ENG WOD 1 Flashcards
Pernicious (adj)
having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
Noxious (adj)
harmful, poisonous, or extremely unpleasant
Corrosive (adj)
having the ability to destroy or damage OR sharply sarcastic
Sovereignty (noun)
freedom from external control; ultimate and final authority
Deficiency (noun)
a lack or shortage of something
Puritanical (adj)
expecting or enforcing strict religious or moral behaviour
Promiscuous (adj)
sexually unrestrained and indiscriminate
Undermine (verb)
to lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of someone/thing
Unyielding (adj)
not giving in to pressure; unlikely to be swayed
Propriety (noun)
the socially accepted standard of proper speech and behaviour
Assimilation (noun)
the process of taking in or absorbing; the process of becoming similar to others in customs and culture
Innate (adj)
naturally occurring from birth
Vex (verb)
to cause annoyance, frustration, or irritation
Perplex (verb)
to cause confusion and complication
Apologist (noun)
a person who offers a defense of something controversial
Existential (adj)
relating to or grounded in the experience of existence
Kinship (noun)
a system of relations responsible for creating cohesion and harmony
Insidious (adj)
proceeding in a gradual way, but with harmful effects
Multiplicity (noun)
a large variety or a numerous amount
Abiding (adj)
lasting a long time; enduring
Ample (adj)
plentiful; more than enough
Matriarch (noun)
a women who rules a family, group, or state
Paternalistic (adj)
limiting freedom or responsibilities
Egregious (adj)
Shockingly bad
Cede (verb)
to give up power or territory
unseemly (adj)
Inappropriate for time and place
humane (adj)
sympathetic and compassionate towards other living creatures
Tactless (adj)
lacking a sense of what is appropriate or polite
advocate (verb)
To recommend publicly; to support ones issue
stint (noun)
a briefly held job; a fixed period of work
agenda (noun)
an underlying intention intention or motive of a particular person or group
redolent (adjective)
strongly reminiscent of or suggestive of something
legislative (adjective)
relates to making of laws
convoluted (adjective)
extremely complex or hard to follow
toxic (adj)
poisonous; very harmful or unpleasant
intrusive (adjective)
causing disruption through being unwelcome or uninvited
provision (noun)
something that is provided or supplied for use
vestige (noun)
A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists
stoic
resignation or to endure hardship or pain
feasible
for something to be possible and easy
muffled
sound being obstructed
monotonous
dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest or in pitch
concoction
a mixture of various ingredients or elements
solstice
the longest or shortest day of the year
persist
continue firmly or obstinately in an opinion or a course of action in spite of difficulty, opposition, or failure
tattered
old and torn; in poor condition
pseudonym
fake name
coax
gently and persistently persuade (someone) to do something
invalidate
to cancel something or make it void, as if it never happened
indomitable
impossible to subdue or defeat
fitfully
not regularly or continuously; intermittently
