LESSON 1 Flashcards
discomfort [n]
hardship
effort [n]
attempt
effortless [adj]
facile/easy
force [n]
energy/strength
forced [adj]
compulsory
forceful [adj]
powerful
abnormal [adj]
extraordinary/phenomenal
enormous [adj]
gigantic/huge/tremendous/vast
normalize [v]
standardize
admittance [n]
access
demise [n]
extinction/end
dismiss [v]
discharge/fire
emit [v]
give off/issue
intermittently [adv]
sporadically/occasionally
mission [n]
delegation
omit [v]
exclude/leave out
permission [n]
approval/sanction
remittance [n]
remuneration/payment
submit [v]
You should submit the thesis before the deadline.
present
submit [v]
Tom finally submitted when he was surrounded by five strong men.
surrender/yield
transmit [v]
send
apparently[adv]
seemingly
appear [v]
Elephants appear gentle, but once enraged they even attack men.
look/seem
appearance [n]
arrival/advent
disappear [v]
vanish
describe [v]
portray/depict
prescribe [v]
order
correct [v]
remedy/rectify/improve
direct [v]
guide/steer
direct [adj]
frank/candid
erect [adj]
upright
indirect [adj]
oblique
The review contained an indirect reference to the president.
irregular [adj]
erratic/changeable/unstable
region [n]
site/area
regular [adj]
steady
regularly [adv]
periodically
regulate [v]
control/govern/rule
apparatus [n]
device/equipment
prepare [v]
arrange
separation [n]
extraction
aggressive [adj]
assertive
digress [v]
deviate/stray
grade [v]
sort
gradual [adj]
slow
gradually [adv]
little by little
progress[n]
advancement
upgrade [v]
improve
congested [adj]
overcrowded
exaggerate [v]
overstate
register [v]
record
suggest [v]
imply/hint at
behavior [n]
conduct
exhibit [v]
show/display
habit [n]
custom
habitat [n]
environment/surroundings
habitually [adv]
usually/customarily
have [v]
possess
inhabit [v]
live in/populate
inhabitant [n]
resident
prohibit [v]
ban/forbid
essential [adj]
basic/fundamental
present [adj]
current/contemporary
present [v]
bestow/donate/give
presently [adv]
in a little while/soon/shortly
appoint [v]
name/nominate
appointment [n]
designation
disappointment [n]
discouragement
point [n]
spot/site/location/position
punctual [adj]
on time