Session 10. Vocab Flashcards
Desist
To stop doing something
Defer
Postpone
Lame
Being unable to walk (due to injury) / dull and boring
Rabble
A disorderly crowd
Feeble
Weak
Conform
To stick to the rules
Inform
To give facts or information
Reform
To make changes to improve something
Transform
Change
Consume
Eat
Subsume
Include or absorb
Rationalise
To try and explain using logical reasons
Hoodlum
Someone who engages with crime or violence
Feud
A long and bitter quarrel
Scandal
An event that is seen as legally or morally wrong
Vandal
Someone who deliberately damages things belonging to others
Tidal
Relating to tides
Batch
A quantity of products that were made at the same time
Allocate
Distribute for a particular purpose (e.g. money, tasks)
Allege
To claim someone has done something wrong
Allude
To suggest or hint at something
Assign
Distribute for a particular purpose (e.g. money, tasks)[same as allocate]
Seize
Grab suddenly and forcibly
Commandeer
To take control of something by force