Useful samples(Voc) Flashcards
indiscriminate
- the indiscriminate killing of civilians.
- she was indiscriminate with her affections.
- the indiscriminate use of antibiotics can cause problems.
- indiscriminate reading habits.
- indiscriminate mass destruction.
- indiscriminate application of a law.
- indiscriminate sexual behavior
steeped
- my cousin is so steeped in schoolwork that his friends call him a bookworm.
- ## the chillies are steeped in olive oil.
replete
- the football game was repleted with excitement and great play.
- a book replete with … delicious details.
abound
- this land abounds with wildlife.
- life abounded in mysteries.
- institutions abound with evidence of his success.
prognosticate
- the economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon.
- the mayor refused to prognosticate as to his margin of victory in the election.
realm
- within the realm of possibility.
- new discoveries in the realm of medicine.
- in political and legal realms.
- the realm of applied chemistry
tinge
- a tinge of guilt.
- a mass of white blossom tinged with pink.
- his optimism is tinged with realism.
- showing a tinge of color.
- dark hair with reddish tinges.
implore
- implored the crowd to be quiet.
- he implored her to change her mind.
- Don’t go. I implore you.
- “Think of the children!” he implored.
drudgery
- my work is filled with much drudgery and little pleasure.
interminable
- By private terminal standards, that was interminable travel time.
- we got bogged down in interminable discussions.
perceive
{to attain awareness or understanding of}
- I thought I perceived a problem, but I wasn’t sure.
- perceived that it was going to be a nice day.
laconic
- his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic.
- He had a reputation for being laconic.
- the sportscaster’s color commentary tends to be laconic but very much to the point.
throng
- this throng of business.
- he pushed his way through the throng.
- people thronged to see the play.
- tourists thronged to the picturesque village.
intrepid
{fearless; adventurous}
- our intrepid reporter.
- an intrepid explorer who probed parts of the rain forest never previously attempted
furtive
- they spent a furtive day together.
- the look in his eyes became furtive.
- had a furtive look about him.
hapless
- tale of a hapless sailor.
- The hapless runner tripped during the race.
- the hapless victims of the disaster.
pretext
- her pretext of being tired did not fool us for an instant.
- the rebels had the perfect pretext for making their move.
- She went back to her friend’s house on the pretext that she had forgotten her purse.
adroit
- he was adroit at tax avoidance.
- an adroit leader.
- adroit maneuvers.
- this bird can do adroit maneuvers in the air.
vigilant
- the burglar was spotted by vigilant neighbors.
- We remain vigilant against theft.
- When traveling through the city, tourists should be extra vigilant.
- They were vigilant about protecting their children.
avid
- an avid reader of science fiction.
- she was avid for information about the murder inquiry.
- avid readers/fans.
- an avid golfer.
rudimentary
- he received a rudimentary education.
- a rudimentary stage of evolution.
- the rudimentary tail of a hyrax.
- When baseball was in its rudimentary stages, different teams played by different rules.
- Some insects have only rudimentary wings.
nuance
- he was familiar with the nuances of the local dialect.
- a performance of remarkable pliability and nuance.
- He listened to the subtle nuances in the song.
- a poem of little depth and nuance.
lackluster
- The actor gave a lackluster performance.
- speaking in a monotone, the politicians was booed for his lackluster address.
incipient
- he could feel incipient anger building up.
- we seemed more like friends than incipient lovers.
- an incipient solar system.
- evidence of incipient racial tension.
inadvertent
- an inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an overpayment.
- an inadvertent omission.
- an inadvertent encounter with a rattlesnake in the brush.
- an inadvertent mistake.
repudiate
- she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders.
- the minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses.
- repudiate a charge.
- repudiate a debt.
- He published an article that repudiates the study’s claims.
- She says she has evidence which repudiates the allegations.
cessation
- the cessation of hostilities.
- mutually agreed to a cessation of fighting.
- Relapses after cessation of treatment are common.
- the cessation of the snowstorm was a relief.
incongruous
- the duffel coat looked incongruous with the black dress she wore underneath.
- incongruous colors.
- conduct incongruous with principle.
- an incongruous story(inconsistent within itself).
- incongruous manners(unsuitable).
stipulate
- The cease-fire was stipulated by the treaty.
- The rules stipulate that players must wear uniforms.
- he stipulated certain conditions before their marriage.
wary
- dogs which have been mistreated often remain very wary of strangers.
- The store owner kept a wary eye on him.
- Investors are increasingly wary about putting money into stocks.
wistful
{regretful, nostalgic, yearning, longing}
- a wistful smile.
- a wistful glance.
- She was wistful for a moment, then asked, “Do you remember the old playground?”.
zealot
a religious zealot
vexation
- the vexations of life under canvas.
- the problems and vexations of everyday life.
- the repeated vexations guaranteed that she wouldn’t get any work done.
vindicate
{convict, blame}
- hospital staff were vindicated by the inquest verdict.
- Their approach to the problem has been vindicated by the positive results.
- He felt vindicated when the truth became known.
vitiate
- development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population.
- a mind vitiated by prejudice.
- fraud vitiates a contract.
vituperative
- a vituperative outburst.
- the type of provocative magazine article that is guaranteed to engender vituperative threats of subscription cancellations.
vogue
- the vogue is to make realistic films.
- crochet garments are in vogue this season.
- the new vogue for scarves.
- His art seems to be enjoying a vogue these days.
- When did Thai food come into vogue?
- That style went out of vogue years ago.
volatile
- volatile solvents such as petroleum ether, hexane, and benzene.
- The stock market can be very volatile.
- She is a volatile woman.
- The protests are increasing, creating a volatile situation in the capital.
unfeigned
- a broad smile of unfeigned delight.
- She looked at him with unfeigned admiration.
untenable
{indefensible, undefendable, unarguable, insupportable}
- this argument is clearly untenable.
- an untenable position.
- untenable apartments.
- the Government’s position is untenable.
untoward
- both tried to behave as if nothing untoward had happened.
- There was nothing untoward about his appearance.
vacillate
- I vacillated between teaching and journalism.
- She has vacillated on this issue.
- vacillated for so long that someone else stepped in and made the decision.
vapid
- tuneful but vapid musical comedies
variegated
- the variegated costumes of the dancers in the nightclub.
- a variety of variegated tulip that is highly prized by gardeners.
vaunt
- the much vaunted information superhighway.
- even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit.
venal
- local customs officers are notoriously venal.
- that judge is known for being venal and easily bought.
venerate
- a writer venerated by generations of admirers.
- She is venerated as a saint.
veracious
- a veracious account.
- he has a reputation for being veracious, so people generally take his word for things.
- most readers have accepted the book as a veracious account of Samuel Johnson’s table talk.
transgression
- I’ll be keeping an eye out for further transgressions.
- acts that are transgressions against the laws of civilized societies everywhere.
- a dying woman asking for divine forgiveness for a lifetime of transgressions.
transient
- a transient cold spell.
- the transient nature of the labour force in catering.
- transient beauty.
- transient visitors.
- transient symptoms.
travail
- advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail.
- a woman in travail.
- creation may travail in pain but it cannot escape its destiny.
- They finally succeeded after many months of travail.
- no greater travail than that of parents who have suffered the death of a child.
trepidation
- the men set off in fear and trepidation.
- The boys approached the abandoned house with trepidation.
tumid
- a badly infected tumid leg(swollen, enlarged).
- sails tumid in the breeze.
- he’d just been in a fight, and was nursing his tumid lip.
turgid
- a turgid and fast-moving river(swollen).
- turgid prose.
- turgid limbs.
uncanny
{preternatural, supernatural, strange, mysterious}
- an uncanny feeling that she was being watched.
- an uncanny sense of direction(strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way).
- an uncanny ability to predict the weather.
taxonomy
{the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics.}
- the taxonomy of these fossils.
- a taxonomy of smells.
- the taxonomies of various plant groups.
tenet
{a principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy}
- the tenets of classical liberalism.
- the central tenets of a religion.
- one of the basic tenets of the fashion industry.
tenuous
{very weak or slight}
- the tenuous link between interest rates and investment.
- a tenuous rope.
- a tenuous fluid.
- tenuous reasons.
terrestrial
{of or relating to the earth or its live beings}
- terrestrial magnetism.
- increased ultraviolet radiation may disrupt terrestrial ecosystems.
- Does anything like terrestrial life exist on other planets?
- terrestrial birds.
theocracy
- a state governed by a theocracy.
timber
- a renowned thespian and director
tirade
- a tirade of abuse.
- He went into a tirade about the failures of the government.
- The coach directed a tirade at the team after the loss.
toady
- she imagined him toadying to his rich clients.
- She’s a real toady to the boss.
- to be a toady.
tome
- a long tome on European history.
- picked up a thick tome on the Roman Empire at a used book store.
torpor
{a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.}
- The news aroused him from his torpor.
- they veered between apathetic torpor and hysterical fanaticism
tortuous
- a tortuous path up the mountain.
- a tortuous mountain road marked by numerous hairpin turns.
tractable
- This new approach should make the problem more tractable.
- He’s a very tractable child.
tout
- People were touting tickets outside the stadium.
- People were touting outside the stadium.
succor
- That philosophy has succored me through breakups, deaths and career reversals.
- prisoners of war were liberated and succored.
suffrage
- women who fought for suffrage.
- even as the world entered the 21st century, some nations still did not permit women’s suffrage.
sundry
{of various kinds; several}
- sundry articles.
- We disagreed for sundry reasons.
supersede
- These instructions supersede those you received earlier.
- the older models have now been superseded.
imbroglio
{
an intricate or complicated situation
an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding
}
- survived the political imbroglio.
- a celebrated imbroglio involving some big names in the New York literary scene
supine
- she lay supine on the sand.
supplant
- another discovery could supplant the original finding.
suppliant
- the suppliant thief pleaded for a second chance
supplicant
- hated having to go before his boss like a supplicant beggar whenever he needed some time off to attend to personal matters
supposition
- a supposition that proved correct.
- This is just idle supposition.
- they were working on the supposition that his death was murder.
syllogism
{deductive reasoning as distinct from induction}
- logic is rules or syllogism.
- An example of a syllogism is: “All men are human; all humans are mortal; therefore all men are mortal.”
sylvan
- trees and contours all add to a sylvan setting.
- vistas of sylvan charm.
tacit
- your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement.
- a tacit admission.
- a tacit mortgage.
talisman
- a pendant of white nephrite jade is often worn by Indians as a talisman to ward off heart disease.
- this talisman has been in our family for more than twelve generations.
tangenial
- a tangential line.
- tangential thoughts(diverging from a previous course or line; erratic).
- the reforms were tangential to efforts to maintain a basic standard of life.
tautology
“A beginner who has just started” is a tautology.
“avoid such tautology as “let’s all work together, everyone, as a team” by saying simply “let’s work together””
alacrity
- she accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- He accepted the challenge with alacrity.
: brisk and cheerful readiness
disdain
- her upper lip curled in disdain
- He regarded their proposal with disdain.
- I have a healthy disdain for companies that mistreat their workers.
: contempt, scorn, scornfulness, contemptuousness, derision, disrespect
intimidate
- he tries to intimidate his rivals.
- tried to intimidate a witness
- he sent his goons to intimidate the local merchants
: frighten, menace, terrify, scare
belligerent
- belligerent nations
- belligerent remarks
- a belligerent stranger
: feeling or showing readiness to fight.
: carrying on war
feint
fānt |
- The boxer made a feint with his right, then followed with a left hook.
- The child’s feint involved pretending to be ill so he would not have to face his bullies at school.
- Looking at the surveillance tapes, the security chief quickly noticed the feint the man used to steal watches from the jeweler.
- the attack on the main gate was a feint.
: bluff, blind, ruse, deception, subterfuge, hoax, trick
pugnacious
- this looks like the kind of dive that appeals to pugnacious patrons.
- The definition of pugnacious is eager to fight or disagree.
: combative, aggressive, antagonistic, belligerent
promulgate
- they promulgated their own views.
- Her ideas have been widely promulgated on the Internet.
: make known, make public, publicize, spread, communicate, propagate, disseminate, broadcast, promote, preach
- the law was promulgated in 1942.
: put into effect, enact, implement, enforce.
brash
- She asks such brash questions.
- a brash request to get something for free.
- The demon lord was brash, aggressive – and almost always honest, until it came time to deal.
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scoff
- “You, a scientist?” he scoffed.
- department officials scoffed at the allegations.
- The definition of a scoff is an expression of doubt or a mocking comment.
- they scoffed at her article.
: mock, deride, ridicule
belittle
- this is not to belittle his role | she felt belittled.
- a curiosity so vast that it almost belittled the main matter.
- The definition of belittle means to speak about someone or something in a way to make it seem less important.
: make (someone or something) seem unimportant.
tangible
- the emphasis is now on tangible results.
- There is no tangible evidence to support her claim.
- Their sense of relief was almost tangible.
: clear and definite; real.
laceration
- he suffered lacerations to his head and face | his death was due to multiple skull fractures with laceration of the brain.
- She suffered lacerations on her legs.
- The broken glass caused severe laceration of his feet.
: a deep cut or tear in skin or flesh.
castigate
- he was castigated for not setting a good example.
- The judge castigated the lawyers for their lack of preparation.
- My mother was a cruel woman who never missed an opportunity to castigate my father.
- When the police chief discovers his officers let the criminal escape, he is sure to castigate them.
: reprimand (someone) severely.
sordid
- the overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.
- Obviously, they thought there was something sordid to hide.
: dirty or squalid
octogenarian
his octogenarian mother-in-law.
subversive
- subversive literature.
- The definition of subversive is something that is trying to destroy or overthrow something like a government or an idea.
: seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.
subsume
səbˈso͞om |
- most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories.
- Subsume is to absorb, contain or include something into something else.
: include or absorb (something) in something else
- the college became virtually bankrupt
- by means of virtual reality techniques
virtually:
effectively, in effect, all but, more or less, practically, almost, nearly, close to, verging on, just about, as good as, essentially
The above argument tries to establish a direct link between X and Y
The above argument tries to establish a direct link between X and Y
The underlying basis of the argument is that …
The underlying basis of the argument is that …
The weather conditions, economic stature and work environment of Asia and North America are very different from each other.
stature:
an architect of international stature: reputation, repute, standing, status, position
there is no solid evidence that eating soy foods on a regular basis is a solution for chronic fatigue and depression.
there is no solid evidence that eating soy foods on a regular basis is a solution for chronic fatigue and depression.
it can be said that
it can be said that
The author should have provided a few proofs and data to establish this relationship.
The author should have provided a few proofs and data to establish this relationship.
many points given in support of the views of the writer are not very convincing.
many points given in support of the views of the writer are not very convincing.
The points given by the author have no relevant relation among themselves
The points given by the author have no relevant relation among themselves
