General Practice Problems Incorrect 3 Flashcards
oust
To take away; remove.
To turn out; eject; dispossess.
noun – Same as oast.
transitive verb – To take away; to remove.
transitive verb – To eject; to expel; to turn out.
noun – See oast.
verb – To expel; to remove.
marginalized
To furnish with marginal notes.
To make marginal notes.
verb – To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people,) to the margins or to a lower limit
verb – relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people
sideline
noun – A line pertaining or attached to the side of something; specifically, in the plural, lines by which the fore and hind feet on the same side of a horse or other animal are tied to prevent straying or escape.
noun – A line or course of business aside from or additional to one’s regular occupation.
To hobble, as a horse.
noun – In foot-ball, hockey, and similar games, a line defining the limit of play on the side of the field, and outside of which the ball is out of bounds.
A line pertaining or attached to the side of a thing.
Specif., a line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
scant
Short in quantity; scarcely sufficient; rather less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough; scanty: as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant piece of cloth for a garment.
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
Having a limited or scanty supply; scarce; short: with of.
Nautical, of the wind, coming from a direction such that a ship will barely lie her course even when close-hauled.
noun – Scarcity; scantiness; lack.
To put on scant allowance; limit; stint: as, to scant one in provisions or necessaries.
To make small or scanty; diminish; cut short or down.
scrupulous
adjective: characterized by extreme care and great effort
Because of his scrupulous nature, Mary put him in charge of numbering and cataloging the entire collection of rare stamps.
adjective: having a sense of right and wrong; principled
Everyone trusted what he said and followed his example because he was scrupulous and honest.
cursory
Running about; not stationary.
In entomology, adapted for running, as the feet of many terrestrial beetles; cursorial.
Hasty; slight; superficial; careless; not exercising or receiving close attention: as, a cursory reader; a cursory view.
adjective – Running about; not stationary.
adjective – Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless.
adjective – hasty; superficial; careless
adjective – Running about; not stationary.
undergird
To gird round the bottom; gird beneath.
transitive verb – To bind below; to gird round the bottom.
verb – To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.
verb – To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.
verb – To lend moral support to.
verb – To secure below or underneath.
verb – make secure underneath
commensurate
adjective: to be in proportion or corresponding in degree or amount
The convicted felon’s life sentence was commensurate with the heinousness of his crime.
amenable
adjective: easily persuaded
Even though she did not like the outdoors, Shirley was generally amenable and so her brother was able to persuade her to go camping.
inkling
noun: a slight suggestion or vague understanding
Lynne speaks four Romance languages, but she doesn’t have an inkling about how East Asian languages are structured.
presentiment
noun: a feeling of evil to come
On the night that Lincoln would be fatally shot, his wife had a presentiment about going to Ford’s Theater, but Lincoln persuaded her that everything would be fine.
predilection
a strong liking for something
recondite
adjective: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
obscure
verb: to make unclear
While they drove past the Grand Canyon, Mr. Smith’s big head obscured much of Mrs. Robinson’s view, so she only saw small patches of red rock.
adjective: known by only a few
Many words beginning with the letter ‘x’ are so obscure that only a few people have ever heard of them.
eclectic
adjective: comprised of a variety of styles
Joey was known for his eclectic tastes in music, one moment dancing to disco the next “air conducting” along to Beethoven’s 9th symphony.
ephemeral
adjective: lasting a very short time
The lifespan of a mayfly is ephemeral, lasting from a few hours to a couple of days.
prosaic
adjective: dull and lacking imagination
Unlike the talented artists in his workshop, Paul had no such bent for the visual medium, so when it was time for him to make a stained glass painting, he ended up with a prosaic mosaic.
vitiated
verb – Simple past tense and past participle of vitiate.
adjective – ruined in character or quality
adjective – impaired by diminution
intrigue
To entangle; involve; cause to be involved or entangled.
To plot for: scheme for.
To practise underhand plotting or scheming; exert secret influence for the accomplishment of a purpose; seek to promote one’s aims in devious and clandestine ways.
To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
noun – Intricacy; complication; maze.
noun – Secret or underhand plotting or scheming; the exertion of secret influence for the accomplishment of a purpose.
noun – A clandestine plot; a scheme for entangling others, or for gaining an end by the exertion of secret influence: as, to expose an intrigue.
robust
adjective: strong and full
Chris preferred watery, mild beers, but Bhavin preferred a beer with more robust flavor.
canard
To fly or float about, or circulate as a canard or false report: as, certain stories canarding about the hotels.
To imitate or produce the peculiar harsh cry of the duck, as an unskilled player on a wind-instrument.
noun – An absurd story or statement intended as an imposition; a fabricated story to which currency is given, as by a newspaper: a hoax.
noun – Hence A broadside cried in the streets: so called from the generally sensational nature of its contents.
noun – An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.
noun – A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
noun – A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.
assiduity
noun – Constant or close application to any business or occupation; diligence.
noun – Solicitous care of a person or persons; constant personal attention: usually in the plural.
noun – Hence Sycophantic attention; servility.
noun – Synonyms Industry, Assiduity, Application, Diligence, Constancy, Perseverance, Persistence, care, attention, watchfulness, sedulousness, patience. Diligence in labor often conveys the idea of quickness. Industry keeps at work, leaving no time idle. Assiduity (literally, a sitting down to work) sticks quietly to a particular task, with the determination to succeed in spite of its difficulty, or to get it done in spite of its length. Application, literally, bends itself to its work, and is, more specifically than assiduity, a steady concentration of one’s powers of body and mind: as, he was a man of extraordinary powers of application; Newton attributed all his own success to application. Diligence is, literally, fondness for one’s work, and so, by a natural transfer, industry that is alert. Constancy is the power to continue unchanged, as in affection, or to hold on in any particular course or work: it goes more deeply into character than the others. Perseverance suggests obstacles from without or within which are steadily met, and is morally neutral. Persistence may be good, but it is more often an evil perseverance, as obstinacy or a determination to carry one’s point against unwillingness or refusal on the part of others. We speak of plodding industry, patient assiduity, steady application, great diligence, unshaken constancy, undaunted perseverance, persistence that will not take No for an answer.
noun – Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.
noun – Studied and persevering attention to a person; – usually in the plural.
noun – Great and persistent toil or effort.
evanescent
adjective: tending to vanish like vapor
The storm flashed into existence above us and lasted only a short time—an evanescent turbulence of wind and cloud.
fleeting
adjective: lasting for a very short time
Roller coasters are thrilling, but the experience is fleeting; most rides take under 90 seconds to complete.
pedestrian
adjective: lacking imagination
While Nan was always engaged in philosophical speculation, her brother was occupied with far more pedestrian concerns: how to earn a salary and run a household.
subterfuge
noun: something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
Finally deciding to abandon all subterfuge, Arthur revealed to Cindy everything about his secret affair over the past two years.
artifice
noun: cunning tricks used to deceive others
The mayoral candidates both spent much of the campaign accusing each other of artifices designed to mislead the voting public.
calumny
noun: making of a false statement meant to injure a person’s reputation
With the presidential primaries well under way, the air is thick with calumny, and the mud already waist-high.
implacable
adjective: incapable of making less angry or hostile
Win or lose, the coach was always implacable, never giving the athletes an easy practice or a break.
inexorable
adjective: impossible to stop
As summer nears its end, brown bears eat as much as possible to prepare for the inexorable coming of winter.
politic
Of or pertaining to politics, or the science of government; having to do with politics.
Of or pertaining to civil as distinguished from religious or military affairs; civil; political.
Hence Of or pertaining to officers of state; official; state.
That constitutes the state; consisting of citizens: as, the body politic (that is, the whole body of the people as constituting a state).
Existing by and for the state; popular; constitutional.
In keeping with policy; wise; prudent; fit; proper; expedient: applied to actions, measures, etc.
Characterized by worldly wisdom or craftiness; subtle; crafty; scheming; cunning; artful: applied to persons or their devices: as, a politic prince.
