S3- Car Vocab Bank Flashcards
Abstruse
Hard to comprehend
Ameliorate
To improve
Apathy
Lack of interest or emotion
Usage: his apathy/ sank into apathy
Alarmist
Someone who exaggerated a danger, causing needles, worry or panic
Adversarial (adj)
Involving or characterised by opposition or conflict
Acerbic (adj)
Sharp and forthright ( a style of speaking )
Anadiplosis (literary device)
The last word of phrase of one sentence, clause or line is repeated at the beginning of the next
Assailed (verb)
Make a concerted or violent attack on
Aegis (noun)
The protection, backing or support of a particular person or organisation.
Usage: under the aegis
Bush meat (noun)
Meat from wildlife species that is hunted for human consumption.
Candor (noun)
Honesty, frankess
Commodious (adj)
Roomy, spacious
Compunction (noun)
Distress caused by feeling guilty
Contumacious (adj)
Stubbornly disobedient, rebellious
Caveat (noun)
A warning or provision of specific situations, conditions, or limitations
Circumlocution (noun)
Use of an unnecessarily large amount of words to express an idea
Covertly (adv)
Not openly acknowledged or displayed
Usage: glanced coverty/ watched covertly
Cognizant (adj)
Having knowledge or awareness
Usage: aware
Coercive (adj)
Relating to or using force
Usage: coercive powers
Denigrate (verb)
To belittle, diminish the opinion of
Desultory (adj)
Jumping from one thing to another disconnected
Diffident (adj)
Shy quiet modest
Discursive (adj)
Rambling. lacking order
Diagrammatic (adj)
Of or in the form of a diagram
