Deck12 Flashcards
Acquisition
- the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
2.
something acquired; addition: a recent acquisition to the museum.
3.
Linguistics . the act or process of achieving mastery of a language or a linguistic rule or element: child language acquisition; second language acquisition.
Antithetic
- of the nature of or involving antithesis.
2.
directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.
Assail
- to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
2.
to attack with arguments, criticism, ridicule, abuse, etc.: to assail one’s opponent with slander.
3.
to undertake with the purpose of mastering: He assailed his studies with new determination.
- See attack. 2. asperse, malign.
Ballast
- anything that gives mental, moral, or political stability or steadiness: the ballast of a steady income.
Bewilder
- to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex: These shifting attitudes bewilder me.
mystify, nonplus, confuse, daze, confound, stagger, muddle.
Brittle
1 having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass.
2.
easily damaged or destroyed; fragile; frail: a brittle marriage.
3.
lacking warmth, sensitivity, or compassion; aloof; self-centered: a self-possessed, cool, and rather brittle person.
- fragile. See frail
Centurion
1 the commander of a century.
Collusion
1 a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy: Some of his employees were acting in collusion to rob him.
- intrigue, connivance, complicity.
Conspicuous
1 easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable: a conspicuous error.
2.
attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities: He was conspicuous by his booming laughter.
- manifest, noticeable, clear, marked, salient. 2. prominent, striking, noteworthy.
Credence
1 belief as to the truth of something: to give credence to a claim.
2.
something giving a claim to belief or confidence: letter of credence.
Delineate
1 to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
2.
to portray in words; describe or outline with precision: In her speech she delineated the city plan with great care.
Diaphanous
1 very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.
2.
delicately hazy.
- vague, indistinct; airy
Dissipation
1 a wasting or squandering
- an idle or frivolous amusement or diversion
- harcanım, enerji kaybı, dağıtma
Ebullience
1 high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance.
2.
a boiling over; overflow.
-coşkunluk, galeyan, keyif neşe
Endearing
1 tending to make dear or beloved.
2.
manifesting or evoking affection: an endearing smile.
-sevdiren, sevdirme, alımlı
Equine
1 of, pertaining to, or resembling a horse: a bold, equine face.
Exhaustive
1 Leaving nothing out; covering every possible detail; thorough.
Fallacious
1 containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
2.
deceptive; misleading: fallacious testimony.
3.
disappointing; delusive: a fallacious peace.
Finite
1 having bounds or limits; not infinite; measurable.
Forestall
1 to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
2.
to act beforehand with or get ahead of; anticipate.
3.
to buy up (goods) in advance in order to increase the price when resold.
- preclude, obviate, intercept, obstruct. 2. prevent, avert.
Garrulity
1 to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
2.
to act beforehand with or get ahead of; anticipate.
3.
to buy up (goods) in advance in order to increase the price when resold.
- preclude, obviate, intercept, obstruct. 2. prevent, avert.
Gust
1 a sudden, strong blast of wind.
2.
a sudden rush or burst of water, fire, smoke, sound, etc.
3.
an outburst of passionate feeling.
Hospitable
1 receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
2.
characterized by or betokening warmth and generosity toward guests or strangers: a hospitable smile.
3.
favorably receptive or open (usually followed by to ): to be hospitable to new ideas; a climate hospitable to the raising of corn.
Impending
1 about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.
2.
imminently threatening or menacing: an impending storm.
Indemnify
1 to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc.
2.
to guard or secure against anticipated loss; give security against (future damage or liability).
Insinuate
1 to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
2.
to instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind: to insinuate doubts through propaganda.
3.
to bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods: to insinuate oneself into favor.
Insinuate
1 to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
2.
to instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind: to insinuate doubts through propaganda.
3.
to bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods: to insinuate oneself into favor.
Lithe
1 bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
Mendacity
1 the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie.
2.
an instance of lying; falsehood.
Nascent
1 Beginning to form, start, grow or develop, said of ideas, cultures etc
Occult
1 to hide or become hidden from view
- secret, esoteric, mysterious
- of or pertaining to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
. metaphysical, supernatural. . concealed, unrevealed; veiled, shrouded; mystical, cabalistic.
Pariah
1 an outcast.
2.
any person or animal that is generally despised, rejected or avoided.
Perspicacity
1 keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration
-idrak, kavrayış, nüfuz edebilme
Plumb
1 to discover the facts or contents of, fathom, solve, understand
- a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
Prim
1 formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
-aşırı resmi
prissy, formal, rigid.
— 1. flexible.
Pry
1 to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others.
2.
to look closely or curiously; peer; peep.
to move, raise, or open by leverage.
3.
to get, separate, or ferret out with difficulty: to pry a secret out of someone; We finally pried them away from the TV.
- to draw forth or obtain with difficulty
Rarefy
1 to make rare or rarer; make less dense: to rarefy a gas.
2.
to make more refined, spiritual, or exalted.
- to become rare or less dense; become thinned: Moisture rarefies when heated.
Relinquish
1 to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
2.
to give up; put aside or desist from: to relinquish a plan.
3.
to let go; release: to relinquish one’s hold.
.
- yield, cede, waive, forego, abdicate, leave, quit, forswear, desert, resign.
Rope
1 to tie, bind, or fasten with a rope.
Seminal
1 pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
2.
Botany . of or pertaining to seed.
3.
having possibilities of future development.
- highly original and influencing the development of future events: a seminal artist; seminal ideas.
- basic, central, principal, of central importance
- germinal, primary, formative, innovative.
Soggy
1 soaked; thoroughly wet; sodden.
2.
damp and heavy, as poorly baked bread.
3.
spiritless, heavy, dull, or stupid: a soggy novel.
Stipple
1 to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
-noktalama
Supine
1 lying on the back, face or front upward.
2.
inactive, passive, or inert, especially from indolence or indifference., mentally or morally inactive, sluggish, listless
-lakayt, miskin
Theocracy
1 a form of government in which god or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God’s or deity’s laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
2.
a system of government by priests claiming a divine commission.
3.
a commonwealth or state under such a form or system of government.
Tyro
1 a beginner in learning anything; novice.
Verbiage
1 overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.
2.
manner or style of expressing something in words; wording: a manual of official verbiage.
Wastrel
1 a wasteful person; spendthrift.
- the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
2.
something acquired; addition: a recent acquisition to the museum.
3.
Linguistics . the act or process of achieving mastery of a language or a linguistic rule or element: child language acquisition; second language acquisition.
Acquisition
- of the nature of or involving antithesis.
2.
directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.
Antithetic
- to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
2.
to attack with arguments, criticism, ridicule, abuse, etc.: to assail one’s opponent with slander.
3.
to undertake with the purpose of mastering: He assailed his studies with new determination.
- See attack. 2. asperse, malign.
Assail
- anything that gives mental, moral, or political stability or steadiness: the ballast of a steady income.
Ballast
- to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex: These shifting attitudes bewilder me.
mystify, nonplus, confuse, daze, confound, stagger, muddle.
Bewilder
1 having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass.
2.
easily damaged or destroyed; fragile; frail: a brittle marriage.
3.
lacking warmth, sensitivity, or compassion; aloof; self-centered: a self-possessed, cool, and rather brittle person.
- fragile. See frail
Brittle
1 the commander of a century.
Centurion
1 a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy: Some of his employees were acting in collusion to rob him.
- intrigue, connivance, complicity.
Collusion
1 easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable: a conspicuous error.
2.
attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities: He was conspicuous by his booming laughter.
- manifest, noticeable, clear, marked, salient. 2. prominent, striking, noteworthy.
Conspicuous
1 belief as to the truth of something: to give credence to a claim.
2.
something giving a claim to belief or confidence: letter of credence.
Credence
1 to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
2.
to portray in words; describe or outline with precision: In her speech she delineated the city plan with great care.
Delineate
1 very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.
2.
delicately hazy.
- vague, indistinct; airy
Diaphanous
1 a wasting or squandering
- an idle or frivolous amusement or diversion
- harcanım, enerji kaybı, dağıtma
Dissipation
1 high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance.
2.
a boiling over; overflow.
-coşkunluk, galeyan, keyif neşe
Ebullience
1 tending to make dear or beloved.
2.
manifesting or evoking affection: an endearing smile.
-sevdiren, sevdirme, alımlı
Endearing
1 of, pertaining to, or resembling a horse: a bold, equine face.
Equine
1 Leaving nothing out; covering every possible detail; thorough.
Exhaustive
1 containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
2.
deceptive; misleading: fallacious testimony.
3.
disappointing; delusive: a fallacious peace.
Fallacious
1 having bounds or limits; not infinite; measurable.
Finite
1 to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
2.
to act beforehand with or get ahead of; anticipate.
3.
to buy up (goods) in advance in order to increase the price when resold.
- preclude, obviate, intercept, obstruct. 2. prevent, avert.
Forestall
1 to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
2.
to act beforehand with or get ahead of; anticipate.
3.
to buy up (goods) in advance in order to increase the price when resold.
- preclude, obviate, intercept, obstruct. 2. prevent, avert.
Garrulity
1 a sudden, strong blast of wind.
2.
a sudden rush or burst of water, fire, smoke, sound, etc.
3.
an outburst of passionate feeling.
Gust
1 receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
2.
characterized by or betokening warmth and generosity toward guests or strangers: a hospitable smile.
3.
favorably receptive or open (usually followed by to ): to be hospitable to new ideas; a climate hospitable to the raising of corn.
Hospitable
1 about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.
2.
imminently threatening or menacing: an impending storm.
Impending
1 to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc.
2.
to guard or secure against anticipated loss; give security against (future damage or liability).
Indemnify
1 to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
2.
to instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind: to insinuate doubts through propaganda.
3.
to bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods: to insinuate oneself into favor.
Insinuate
1 to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
2.
to instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind: to insinuate doubts through propaganda.
3.
to bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods: to insinuate oneself into favor.
Insinuate
1 bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
Lithe
1 the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie.
2.
an instance of lying; falsehood.
Mendacity
1 Beginning to form, start, grow or develop, said of ideas, cultures etc
Nascent
1 to hide or become hidden from view
- secret, esoteric, mysterious
- of or pertaining to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
. metaphysical, supernatural. . concealed, unrevealed; veiled, shrouded; mystical, cabalistic.
Occult
1 an outcast.
2.
any person or animal that is generally despised, rejected or avoided.
Pariah
1 keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration
-idrak, kavrayış, nüfuz edebilme
Perspicacity
1 to discover the facts or contents of, fathom, solve, understand
- a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
Plumb
1 formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
-aşırı resmi
prissy, formal, rigid.
— 1. flexible.
Prim
1 to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others.
2.
to look closely or curiously; peer; peep.
to move, raise, or open by leverage.
3.
to get, separate, or ferret out with difficulty: to pry a secret out of someone; We finally pried them away from the TV.
- to draw forth or obtain with difficulty
Pry
1 to make rare or rarer; make less dense: to rarefy a gas.
2.
to make more refined, spiritual, or exalted.
- to become rare or less dense; become thinned: Moisture rarefies when heated.
Rarefy
1 to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
2.
to give up; put aside or desist from: to relinquish a plan.
3.
to let go; release: to relinquish one’s hold.
.
- yield, cede, waive, forego, abdicate, leave, quit, forswear, desert, resign.
Relinquish
1 to tie, bind, or fasten with a rope.
Rope
1 pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
2.
Botany . of or pertaining to seed.
3.
having possibilities of future development.
- highly original and influencing the development of future events: a seminal artist; seminal ideas.
- basic, central, principal, of central importance
- germinal, primary, formative, innovative.
Seminal
1 soaked; thoroughly wet; sodden.
2.
damp and heavy, as poorly baked bread.
3.
spiritless, heavy, dull, or stupid: a soggy novel.
Soggy
1 to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
-noktalama
Stipple
1 lying on the back, face or front upward.
2.
inactive, passive, or inert, especially from indolence or indifference., mentally or morally inactive, sluggish, listless
-lakayt, miskin
Supine
1 a form of government in which god or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God’s or deity’s laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
2.
a system of government by priests claiming a divine commission.
3.
a commonwealth or state under such a form or system of government.
Theocracy
1 a beginner in learning anything; novice.
Tyro
1 overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.
2.
manner or style of expressing something in words; wording: a manual of official verbiage.
Verbiage
1 a wasteful person; spendthrift.
Wastrel
