Multiple Meaning Words List Flashcards
Affect (v.)
to pretend, assume, take on
Affected (adj.)
behaving in a pretentious way
Afford
grant (ex. opportunity)
Appreciate
increase in value OR to take into account, recognize the merits of
Appropriate
to take from, steal
Arrest
to stop
Assume
to take on responsibility for, to acquire(to assume a new position); pretend
Austerity
extreme financial restraint, eliminating all excess spending
Badger (v.)
to annoy(ex. reporters badgered the candidate after the scandal broke)
Bent
liking or preference for
Capacity
ability
Chance (v.)
to attempt
Check
to limit (ex. The vaccine checked the spread of the disease.)
Coin
to invent (ex. coin a phrase)
Compromise (v.)
to make vulnerable (ex. to compromise one’s beliefs)
Constitution (n.)
a person’s state of health (ex. a football player has a solid constitution)
Conviction
strong belief (noun form of convinced)
Couch (v.)
to hide
Currency
acceptable, approval(of an idea)
Discriminating
able to make fine distinctions (ex. a discriminating palate)
Dispatch
speed, efficiency (She completed her project promptly and with great dispatch)
Doctor (v.)
to tamper with, alter
Economy
thrift 절약 (a writer who has an economical style is one who uses few words)
Embroider
to falsify, make up stories about
Execute
to carry out
Exploit
make use of, take advantage of
Facility
ability to do something easily (a facility for learning languages)
Foil
to put a stop to (to foil a robbery), OR (n.) a secondary character in a play
Gravity
seriousness
Grill
to question intensely and repeatedly (the police officers grilled the suspect thoroughly)
Hamper
to hinder
Harbor
to process, hold (to harbor a belief)
Hobble
prevent, impede
Mint
to produce money, OR (adj.) = like new (mint condition)
Pedestrian
uninteresting
Plastic/plasticity
able to be changed, malleable(brain plasticity)
Provoke
elicit (a reaction)
Qualify
- to restrict
2. to provide more information about
Realize
to achieve (a goal)
Reconcile
to bring together opposing views
Relate/relay
to pass on information, give an account of (a story)
Reservation
misgivings, worries, skepticism
Reserve
to hold off on (to reserve judgment)
Ruffled
flustered, nonplussed(unruffled = calm)
Sap (v.)
to drain(of energy)
Scrap (v.)
to eliminate
Shelve/Table (v.)
to reject or discard (an idea or proposal)
Sound
stable, reliable, valid, firm (a sound argument)
Spare, severe
plain, unadorned
Static
unchanging (in a state of stasis)
Store (n.)
something kept for later use = (n.) Reserve
Sustain (v.)
to withstand
Temper
to moderate, make less harsh
Train
to fixate on (train one’s eyes on something)
Uniform
constant, unvarying
Unqualified
absolute
Upset (v.)
to interfere with an expected outcome
Want
lack
Yield
to reveal or produce (an experiment yields results)
