Set 1 - Grade 11 English Vocabulary Revision Flashcards
Vocabs
Bewail
Definition: show your deepest unhappiness.
Ex: Children bewail a lot when they couldn’t do what they had hoped for.
Destitute
Definition: lack of necessities of life.
Ex: Extreme weathers, like earthquake, drought, etc, destroys people living surrounding, causing people to suffer because of destitution.
Detract
Definition: something or someone that ruin or take away valuable things or goods.
Ex: We humans had detract a lot of nature’s most valuable beings.
Emancipate
Definition: set free on something legal, political and social.
Ex: In order for Anne Frank to emancipate the harsh feelings during World War 2, she wrote a diary about the environment she’s in and her feelings and emotions.
Extol
Definition: praise enthusiastically (highly approve) something.
Ex: ???
Flamboyant
Definition: mostly describes a person who’s very show off.
Ex: His colorful leopard print outfit was considered extremely flamboyant.
Impetus
Definition: a kind of motivation that make ‘you’ do something ex, an action.
Ex: In my opinion, to become better bit by bit, we need to find impetus, which is something that will motivate us to move forward and become better.
Insuperable
Definition: undefeatable challenges that can’t be overcome.
Ex: There are a lot of things that seems to be insuperable, but it might be just that we hadn’t tried our real best to fight and go through that challenge.
Intermittent
Definition: describes a discontinuous action, something that will stop and go.
Ex: These days, sunshines are intermittent in most places, especially in Hong Kong, but there are some places that sunshines continuously, in the artic circle ex. Svalbard.
Maxim
Definition: a short saying or statement that express the general truth or rule.
Ex: “Your life is as valuable as a summer ant.”
Obligatory
Definition: non-compulsory, required to do thing, ex homework, etc.
Ex: If you don’t want to have trouble, following the rules is obligatory.
Plumb
Definition: measure the steepness or depths of water.
Ex: A plumb is to measure the steepness of water.
Vagabond
Definition: a person wandering around, from one place to another.
Ex: I often vagabond in school, during lunch recess.
Visage
Definition: a person’s facial expression.
Ex: Smile as bright as you can!
Wheedle
Definition: persuading someone with flattery and attention.
Ex: My cousins aways use wheedle tone to me and especially to their parents, just to get permission on either poking their phones or going to the Cat Cafe again.
