Vocab Flashcards
Recite
To repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience
Garbled
Impossible to understand
Tentative
Determined by something else, Hesitant, uncertain, or cautious, Not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things.
Distorted
simple past tense and past participle of distort
Idiomatic
Pertaining or conforming to the mode of expression characteristic of a language.
Resembling or characteristic of an idiom.
Duplicitous
Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
Consciousness
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
Matter
Substance, material.
(physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.
Fatuous
Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one’s foolishness.
Transparent
Adjective Passing from one side of something to the other. Finished; complete. Valueless; without a future. No longer interested. Preposition From one side of an opening to the other. Entering, then later leaving. Surrounded by (while moving).
Intangible
Adjective
incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal
Noun
Anything intangible
(law) Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes
Genuine
Adjective
Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.
Perceive
Verb
To see, to be aware of, to understand.
Thicken
Make or become thick or thicker
COAGULATE
Impregnate
To wet thoroughly with liquid
Condense
To reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
Has to vapour to liquid. Change of state
Compliment
Enhance
Say something nice about someone
Circumvent
To find a way around (an obstacle)
Renounce
To reject or abandon (a cause, bad habit, or way of life)
Inarticulate
Unsophisticated
To reject or abandon (a cause, bad habit, or way of life)
Ambiguous
Having a meaning that is open to several interpretations
Timorous
Lacking in courage or confidence
Uncertain
Not feeling sure about the truth, wisdom, or trustworthiness of someone or something
Foster
To help the growth or development of
Confide
Tell someone about a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it to others
Refute
To declare not to be true
To criticize or oppose fiercely and publicly
Disdain
The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect
Unite
Come or bring together for a common purpose or action
Merge
Amalgamate
Amalgamate
To merge, to combine, to blend, to join
Liability
The state of being legally responsible for something
Accountability
Asset
A useful or valuable thing or person
Expenditure
An amount of money spent
Profit
Expenditure
Meander
Wander at random