Lesson 8 Flashcards
circuitous(adj).
roundabout
ex. In order to circumvent bumping into my ex-girlfriend, I took a circuitous route to class.
adjacent(adj).
near or next to.
ex. Unfortunately, Hadis is adjacent to me.
galvanize(V).
to excite to action
ex. The speaker’s call to action galvanized the crowd.
materialize(V).
to become real or actual.
Ex. I was thinking of you and poof! There you materialized.
beset(v).
to surround, weigh down.
ex. When I was fifteen, I felt beset on all sides by the weight of the world.
cede-(V).
to give up.
ex. The president ceded his position to the dismay of her supporters.
inconsequential(adj).
lacking importance.
ex. Feeling downtrodden and inconsequential, the young turtle retreated into his shell.
implement-(N/V).
a tool; to carry out/enforce
ex. The team implemented the plan and won the competition.
muster-(V),
to gather.
ex. She finally mustered the courage to ask him to dance.
visionary(N).
a person who is given to ideas that is not currently realistic.
ex. That weird guy may actually be a visionary- but I doubt it.
desultory(adj).
carried out in an aimless way.
ex. The student finished his college application in a desultory manner , diminishing her chances of being admitted.
vanguard(N).
The leading or forward position in a movement.
ex. Andy Warhol was in the vanguard of the pop art movement.
magnitude(N).
the size or extent of something.
ex. The earthquake’s magnitude was a 8.7
prohibitive (adj)
forbidden.
Ex. Smoking is prohibitive on this flight.
