Test 6 verbal 1 Flashcards
atrocious |əˈtrōSHəs|
adjective
horrifyingly wicked: atrocious cruelties.
• of a very poor quality; extremely bad or unpleasant: he attempted an atrocious imitation of my English accent | atrocious weather.
resound |riˈzound|
(echo) 1 the explosion resounded around the silent street: echo, re-echo, reverberate, ring out, boom, thunder, rumble.
2 the great hall resounded with applause and cheers: reverberate, echo, re-echo, resonate, ring.
3 nothing will resound like their earlier achievements: be acclaimed, be celebrated, be renowned, be famed, be glorified, be trumpeted.
eviscerate |iˈvisəˌrāt|
verb [ with obj. ] formal
disembowel (a person or animal): the goat had been skinned and neatly eviscerated.
• deprive (something) of its essential content: myriad little concessions that would eviscerate the project.
• Surgery remove the contents of (a body organ).
rifle 2 |ˈrīfəl|
verb [ no obj. ]
search through something in a hurried way in order to find or steal something: she rifled through the cassette tapes | [ with obj. ] : they rifled the house for money.
• [ with obj. ] steal: the lieutenant’s servant rifled the dead man’s possessions.
schism |ˈs(k)izəm|
noun
the schism between her father and his brother: division, split, rift, breach, rupture, break, separation, severance; chasm, gulf; discord, disagreement, dissension.
sanctum |ˈsaNG(k)təm|
noun ( pl. sanctums )
1 a sacred place, esp. a shrine within a temple or church.
2 a private place from which most people are excluded. See inner sanctum.
affront (n)
act of disrespect
presage |ˈpresij, priˈsāj|
verb |prɪˈseɪʤ| [ with obj. ]
( forshadow, portend)(of an event) be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen: the outcome of the game presaged the coming year.
• archaic (of a person) predict: lands he could measure, terms and tides presage.
inoculate |iˈnäkyəˌlāt|
verb [ with obj. ]
prevent contraction of diseases 2) protect against somethingtreat (a person or animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease: he inoculated his tenants against smallpox. Compare with vaccinate.
• introduce (an infective agent) into an organism: it can be inoculated into laboratory animals.
• introduce (cells or organisms) into a culture medium.
seemly
suitable to the situation
prototype |ˈprōtəˌtīp|
noun
a first, typical or preliminary model of something, exemplar
anomie |ˈanəˌmē|(also anomy )
noun
lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group: the theory that high-rise architecture leads to anomie in the residents.
conjure |kənˈʤʊ(ə)r|
verb
invoke supernatural forces (1 he conjured a cigarette out of the air: produce, make appear, materialize, summon.
2 the picture that his words conjured up : bring to mind, call to mind, evoke, summon up, recall, recreate; echo, allude to, suggest, awaken.)
dodge |däj|
verb [ with obj. ]
to elude or to evade
narcissistic |ˌnärsəˈsistik|
adjective
vain, self-loving, self-admiring, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, conceited, self-centered, self-regarding, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic; informal full of oneself.
meek |mēk|
adjective
submissive (quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive: I used to call her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild | the meek compliance of our politicians.
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emanate |ˈeməˌnāt|
verb [ no obj. ] (emanate from)
to come forth or to proceed.1 warmth emanated from the fireplace: issue, spread, radiate, be sent forth/out.
2 the proposals emanated from a committee: originate, stem, derive, proceed, spring, issue, emerge, flow, come.
3 he emanated an air of power: exude, emit, radiate, give off/out, send out/forth.
effloresce |ˌefləˈres|
verb
( blossoming or unfolding)1 [ no obj. ] (of a substance) lose moisture and turn to a fine powder upon exposure to air.
• (of salts) come to the surface of brickwork, rock, or other material and crystallize there.
• (of a surface) become covered with salt particles.
2 reach an optimum stage of development; blossom: simple concepts that effloresce into testable conclusions.
wizening
withering or drying up
adamant |ˈadəmənt|
adjective
( very determined) refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind: he is adamant that he is not going to resign.
viscid |ˈvisid|
adjective
glutinous; sticky: the viscid mucus lining of the intestine.
retrench |riˈtrenCH|
verb [ no obj. ]
(reduce)(of a company, government, or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty: as a result of the recession the company retrenched | [ with obj. ] : if people are forced to retrench their expenditure trade will suffer.
• [ with obj. ] formal reduce or diminish (something) in extent or quantity: right-wing parties which seek to retrench the welfare state.
