English final vocabulary + rhetorical device Flashcards
to be great in number or amount; be fully supplied or filled; teem
abound
agreement; harmony; settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; give wholeheartedly; grant readily; to be in agreement, harmony, or unity
accord
increase or grow; accumulate; come to someone or something as a gain or benefit
accrue
heated and noisy quarrel
altercation
person who pretends to possess skill or knowledge; quack
charlatan
failure to perform a task or fulfill an obligation, particularly a financial obligation; failure of a competitor or team to participate in a contest; fail to do what is required; fail to pay money when it is due; in sports, to fail to compete in a scheduled contest
default
bring out; evoke; call forth
elicit
not valid, likely, or acceptable; difficult to believe
implausible
of or pertaining to the doctrine of the Italian diplomat Niccolo Machiavelli, a doctrine that denies the relevance or morality in political affairs and holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing and maintaining political power
Machiavellian
receive an equivalent for; make up for
recoup
discover through examination or experimentation; determine
ascertain
take revenge on or get satisfaction for; take vengeance on behalf of
avenge
deception by trickery; trick
chicanery
most complete instance; the finest or most representative example; essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form
quintessence
make a formal retraction of disapproval of; make a formal retraction or disapproval of a previously held belief
recant
lax in attending to duty; exhibiting carelessness or slackness
remiss
mediate at length; ponder; muse; chew cud
ruminate
separation or division into factions
schism
neglect, put off, or avoid discharging a duty, obligation, or responsibility
shirk
phantom; apparition; threatening or haunting possibility
specter
opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by a person or group
tenet
easily managed or controlled; docile
tractable
one of a sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one’s life, activities, or surroundings; change or variation
vicissitude
relinquish or give up voluntarily; refrain from insisting upon or enforcing; dispense with
waive
unreasonable stubbornness; inclination to impose one’s will on others
willfullness
presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious; advantageous
propitious
peculiarity of behavior; mannerism; idiosyncrasy; unpredictable or unaccountable shift in action
quirk
one subject to the authority of another; of a lower class or rank; inferior; put in a lower class or rank; make inferior
subordinate
involvement as an accomplice in a crime or wrongdoing
complicity
condition of situation of difficulty or adversity
plight
damaging or false statement; act of defaming or slandering
aspersion
bitterly severe; harsh; sharp
vitriolic
willing to help; obliging
accommodating
spirit of loyalty, mutual trust, and good will between or amend friends or comrades
camaraderie
prevent or reduce the anger of; soothe
propitiate
firm and unyielding in purpose or opinion inflexible
adamant
address an earnest or urgent request to; implore; request earnestly; beg for
beseech
person to whom secrets or private matters are confided
confidant
express disapproval of; belittle
deprecate
escape from, as by artfulness, cunning or daring; escape the understanding of; baffle
elude
profitable; producing wealth
lucrative
act or instance of seeking or pursuing something; search
quest
criticize or reprimand sharply and sternly; words or actions expressing strong disapproval; a scolding
rebuke
ability to make valuable discoveries by chance; luck
serendipity
act of willing, choosing, or deciding; power or capability of determining; conscious choice; decision
volition
requiring immediate attention or remedy; urgent; requiring or demanding a great deal
exigent
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances; loyalty; exact correspondence with fact or with a given quality, condition, or event
fidelity
working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner; intended to entrap; treacherous; alluring but harmful
insidious
capable of being altered or influenced; tractable; capable of being shaped, ashy hammering
malleable
banish or exclude from a group; shun
ostracize
likely to become or be; likely to happen; expected
prospective
bitter, long lasting resentment; ill-will
rancor
smt given or demanded in repayment especially punishment
retribution
keenness of perception; sourness of judgement; wisdom
sagacity
reject or refuse disdainfully
spurn
deny to oneself; renounce
abnegate
abolish or annul by authority; cancel
abrogate
quickness and accuracy of judgement; keen insight; shrewdness
acumen
command solemnly, asunder oath; request, urge, or advise earnestly
adjure
quarrelsome
contentious
laugh at in scorn; scoff at; mock
deride
strive to equal or excel, esp through imitation
emulate
direct with authority and emphasis; command; prohibit or forbid
enjoin
careless; irresponsible; lacking purpose or vitality; ineffectual
feckless
arrogantly domineering or overbearing
imperious
existing in someone or something as a natural, essential part, quality, or characteristic
inherent
firmly established by having existed for a long time; long-standing; deprecated; fixed in habit, custom, or practice; confirmed
inveterate
indicate or warn of in advance; foretell or predict; make or utter a prediction; indication or warning of a future occurrence; omen; feeling or invitation of what is going to occur
presage
impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous; extraordinary
prodigious
innate inclination; tendency
propensity
