The List 005 Flashcards
invigorate
to make someone feel fresher, healthier and more energetic; ex: We were invigorated by our walk, invigorating air (adj)
sparse
small in numbers or amount, often scattered over a large area; ex: a sparse population/audience/beard/information
demise
n. the time when something ends, ex: Centro’s demise
pretension
a belief that you are important or clever than you are
sublime
extremely good, beautiful or enjoyable
bleat
to complain in an annoying way, ex: he is always bleating about/on
hype
when sth is advertised/discussed all the time to attract everyone’s interest, ex: media hype, a lot of hype surrounding/about his latest film, v. often in passive, ex: it’s being hyped as musical event of the year
obscene
Rude, shocking, morally wrong (related to sex or largeness) ex: obscene videotapes/ salaries/ language/ obscenely fat/rich/cruel
galling
annoying, humiliating; ex: galling fact
lucrative
very profitable
midst
in the middle of sth; ex: I am too busy, I am in the midst of writing up the report; she was caught in their midst (among them) laughing
disperse
to move away a large group; ex: police dispersed the crowd
demote
v. opposite of promote ex: the captain was demoted
expedient
adj. useful but morally unacceptable sometimes
rife
adj. if sth unpleasant is rife, it is very often or common, rife with sth ~ full of sth unpleasant ~ the office is rife with rumours
