gamsat set eight <3 Flashcards
1
Q
virulent
A
harmful
2
Q
apportion
A
divide & share
3
Q
congregation
A
group of people for worship
4
Q
interspersed
A
scatter among
5
Q
wanes
A
decrease in vigour
6
Q
blunders
A
careless mistake
7
Q
toil
A
work hard / incessantly
8
Q
futility
A
pointlessness / uselessness
9
Q
dismay
A
distress
10
Q
malaise
A
discomfort but idk why
11
Q
credo
A
belief / principles
12
Q
inextricably
A
impossible to disentangle`
13
Q
conviviality
A
friendliness
14
Q
transient
A
impermenant
15
Q
ephemeral
A
lasting short amount of time
16
Q
adversarial
A
characterised by conflict / opposition
17
Q
elusive
A
difficult to achieve
18
Q
belaguered
A
difficult situation
19
Q
beset
A
trouble someone persistently
20
Q
omnipotent
A
almighty
21
Q
lamming
A
hit hard
22
Q
brutish
A
animal like inhumane
23
Q
vilification
A
criticism
24
Q
perversity
A
unreasonable behaviour
25
inept
no skill
26
scrupulous
thorough
27
cantakerousness
bad tempered
28
disgorged
pour out
29
dismal
causing gloom
30
vengeance
punishment
31
appeased
make peace with
32
interment
burial of corose
33
forlorn
sad lonely
34
penance
punishment from wrongdoing
35
concocted
creade a plan
36
credence
belief something is true
37
seldom
rare
38
subsumed
absorb in something else
39
construed
interpret in a particular way
40
aloofness
distant `
41
piety
being religious
42
acquiese
accept reluctantly
43
impetus
makes smth happen quicker
44
capatious
having alot of space
45
obsolete
no longer produced
46
paradox
absurd statement
47
inexorable
impossible to stop / prevent
48
banality
unoriginal
49
pestilence
plague
50
formidable
fear / respect b/c power
51
dissonance
lack of agreemtn
52
diplomatic
control a situation w/o upsetting ppl
53
patronising
apparently kind BUT betrays
