English 4 Flashcards
Impossible to prevent or persuade or affect or stop
Eg1. The seemingly xxxx march of new technology.
Eg2. The doctors were xxx and there was nothing that could be done.
Eg3. One xxxx rule of etiquette is that you must talk to your next door neighbor at a dinner table.
Eg4. The connection between the two is xxxx : the airplane must bank to turn, and when it is banked, it must turn.
Inexorable
Bombastic
High sounding but with little meaning. Eg. Inflated xxxx rhetoric. Eg. Xxx music that drowned out what anyone was saying. Eg. Xxx as he was at times, he knew his limitations.
Of a disease or condition. Eg. Complacency is xxxx in industry today. Eg. The tendency to rationalise their actions is xxxx in that culture.
Endemic
- Dangerous, high or steep. 2. A change to a worse situation. 3 done suddenly and without careful consideration. Eg. The track skirted a xxxx drop. Eg. A xxxx slide in govt popularity. Eg. xxxx intervention. Eg. The market price dropped xxxly
Precipitous
Conscrict
Make narrower esp by encircling. Eg. The chemicals xxx the blood vessels. Eg. The new govt regulation has xxxed the supply of coal.
Walk with effort through water or substance. Eg he xxxxed out to the boat. He xxxxed laboriously through a long piece of writing.
Wade
Impossible to subdue or defeat Eg. She’s is a woman of xxxx spirit. Eg. When it comes to trading they are a shrewd and xxxx lot.
Indomitable
suggests boldness arising from rashness and contempt of danger. Also reckless / rash/ audacity. Eg. He had the xxxx to refuse. Eg. Maybe it’s high time someone had the xxx to call this sacred cow a nightmare. Eg. some restaurants had the xxxx to serve halal without telling customers. Then they congratulate themselves on their xxx.
Temerity
Enumerate
To mention one by one. Eg. There is no time to xxx all of his works.
- Very hot and dry. Eg. The xxx heat of the afternoon. 2. Unpleasant.eg he’s had a xxx time. 3. Hard to contain or stop. The worlds most xxx economies. 4. Full of passion from sexual love. Eg a xxxx love affair.
Torrid
Wade
Walk with effort through water or substance. Eg he xxxxed out to the boat. He xxxxed laboriously through a long piece of writing.
A mild mental illness. Involves stress, depression, anxiety. But not a complete loss of touch with reality like psychosis.
Neurosis
Seance
A meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead
Combine two or more sets of ideas or texts. Eg. The urban crisis xxxxs a number of different social, economic and political issues.
Conflate
High sounding but with little meaning. Eg. Inflated xxxx rhetoric. Eg. Xxx music that drowned out what anyone was saying. Eg. Xxx as he was at times, he knew his limitations.
Bombastic
Temerity
suggests boldness arising from rashness and contempt of danger. Also reckless / rash/ audacity. Eg. He had the xxxx to refuse. Eg. Maybe it’s high time someone had the xxx to call this sacred cow a nightmare. Eg. some restaurants had the xxxx to serve halal without telling customers. Then they congratulate themselves on their xxx.
Endemic
Of a disease or condition. Eg. Complacency is xxxx in industry today. Eg. The tendency to rationalise their actions is xxxx in that culture.
To mention one by one. Eg. There is no time to xxx all of his works.
Enumerate
Cheerfully optimistic. Eg. They are not xxx about the prospect. Eg. His xxxxness about those price declines surprised me.
Sanguine
Powerful and dynamic. Eg. A xxx xxx 40 year old. Eg. He loved the xxx xxx ambiance of the camaraderie.
High octane
A statement of the beliefs or actions which guides someone. Eg. He announced his xxx in his editorial. Eg. The attitude I adopted on that fateful day has become my personal xxx for life.
Credo
