English Deck 7 Flashcards
Consigliere
An advisor. Esp to a crime boss.
Eg. Nalin is the xxxx to the Bakrie family.
Irrational exuberance
Most interveners feel xxx xxxx towards their product or idea.
The Glencore coal team had xxxx xxxx towards the market thinking it would never fall.
Partial
Being prejudiced in favour of something.
Eg. His friend is a xxx witness.
Eg. I have always been xxxx to reading a lot and learning form others rather than trial and error.
Eg. Harvey is xxxx to networking events that bring events to your doorstep.
Supplicate
To ask or beg for something humbly.
Eg. He xxxxed the governor for leniency.
Eg. He xxxxed to the banker for an extension of the loan maturity date.
Synonym = implore.
Precipitate
Cause
Eg. The incident xxxxx a political crisis.
Eg. Large cities xxxxx certain social patterns.
Acclimated
Acclimatised.
He was well xxxxx to urban anarchy through his prior experience.
I was well acclimated to the third world aspect of Jakarta through my experience growing up in South Africa.
Fastidious
Concerned with and very attentive to detail.
They guys spent time outside the office toying with ideas which was a practice that was scorned by their more xxxxx colleagues.
He chooses his words with xxxx care.
Indelible
Making marks that cannot be removed.
The story had an xxxxx impression on me.
Chagrin
Distress or embarrassment of having failed or humiliated.
He spends his days getting high, much to the xxxx of his mother.
We took a 2 week holiday in Ibiza, much to the xxxx of Ivan who claims traders never take leave.
Much to the xxxx of Bali, he spent his time working so hard that he didn’t even get a tan.
Precocious
Having certain abilities. Being a prodigy.
Ari is a .xxxxx 16 year old with a talent for busienss.
He has a xxxx talent for web development.
Fledgling
young and new and without experience.
Eg Cambodia is a xxxx market for coal which is exciting
Myriad
A myriad of breakthrough thinking.
Trite
Lacking in freshness or effectiveness because it’s been overused. Eg the expression “out of sight out of mind” is a xxxx phrase but often very true.
Verocious
Wanting or devouring great quantities. Or having an intense desire for something. Eg a xxx sexual appetite.
Effervescent
Giving off bubbles.
