Group 31 Flashcards
Abrogate
Formally cancel or do away with
mnemonic: a boy is watching a girl through a GATE, then her BROther comes and get rid of the boy. Get rid-cancel
Aghast
Shocked or horrified; struck with amazement
mnemonic: A-ghost, when you see a ghost you’re shocked and filled with fear and surprise
Apprise
Inform, notify, or advise
mnemonic: imagine someone “lleva prisa” para informar o notificar algo.
Beguile
Charm or captative, sometimes in a deceiving way
Mnemonic: Beware of the guy who smiles to trick you. Attract them to deceive them
Boon
A good thing; a blessing or a benefit
Boon is like bonus: something helpful
Callous
Emotionally unfeeling or insensitive
mnemonic: please call-us, don’t be insensitive and unfeeling
Coddle
Pamper or treat with excessive care
mnemonic: coodle souns like cuddle
Crescendo
The loudest or highest point of something
Extenuating
Lessening seriousness by providing excuses
mnemonic: Give (EX)-cuses to attenuate something
Frenetic
Fast-paced or wildly energetic
Fringe
Unconventional, extreme, or marginal
mnemonic: it’s so cringe because it’s non-conventional and extreme
Hapless
Unlucky or unfortunate
mnemonic: sounds like hopeless. When someone is so unluckt that hey have lost hope
Immaculate
Spotlessly clean or free from errors
Obfuscate
Obscure or confuse
mnemonic: someone puts (OB)stacles making a (FUS)s to compli(CATE) things, and make them unclear
Ossify
Harden or become unchanging
mnemonic: ossify suena como óseo. Cuando te rompes un hueso te ponen un yeso, el cual se pone rígido-duro, imposibilitando que lo puedas cambiar.
Pastiche
A work that either imitates the style of multiple other works or combines elements from various works
mnemonic: pastiche-paste. We copy-paste, imitating someonelse’s work or style
Perspicacious
Keenly perceptive or understanding
Ponderous
Heavy or slow-moving, often due to weight; extremely dull
Ponderous suena como ponderar, imagina una balanza. Balanza-peso. Slow moving because of weight
Recluse
A person who lives in self-imposed isolation
mnemonic: re-closed. Closed=hermit
Retaliate
Take revenge or counteract
Retaliate sound like a type of italian pasta. Think of italian mafia. If you betray them, mafia will take revenge
Rhapsody
An ecstatic expression or feeling or enthusiasm
Think in bohemian-rhapsody. A piece of music that has no formal structure and expresses powerful feelings
Serendipitious
Occuring by chance in a fortunate way
Shirk
Avoid or neglect a responsability or duty
Mnemonic: think of shark, people avoid sharks
Sinecure
A job requiring minimal effort but offering a salary
mnemonic: all ypu have to do is SIgn papers and your job will be seCURE
Sinuous
Winding or having many smooth turns
Think in the Senna river, which has slight turns
Sordid
- Involving ignoble actions and motives
- Dirty or squalid
mnemonic: SORry I did this DIrty thing
Stanch
Stop or reduce the flow of
Think as of stop the flow of
Surfeit
An excessive amount of something
mnemonic: Sir is fat as he eats excessive amounts of food
Ulterior
Concealed, typically with a hidden motive
Mnemonic: Ultra+interior, which means. Very much inside = hidden
Voluble
Speaking a lot, with great ease, often about unimportant matters
