Set 10 Flashcards
flail
flail
strife
strife
clamber
clamber
monotonous
monotonous
rumple
rumple
adjudicate
adjudicate
snuff
snuff
ruinous
ruinous
reedy
reedy
flank
flank
willowy
willowy
zip through sth
zip through sth
rig
rig
pleat
pleat
jovial
jovial
stringy
stringy
welsh
welsh
groundswell
groundswell
quandary
quandary
haggard
haggard
pettish
pettish
snarl
snarl
aloft
aloft
buffet
buffet
dicky
dicky
burrow
burrow
scythe
scythe
unobtrusive
unobtrusive
straggle
straggle
crud
crud
shack
shack
chafe
chafe
tweak
tweak
tingle
tingle
trickle
trickle
shriek
shriek
glint
glint
jut
jut
amble
amble
cotton
cotton
bullhorn
bullhorn
frigid
frigid
clop
clop
undemonstrative
undemonstrative
subjugate
subjugate
snake oil
snake oil
drawl
drawl
rend
rend
plump
plump
embalm
embalm
toot one’s own horn
toot one’s own horn
dismay
dismay
belch
belch
slough
slough
penitent
penitent
delinquency
delinquency
hoarse
hoarse
morbid
morbid
lurch
lurch
hump
hump
alms
alms
brawny
brawny
throes
throes
pang
pang
hold sb to sth
hold sb to sth
wet INFORMAL*NORTH AMERICAN
wet INFORMAL*NORTH AMERICAN
heel
heel
gag
gag
tang
tang
writhe
writhe
prevail
prevail
slump
slump
toss-up
toss-up
gorge
gorge
snuffle
snuffle
wriggle
wriggle
turd
turd
bulge
bulge
resign yourself to (doing) sth
resign yourself to (doing) sth
to accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided; If you resign yourself to an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it because you realize that you cannot change it: RECONCILE ONESELF TO, become resigned to, become reconciled to, have no choice but to accept, come to terms with, learn to live with, get used to the idea of; give in to the inevitable, grin and bear it
…We resigned ourselves to a long wait.
…Josh resigned himself to the long walk home.
…At sixteen, I resigned myself to the fact that I’d never be a dancer.
> late 14c., “give up (something), surrender, abandon, submit; relinquish (an office, position, right, claim),” from Old French resigner “renounce, relinquish” (13c.), from Latin resignare “to check off, annul, cancel, give back, give up,” from re-, here perhaps denoting “opposite” (see re-), + signare “to make an entry in an account book,” literally “to mark,” from Latin signum “identifying mark, sign” (see sign (n.)).
> The notion is of making an entry (signum) “opposite” — on the credit side — balancing the former mark and thus canceling the claim it represents. The specific meaning “give up a position” also is from late 14c. The sense of “to give (oneself) up to some emotion or situation” is from 1718. Related: Resigned; resigning.
> Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Collins English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary of English, Merriam-Webster, Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus, Etymonline