Deck 8 Flashcards
recalcitrant (adj)
/rɪˈkalsɪtr(ə)nt/
Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline
obstinate (adj)
/ˈɒbstɪnət/
Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so
(Of an unwelcome situation) very difficult to change or overcome
perforate (v)
/ˈpəːfəreɪt/
Pierce and make a hole or holes in
Make a row of small holes in (paper) so that a part may be torn off easily
fallow
/ˈfaləʊ/
- (adj) (Of farmland) ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility or to avoid surplus production
(Of a period of time) characterized by inaction; unproductive - (adj) (Of a sow) not pregnant
- (n) A piece of fallow land
- (v) Leave (land) fallow for a period
- (n) A pale brown or reddish yellow colour
reddish (adj)
/ˈrɛdɪʃ/
Having a red tinge; slightly red
tinge
/tɪn(d)ʒ/
- (v) Colour slightly
Permeate or imbue slightly with a feeling or quality - (n) A trace of a colour
A slight trace of a feeling or quality
permeate (v)
/ˈpəːmɪeɪt/
Spread throughout (something); pervade
imbue (v)
/ɪmˈbjuː/
Inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality)
plough / plow
/plaʊ/
- (n) A large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds
Land that has been ploughed - (v) Turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing
Cut (a furrow or line) with or as if with a plough
(Of a ship or boat) travel through (an area of water)
(plough something up) Unearth something while using a plough - (v) (Especially of a vehicle) move in a fast and uncontrolled manner
Advance or progress laboriously or forcibly
(plough on) Continue steadily despite difficulties or warnings to stop
harrow
/ˈharəʊ/
- (n) An implement consisting of a heavy frame set with teeth or tines which is dragged over ploughed land to break up clods, remove weeds, and cover seed.
- (v) Draw a harrow over (land)
- (v) Cause distress to
sow
/səʊ/
- (v) Plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth
(be sown with) Be thickly covered with
Lay or plant (an explosive mine) or cover (territory) with mines - (v) Disseminate or introduce (something undesirable)
- (n) An adult female pig, especially one which has farrowed
The female of certain other mammals, e.g. the guinea pig - (n) A large block of metal (larger than a ‘pig’) made by smelting
surplus
/ˈsəːpləs/
- (n) An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply
- (adj) More than what is needed or used; excess
farrow
/ˈfarəʊ/
- (n) A litter of pigs
An act of giving birth to a litter of pigs - (v) (Of a sow) give birth to (piglets)
properiety (n)
/prəˈprʌɪəti/
- Conformity to conventionally accepted standards of behaviour or morals
The details or rules of behaviour conventionally considered to be correct - The condition of being right, appropriate, or fitting
savage
/ˈsavɪdʒ/
- (adj) (Of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolle
Cruel and vicious; aggressively hostile - (adj) (Of something bad or negative) very great; severe
- (adj) (Chiefly in historical or literary contexts) primitive; uncivilized
(Of a place) wild-looking and inhospitable; uncultivated - (n) (Chiefly in historical or literary contexts) a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized
- (n) A brutal or vicious person
- (v) (Especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul
Subject to a vicious verbal attack; criticize brutally
