Manhattan text completion(easy) Flashcards
New words of Manhattan 8 book- text completion
unflagging (Adj)
Tireless, persistent.
Sate (verb)
- to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.
2. to fill to excess; surfeit; glut.
Inveigle
- To entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into):
to inveigle a person into playing bridge. - To acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually followed by from or away):
to inveigle a theater pass from a person.
Vassal
- (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.
- a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer.
- a servant or slave.
Mulish
used to compare one’s stubbornness to a mule
mien
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
a man of noble mien.
prognosis
Forecasting outcome of the disease
penitent
feeling of sorrow or regret
ecumenical
- including or containing a mixture of diverse elements or styles; mixed:
- general; universal.
obviate
to remove
libelous
Vilify, defamatory, Denigrate
resolute
firmly resolve or determined
recrimination
an accusation in response from someone else’s
Recidivism
- repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
2. Psychiatry. the chronic tendency toward repetition of criminal or antisocial behavior patterns.
hubristic
Extremely proud
hedonism
an opinion that pleasure is the highest good
overweening
over-confident
pretension
a claim of something.
liberality
ability of give freely
truculent
likely to argue
salutary
producing good results
odious
extremely unpleasant
detract
to take away
toadies
sycophants, obsequious flatterer
conciliatory
placate
malfeasance
percieved as illegal
vestige
a trait that was earlier of some use but isn’t anymore.
habiliment
clothes
transcendent
going beyond whats ordinary
iridescent
colorful
drab
bland
flowing
hanging loosely (especially clothing)
disdain
a feeling that one is unworthy of respect
proscribe
condemn
tome
a large book
divesting
to take away the opportunity