Deck8 Flashcards
Imprecation
1.
the act of imprecating; cursing.
2.
a curse; malediction.
-lanet, beddua
1.
capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers.
2.
adaptable or tractable: the malleable mind of a child.
- impressionable, moldable, flexible, pliable.
—2. refractory, intractable.
Malleable
1.
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
2.
a hymn of invocation or thanksgiving to Apollo or some other ancient Greek deity.
Paean
Abscond
- to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution:
- The cashier absconded with the money
decamp, bolt.
1.
to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource: to resort to war.
2.
to go, especially frequently or customarily: a beach to which many people resort.
–noun
3.
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers: a popular winter resort.
4.
habitual or general going, as to a place or person.
5.
use of or appeal to some person or thing for aid, satisfaction, service, etc.; resource: to have resort to force; a court of last resort.
-(son çare olarak) -e başvurmak
Resort
Aver
1 to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
2.Law . to allege as a fact
Fluster
1.to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
2.
to excite and confuse with drink.
–verb (used without object)
3.
to become agitatedly confused.
–noun
4.
nervous excitement or confusion.
- upset, bewilder, disconcert, disturb. 4. turmoil, agitation, upset, bewilderment, distraction.
Correlate
1
to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
–verb (used without object)
2.
to have a mutual or reciprocal relation; stand in correlation: The results of the two tests correlate to a high degree.
–adjective
3.
mutually or reciprocally related.
–noun
4.
either of two related things, especially when one implies the other.
Redemptive
1.
serving to redeem.
2.
of, pertaining to, or centering on redemption or salvation: redemptive religions.
-kurtarıcı
1.
containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker’s laudatory remarks.
adulatory, complimentary, commendatory.
Laudatory
Savant
1.
a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.
-hakim, bilgin
1.
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
2.
an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls.
-arpalık, ense işi
Sinecure
1
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
2.
the quality or state of being decorous; orderliness; regularity.
3.
Usually, decorums. an observance or requirement of polite society.
politeness, manners, dignity.
Decorum
Suffice
1.
to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
1
to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
2.
to reduce to a shorter form; abridge: Condense your answer into a few words.
3.
to reduce to another and denser form, as a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid state..
compress, consolidate. 2. digest, epitomize, abstract, abbreviate.
-expand.
Condense
Emanate
1
to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate.
2.
to send forth; emit.
- arise, spring, flow
1.
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
2.
style; vogue: the new trend in women’s apparel.
3.
the general direction followed by a road, river, coastline, or the like.
–verb (used without object)
4.
to have a general tendency, as events, conditions, etc.
5.
to tend to take a particular direction; extend in some direction indicated.
6.
to veer or turn off in a specified direction, as a river, mountain range, etc.: The river trends toward the southeast.
- See tendency. 5. stretch, run, incline
Trend
1
desiccating or drying, as a medicine.
2.
a desiccant substance or agent.
Desiccant
1.
to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
2.
to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair.
Extirpate
1.
serving to redeem.
2.
of, pertaining to, or centering on redemption or salvation: redemptive religions.
-kurtarıcı
Redemptive
Tautology
1.
needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”
2.
an instance of such repetition.
3.
Logic .
a.
a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true, as “A or not A.”
b.
an instance of such a form, as “This candidate will win or will not win.”
1.
a gentle, mild breeze.
2.
( initial capital letter ) Literary . the west wind.
3.
any of various things of fine, light quality, as fabric, yarn, etc.
wind
Zephyr
Desiccant
1
desiccating or drying, as a medicine.
2.
a desiccant substance or agent.
Belligerent
1
warlike; given to waging war.
2.
of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose: a belligerent tone.
3.
waging war; engaged in war: a peace treaty between belligerent powers.
pugnacious, truculent, combative, quarrelsome, antagonistic, contentious.
- a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification: a Restoration play rich in thieves’ argot.
- the special vocabulary and idiom of a particular profession or social group: sociologists’ argot.
Argot
1.
a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.
-hakim, bilgin
Savant
1 to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
2.Law . to allege as a fact
Aver
1.
boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted: a valiant soldier.
2.
marked by or showing bravery or valor; heroic: to make a valiant effort.
3.
worthy; excellent.
- valorous, dauntless.
Valiant
Drowsy
1
half-asleep; sleepy.
2.
marked by or resulting from sleepiness.
3.
dull; sluggish.
- somnolent, dozy. 3. lethargic, listless.
1.
free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
2.
free from moral blemish or impurity; pure; undefiled.
3.
free from fault or flaw; free from errors: an immaculate text.
- irreproachable, blameless, unimpeachable, unexceptionable.
Immaculate
Malleable
1.
capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers.
2.
adaptable or tractable: the malleable mind of a child.
- impressionable, moldable, flexible, pliable.
—2. refractory, intractable.
Moderation
1.
the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.
2.
the act of moderating.
3.
moderations, British . the first public examinations at Oxford University for the B.A. degree in mathematics or in classics.
Laudatory
1.
containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker’s laudatory remarks.
adulatory, complimentary, commendatory.
Evaporate
–verb (used without object)
1.
to change from a liquid or solid state into vapor; pass off in vapor.
2.
to give off moisture.
3.
to disappear; vanish; fade: His hopes evaporated.
–verb (used with object)
4.
to convert into a gaseous state or vapor; drive off or extract in the form of vapor: The warm sun evaporated the dew.
5.
to extract moisture or liquid from, as by heat, so as to make dry or to reduce to a denser state: to evaporate fruit.
6.
to cause to disappear or fade; dissipate: His involvement in the scandal evaporated any hope he had for a political career.
- vaporize. 3. evanesce. 5. Evaporate, dehydrate, dry
1
hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt: disheveled hair.
2.
untidy; disarranged: a disheveled appearance.
rumpled, messy, slovenly, sloppy.
Disheveled
Decorum
1
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
2.
the quality or state of being decorous; orderliness; regularity.
3.
Usually, decorums. an observance or requirement of polite society.
politeness, manners, dignity.
Argot
- a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification: a Restoration play rich in thieves’ argot.
- the special vocabulary and idiom of a particular profession or social group: sociologists’ argot.
1.
needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”
2.
an instance of such repetition.
3.
Logic .
a.
a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true, as “A or not A.”
b.
an instance of such a form, as “This candidate will win or will not win.”
Tautology
1
(of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
pompous, grandiloquent, turgid, florid, grandiose. Bombastic, flowery, pretentious, verbose
Bombastic
–verb (used without object)
1.
to change from a liquid or solid state into vapor; pass off in vapor.
2.
to give off moisture.
3.
to disappear; vanish; fade: His hopes evaporated.
–verb (used with object)
4.
to convert into a gaseous state or vapor; drive off or extract in the form of vapor: The warm sun evaporated the dew.
5.
to extract moisture or liquid from, as by heat, so as to make dry or to reduce to a denser state: to evaporate fruit.
6.
to cause to disappear or fade; dissipate: His involvement in the scandal evaporated any hope he had for a political career.
- vaporize. 3. evanesce. 5. Evaporate, dehydrate, dry
Evaporate
1.
presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
2.
indicative of favor; auspicious: propitious omens.
3.
favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive: propitious gods.
Propitious
1.
the act of imprecating; cursing.
2.
a curse; malediction.
-lanet, beddua
Imprecation
Perilous
1.
involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
risky
-safe
1
to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms.
2.
to give up resistance: He finally capitulated and agreed to do the job my way.
yield, acquiesce, accede, give in.
Capitulate
Inured
1.
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to ): inured to cold.
–verb (used without object)
2.
to come into use; take or have effect.
3.
to become beneficial or advantageous.
Grievous
1.
causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
2.
flagrant; outrageous; atrocious: a grievous offense against morality.
3.
full of or expressing grief; sorrowful: a grievous cry.
- distressing, sad, sorrowful, painful. 2. deplorable, lamentable, calamitous, heinous, flagitious, dreadful, shameful, iniquitous.
- delightful.
1.
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to ): inured to cold.
–verb (used without object)
2.
to come into use; take or have effect.
3.
to become beneficial or advantageous.
Inured
Placate
1.
to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
-yatıştırmak
conciliate, satisfy.
Coddle
1
to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper: to coddle children when they’re sick.
2.
to cook (eggs, fruit, etc.) in water that is just below the boiling point; cook gently.
indulge, baby, humor, spoil.
1.
causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
2.
flagrant; outrageous; atrocious: a grievous offense against morality.
3.
full of or expressing grief; sorrowful: a grievous cry.
- distressing, sad, sorrowful, painful. 2. deplorable, lamentable, calamitous, heinous, flagitious, dreadful, shameful, iniquitous.
- delightful.
Grievous
1.
to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away ).
2.
to scatter.
–noun
3.
extravagant or wasteful expenditure.
- waste, dissipate, lavish. See spend.
- save
Squander
Propitious
1.
presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
2.
indicative of favor; auspicious: propitious omens.
3.
favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive: propitious gods.
1.
great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.
2.
intense heat.
ardor, passion, zeal.
Fervor
Trend
1.
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
2.
style; vogue: the new trend in women’s apparel.
3.
the general direction followed by a road, river, coastline, or the like.
–verb (used without object)
4.
to have a general tendency, as events, conditions, etc.
5.
to tend to take a particular direction; extend in some direction indicated.
6.
to veer or turn off in a specified direction, as a river, mountain range, etc.: The river trends toward the southeast.
- See tendency. 5. stretch, run, incline
Bombastic
1
(of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
pompous, grandiloquent, turgid, florid, grandiose. Bombastic, flowery, pretentious, verbose
1
half-asleep; sleepy.
2.
marked by or resulting from sleepiness.
3.
dull; sluggish.
- somnolent, dozy. 3. lethargic, listless.
Drowsy
Quixotic
1.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) resembling or befitting Don Quixote.
2.
extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
3.
impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.
- fanciful, fantastic, imaginary.
- 2. realistic, practical
Sinecure
1.
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
2.
an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls.
-arpalık, ense işi
1
to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper: to coddle children when they’re sick.
2.
to cook (eggs, fruit, etc.) in water that is just below the boiling point; cook gently.
indulge, baby, humor, spoil.
Coddle
Immaculate
1.
free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
2.
free from moral blemish or impurity; pure; undefiled.
3.
free from fault or flaw; free from errors: an immaculate text.
- irreproachable, blameless, unimpeachable, unexceptionable.
1
to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate.
2.
to send forth; emit.
- arise, spring, flow
Emanate
Disheveled
1
hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt: disheveled hair.
2.
untidy; disarranged: a disheveled appearance.
rumpled, messy, slovenly, sloppy.
1.to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
2.
to excite and confuse with drink.
–verb (used without object)
3.
to become agitatedly confused.
–noun
4.
nervous excitement or confusion.
- upset, bewilder, disconcert, disturb. 4. turmoil, agitation, upset, bewilderment, distraction.
Fluster
Extirpate
1.
to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
2.
to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair.
1
to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
–verb (used without object)
2.
to have a mutual or reciprocal relation; stand in correlation: The results of the two tests correlate to a high degree.
–adjective
3.
mutually or reciprocally related.
–noun
4.
either of two related things, especially when one implies the other.
Correlate
- to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution:
- The cashier absconded with the money
decamp, bolt.
Abscond
1.
involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
risky
-safe
Perilous
Ambiguous
- open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
- Linguistics . (of an expression) exhibiting constructional homonymity; having two or more structural descriptions, as the sequence Flying planes can be dangerous.
- of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify: a rock of ambiguous character
equivocal, cryptic, enigmatic
Paean
1.
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
2.
a hymn of invocation or thanksgiving to Apollo or some other ancient Greek deity.
1.
to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
-yatıştırmak
conciliate, satisfy.
Placate
Obfuscate
1.
to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
2.
to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information.
3.
to darken.
- muddle, perplex. 2. cloud.
—1. clarify.
1
warlike; given to waging war.
2.
of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose: a belligerent tone.
3.
waging war; engaged in war: a peace treaty between belligerent powers.
pugnacious, truculent, combative, quarrelsome, antagonistic, contentious.
Belligerent
- open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
- Linguistics . (of an expression) exhibiting constructional homonymity; having two or more structural descriptions, as the sequence Flying planes can be dangerous.
- of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify: a rock of ambiguous character
equivocal, cryptic, enigmatic
Ambiguous
Resort
1.
to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource: to resort to war.
2.
to go, especially frequently or customarily: a beach to which many people resort.
–noun
3.
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers: a popular winter resort.
4.
habitual or general going, as to a place or person.
5.
use of or appeal to some person or thing for aid, satisfaction, service, etc.; resource: to have resort to force; a court of last resort.
-(son çare olarak) -e başvurmak
1.
of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
2.
indicative of something to follow: precursory indications of disease.
Precursory
Condense
1
to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
2.
to reduce to a shorter form; abridge: Condense your answer into a few words.
3.
to reduce to another and denser form, as a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid state..
compress, consolidate. 2. digest, epitomize, abstract, abbreviate.
-expand.
1.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) resembling or befitting Don Quixote.
2.
extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
3.
impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.
- fanciful, fantastic, imaginary.
- 2. realistic, practical
Quixotic
Valiant
1.
boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted: a valiant soldier.
2.
marked by or showing bravery or valor; heroic: to make a valiant effort.
3.
worthy; excellent.
- valorous, dauntless.
1.
to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
2.
to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information.
3.
to darken.
- muddle, perplex. 2. cloud.
—1. clarify.
Obfuscate
Squander
1.
to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away ).
2.
to scatter.
–noun
3.
extravagant or wasteful expenditure.
- waste, dissipate, lavish. See spend.
- save
1.
to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
Suffice
1.
willfully contrary; not easily managed: to be worried about one’s froward, intractable child.
obstinate, willful, disobedient, fractious, wayward, unmanageable, difficult.
-docile, tractable.
Froward
Froward
1.
willfully contrary; not easily managed: to be worried about one’s froward, intractable child.
obstinate, willful, disobedient, fractious, wayward, unmanageable, difficult.
-docile, tractable.
Fervor
1.
great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.
2.
intense heat.
ardor, passion, zeal.
1.
the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.
2.
the act of moderating.
3.
moderations, British . the first public examinations at Oxford University for the B.A. degree in mathematics or in classics.
Moderation
Capitulate
1
to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms.
2.
to give up resistance: He finally capitulated and agreed to do the job my way.
yield, acquiesce, accede, give in.
Zephyr
1.
a gentle, mild breeze.
2.
( initial capital letter ) Literary . the west wind.
3.
any of various things of fine, light quality, as fabric, yarn, etc.
wind
Precursory
1.
of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
2.
indicative of something to follow: precursory indications of disease.
