List 8 Flashcards
alienate
(v) make someone feel estranged
apathy
(adj) lack of interest or enthusiasm
apropos
(adj) with reference to, concerning / very appropriate for a particular occasion
apt
(adj) suitable in circumstances / quick to learn / have the tendency to do something
cloak
(v) something act to hide or disguise
consensus
(n) a general agreement
distort
(v) pull or twist out of shape / give a misleading or false account of or impression of
divergent
(adj) tending to be different or develop in different situations
elated
(adj) make someone ecstatically happy
enchant
(v) fill someone with great delight / put under a spell
entrenched
(adj) (of an attitude, belief or habit) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change / ingrained
exotic
(adj) organizing in or characteristics of a distant foreign country / specially produced
exploitative
(adj) treat other unfairly to gain advantage
foreseeable
(adj) able to be predicted or foresee
forsake
(v) renounce
gratify
(v) give someone pleasure or satisfaction
heed
(v) pay attention to / take notice of
judicious
(adj) showing, having done with good judgement
lucid
(adj) expressed clearly, easy to understand
pertinent
(adj) related to a matter or issue / apposite
propriety
(n) conformity to commonly accepted standards of behavior / the condition of being right
scintillation
(n) shining brightly / brilliantly clever
sensational
(adj) creating public interest or exciment
sophisticated
(adj) having, revealing or involving a great deal of knowledge and worldly experience in culture or fashion
strife
(v) anger or bitter agreement over fundamental issues
understated
(adj) presented or expressed in a subtle but effective way
unscrupulous
(adj) not scrupulous / having or showing no moral principles
veracity
(n) conformation to facts / habitual truthfulness
virulent
(adj) (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in effects / bitterly hostile
violate
(v) (of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperature / liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse
antedate
(v) precede in time
banish
(v) send someone away from a country as an official punishment / get rid of
bridle
(v) used to control movement / show one’s anger
comply
(v) act in accordance with a wish or command
crestfallen
(adj) sad and dissapointed
curtain
(n) piece of material / a disastrous outcome
elucidate
(v) make something clear / explain
feckless
(adj) lacking initiative or strength in character / feeble
fester
(v) (of wound) become septic / (of feeling) become worse
iconoclastic
(adj) criticizing cherished beliefs or institutions
immure
(v) confine or enclose against their will
improvise
(v) create or perform spontaneously without prep
inhibit
(v) prevent / make someone self-conscious
inscrutable
(adj) impossible to understand or interpret
evade
(v) escape or avoid something
lionize
(v) give public attention and approval to someone
monotonous
(adj) dull / lacking in variety
peculiar
(adj) strange / particular / special / belonging specially to
premeditate
(v) think or plan beforehand
profligate
(v) wasteful in use of resources / licentious, dissolute
recondite
(v) restore / settle / show to be compatible / reconcile
refine
(v) remove impurities / make small changes to improve
relinquish
(v) voluntarily cease to keep or claim / give up
ruminate
(v) think deeply about something
skittish
(adj) (of animal) easily scared / (of person) unpredictable, playfully frivolous
superflous
(adj) unnecessary, especially more than enough / redundant
synoptic
(adj) of or forming a general summary / taking or involving comprehensive mental views
thorough
(adj) complete with regard to every details
visionary
(adj) thinking about or planning the future with imagination
vociferous
(adj) expressing by vehement opinions, loud and forceful / outspoken
