June 22 — others Flashcards
Gregarious
[ɡrɪˈɡer.i.əs]
(of people) liking to be with other people :
Emma’s a gregarious, outgoing sort of person.
to foster [ˈfɑː.stɚ]
to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings:
I’m trying to foster an interest in classical music in my children.
Domain [doʊˈmeɪn]
an area of interest or an area over which a person has control:
She treated the business as her private domain.
Robust
(of a person or animal) strong and healthy, or (of an object or system) strong and unlikely to break or fail:
In the same vein
used to indicate that two or more things are the same, similar, or closely related.
I like to read novels in the same vein as those of Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë.
Rote learning
Memorization technique based on repetition
to leverage [ˈlev.ɚ.ɪdʒ]
to use something that you already have in order to achieve something new or better:
We can gain a market advantage by leveraging our network of partners.
for full disclosure of sth, you’ll have to do sth…
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Plausible
[ˈplɑː.zə.bəl]
seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed:
a plausible explanation/excuse
to probe
[proʊb]
1) to try to discover information that other people do not want you to know, by asking questions carefully and not directly:
The interviewer probed deep into her private life.
2) to examine something with a tool, especially in order to find something that is hidden:
They probed in/into the mud with a special drill.
to gauge
[ɡeɪdʒ]
to calculate an amount, especially by using a measuring device:
Use a thermometer to gauge the temperature.
I tried to gauge (= guess) the weight of the box.
Complementary
[ˌkɑːm.pləˈmen.t̬ɚ.i]
useful or attractive together:
My family and my job both play an important part in my life, fulfilling separate but complementary needs.
complementary colors/flavors/skills
Necessitate
[nəˈses.ə.teɪt]
to make something necessary:
An important meeting necessitates my being in Houston on Friday.
Deviation
In everyday language, deviation is how different something is from what might be considered normal.
In statistics, when discussing measures of spread, deviation is the amount by which a single measurement differs from the mean.
to constitute
[ˈkɑːn.stə.tuːt]
to form or make something:
Women constitute about ten percent of Congress.
