Justin Flashcards
Censor
Authority, for example government, Go through material to review and may decide to block
Check for bad things
Adhesive
Adj That Stick to
Ail
Trouble in mind or body
Example:
Exercise will help to reduce whatever ails you
Detrimental
Tending to cause harm
Ex: release the document would be detrimental
Distort
- pull or twist out of shape
2. Gives a misleading account or impression
Egotist
A person that’s excessively conceived or self
Eradicate
Destroy completely, put an end to it: this disease has been eradicate from the world
Feisty
(Of a person, especially if he looks small or week) Lively, determined,courageous : a feisty heroine is not a just a pretty face
Aggressive and touchy: he got a little feisty and try to hit me
Idealism
The practice of pursuing ideas especially unrealistically
Hideous
Ugly or disgust to look at
Extremely unpleasant
Integrity
The quality of being honest and having strong principle
The state of being whole : protect territory integrity
Pact
A formal agreement between individual and parties
Paltry
A small amount
Petty or trivial
Rendezvous
A meeting at agree time and place between people
A place that used for rendezvous
A restaurant or bar that’s popular for meeting
Somber
Dark or dull in color or tone
Oppressively solemn or sober in mood
Abhor
Regards With disgust and hatred
Professional tax preparers abhor flat tax because that dry up their business
Accord
V: give or grant someone( power, status)
(Accord with) agree with
N: an official agreement or treaty
Akin
Something with similar character: something akin to gratitude overwhelmed her
Related by blood
Ambiguous
(Of language) open to more that one interpretation, have double meaning
Unclear because the choice between alternatives has not been made
Ambivalent
Having mixed or contradict feeling about someone or something
Amorphous
Without a clear defined shape or form
Uncleared, lack or structure etc
Anguish
Noun Sever mental pain or suffering
Verb extremely distressed by
Animosity
Strong hostility
Annex
Append or Add as an extra part or subordinate
Arbitrary
Based on random choice or personal realm instead of reasoning or system
Aspiration
The hoe or ambition of achieving something
(Medical) the action or process of drawing breath
Barrage
A concentrated bombarding of a wide area;
An concentrated outpouring of question or blows
Verb: bombard someone with somthing
Bastion
1 : a projecting part of a fortification
2 : a fortified area or position
3 : stronghold
Benign
adjective
- having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.
- showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness: a benign smile.
- favorable; propitious: a series of benign omens and configurations in the heavens.
Biased
Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something
Brash
brash[ brash ]
adjective
1. impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man.
2. hasty; rash; impetuous.
3. energetic or highly spirited, especially in an irreverent way; zesty: a brash new musical.
Brazen
Boldly or without shame
Chiefly made of brass
Candid
Truthful and straightforward or frank
A photograph of a person especially without the subjects knowledge
Exalt
Hold in very high regards, speak high of
Make noble character, dignify
Exemplify
Be a typical example of
Make attested copy under official seal
Flaccid
- soft and limp; not firm; flabby: flaccid biceps.
- lacking force; weak: flaccid prose.
- plant leave hang loosely because of lack of water
Foolhardy
Reckless and rash
Ex it would be foolhardy to go into scheme without support
Homely
Unattractive in appearance.
Simple, cozy, unpolished as in home
Immaculate
Perfect, free from mistake
Uniformly colored
Free from sin(church)
Ingenuity
The quality of being clever, creative, inventive
Insolent
Showing a rude and arrogant attitude, lack of respect
Integrate
Combine with another to form a whole piece
Inundate
Overwhelmed with things or people to deal with
Flood
Irate
Feeling or characterized by great anger
Jeer
Making rude or mocking remarks
Noun, rude or mocking remarks
Jest
Joke, things said and done for amusement.
Make a joke
Lament
Mourn
A passionate express of grieve or sorrow
Lucrative
Producing a great deal of profit
Menace
V: threat or danger
N: threat, a thing or person that easy to cause harm
Mystify
Making obscure and mysterious
Nostalgic
Those who like to go back to past
Obstinate
Hard to be changed, stubburn
Overt
Done or show openly
Pervasive
(Especially unwelcome effect or influence) spreading out widely in a group or community
Pessimistic
Tend to the worst of things or believe the worst will happen
Petty
Of little importance trivial
Pinnacle
A pointy piece or rock
Glean
Extract from various source
Gather (after gain harvest) leftover
Haphazard
Lack any kind of principal of organization, messily arranged
Plausible
(In an argument) seeming reasonable and probable
A person is good at making persuasive argument
Porous
(Of rock or other material) has a minute space or hole
Not secure, easy to lose
Pristine
In it’s original condition, unspoiled
