Ho-Re Flashcards
infiltrate
V: enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually; penetrate, invade
2. permeate or become a part of (something) by infiltration.
“the organization has been infiltrated by informers”
2. “computing has infiltrated most professions now”
N: an infiltrating substance or a number of infiltrating cells.
perpetuate
V: sustain, maintain, keep going
“the law perpetuated the interests of the ruling class”
ingenuity
N: creativity, resourcefulness; the quality of being clever, original, and inventive.
“considerable ingenuity must be employed in writing software”
perplexed
A: completely baffled; very puzzled.
“she gave him a perplexed look”
V: puzzle, baffle
she was completely perplexed by her husband’s moodiness
ingress
N: entry; the action or fact of going in or entering.
- an entrance
- leekage intrusion
laudatory
A: glorifying, complimentary; (of speech or writing) expressing praise and commendation.
“enthusiastic and laudatory articles”
null
A: invalid
- having or associated with the value zero.
- empty, blank, vacuous
noxious
A: poisonous, deadly; harmful or very unpleasant.
“they were overcome by the noxious fumes”
prophesy
V: predict, prognosticate, foretell; say that (a specified thing) will happen in the future.
many people prophesied a disaster
irate
A: angry; feeling or characterized by great anger.
“a barrage of irate letters”
uproot
V: pull (something, especially a tree or plant) out of the ground.
- move (someone) from their home or a familiar location.
- eradicate; destroy.
“a revolution is necessary to uproot the social order”
“the elephant’s trunk is powerful enough to uproot trees”
2. “my father traveled constantly and uprooted his family several times”
replete
A: filled or well-supplied with something.
2. well-fed, glutted;
“sensational popular fiction, replete with adultery and sudden death”
2. “I went out into the sun-drenched streets again, replete and relaxed”
