List 7 Flashcards
cower
cringe, shrink, flinch
“He did not cower even upon seeing the bear’s sharp, enormous teeth”
baleful
menacing, harmful, hostile, minatory, internecine
“COVID-19 has had baleful effects on the educational system of the country”
preen
clean, tidy
“I never understood why my mum would ask me to preen my room whenever we had guests over”
lassitude
enervation, fatigue
“Overcome by lassitude, he hopped unto his bed right after the call ended”
divest
deprive, strip, sell off assets
“Restricting the Champions League to a bunch of wealthy clubs would divest the tournament of its beauty”
levity
humor, frivolity
“Josh’s spoken word performance brought some levity to the tensed council meeting”
ford
cross
“With this gushing current, it would be impossible to ford the river”
proscribe
prohibit, forbid
“In the 1970s, the government proscribed smoking in federal buildings”
loll
sprawl, droop
“Excessively drunk, James lolled on the staircase as he waited for a taxi”
impute
attribute, ascribe
“The rising sea levels over the past year have been imputed to climate change”
macerate
mash, soften
“Maceration of ginger is quite tedious as it takes innumerable stages to complete”
desultory
casual, cursory, superficial
“It was not surprising when his desultory work was rejected by the selection committee”
epicure
connoisseur
“As an epicure of cheesecakes, Matthew could smell an exceptional one from a mile away”
rebuff
reject, decline, repudiate, occlude, abrogate
“Morocco’s request to join the EU in the 1990s was rebuffed, leaving the country disjointed from any association”
redoubtable
formidable, fearsome
“I don’t see Arsenal as a redoubtable contender to this year’s league title”
metaphysical
abstract, theoretical
“To understand this concept you should not only focus on the metaphysical aspects but also the practical experiments”
syncretism
fusion, conflation
“Behavioural economics is a syncretism of concepts from both psychology and economics”
rococo
ornate, fancy
“If the house is listed for more than $10 million, I expect nothing less than rococo furniture and design”
nebulous
unclear, vague
“Though the rationale behind his theory was nebulous, I admired its practicality”
synoptic
general, summarized, precis(n)
“My manager asked for a synoptic update of my project two weeks before the deadline”
surfeit
excess, surplus, plethora, slew
“When questioned about his lateness, he gave a surfeit of reasons of which none was logical”
fugacious
fleeting, temporary
“Life is like a rollercoaster, full of fugacious experiences “
mawkish
sentimental, overemotional
“Mostly stolid when watching movies, Kojo was mawkish after seeing ‘Soul’ “
bleak
unpromising, inauspicious
“Due to the bleak nature of his ailment, he was transferred to the ER”
dank
musty, damp
“With no exposure to light, the room had become so dank that mold were flourishing in it”
stentorian
loud, thunderous
“The stentorian announcement from the PA system startled him off his seat”
axiomatic
undeniable, self-evident, patent
“With Real Madrid’s current form, it is axiomatic that Cristiano’s departure left a huge dent in the team’s quality”
ill-conceived
shoddy
“These mechanics cannot be trusted. I will stay and observe as they work so they do not do an ill-conceived job on my car”
