Set 3 Flashcards
Illusory
not real, like an illusion
undermine
to damage, to weaken “undermined his strategy”
underscore
to emphasize “doctors love to underscore the importance of getting good sleep”
dogmatic
very stubborn in ideology “my professor is very dogmatic and unwilling to listen to other opinions”
vacillating
wavering, to be irresolute or indecisive “his resolve was vacillating and he began to doubt himself”
supercilious
to act arrogant “he was a supercilious know-it-all”
irrefutable
undeniable “irrefutable evidence”
expedite
to make something happen faster “expedited shipping”
discern
to figure out “the role of a scientist is to discern truths”
banal/hackneyed/trite
boring, unoriginal, cliched “banal expressions”
exhaustive
consuming all resources or energy “Exhaustive search for the missing dog”
comprehensive
covering everything “comprehensive plan for healthcare”
superficial
surface level, not deep “superficial understanding”
detractor
someone who does not support something, opposes
proponent
supporter of a cause “he was a proponent of environmentalism”
precursor
something that comes before something else “loss of appetite is a precursor of depression”
harbinger
a sign of something bad that is about to happen, or something that brings something bad, “harbinger of doom”
inextricably
undeniably tied to something “Abraham Lincoln is inextricably tied to the Civil War”
insular, parochial
narrow-minded “people who have never left their hometown before can be considered insular”
extraneous
unnecessary, superfluous “extraneous solutions in math”
