Test 6 Flashcards
cultivate
to promote (usu. +ve)
eg. i am trying to cultivate my personality
snub /v,n/
insult
[syn] slight /v,n/, affront
upfront
frank
[syn] candid, outspoken
sedative
a drug that causes sleep
sanguine 2
1) healthily reddish
eg. sanguine face
2) fig. m - cheerful or optimistic
eg. i have sanguine views about my career
sanguinary
bloody (causing bloodshed)
[syn] gory
eg. sanguinary attack
gore /syn/
bloodshed
consanguinity
blood relationship
[syn] kinship
nuptial
nup - marriage
relating to marriage
eg. nuptial days (bibah ko site haru)
nubile
nub - marriage (not for boy)
marriageable
eg. a nubile girl
connubial
conjugal
eg. connubial life (dampatya jiwan)
marriage
fig. m - combination
eg. marriage of theories
[ant] divorce
ornate
covered with decoration
eg. ornate building
adorn /v/
to decorate
roseate 2
1) of rose or pink color
eg. roseate face
2) fig. m - optimistic or cheerful
eg. i have roseate views about my career
jaundiced 2
1) of unhealthy color
[syn] pale, pallid, sallow, cadaverous, wan [+1]
2) fig. m - biased because of previous experience
eg. the people are watching the leaders with jaundiced eyes
cadaver
dead body
wan
not energetic
eg. wan smile / laughter
wane
to decrease gradually
waffle
equivocate (dohoro artha lagne gari bolne)
baffle
puzzle (to surprise or confuse)
waver
to fluctuate between opinions
deter
to discourage
unwavering
not fluctuating
eg. unwavering determination
demonstrative
showing feelings or emotions freely and openly
eg. demonstrative dance
[ant] undemonstaritve
statutory 2
1) hygienic (that promotes your health)
eg. statutory meal
2) improving or beneficial ( from something -ve or difficult)
eg. i got statutory lesson from the accident
salubrious
hygienic
eg. salubrious meal/air
wholesome 3
1) hygienic
eg. wholesome meal
2) morally good
eg. wholesome family values
3) suggesting good health or behaviour
eg. a wholesome person
elation
sudden excitement or happiness
[syn] thrill
thriller
something that causes sudden happiness and excitement
abridge /v/
a - into, bridge - pul
to summarize
eg. abridged book
ephemeral
e - out, phem - fame
that continues for a short time or a very short time
eg. ephemeral pain
blasphemy
blas - -ve, phem - fame
disrespect to god
eg. he was given the death penalty on the charge of blasphemy
euphemism
eu - good, phem - fame
mild and indirect expression in order to avoid offense (sometimes -ve)
eg. euphemism can be counterproductive
[ant] dysphemism
momentous
moment - samaye
very important
eg. a momentous decision
momentum
fig m - encouragement
fugitive
a person who runs away from the beginning in order to avoid being captured
palette
color mixing bowl / range of colors
resplendent
dent - dentist (daat ko chamak)
attractively bright (+vce)
eg. resplendent appearance
refulgent
flug - shine
shining very brightly
eg. refulgent blue eyes/surface
synoptic
summarized
eg. synoptic account (description)
synopsis
summary
flamboyant
so attractive that it captures attention
eg. flamboyant talk
mistrust
distrust
demur 2
1) polite refusal
2) to refuse politely
eg. to demur the proposal
splendour
greatly impressive quality
[syn] majesty, magnificence
eg. the majesty of the himalayas
self-righteous
thinking that you and your activities are right and other are wrong
eg. a self righteous person
doleful
from condolence
sad and sorrowful (unhappy)
eg. doleful expression
[syn] dolorous
cramp
congested
eg. cramped stadium
lackluster
1) not bright, dull
2) uninteresting / unexciting
lustrous
shining very brightly
eg. lustrous face/eyes
virulent
harmful
eg. virulent racism
prevaricate
pre - early, vari - change
to speak indirectly in order to hide the truth
eg. i knew that he was prevaricating
fib /n,v/ 2
1) to tell lies in insignificant matters
eg. he fibbed about his salary
2) /n/ insignificant lie
Fisch /v/
to steal things of little value
[syn] pilfer
fischer /n/
pilferer
larceny
the crime of theft
eg. he was accused of larceny
