phone 6 Flashcards
revolt
C2 [ I ] If a large number of people revolt, they refuse to be controlled or ruled, and take action against authority, often violent action:
The people revolted against foreign rule and established their own government.
to take violent action against authority, or to refuse to be controlled or ruled:
Californians may be ready to revolt against broad cuts in government services.
2) C2 [ T ] to make someone feel unpleasantly shocked or disgusted:
We were revolted by the dirt and mess in her house.
It revolts me to know that the world spends so much money on arms when millions are dying of hunger.
blow/tout your own trumpet/horn
to tell everyone proudly about your achievements
Despite a unique record of achievement is recent years, he can never be accused of blowing his own trumpet.
* For too long we Christians have heard the modern world blowing its own trumpet.
* Most were reluctant, defensive, or simply hesitant to blow their own trumpet.
* I don’t want to blow my own trumpet, but it was me who came up with the idea for the project in the first place.
* I don’t like to blow my own trumpet but My Better Half could eat it to a band playing.
* But he could also blow his own trumpet like Satchmo on pay per note.
rap
a statement accusing someone of a crime, or the punishment that someone is given for a crime:
He always said he was jailed on a bum rap (= false accusation).
The police caught him, but somehow he managed to beat the rap (= escape punishment).
I’m not going to take the rap for you (= be punished for something you did).
to criticize someone, especially officially:
The headline read “Judge raps police”.
The new show got a bum/bad rap (= was severely criticized) in all the papers.
untapped
If a supply of something valuable is untapped, it is not yet used or taken advantage of:
untapped assets/resources/markets/talent
The country’s forests are largely untapped resources.
if the supply of something valuable is untapped, it has not started to be used:
There is a wealth of untapped demand for their products.
He sees a huge untapped market for cutting-edge green exports.
The Gulf of Guinea has some of the world’s greatest untapped oil reserves.
untapped potential/resources/sources
doctrine
a belief or set of beliefs, especially political or religious ones, that are taught and accepted by a particular group:
Christian doctrine
The president said he would not go against sound military doctrine.
Fungus
any of various types of organisms that get their food from decaying material or other living things:
Mushrooms and mould are fungi.
Fungus can be poisonous.
coating
a layer of a particular substance that covers a surface:
a thick coating of chocolate
The goggles have a laser-protection coating.
disperse
to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this:
When the rain came down the crowds started to disperse.
Police dispersed the crowd that had gathered.
zealous
enthusiastic and eager:
a zealous supporter of the government’s policies
morbid
too interested in unpleasant subjects, especially death:
a morbid fascination with death
relating to or caused by disease:
She had to have gastric bypass surgery to avoid dying from morbid obesity.
Pathological anatomy (or morbid anatomy) is the study of diseased organs.
evocative
making you remember or imagine something pleasant:
evocative music
a sound evocative of the sea
exalt
formal to raise someone to a higher rank or more powerful position
old use to praise someone a lot
He felt an exalted sense of power now that he was in line to run the company.
secrete
formal to put something in a place where it is unlikely to be found:
He was arrested at the airport with a kilo of heroin secreted in his clothing.
succinctly
in a way that expresses what needs to be said clearly and without unnecessary words:
I thought she expressed her feelings most succinctly at the meeting.
Start with a subject line that succinctly sums up your request.
pragmatism
the quality of dealing with a problem in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist, rather than following fixed theories, ideas, or rules:
The council has operated much more effectively since pragmatism replaced political dogma.
miscellany
a mixture of different things:
The museum houses a fascinating miscellany of nautical treasures.
experience that goes past normal limits, or the ability to achieve this:
Many of his novels and stories are concerned with intellectual and spiritual transcendence.
She felt a blissful sense of transcendence and freedom from pain and fear.
transcendent power/beauty/love
He describes seeing Pelé play football as one of the transcendent moments of his life.
exasperate
to cause anger or extreme annoyance in someone:
His assistant’s carelessness is exasperating him.
pronounce on/upon something
to give a judgment or opinion about something:
I’d rather not go pronouncing on a subject that I know so little about.
preclude
to prevent something or make it impossible, or prevent someone from doing something:
His contract precludes him from discussing his work with anyone outside the company.
The fact that your application was not successful this time does not preclude the possibility of you applying again next time.
