Set 2 Flashcards
Mediate
to reconcile, to end a dispute “a mutual friend mediated their conflict”
vindicate
to prove right or innocent “the evidence vindicated him”
preliminary
initial; coming before something more important “preliminary rounds of the tournament”
conceivable
able to be imagined “it was inconceivable that he lost the election”
spurious
to be false “spurious claims”
copious
plenty, in abundance, ample “copious amount of food”
equivocal
ambiguous, vague “the results of the investigation were equivocal”
ambivalent
to have conflicting emotions “he was ambivalent about going to school”
nebulous
vague, unclear “nebulous policy plans”
precipitate
to cause something to happen, typically bad “his aggression precipitated a war”
engender
to cause or give rise to a situation “his negative attitude engendered hatred among the group members”
foment
to cause trouble to happen “fomenting riots”
foster
encourage something good “fostered a tolerant environment”
exploit
to take advantage of something/to use
preclude
to prevent something from happening
scrupulous
(of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.
“the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail”
CAN also mean to be righteous or have morals, but not as commonly used this way
unscrupulous
lacking morals
belie
to go against/contradict “the evidence belied his claims that he wasn’t at the crime scene”
meticulous/fastidious
showing great attention to detail
imposing
grand and impressive in appearance “his large stature was imposing”
as a verb, it means to enforce “impose martial law”
