review of these original documents. [+ of]
The vast bulk of imports and exports are carried by sea. [+ of]
Bulk is also a pronoun.
They come from all over the world, though the bulk is from the Indian subcontinent. - UNCOUNTABLE NOUN [in NOUN, NOUN noun]
If you buy or sell something in bulk, you buy or sell it in large quantities.
Buying in bulk is more economical than shopping for small quantities.
…bulk purchasing.
pamphlet
COUNTABLE NOUN
A pamphlet is a very thin book, with a paper cover, which gives information about something.
Synonyms: booklet, leaflet, brochure, circular
regimen
COUNTABLE NOUN
A regimen is a set of rules about food and exercise that some people follow in order to stay healthy.
Whatever regimen has been prescribed should be rigorously followed.
