Last Week Flashcards
Connotation
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
Endeavor
Try hard to do or achieve something
Indulge in
Allow yourselves to have or do something that you know you will enjoy
“We had enough time to indulge in a bit of window shopping”
Conspicuously
In a clearly visible way
Inherently
Im a permanent, essential or characteristic way.
Notion
A conception of or belief about something
Isolate
Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from other
Occur
(Especially if accidents and other unexpected events) to happen
Or
To exist or be present in, among
Integrate
Two mix with or join society or a group of people
Or
Two combine more two or more things in order to become effective
Or
To bring two things or systems to work together as one
Diminish
To reduce or be reduced in size or important
“What he did has seriously diminished him in many people’s eyes”
Occupy
To exist or use a place for a period of time
Or
To keep someone busy ot interested
“I occupy myself with solving math puzzles”
Deduct
To take away an amount or part form a total
“The player had points deducted from his score”
Reverse
To change the direction, order, result, etc of something to its opposite
“The intervention was designed to help, but it had the reverse effect”
Deviate
To do something that is different from the usual or common way of behaving/ to go in a different direction
Conduct
Go organize and perform a particular activity
“The experiments were conducted by scientists in New York”