Vocab 2 Flashcards
meticulous
showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
he was very meticulous with his interrogation
I’m very meticulous with my form
zeal
zealous
overzealous
noun- great energy and enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objection
his zeal for privatization
she brought her missionary zeal to work
don’t be too zealous
overzealous religions
edifying
adjective: providing moral or intellectual instruction: edifing literature
stifle
verb- restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion): she stifled a giggle
she gave a stifled cr of disappointment
prevent or constrain (an activity or idea) : high taxes were stifling private enterprises
stifle free speech
disingenous
adj- not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something that one really does
egregious
adj- outstandingly bad; shocking: egregious abuses of copyright
corollary
a result of
sanction
noun- a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule: a range of sanctions aimed at deterring outsider abuse
it would discourage misbehaviour through civil and criminal sanctions
2. official permission or approval for an action
he appealed to the bishop for his action
abound
verb (no obj)
exist in large numbers or amounts: rumours of a further scandal abound
abound in/ with
have in large numbers or amounts: this land abounds with wildlife
intrinsic
belonging naturally; essential
access to arts is intrinsic to high quality life
propietor
noun - owner of a business, or a holder or property
wrath of media propietor
proprietary
adj - of or relating to an ownership or ownership: the company has a proprietary right to the property
(of a product) marketed under and protected y a registered trade name: proprietary brands of insecticide
onerous
law: involving heavy obligations: an onerous lease
adj: (of a task, duty or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppresively burdensome: he found his duties increasingly onerous
galvanize
verb (with object)
1. shock or excite (someone), typically into taking action; the urgency of his voice galvanized them into action
inundated
verb
past tense: inundated; past participle: inundated
1.
overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.
“we’ve been inundated with complaints from listeners”
inundated with essays
synonyms: overwhelm, overrun, overload, bog down, swamp, besiege, snow under, bombard, glut More
flood.
“the islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise”
synonyms: flood, deluge
idiosyncrasy
noun
1.
a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
“one of his little idiosyncrasies was always preferring to be in the car first”
captivity
noun
1.
the condition of being imprisoned or confined.
“he was released after 865 days in captivity”
abrogate
verbformal
repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).
“a proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike”
recourse
noun
a source of help in a difficult situation.
“surgery may be the only recourse”
synonyms: option, possibility, alternative, resort, way out, hope, remedy, choice, expedient More
the use of someone or something as a source of help in a difficult situation.
“a means of solving disputes without recourse to courts of law”
synonyms: resort to, make use of, avail oneself of, turn to, call on, look to, fall back on
penal
adjective relating to, used for, or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system. "the campaign for penal reform" penal provisions synonyms: disciplinary
alighted
descend from a train, bus, or other form of transportation.
“the conductor alights to push the cable car completely around”
synonyms: get off, step off, disembark from, pile out of;
alighted from the tram
constituent
adj: as part of a whole
‘each of the constituent elements of the tort of negligence duty, breach and damage
noun
1.
a member of a constituency.
synonyms: voter, elector, member of a constituency More
2.
a component part of something.
“the essential constituents of the human diet”
synonyms: component, ingredient, element;
