Test 8 Flashcards
extortion
the activity of getting money by threatening
eg. he was accused of extortion
distort
twist
eg. the plastic was distorted by heat
the news was badly twisted
assertive
very confident
eg. assertive teacher
assert
to claim
unsound
1) spurious
eg. unsound reasoning
2) structurally poor
eg. unsound building, bridge
erroneous
wrongs
[syn] amiss
unerring
without mistake
serpentine
fig. m - very evil
eg. a serpentine person
immutable
unchangeable
transmute
to change completely
eg. the criminal transmuted himself into a national hero
muted
mild
eg. muted color/voice
antithetical
completely opposite
eg. antithetical political ideologies
i found him to be antithetical
disapprobation
disapproval
approbation
approval/praise
[syn] plaudit
eg. he received approbation for his contribution to the society
garner
to get or receive
eg. to garner approbation
i will garner much time to prepare for the GRE
garnish
to decorate food items
glean
to collect through difficult means
eg. i gleaned information about universities
malignant 2
1) causing death
eg. malignant tumour
2) fig m - desiring to harm others (having ill-will)
eg. a person with malignant attitude
concise
to the point (brief)
eg. oxford concise dictionary
anomalous 3
1) abnormal
eg. anomalous behaviour
2) inconsistent
eg. anomalous data
3) very rare and unusual
eg. anamalous gemstone in teh museum
anomaly 3
1) abnormality
2) inconsistency
3) the state of being rare and unusual
aberrant
abnormal ( aber samma ghumne)
eg. aberrant behaviour/mind
aberration
abnormality
eg. mental aberration
digressive
deviating
eg. the teacher was digressive in the class
malign
to hurt others reputation
eg. he was maligned by the press
benignant
benign
misnomer
mis- wrong, nomer-nomenclature
wrong name
eg. the international airport is a misnomer because almost all fights are domestic
curtail
cutoff
eg. to curtail freedom
curt
short and rude
eg. curt reply
[syn] brusque, abrupt[+1]
abrupt
sudden or unexpected
eg. abrupt change of weather
[syn] terse (-ve)
terse (+ve)
using few and effective words
eg. terse style of writing
laconic
using few words
eg. the laconic manager/response/writing
inconclusive 2
1) insignificant
eg. inconclusive discussion
2) not leading to the conclusion
immure
put into prison / imprison
[syn] confine [+1], incarcerate
eg. solitary confinement
confine
to limit
eg. he was confined in the wheelchair after the accident
condone 2
1) to ignore as insignificant
eg. to condone mistakes
2) to promote something -ve by ignoring
eg. the govt. was accused of condoning violence
mural
art on wall
pattern
a type of art
delineate
to describe draw or indicate in detail or clearly
eg. the location was delineated in the map
extricate
to set free
eg. the people were extricated from rubbles
i had to extricate myself from problems
immaculate
spotless/clean
eg. immaculate character/t-shir/table
[ant] maculated (spotty or partially good)
peccadillo
minor flaw
eg. sexual peccadillo of the celebrity
undulating 4
1) uneven
eg. undulating surface
2) fluctuating
eg. undulating fever
3) wavy
eg. undulating smoke
4) with rhythmic up and down
eg. undulating melody
cadence
rhythmic up and down
[syn] cadency
cadenza
solo song
aria
solo song for opera
parochial 2
1) relating to church
eg. parochial school
2) fig. m - having or showing narrow outlook / limited
eg. parochial attitude
insular
in-into, sul-penninsula - island
1) of a typical island
2) having and showing narrow outlook or limited
eg. the British linguistic insularity
provincial 2
1) of the province
eg. provincial political party
2) fig. m - having and showing narrow outlook or limited
eg. provincial political ideology
chauvinist
jingoist (aggressive rationalist) (-ve)
chauvinism
jingoism
nationalist
strong patriot
patriot
lover of the nation
male chauvinist
a person who believes that males are superior to females
preternatural
supernatural (relating to god, ghost or magic)
[syn] extraordinary, paranormal
necromancy
black magic
