Pnja 2 Flashcards
Encyclopedic
Comprehensive in scope or coverage, containing a wide range of knowledge on various subjects
Compelling
Evoking interest, attention or admiration due to being convincing
Husbandry
The practice of cultivating and managing crops or livestock for agricultural purposes or the careful use of resou
To determine
To ascertain or establish the exact nature or outcome of a situation through investigation or analysis
Collective memory
The shared recollection of past events or experiences within a group or community
Refute
To prove a statement to be incorrect by providing evidence
Inferior
Low in quality or importance
Indecipherable
Not able to be understood or interpreted clearly due to being unclear
Term. (verb)
To give a name to sth
Corroborate
To confirm or support a statement with evidence or testimony
Scattering of
The random distribution of sth
Convey
To communicate or express info
Throng
Crowd
Discarded
Thrown away
Bellowed
Spoke loudly and powerfully
Enthralled/riveted
Extremely interested
Lugubrious
Sad and gloomy
Eternal
Lasting forever
Strenuous
Needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort or energy
Rendering
Causing someone or sth to be in particular state
Replenish
To fill again
Vertebrate
An animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, like mammals, birds, reptiles, fish
Pestilence
A fatal epidemic, disease, bubonic plague
Crustacean
A form of marine life having a crust-like shell
Staggering
So great, shocking or surprising that it’s difficult to believe
Precarity
A state of persistent insecurity with regard to employment or income
Blunt
Not sharp
Fluttered
Moved or flew with quick, light flapping movements
Chamber pot
A bowl kept in bedroom used as a toilet
Giddy
Dizzy
slur
speak unclearly
abomination
a thing that causes disgust or hatred
decrepit
old and feeble, worn-out
befit
be appropriate for
venerable
respected because of age
inhaled
eat rapidly
hoist
to raise or lift
contraction
the tightening of muscle
stunted
slowed or stopped abnormally in growth or development
spot on
accurate right
adept
master, expert
scale back
reduce, economize
keep one’s eye on the ball
monitor, watch, observe
gratifying
rewarding, agreeable
unapologetic
unwilling to make or express an apology, relentless
trickled into
access, got into
commodified
commercialized
allyship
a group other than one’s own
shepherd
to guide
pick up steam
to progress
fly the flag for
to support
menagerie
a variety of animals kept together