Day 5 Flashcards
Debilitate
Make someone very weak
Enhance
To improve; to instensify
Suppress
Forcibly put an end to; prevent the development of an action or expression
Eliminate
Completely remove or get rid of something
Disregard
Pay no attention to; ignore
Diminish
Make or become less
Comprehensive
Covering or involving much; inclusive
Understanding with ones mind
Predictable
Able to be foretold or declared in advance
Disparage
To speak of or to treat slightingly; disparaged; disappearing
Reinforce
To strengthen with some added support or material
Convolute
To coil up; form into a twisted shape
Partisan
An adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or a cause
Advantageous
Providing an advantage; profitable; useful; beneficial
Anticipate
To expect; look forward to
To realize beforehand
Exacerbate
To make worse
Endorse
sign (a cheque or bill of exchange) on the back to make it payable to someone other than the stated payee or to accept responsibility for paying it.
To declare ones approval or support of
Prosperity
A successful, flourishing, or thriving condition especially in financial respects; good forturne
Mundane
Common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative
Dubious
Doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt
Of uncertain outcome
Astute
Clever, cunning; having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to ones advantage.
Intricate
Complex; highly detailed; complicated; hard to understand, work, or make
Reticent
Not revealing ones thoughts or feelings readily
Capricious
Fickle; unstable; sudden changes of mood or behaviour
Conciliatory
Intended or likely to placate ( make someone les angry or hostile); to make compatible
Supplant
To replace one thing by something else through force, scheming, strategy
Distort
Pull or twist out of shape; give a misleading or false account or impression of
Condone
To disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like)
Deride
To put down with contemptuous jeering
Augment
To make larger; engage in size, number, strength, or extent; increase.
Censure
Strong expression of disapproval
Embellish
To beautify by ornamentation
Rouse
To bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression
To stir or incite (urge/encourage) to strong indignation or anger
Encompass
To form a circle about; encircle; surround
Autonomy
Independence or freedom
A self governed community
Dearth
A scarcity or shortage of something
Hostility
A hostile state; unfriendly, cold
Penchant
A strong inclination, taste, or liking for something
Articulate
Capable of speech; using language easily and fluently
Expressed; made clear of
Derivative
Not original; secondary
Imitative of the work of anything writer, artist etc and usually disapproved of for that reason
Candid
Frank; outspoken; open and sincere
Straightforward
Demonstrative
Serving as conclusive evidence of something
Of a person) unrestrained in showing feelings, especially those of affection (expressive, open, forthcoming
Prosaic
To commonplace or dull; unimaginative
Aesthetic
Relating to the nature of beauty, art, and taste; having a sense of what is beautiful attractive, or pleasing
Negligible
So small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant
Superficial
Shallow; lacking in depth
Concerned with surface appearances
Benign
Showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness
Scruntitize
(Used with object) to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
Momentous
Filled with great importance; very significant
Beneficial
Resulting in good; favourable or advantageous
Ostentatious
Boastful; pretentious; characterised by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in attempt to impress others
Sustain
To support, hold, or beat up from below
Embrace
To take or receive gladly or eagerly; accept willingly
Alleviate
To make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate
Englighten
Give (someone) greater knowledge and understand about a subject or situation
Threaten
Menacing; to be a menace or source of danger to
Establish
Set up on a firm or permanent basis
Stimulate
To rouse to action or effort as by encouragement or pressure
Display
To show or exhibit; make visible
Extol
To applaud, praise
Belie
To prove to be false; fail to give a true impression of something
Contradict
Endure
Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently
Extend
To stretch out; to increase the length or duration of
Mitigate
To relieve; lessen in force or intensity
Evade
To escape from by trickery or cleverness
Eradicate
To remove or destroy utterly
Impugn
To challenge as false (another’s statements, motives. Etc) cast doubt upon
Intuition
The ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning
Misconception
An erroneous conception; a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding
Paradox
A contradicting statement that expresses a truth
Cosmopolitan
Worldly; sophisticated
Deliberation
Careful consideration before decision; slowness; leisureliness of movement or action
Profundity
Great depth of insight or knowledge; wisdom; intelligence
Modicum
A moderate or small amount
Digression
A temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Recrimination
An accusation in response to one From someone else
Tenacity
Great determination
Bolster
To support or strengthen
Any pillow, cushion, or pad
Debacle
A complete failure
Ornate
Elaborately or highly decorated
Conditional
Depending on a condition or conditions; made on certain terms
Pertinent
Relevant or applicable to a particular matter
Curative
Able to cure diseases
Callous
Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others
Docile
Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
Adept
Very skilled or proficient at something; accomplished
Pervasive
Spreading widely throughout an area or group of people ( especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect)
Placid
Pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; undisturbed
Cerebral
Intellectual rather than emotional; appealing to or requiring the use of the intellect
Ambivalent
Mixed feelings
Prohibitive
Forbidding or restricting something ( of a law or rule)
(Of a price or charge) so high as to prevent something being done or bought
Pragmatic
Practical; sensible
Eccentric
An odd, unconventional person
Catastrophic
Involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering
Abstruse
Difficult to understand; obscure
Obscure
Not discovered or known about; uncertain
Not clearly expressed or easily understood
Tranquil
Free from disturbance; calm
Sufficient
Enough; adequate
Surreptitious
Some or acting in a secret, sly manner
Loquacious
Tending to talk a great deal; talkative
Divisive
Tending to cause a disagreement or hostility between people
