Group 5 Flashcards
Aloof
Detached, unfriendly
Clangor
Repeated loud banging or ringing sound
Debunk
Exposing falseness of a belief/idea
Sentence- the physicist debunked the psychic’s claims
Diminutive
Extremely small
Mnemonic- diminish sounds like
Discernible
Capable of being seen or noticed
Zealous
Passionate
Synonym- fervid, ardent
Weary
Extremely tired
Stigmatize
Great disapproval
Mnemonic- maa ko stick se maara toh society se disapproval milega
Sporadic
Recurring in irregular instances/
Infrequent
Mnemonic- opposite of periodic
Prosaic
Unoriginal , unromantic
Opposite of mosaic
Plodding
Slow and unexciting
Mnemonic- plotting which works slow
Panache
Stylish elegance
Movie fashion, all girls from panache
Enigmatic
Mysterious, difficult to understand
Estranged
No longer close to someone
Frivolous
Carefree, no serious purpose
Mnemonic- free, you don’t care about the thing if it’s free, you are carefree
Imperious
Arrogant
Mnemonic- emperor will have ghamand and is arrogant
Impertinent
Irrelevant, not showing respect
Invasive
Spreading very quickly and harmfully inside the body
Irresolute
Uncertainty, feeling hesitancy
Mnemonic- Ir(not) knowing how to make resolutions
Laudable
Deserving praise, worthy of high praise
Lax
Lacking in strictness
Mnemonic- don’t be lax while doing tax
